Psychosis

schizophrenia. People who have the gene that leads to schizophrenia are more likely to be sensitive tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which is a component in cannabis that induces hallucinations. People with this mental illness are more sensitive to experience psychosis due to THC so they will get the symptoms even with a very small dosage. It was explained that there was a large difference in the temporal region closest to the middle of the brain and the region closest to the outside. Even though…

Staff nurses on inpatient psychiatric units are at the forefront in providing direct patient care to some ill populations such as schizophrenics and its many complexities. Staff nurses carry out orders written by providers which often includes some of the most perplex psychotropic medications such as atypical Second Generation Antipsychotics (SGAs). As with most medications, there are often times adverse drug reactions (ADRs) may be present and these effects can be quite troublesome, diminish…

where they no longer met the criteria for PTSD. One of these treatments should definitely be considered when addressing the psychosis. There is a thought that exposing trauma patients to trauma treatment could potentially have adverse reactions. The article address this concern by stating that their “findings demonstrate that PE and EMDR can used safely for patients with psychosis” and that there were no deterrents in regards to social functioning (Bont, 2013, 724). Showing effectiveness for…

Michelle Obama once said, “At the root of this dilemma is the way we view mental health in this country. Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it’s still an illness, and there should be no distinction”. Although people don’t want to admit it, mental illness is very common yet a great deal of stigma is attached to it. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S, that roughly 4.8 million or 18.5%, experience mental illness…

As media sensationalised deinstitutionalization, Hitchcock also tried his hands on a series of films in which he continued to experiment with ways of making an image of madness. Spellbound (1945) is one such which is set is psychiatric hospital. This film was also the result of Selznick’s interest in psychology. Then came Hitchcock’s 1950s trilogy of films about madness which was a major progressive and studied attempt to use the symptom groups of major psychoses: The Wrong Man (1956) dealing…

drugs have helped alleviate the symptoms of psychosis and through this discovery it was shown that these drugs blocked the brains dopamine receptor sites, and therefore reinforcing that excess dopamine is clearly an explanation for the diagnosis of schizophrenia. (APPLIED PHYSCOLOHY PG 72) The reverse can for example ampethamines and similar drugs increase the amount of dopamine in the brain and can cause symptoms which replicate those present in psychosis, particularly after large doses or…

sometimes she would act so bravely like a man, and then sometimes she will act completely different. Another symptom would be high energy level and lack of sleep which is also true in the case of Joan of Arc. Another disorder she could have had is psychosis that is a condition where you lose contact with reality and start to imagine stuff that are not happening, like in the case of Joan. Another thing she…

Schizophrenia is a disorder in which individuals are disconnected from reality, and psychosis may be manifested in either positive or negative symptoms (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Positive symptoms include hallucinations (e.g. auditory and visual), delusions and disorganized speech and thought; meanwhile, negative symptoms include reduced affect, and catatonia (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). During the internship at Lenox Hill Hospital’s psychiatric unit, I was able to…

Globally 1 percent of the population is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and roughly 1.2 percent of Americans have the disorder (Nemade & Dombeck, 2009). Schizophrenia is a lifelong progressive brain disorder, which is characterized by periods of psychosis. Currently, schizophrenia can be treated but not cured. No single factor is thought to cause schizophrenia; rather multiple factors contribute to the development of this disorder (Atchison & Dirette, 2012). These factors include: genetic…

antipsychotic and nonantipsychotic drugs and nonpharmacological interventions have all been used in the treatment of schizophrenic symptoms with antipsychotic being the most common method. Antipsychotic medications are a class of drugs used to manage psychosis, one of the most common positive symptoms of schizophrenia. There are both first generation and second generation antipsychotics. The most commonly used antipsychotics are Clozapine and Olanzapine. Clozapine is usually the standard…