Serotonin transporter

Carbamazepine (Tegretol) and Phenobarbital (Luminal) belongs to a group of medication called anticonvulsants. Tegretol is prescribed to control epilepsy, prevents facial pan from trigeminal, and act as a mood stabilizer to control mania in patients that have episodes of over activity. The medication decreases the synaptic transmission in the central nervous system affecting the sodium channels in neurons (Deglin, Vallerand, & Sanoski, 2014, p. 265). Similarly, Luminal is prescribed to patients…

4.1 Introduction: Stress is one of the most prevalent and life-threatening forms of mental illness affecting more than one fifth of the world’s population. It is always related to alterations of signaling pathways mainly the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (Mikhai et al, 2014). Rat models are an obligatory tool to study the etiology and progression of behavioural and biochemical changes induced by oxidative stress. Restraint stress produces an imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants…

Living with Migraine Migraine is the second most common cause of headache that afflicts a large population. But it is more than just a headache for most of the sufferers.The people affected by it are debilitated, disabled and often frightened by this condition. So exactly what is migraine and what are its symptoms. How is it diagnosed and what tratment options are available? Migraine is a complex neurological condition that most commonly manifests as a headache. The headache is one sided in…

Adrenal Fatigue Treatment: The adrenals are small glands that sit on top of each Kidney. They are responsible for producing many hormones. One of the most important adrenal hormones is cortisol. “Adrenal Fatigue” is a controversial condition. Doctors are taught in medical school that the adrenals are either fully functioning, or not functioning at all, which is a disorder known as Addison’s disease. An increasing number of doctors are however forming the opinion that there is an intermediate…

Clinician chose CBT and EX/RP therapy since they are both evidence based proven therapy methods for treating OCD, along with CBT being effective to treat MDD. Although depression is highly treatable with CBT therapy, the co-occurring disorder with OCD makes treatment with Gabie more complicated and challenging. Therapeutic Management This case has several strengths and challenges. Strengths for Gabie are her living with her supportive parents and willingness to want to work with this clinician…

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM5) lists symptoms one could encounter when a traumatic event has occurred or is occurring in their life. The exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence is the first step in recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a person. DSM5 discusses the feelings that are a result of trauma—terror, helplessness, and horror. However, there are many factors that delineate PTSD; the DSM5 lists them into…

Color Blindness is defined as the inability or decreased ability to see color, or perceive color differences, under normal lighting conditions. Color blindness is also referred to as color vision deficiency. In the United States alone there are about three million cases noted per year for color blindness. This disorder seems to affect men more than it does women. It is estimated that around eight percent of males and a little less than one percent of females are diagnosed in the United…

control and competing response procedures. This includes the avoidance of situations where pulling might happen and attempting to substitute other stimulus for pulling when the compulsions to pull arise. With the convergence of the use of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, and the behavioral treatment therapies to teach her ways to address her pulling, the clinician acts to treat her symptoms very aggressively. This should address both the cognitive and any biological basis of her…

Dexter Morgan is a 35-year-old white male who has been imprisoned for the murder of 125 individuals. He was recently employed by Miami metro police department as a blood splatter analyst. Mr. Morgan has very few friends, married to Rita Harrison, who has two younger children, and an adoptive sister, Deborah. The correctional institute recommended Mr. Morgan to see a mental health professional. Mr. Morgan is of medium height and weight, and well-groomed, and presented with a flat affect. Mr.…

People know that at a certain time in life, they have to face the inevitable, death. And although they know people eventually die, they may never believe it will happen to someone they love during their lifetime. That may be a reason why an individual may not be prepared for the situation, and everything that comes with it: The funeral expenses, financial stressors of not having that additional income and, the most difficult part, adjusting to the absence of the loved one. This was the…