Typical antipsychotic

Nursing Diagnoses When dealing with schizophrenia there are so many nursing diagnoses to work with, beginning with self- harm acts and going to inability to thrive socially, mentally, and physically. The first diagnoses, is ineffective coping. Defined by NANDA-I as the inability to form a valid appraisal of the stressors, inadequate choices of practiced responses, and/or inability to use available resources, defining characteristics such as destructive behavior toward self, difficulty…

patient care to some ill populations such as schizophrenics and its many complexities. Staff nurses carry out orders written by providers which often includes some of the most perplex psychotropic medications such as atypical Second Generation Antipsychotics (SGAs). As with most medications, there are often times adverse drug reactions (ADRs) may be present and these effects can be quite troublesome, diminish the quality of life, thus patient outcome. The decision to put patients on certain…

Annotated Bibliography Thesis: Article 1: Pec, O., Bob, P., & Lysaker, P. H. (2015). TRAUMA, DISSOCIATION AND SYNTHETIC METACOGNITION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. Activitas Nervosa Superior, 57(2), 59-70. The authors are linking childhood trauma and dissociation with Schizophrenia. With Synthetic metacognition in Schizophrenia patients describes their thoughts, feelings, and connection between events. Insufficiency of the synthetic metacognition in someone is measureable by sampling their metacognitive…

Levine and Robert Veatch, was not able to make these kinds of decisions in his state even while taking Prolixin, the medication to suppress his schizophrenia. This was due to the iatrogenic effect called tardive dyskinesia, a result of taking this antipsychotic drug. After several decisions made by his hospital, J.S. was able to become cordial and learned more about his medication-inflicted illness. In the process, he agreed to be part of an experiment in which he would take experimental…

and movement disorders. They will also develop sign like ‘ lose touch ‘ with reality. It is commonly known as an incurable disease as the causes are unknown. Therefore, treatments are focus on eliminating the symptoms of the disease. It includes antipsychotic medications and various psychosocial treatments. The movie I watched is ‘A beautiful mind’ that filmed by Ron Howardloosely and led by Russsel…

through the use of antipsychotic drugs. Most show very worthwhile improvement while taking this medication, but some aren’t helped or don’t need them (Berk, 2006). Sometimes a family member might make the horrible assumption that the medication is no longer needed because they saw so much improvement in their loved one when in reality they still do (Coconcea, 2004). Antipsychotic medications are…

According to the medical profession, auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) have always been considered as a symptom of schizophrenia (Sartorius et al, 1974). There is also a prevalent belief influenced by society and the media, that they are an antecedent to violent offending (Leudar & Thomas, 2000). However, it has begun to be increasingly recognized that many individuals in the general population hear voices without feelings of distress or a psychiatric disorder. The hallucinations that are…

It is generally acknowledged that schizophrenia has an etiology which is biological. In any case, the movement towards this assertion is still under study, and the etiology of schizophrenia has been the subject of long discussions over the past years. The level headed discussion has been part between the individuals who propose psychodynamic etiology and those that hypothesize biological etiology to schizophrenia. For proponents for psychodynamic origin to schizophrenia, non-natural variables,…

As well, anticonvulsant medication like valproate when combined with antipsychotic agents like olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine would be beneficial in treating patient with severe manic episodes. However, some data retrieved from multiple treatments meta-analysis of treatments for acute mania, suggested that medications like…

In schizophrenia, neurotransmitters such as dopamine, glutamate, GABA and serotonin play an important role in the central nervous system. The dopamine hypothesis is studied and applied to elaborate many symptoms of Schizophrenia, relating to antipsychotic…