Treatment of Tourette syndrome

confusing to researchers, parents and children affected by autism. Autism spectrum disorder encompasses many disorders with a range of symptoms and severity. The autism spectrum is a scale with classical autism being the most severe and Asperger syndrome, disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder being more mild. Autism occurs equally among all ethnic and socioeconomic groups. However, boys are four times more…

suffering with a diagnosable condition within the United States. Such conditions include Tourette’s Syndrome, Coprolalia, Schizophrenia, Paris Syndrome, and Exploding Head Syndrome. These forms of psychological disorders have the full capability to drastically alter a patient’s way of living, however it is important to know that those affected are never less significant…

the SRIs to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of OCD (Bjorgvinsson et al., 2007). While its benefits have been proven for treatment, Clomipramine is accompanied by many side effects, such as dry mouth, headaches and sedation which make adherence difficult for some patients (McGuire et al, 2012). For this reason, SSRIs can be favored over clomipramine and are now the leading pharmacological treatment base for OCD (Pittenger & Bloch, 2014). Fluvoxamine is the…

This process has helped in treating patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disese, Tourette syndrome, epilepsy, chronic headaches, and mental disorders. After the patient is unconscious, through anesthesia, brain pacemakers or electrodes, are implanted into the region of the brain where the cause of the disease is present. The region of the…

the skull to allow the placement of an electrode. During the implantation of the electrode, testing occurs to make sure that the electrode is only stimulating nerve cells that reduce symptoms. Deep brain stimulation is currently an established treatment for dystonia, Parkinson’s disease, tremors, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (Pluta,…

be legalised but regulated Do you believe the government should treat everyone fairly? Do you believe that everyone has a right to receive fair medical treatment? Do you believe that everyone should help out their mate as a fellow Australian? Do you believe that a person who is suffering from pain should have medication to ease that treatment or be locked into a jail cell? And do you believe that Australians have the right to receive the same options of medical care that is available around…

their lifespan. However, mental disorders among children can be treated and managed by theatrical appropriate approaches. It is important to treatment children with mental disorder by everyone who are interact with the children such as teachers, therapist, and all family members (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2013). Appropriate and early treatment for children with mental disorder can make a positive impact in their live (CDC, 2013). According to O'Connell, Boat and Warner…

Retrieve January 26,2016 Attention Deficit Disorder and Tourette Syndrome are both neurodevelopmental disorders dealing with emotional and behaviors. Staying on Task and focusing on curriculum play a crucial role of the brain. Thusly, decision making and impulse making affecting a child with ADHD. In this two- year…

attempt to kill a ninety year old woman. For further insight, the young boy was on medication and wasn't taking it at the time of the incident. He was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Tourette Syndrome. His mother, said that just getting him to do simple task like eating or taking a shower was an all day job. She even said that sometimes he would even rub skin as hard as he can until he could get himself to bleed. Tristen was doing quite…

In this paper, I am going to argue that Galen Strawson is wrong when he claims that we cannot be ultimately morally responsible for our actions. The basis of Strawson’s Basic Argument is that you act because of the way you are. So, he says that in order to be morally responsible for one’s actions, one must be responsible for their character, personality and motivational structure (CPM), but since you cannot be responsible for your CPM, then you are not morally responsible for your actions.…