College Writing II 13 September 2012 Depression Treatments Depression is a mental illness affecting millions of people‚ not just in the United States‚ but also the world. According to Marcia Clemmitt‚ it’s “loosely defined as a mental and emotional disorder with symptoms of constant sadness‚ lethargy‚ irritability and a loss of interest and pleasure” (575). Depression can be linked to stressful life events‚ such as family issues‚ sexual assault‚ or losing a loved one. Liubov Kavaliauskienė
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Adrenergic Agonists (a.k.a. Sympathomimetic Drugs) I. Direct stimulants of α and β receptors 1. Epinephrine (Adrenaline) 2. Norepinephrine (Levophed) 3. Levonordefrin (Neo-Cobefrin) 4. Dopamine (Intropin) 5. Ephedrine II. Direct stimulants of α receptors (α agonists) 1. Phenylephrine (Neo-synephrine) III. Direct stimulants of β receptors (β agonists) 1. Isoproterenol (Isuprel) 2. Selective stimulants of β2 receptors in the bronchi (for asthma) 2.a. Salbutanol (Ventolin) 2.b. Terbutaline
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Late adulthood should be a time in a person’s life where they feel fulfilled. They can look back on their memories and be happy with the way they have lived their life. Now‚ too many elderly people are not satisfied and look at this stage as depressing. Most fear death of either a loved one or for themselves. This topic is interesting to me because elderly people should make the best of their last stage of life. This topic discusses about getting older‚ the life changes that they go through physically
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Thomas Moore 4/13/2013 HCA 240 Brian Eigelbach Mental illness affects one in four people‚ that’s an estimated 57.7 million Americans. Psychiatry is the medical specialty that diagnoses and provides treatment for mental illness. Mental illnesses are medical conditions that change a way a person thinks‚ feels‚ there mood‚ ability to relate to others‚ and the way a person functions daily. Mental illnesses do not target any specific person by age‚ race‚ religion
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Emily Young Mrs. King ELA 8th Hour 07 April 2017 Marijuana should be legal. Have you ever thought about not being able to get the best treatments medical wise? Or have you thought about how damaging the things our government allows to be legal really are to us and our communities? For examples‚ Marijuana can be used to treat some medical problems‚ but it is illegal while cigarettes kill people‚ and it is legal. That doesn’t make sense. Therefore‚ Marijuana should be legal because it helps
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Describe and evaluate two treatments for unipolar depression (25 marks). It has been believed that psychological disorders‚ like physical illnesses‚ have organic causes. Therefore‚ mental disorders are treated just like physical ones. Earlier treatments have included things like trepanning which was carried out in the stone again. Nowadays we have much safer and effective treatments such as therapies and drug treatment. Low levels of both noradrenaline (nora) and serotonin (sero) have been
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express what is going on in the minds of the victim of depression. There is also “recent data showing possible increased risk for suicidal behavior among children and adolescents treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) antidepressants have created significant concern among patients‚ families‚ and providers‚ including concerns about the risk of individual antidepressants” (Cooper). Along with unknown effects of antidepressants
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medication is gradually withdrawn to prevent relapse. Lastly the maintenance phase which is recommended for individuals who have a reccurent depressive episode. One of the most common anti-depressant drugs used are Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRI’s)‚ these are associated with serotonin which have been found to be involved in depression. The SSRI’s will work by stopping the nerve cells from re-absorbing serotonin that has been released into the synapse‚ which in turn will increase the
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Week 8 Mental Illness Paper HCA 240 For this week’s assignment‚ I have selected to write about Post traumatic stress disorder. I have quite a bit of experience will this illness as well because my husband suffers from Post-traumatic stress disorder following a severe car accident that he was in about 6 years ago. Exposure to trauma is anything but new to the humankind. Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ has been around for centuries but was not given the name Post-traumatic
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heartbeat‚ tensed muscle‚ light-headed ) will reduce. (HELPGUIDE.ORG) Whereas the medication methods include: Giving antidepressants : • As for the antidepressants‚ it includes medication in the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) classes which are generally the first-line medication treatments. Doctors usually use antidepressants to treat anxiety disorders in general. (Mayo
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