An IM injection was administered to a client who physically assaulted a staff member. This is considered which level of therapeutic intervention?…
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There is no established permanent cure for Schizophrenia, but there are a variety of therapies which help prevent schizophrenic episodes and also help sufferers deal with their mental illness. One of the main types of therapy used is drug therapy. Drug therapy involves issuing a patient psychotherapeutic drug(s) which are used to alter the chemical functioning of the brain by affecting the action of neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters transmit signals between nerve cells called synapses. Neurotransmitters lead to changes in moods, feelings, perception and behaviour. The main category of drugs used for treating Schizophrenia is anti-psychotic drugs or neuroleptics. These lessen psychotic symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations, examples of these drugs could be chlorpromazine or clozapine.…
Drug therapy is the most common treatment, using antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs aims to help patient function as well as possible and increasing patient’s feelings of well being.…
The main form of biological therapy for schizophrenia is drug therapy. Some drugs are more effective at reducing the positive symptoms such as delusions and hallucination than negative symptoms such as lack of motivation and social withdrawal. There are two main categories of drugs, neuroleptic drugs and atypical drugs.…
Schizophrenia is characterised by a profound disruption of cognition and emotion, which affects a person’s language, thought, perception and sense of self. The assumptions of biological therapies are that schizophrenia can be treated physically and internally, though the use of medication and drugs etc.…
References: Davidson L. "Psychotherapeutic and Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Schizophrenia: Developing a Disorder-Specific Form of Psychotherapy for Persons with Psychosis," in Perris C, et al., eds. Cognitive Psychotherapy of Psychotic and Personality Disorders: Handbook of Theory and Practice. John Wiley & Sons, 1998.…
Anxiety is an issue that everyone deals with, whether it be the anxiety of the first day of school, meeting a new client, or a first date, it’s a pertinent issue in everyone’s life. The topic my research paper was given was one on anti-anxiety medications and their effects, I chose an article written by Moira Rynn, M.D., Anthony Puliafico, Ph.D., Charlotte Heleniak, B.A., Pranav Rikhi, Kareem Ghalib, M.D., and Hilary Vidair, Ph.D. that examines the effects of these drugs, mainly in random control trials.…
Because people who are manic have very elevated moods, a new test for mania includes questions about how happy the person feels and how often he or she laughs. This test has:…
Cognitive symptoms involve problems with thought processes. A person who has schizophrenia may be born with these symptoms which include problems with making sense of information, difficulty paying attention and memory problems. Schizophrenia can be treated and manage it is a chronic conditions that required lifelong treatment. Treatment with medications and psychosocial therapy can help manage the condition if the person is in the crisis period or times of severe symptoms hospitalization may be necessary to ensure that the patience is safe, proper nutrient, adequate sleep and basic…
The vast majority of people who suffer from schizophrenia will receive some form of treatment to try and diminish their symptoms. There are drug therapies that help patients to function as well as possible, and were founded in the 1950's when the drugs were given to hospital patients to try and calm their anxiety before surgery but were also found to relieve the symptoms of schizophrenia and so consequently were used for treatment of schizophrenia. Antipsychotics were used to combat the positive symptoms of schizophrenia e.g. hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, which are come from having an overactive dopamine system in the brain.…
In hopes to gain a position as a working psychologist, I would first like to discuss Schizophrenia. With Schizophrenia this disorder has casual factors, related symptoms, the areas of the brain it affects, and the neural basis of the disorder. I will also like to discuss suitable drug therapies that will be compatible with Schizophrenia. In addition to what I will discuss I will also be reviewing two separate case studies, each on a different disorders. I will be investigative to each problem from the perspective of a bio psychologist. I will define the patient’s diagnosis I will also be relating each case of the cases to the nature-nurture theory. This theory will better help me understand each disorder. I will also be speaking about helpful drug interventions and solutions for each disorder. When I like to talk about the tool of drug intervention, I like to speak about the positive and negative effects that the drugs may have on the individual. Last but not least I will discuss the treatment methods that I have found through research to be effective for both disorders of the disorders.…
A person may begin life functioning well, but when schizophrenia hits, it alters the way a person perceives and responds to their internal and external environment, affecting their ability to function within personal relationships, professionally, and within society as a whole. Schizophrenia can cause delusions, hallucination, odd thought processes, difficulty discerning reality, self-imposed isolation, and substance abuse,” (www.macalester.edu). However, there is hope for those who struggle with Schizophrenia. Remission can be attained by use of interventions, which generally require anti-psychotic intake. Support from family and community is also very important for the individual’s stability and coping…
Schizophrenia a term brought up in the early 20th century is defined as the splitting of psychic functions because symptoms it presented, which was the interruption of the connection between emotion, thought, and action. Schizophrenia is believed to begin in adolescence and early adulthood many times viewed as the insanity disorder. Treatment and study of this disorder has shown great difficulty because of the inconsistency of the symptoms that continuously change during the development of the disorder. Some symptoms include odd behavior such as lack of personal hygiene, speaking in rhymes, maintain still in a certain position for a long period of time and lack of social interaction. Bizarre delusions such feeling of being controlled or prosecuted is another symptoms often viewed severe paranoia. The most common symptoms are hallucinations and incoherent thoughts in which, they begin to hear voices and obsess for strange ideas such supernatural forces. According to the dopamine theory, schizophrenia is believed to be caused by too much dopamine. Therefore, treatment involves medication that helps decrease the dopamine levels these medications are known as antischizophrenic drugs. Since these medications have been proven fairly affective, however it does not work on all schizophrenia patients. Therefore, there is reason to believe that there is more neurotransmitters involved with schizophrenia than just dopamine (Pinel, 2007)…
Very detailed post! I agree that the primary issue with Schizophrenia and many other disorders is the lack of etiology. Discovering this alone could change the way individuals are treated and as well stigmatized; But, as it stands the current issue is the over usage of antipsychotics and the lack of sufficient treatment. In Whitaker (2015) podcast he pointed out the flaws of antipsychotics suggesting that if antipsychotics were indeed effective society would see a decrease in diagnosis; furthermore, as you pointed out from Whitaker podcast the fact that long-term use of antipsychotics may induce deterioration. As I shared in my post, I have personally witnessed this. I as well have observed patients being excessively medicated, which I have…