SUNA, otherwise known as "Short-lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform Headache Attacks", is often common in men after the age of 50 years old. This disorder is marked by stabs of moderate to severe throbbing, burning, or piercing pain usually surrounding one side of the head, located explicitly around the eye or temple. The stabbing pain usually peaks through within seconds of the onset and may follow a pattern of increasing and decreasing pain intensity. The SUNA Attacks can usually last up to 4-5…
1. Antidepressants can be a good way to treat people if other options are ruled out. However, I would first try to see if other options would work on a depressed client before using antidepressants. Also, it is proven that people on the placebo are more likely to relapse into depression compared to people on antidepressants and therefore antidepressants can be a good way to medicate clients. On the other side, due to the fact that it is proven that antidepressants are not very affective when it…
In today’s society adolescence are often pressured into many things by the media. According to magazines they have to look a certain way, around their friends they must act a certain way, and of course family always heaves the stress on by making sure they maintain good grades, think about colleges, hold down a job, and overall be basically a superhero. With all of the stress that goes with being an adolescent, there are other situations that just add more fuel to the raging fire. However, as a…
Before I start talking about the book I have chosen to read, I would like to describe how I came to my decision upon choosing the book. When I first saw we had to read a memoir I was nervous because I have never read one. So the first thing I decide to do was find what a memoir was. After learning what a memoir was I felt less anxiety because I knew what I would be dealing with. My next step in continuing this project was figuring out which book I had to read. Our professor gave us a list…
The two disorders that I chose to research are major depression and bipolar disorder. These two disorders were chosen, because depression and bipolar disorder have been genetically included in my family, and I would like to gain more knowledge about both of them; this is so I can help my family to control their disorders better if I have a sufficient amount of knowledge about both. Disorders can be extremely difficult to deal with, and I have had to witness what they could do to a person. Major…
gone. This patterned routine will be contained in humans in the past, the present, and the future. This is very essential and it describes Bradbury’s trends and the characters in the book Fahrenheit 451. Based on the main trends (drug use and antidepressants, TV, consumerism, and family disintegration) or the possible elements to construct his conclusion, Bradbury’s vision about these trends was correct and incorrect and the value of…
Largely today, the treatment of depression in the United States has become synonymous with taking a pill in order to make all of your troubles go away. As such, the prescribing of anti-depressant medications to patients with depression and other psychiatric disorders by doctors has become a priority to the pharmaceutical industry. Treating depression like one would with a headache has become incredibly lucrative to doctors, patients, and pharmaceutical companies. Evident through the robust…
This drug is widely known as Prozac, an antidepressant to aid in the treatment of major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa, and panic disorders. Businesses saw Prozac as an opportunity to market this drug because it was the first of its kind. Prozac falls into a category…
1. After reading the Julia’s vignette, I have concluded that she meets the diagnostic criteria for Bipolar I. In order to be diagnosed with Bipolar I, an individual must meet the criteria for one manic episode as well as not being better explained by another mental disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, etc.). The symptoms that I have factored into the diagnosis of a Major Depressive Episode (MDE) are uncontrollable crying, guilt, overeating, exhaustion,…
Like other SNRI antidepressants, there is a black box warning on desvenlafaxine’s package insert stating the medication can increase risk of suicidal ideation. All patients should be closely monitored for changes in these behaviors and development of suicidal thoughts. Desvenlafaxine…