Psychiatric medication

another kid was the last thing my mother needed. I was mis-understood, no one seemed to know how to co-operate with me, and I didn't seem to want to co-operate with them either. It got to a point to where my mother would start to overdose me on my medication, then I became the quiet. I would say I was about 6 years old at this time. I can't actually re-call a lot of events from these times, a lot of the memories are misplaced, or disoriented. I started to fall in love with computers after…

In the article, Debate over Children and Psychiatric drugs, Benedict Carey illustrates the frightening impact that medications can have on a child’s life. In today’s society, most people live a fast paced lifestyle, however this often can come at a high price. When trying to quickly treat and diagnose a child, often-unqualified physicians will prescribe an assortment of medications at one time, hoping for a quick cure. In this article, Rebecca, from ages two to four, was given three different…

Actually, there are many medical and psychiatric syndromes that can mimic the symptoms of Adult ADHD. These are a few circumstances that may display similar symptoms such as: (6) Chemotherapy Menopause, Sleep apnea, Insomnia, Bipolar Disorder, depression or substance abuse, Medications such as blood pressure medications and antibiotics and Multiple Sclerosis, seizures, HIV, head injuries. After taking a detailed history, you…

in larger portions than what most people would eat in the same timeframe as well as having a lack of control over the eating during the episode. The lack of control would be a feeling that one could not control or stop their eating. (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Andrea disclosed that she would eat big breakfasts and take large quantities of food to her dorm which she would consume over the next few hours. Andrea does indicate that she did not feel out of control when she was eating…

Identify your selected problem in the first line of your posting and post your research question. “Relationship between effective Discharge Planning and Psychiatric Hospital Readmission Rate” Does effective discharge planning reduce the rate of readmission to a psychiatric hospital? According to Burns and Grove (2005), a correlational study examines the relationship between two research variables within a known situation. A correlational study determines if two variables are correlated. It also…

Medication is the one thing that parents go to as a solution to the child’s problems instead of stating the problem and going over what is wrong with child. Not even acknowledging the problem. “ Even when the medication is working, a child with ADHD might still struggle with forgetfulness, emotional problems, and social awkwardness, or an adult with disorganization, distractibility, and relationship difficulties” (“ADHD or ADD Medications”). ADHD is one out of the many…

According to, the American Psychiatric Association, there are three types of mood episodes that follow bipolar. These moods include Manic, Major Depressive and Hypomanic episodes. People with bipolar tend to experience periods of unusually intense emotions, changing in sleep patterns, activity levels and unusual behaviors (National Institute of Mental Health, 2013). These mood events are different from the moods and behaviors from an individual not suffering from a mental illness. People…

Goal 1: To maintain stability at her current placement 2. Goal 2: Continue visitation with bm so that she can feel like her bm has not abandoned her. 3. Goal 3: To make sure the client continues to take her daily prescribed medication. 4. Reduce number of incidents of aggression with other children at school from 4x’s a week to 2x’s a week; she hits, pulls, trips, other…

illustrated that noncompliance with prescribed medication regimens results in increased morbidity in a variety of illnesses, including severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression (DiMatteo, 2002) (Cramer, 1995). To better understand and label the term compliance, the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes developed a definition after three years of review and discussion (Cramer R. B., 2008). Medication compliance (synonymous to…

by continuous psychotic symptoms. Of the 262 individuals in their study 48- 68 percent met criteria for various dimensions of recovery (Liberman, R. P., & Kopelowicz, A. (2005, June). Recovery From Schizophrenia: A Concept in Search of Research. Psychiatric Services, 56(6), 735-742.). Another stigma portrayed in this film is that all people with Schizophrenia are violent or killers. This is shown in the movie when Jerry hallucinates that the stag tells him to end his suffering and so he does. He…