Typical antipsychotic

was a brilliant mathematician. He revolutionized the way modern economics is approached with his Nash Equilibrium. Nash also suffered from Paranoid Schizophrenia. It is known that Nash was admitted to various mental institutions and placed on antipsychotics. It is also known that Nash had delusions and heard various “voices” (PBS 2002). Does this constitute the diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia? According to Schizophrenia.com, “Paranoid schizophrenia is the most common type of…

Leeona Pierce “Effects of sepsis on behavioral changes on the ketamine-induced animal model of schizophrenia” This article focuses on the question of if there is a potential association between sepsis and schizophrenia, and how sepsis may influence behavior on the ketamine-induced animal model of schizophrenia. Sepsis is a systematic inflammatory response that occurs by the failure to limit the spread of infection leading to organ failure and inflammation. The paper mentions that inflammation…

TIOPURINES IN THE IBD TREATMENT SCENARIO Thiopurines are regarded as the first line of remission maintenance treatment in CD in a strategy known as accelerated step-up18-25. Thiopurines (azathioprine - AZA and 6-mercaptopurine-6-MP) are pre-drugs. AZA is activated by the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT) enzyme, whose metabolite, 6-thioguanosine 5-monophosphatase (TGMP), after a series of reductions becomes dGS (deoxy-6-thioguanosine 5-triphosphatase), the final metabolite…

Antipsychotic medications are commonly prescribed drugs to treat schizophrenia. They control symptoms by affecting the brain’s neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin. Thereby control the symptoms of schizophrenia. Sometimes individuals become uncooperative…

your healthcare professional, be sure to talk about how and how often you’ll receive it, as well as what you are looking for in a medication. The types of medications most commonly used to treat schizophrenia symptoms are called antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotics are believed to help balance the chemicals in the brain. There are different ways to take this medication . Pills need to be taken by mouth on a daily basis or sometimes multiple times a day; must be taken as directed to be…

Throughout this psychology course, there were many topics discussed that caught my interest; the main one that stood out was schizophrenia. The article I chose was Inflammation in the Brain is Linked to risk of Schizophrenia, study finds by ScienceDaily; posted on October 16, 2015, and the source is MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial Coll. “Schizophrenia, like other mental health disorders, is a complex disease that we may know is…

In the film, A Beautiful Mind, John Nash was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disease that affects the mind, it prevents the person from knowing what's real to what is simply a fragment of the person's imagination. For those who suffer from schizophrenia, it's an ongoing battle that has no cure. Not only does it not have a cure , it takes a weigh on the person's life , and also affects those who are around for the journey. When we were first introduced to Nash he was…

INTRODUCTION Mankind has been plagued with diseases since the beginning of human existence. Whether it be from environmental factors, genetics, or a combination of both; researchers have tried to solve the mysteries of these maladies. While significant progress has been made in curing several diseases caused by bacteria and viruses, genetic disorders have proven to be a ferocious foe for both technology and human creativity. The complexity, variety, and intensity of these diseases usually…

won’t be because treatment isn’t available By reading the textbook and watching the movie you will discover that there are several different treatment options for those suffering with bipolar disorder such as medication like anticonvulsant or antipsychotics. There are also physicians such as psychiatrist who treat…

Schizophrenia is a word meaning “split mind” it is defined as a group of brain disorders that affects the way a person thinks, feels, and acts. There are a wide variety of symptoms for this disorder because it does not affect all people the same way. There are five types of Schizophrenia: paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual. Depending on what type of Schizophrenia one has, will determine what their symptoms will be. According to The University of Maryland Medical…