Typical antipsychotic

Both first generation antipsychotics (FGA’s) and second generation antipsychotics (SGA’s) are associated with a wide range of side effects that can lead to patient distress and noncompliance with treatment. First generation antipsychotics are strong D2 antagonists resulting in pronounced extra-pyramidal side effects and increased rates of hyperprolactinemia making them second-line treatments for schizophrenia (Werner). The SGA’s (risperidone, olanzapine, clozapine, quetiapine, paliperidone,…

THE PRESENTING PROBLEM: Hector was a university student that was carried to the emergency room by a campus police, with claims by a professor that Hector walked into the room shouting, “he was the joker who was looking for batman” and he refused to leave (Delusions and Hallucinations, APA, 2013). Hector behavior became increasingly odd during the past year, which he starts to isolate himself from family and friends; he spent most of his time lying in bed and starring at the ceiling. Hector was…

Rationale for NDDS (1500): NDDSs are being developed to overcome several limitations of conventional drug delivery systems. Although oral risperidone has superior efficacy to older antipsychotics and has remarkably less side effects (5), the greatest limitation with the use of risperidone for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is non-compliance such as partial dosing or infrequent dosing by patients (6) Three quarter of all patients with schizophrenia are not compliant to their oral…

Abilify® (aripiprazole), a partial dopamine agonist, is an atypical antipsychotic drug, or second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs), with additional antidepressant qualities. It has been approved for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression as an add-on treatment when the main antidepressant is not effective enough(1,3, 5). Aripiprazole is also used to treat symptoms of mood swings, aggression, irritability, and irritability associated with autistic disorder in pediatric…

schizophrenia treated with typical antipsychotics and atypical antipsychotics”, they authors trying to gather data based on the annoyances of side-effects and psychotic symptoms with taking typical and atypical antipsychotics and with the satisfaction with medication of patients with schizophrenia. They also assessed atypical antipsychotics were superior to typical antipsychotics based on subjective indices. Typical antipsychotics are also known as first generation antipsychotics drugs these…

Antipsychotic meds are fundamentally used to oversee psychosis. "Psychosis" is used to portray conditions that influence the brain, and in which there has been some loss of contact with reality, frequently including delusions (false, rigid convictions) or hallucinations and Thought disorder. A portion of the first-generation antipsychotics include: Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol, Perphenazine, Fluphenazine etc. More current or second era meds are additionally called "atypical" antipsychotics. A…

hormones in men and women can impact the effects of schizophrenia differently for each party. There is also a gender related difference in the white matter structure of the brain for early onset schizophrenic patients. Thirdly, the response to antipsychotic drugs varies between males and females. Another way that gender differences are seen in schizophrenia is through fMRI scans of cerebral activation. Lastly, MRIs of the temporal lobe structure show that there are gender differences. These…

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Schizophrenia There are different types of mental disorders ranging from mild to severe. The more severe these disorders tend to be the more difficult they can be to diagnose and treat. One of the more severe psychological disorders is Schizophrenia, which is classified under the category of psychotic disorders. A psychotic disorder is one that involves “unusual thinking, distorted perceptions and odd behaviors” (Beidel, Bulik, Stanley, 2014, p. 356). This…

A mood disorder is psychological disorder that involves the elevating or lowering of a person’s mood. Among the many mood disorders schizophrenia is one the most severe. Schizophrenia is a severe chronic mood disorder which causes people to interpret reality in an abnormal way. Victims of schizophrenia report hearing voices other people cannot hear or they say they feel someone else is controlling them. There is no single cause but several factors have been determined. There is no cure but there…

causes of schizophrenia. Besides, both the movie A Beautiful Mind and the study Cognitive therapy for people with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis not taking antipsychotic medication: An exploratory trial published in 2011 by Morrison et al. found that Cognitive Therapy (CT) could help treat schizophrenia without the usage of antipsychotic medications. This movie attempted to portray psychology and schizophrenia in a positive manner. Nonetheless, the movie could be misleading. In the movie,…