Psychiatric medication

Presenting Problem: Pt is an 14 y/o African American male that presented to NNBHC accompanied by his mother with SI. Pt states that he currently has SI with a plan to overdose. Pt states recent suicidal attempt was 10/18/15 of overdose of medication of unknown pills; approximately 5 pills. Pt states he has been feeling depressed, and does not know why. Per report from mother the pt was detained in Newport News detention facility for 14 days, which he ran out of Concerta. She states his…

Drug and Substance Abuse National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence statistics tell us that over ten percent of hospital admissions for seniors are drug or alcohol related, as are 14 percent of emergency room visits and over 20 percent of psychiatric hospital admissions. Widowers over the age of 75 have the highest rate of alcoholism in America. With three to five million seniors over the age of 65 suffering from substance abuse, there is already a problem. However, according to the…

Psychiatric disorders, physical illness, functional impairment, and stressful life events, if not taken care of properly can be major factors as well as to why elderly people commit suicide. “Psychiatric disorders make up to 90% of all elderly suicide” (Torresani, 2014). Psychiatric disorders if not medicated properly can make a person overdose on prescription pills, or suffocate themselves…

had side effects. One side effect was that she had a hard time reading, this was a concern for someone who was in academia. She also realized that the lithium was the same medication that made her sister lose her personality. Jamison did not like the idea of having these side effects and did not want to depend on these medications for the rest of her life. Furthermore, she believed that she was the exception to the rule that people with bipolar disorder need lithium to control their manic and…

her toe(s) became buckled, contracted or crooked. The toe cross over an adjacent toe, which is called a cross over toe. The 2nd 3rd, and 4th toe are involved. Tenant has a medal pin on her toes and stitches. She said she is taking Percocet pain medication. Percocet is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. WC counseled tenant about the dangers of abusing this narcotic. WC warned…

My advanced practice role is family psychiatric nurse practitioner and the phenomenon of interest (POI) I chose was anti-psychotic medication non-adherence and its effects on admission rate. I selected this POI because this was an inherent problem I personally witnessed in various hospital settings I worked in. I was amazed by the amount of patients I personally witnessed being admitted for violating his/her least restrictive order by not taking their medication as prescribed, therefore has…

Kruszewski was a psychiatric medical consultant for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW), one of his duties was to “root out fraud, waste, and abuse so that neither the federal dollars… nor the state funding… would be forced to pay for unnecessary, inferior, or substandard care” (Kenney, P. 7). After reporting his findings on a being fired for not keeping silent he proceeded to file a First Amendment case against the state and multiple suits against Southwood Psychiatric Hospital,…

therapy is used, it has been demonstrated to be an effective and safe treatment for many mood disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2001). The therapeutic benefit of electroconvulsive therapy is a clinical trial that is effective to treat major depression (Arshad, Arham, Arif, et al., 2007). This research project examines the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy in psychiatric patients and by using electrical stimuli to induce therapeutic convulsions. Effectiveness of…

A beautiful mind is set in the late 1940’s, a movie based on a true story of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, Directed by Ron Howard in 2002. This story emphasizes Nash 's graduate years at Princeton University where he starts to develop a mental disorder. Later doctors diagnose Nash with paranoid schizophrenia which causes Nash to start hallucinating. Nash struggles through his life and with the help of friends and especially his wife is able to recover. A beautiful mind is about a…

with her condition. The kind of medication, Teresa took in the past would be helpful because as the article stated she did not like the side effects. Finding new medication without any side-effects can help her a great deal. With new medication Teresa would be able to cope better with life. B) Biological Biologically Teresa has diabetes her blood glucose is not normal. She had been abusing alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine which had been exacerbating her psychiatric problems and her diabetes.…