Medication used to treat psychiatric conditions are abused by those who have been diagnosed with co-occurring disorders Why is this so common? Non-medical prescription use and prescription drug disorders are also associated with increased frequency of substance use‚ mood‚ and anxiety disorder. (Blanco et al.‚ 2013) Several medications are available and effective in treating anxiety disorders. These include benzodiazepines; Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)‚ Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
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In the three scenarios given in the text‚ there are examples of three signs of different blood disorders. Each of these three people shows symptoms of being at risk for a type of blood disorder. The first scenario: Amy‚ a 4-old Caucasian female‚ has been complaining of being tired all the time. She is pale and a picky eater. Her mother is a single mom with a small budget to feed a large family. Amy only eats pasta‚ breads‚ and hot dogs‚ and drinks only artificial fruit punch (Axia College‚ 2011‚
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The hypothesis that social anxiety disorder is associated with heightened self-focused attention has a long lineage and is well supported. Within the Clark and Wells (1995) model‚ self-focused attention increases the individuals awareness of interoceptive information that is likely to be taken as a sign that they are about to fail‚ or have failed‚ to convey an acceptable impression to others. In other words‚ individuals with social anxiety attend to their own internal experience‚ monitoring their
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BIPOLAR DISORDER CASE 10 ANS no 1 Patients with bipolar disorder may be noncompliant with drug therapy for a number of reasons‚ including denial or failure to believe that they have an emotional disorder ‚reluctance to give up the pleasurable experience of mania‚ and drug side effects. Ego plays a large role - there is a tremendous amount of hubris and grandiosity among bipolars in the early phases of recovery - such an ego recoils at the affront of being told
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Gastrointestinal Disorder Case Study T.B‚ a 60yo retiree‚ is admitted to your unit from the ED. Upon arrival you note that he is trembling and nearly doubled over with severe abdominal pain. T.B. indicates that he has severe RUQ (right upper quadrant) pain that radiates to his back‚ and he is more comfortable walking bent forward than lying in bed. He admits to having had several similar bouts of abdominal pain in the last month but “none as bad as this.” He feels only slightly nauseated but
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|Chapter 44 | | | |Management of Patient with Renal Disorders | | | | | | | |Submitted by: | |Inac‚ Sarah Gaile T.
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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
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a) How could a psychological disorder (either affective or anxiety or psychotic) be treated biologically? An affective disorder commonly treated biologically is depression. Depression is a disorder characterised by the DSM –IV with 9 symptoms‚ at least 5 of which must be present within a 2-week period. These symptoms include depressed mood‚ insomnia or hypersomnia‚ feelings of worthlessness and recurrent thoughts of death. To treat depression biologically‚ a clinician would prescribe an anti-depressant
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Bipolar Disorder My third goal for this semester in the Advanced Internship class was to find psychoeducation‚ interventions‚ and techniques to use with clients dealing with bipolar disorder. I selected this goal because I have had a few clients this semester with bipolar disorder and have felt stuck at times when they have reached their “lowest point.” The clients were never suicidal‚ however they had a hard time doing things for pleasure. The materials in my binder allow me to incorporate cognitive
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the beginning of the interview I was unaware of the resident’s diagnosis. So‚ I began the interview with a therapeutic communication and tried to figure which assessment I will conduct with the client. Resident had advanced stage of Parkinson’s disease and excessive‚ uncontrollable body movement. Patient also had a severe case of rheumatoid arthritis. Resident also mentioned about having diarrhea for the past 3-4 days and he was following BRAT diet. I assessed the client for ulcer sore but he denied
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