Serotonin transporter

Psychotropic drugs are medications that can exert a therapeutic effect on a person's mental processes, emotions, or behavior. Some of the uses of these drugs are to treat fatigue, wake fullness, ADHD,MDD, Bipolar, anxiety disorders, and psychoses. These are also some of the benefits of these drugs. Some risks include nervousness, insomnia, tachycardia, G.I. disturbances, dependence, dry mouth, nausea and suicidal tendencies. They can also lead to the death of the patient. There are over…

According to Professor Helen Mayberg (n.d.), there are many types of treatments which are very effective for depression. She points out that some of these treatments may not work for all patients. Although she does not discuss the causes of depression, she does review the types of treatments that are available today. There are many different medications that work with neurochemical systems in the brain, but cognitive behavioral therapy as well. She goes on to emphasize that we can work top-down…

Phobias and Addictions Aubrey Sutton Brigham City Phobias and Addictions Classical conditioning may affect how phobias can develop, phobias are irrational fears. As well as operant conditioning may affect how addictions can develop, addictions are dependency on something that cannot be stopped. Classical and operant conditioning are both learning styles, but they differ and results can be achieved in both. Extinction is the gradual weakening of a conditioned response that will result…

The CAPS-5 is considered the gold standard in PTSD assessment. It consists of 30 items that are assessed during a structured interview. The CAPS-5 is a valid and reliable measure that can assess for current diagnosis of PTSD, lifetime diagnosis of PTSD, and PTSD symptoms over the past week (Weathers et al., 2013). This measure was designed for administration by clinicians and clinical researchers who have knowledge of PTSD, and it takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. This measure assesses…

In Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” it is evident that Emily Grierson has several mental disorders; some of these disorders include: major/clinical depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her depression derives from her father passing away, and subsequently her lover passes away and she becomes traumatized and affected by these events. She suffers from depression and PTSD because of the situations she goes through. Emily’s first disorder is major/clinical depression. When one…

In this essay, I will look at the studies carried out by the researcher which discuss the effectiveness of treatments for depression such as antidepressant drug and psychotherapy (cognitive therapy). Research conducted that depression is one of the most widespread and prevalent of the major psychiatric disorders, therefore it’s one of the extremely investigated mental disorder. This illness usually affects people’s well-being and their quality of life. A lot of research has carried out to find…

This is needless to say that spinal cord injury (SCI) has some psychological effects on the individual’s emotional state. Different levels of depression, anxiety disorders like post-traumatic stress disorder has been reported in 30% of individuals from the first weeks after injury. (Migliorini, New & Tonge, 2009). More importantly, some of these symptoms remained even after a decade. In addition to the increment of health care costs, these psychological disorders have negative impacts on various…

Ketamine shows an excellent short term response rate when utilized as a series of treatments, especially when compared to traditional antidepressant response rates within the same time period (Zhang et al., 2015). This research seems to indicate that there are statistically significant response to ketamine as an anti-depressant for use in patients with depressive disorders (Lee, Della Selva, Liu and Himerlhoch, 2015), but there are several issues that restrict its use. The most prominent issue…

Depression affects more than 15 million Americans over the age of 18 every year, that is approximately 6.7 percent of the United States population. Depression is life changing and often times people who suffer from depression struggle to continue their lives normally. Depression is a common mental health illness that many people throughout the world experience and can be found in several popular novels. For instance, in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll seemed to fall into…

medication, the awareness of how medications side effects will manifest in behavior can help the therapist understand the behavior of the client through the recovery process. Serotonin as an example, is often affected by drugs like opiates, alcohol, and cannabinoids and a safer way to treat depression is found in a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI’s). Some SSRI’s like Fluoxetine have shown to have a minimal increase to methadone blood levels (SAMHSA, 2005). In cases like these a…