1.3.c Risperidone vs Haloperidol: Evidence proves that risperidone is often more effective in the treatment of psychosis than the most commonly prescribed typical psychotic medication‚ haloperidol‚ which is included in the current list of WHO essential medications with chlorpromazine and fluphenazine. In multiple studies‚ risperidone is more likely than haloperidol to improve scores in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)‚ reduces relapse rates of psychosis‚ improve cognitive function
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Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a neurobiological disorder that causes changes in a person’s mood‚ attitude‚ and energy. It also affects a person’s physical‚ mental and emotional ability. This disorder is manifested by severe mood swings; mania and depression. It can gradually go from hypo or mild mania to severe depression. In early stage mood swings jump from euphoria to despair (to the point of suicide). Bipolar clients usually lose interest in all the activities
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A migraine headache is a recurrent throbbing headache that usually affects one side of the head and is usually accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision. Migraine headaches can cause pain that can last for hours to days and can be so severe that all you can think about is spending some time in a dark‚ quiet place. Migraines can be accompanied by warning signs‚ like flashing lights‚ or tinging in your arm or legs. Usually patients with chronic headache often do not come back to normal neurologic
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There are about 5.7 million of American adults who suffer from manic-depression illness. Manic-depression is another name for bipolar. What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder is a disorder in which the brain experience manic high (enthusiastic) and low (depression). The nonfiction story "An Unquiet Mind: Memoir of Mood and Madness" relates to bipolar disorder and influence of society. As mentioned earlier‚ bipolar disorder is a disorder in which the brain experience manic high to low. The highs
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Winterbourne View Failings – Rough Draft History: Winterbourne view was private‚ residential hospital with 24 beds‚ for people with autism and learning disabilities. Some of whom display challenging behaviours. 73% had been admitted to the hospital under Mental Health Act powers. The hospital was essentially government funded with the average charge being £3500 per week per client. Forty-eight patients had been referred to Winterbourne View by 14 different English NHS commissioners‚ meaning
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Do you know what these drugs are? Temazepam Temazepam is used to treat insomnia. Nitrazepam Nitrazepam is a hyponotic drug of the benzodiazepine class. This is used for the short term relief of severe‚ disabling anxiety and insomnia. Serequal serequal is used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia‚ bi-polar disorder and major depressive disorders. Bisoprolol Bisoprolol is a drug belonging to he group of beta blockers. These are primarily used in Cardiovascular diseases. Diazepam Diazepan is commonly
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Thomas rose HSSA 101 winter 2010 L romwall Term paper Benzodiazepines Benzodiazepines are by far the most widely used sedative-hypnotic in the united states.(uppers downers all arounders) this class of drugs was developed in the 1950s as an alternative to barbiturates. Because they have a fairly large margin of safety‚ many healthcare professionals initially overlooked their peculiarities: the length of time they last in the body tissues‚ their ability to induce tissue dependence at low
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• What does synthesize mean within the context of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Granello’s article? Synthesize in the context of the Bloom’s Taxonomy and Granello’s article refers to the evaluation of information in a way that makes the information new to the writer (Darcy‚ 2001). However‚ the information gathered is given merit as fact. It is not fully developed into the writer’s own arguments‚ but is presented as truth. Synthesize is on the higher level of Bloom’s Taxonomy but it lack the use of fully
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Bi-polar disorder is brain/mood disorder that’s associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs. Bipolar disorder is a class that includes three different conditions bipolar I‚ bipolar II and cyclothymic disorder. People with bipolar I disorder has had at least one manic episode in his or her life. A manic episode is a Most people with bipolar I disorder also endure episodes of depression. Other persons with bipolar II suffer from mild manic and major depressive
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Introduction Bipolar disorder is a disorder associated with episodes of mood swings going from depressive lows to manic highs. There is a controversy with bipolar disorder in youth causing difficulty in diagnosing. However‚ bipolar disorder is considered to be a repetitive familial disorder that occurs in 1-3% of youth‚ but mainly in adolescents prevalence “ The prevalence of the Bp spectrum disorders in youth is on average 1.8% and for Bp-1 1.2% with rates of BP-1 being consistent amoung most
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