Psychopharmacology is the study of psychotropic medications‚ which are used for mental disorders that have the ability to alter a person’s behavior and mental state of mind. Because of potentially serious side effects of many of these drugs‚ psychotropic medication should only be prescribed by qualified medical professionals who monitor the effects on patients. The purpose of week seven’s application assignment is to explain the boundaries that mental health counselors have in regards to recommending
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PHYSCOTROPIC DRUGS USED IN CHILDREN A report on the use of Psychotropic drugs used to control active children Lauren L. Dewar April 20‚ 2010 Introduction At eleven years of age‚ Thomas Edison was taken out of school because his teachers considered him difficult and he “could not be taught.” While in school Edison’s mind often wandered and his teacher was overheard calling him “addled.” Another labeled him as retarded. This ended his three months of official schooling. Because of this
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1. Antianxiety Drugs- Psychotropic medications prescribed to relieve anxiety‚ fear‚ or tension. 2. Antidepressant Drugs- Psychotropic medications that relieve depression. 3. Antipsychotic Drugs- Psychotropic medications that are effective in managing psychotic disorders. 4. Client- An individual‚ small group‚ or larger population that needs help. 5. Client Strengths- An approach to human service delivery that incorporates a client’s positive attributes and those of his or her environment. 6
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to prescribe medications to their patients. According to Brenda Smith of the APA (2012)‚ currently patients receive their medications for psychological conditions by a physician usually without having been evaluated by a mental health practitioner according to the CDC. The trend includes individuals to visit their general health practitioners in order to receive psychotropic medications such as antidepressants and anxiolytics. The problem with individuals receiving these medications from other sources
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The Drugging of our Children; When Does the Line get Drawn? Are young children early on exposed to psychotropic medications due to lack of medical attention? Do millions of children in these countries really have ADD or ADHD? These questions arise all over North America‚ Great Britain‚ and Australia. Drugging of children at young ages is the result of self-diagnoses‚ teacher diagnoses‚ and lack of medical care and treatment for children with the “disease” of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and
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The prescribing health provider I interviewed is a part-time psychiatrist at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System. To begin‚ I started the interview by inquiring how she prepared herself to work in the field of psychiatry. For her undergraduate study‚ she stated that her major was in biology at first but‚ after being fascinated to learn about psychological aspects of chronic medical illnesses in her health psychology class‚ she changed her major to psychology. Then‚ she went to medical school to study
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Psychotropic or antipsychotic medications are drugs used to help stable a person’s mood who may suffer from a variety of different mental illnesses. Psychotropic and antipsychotic medications serve different purposes‚ and many are used in conjunction with one another to help reach therapeutic goals. Antidepressants such as‚ Lexapro or Zoloft‚ fall under the psychotropic medication pharmacological class. Medications known as Clozaril‚ Risperdal and Haldol‚ are drugs that fall under the class known
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nursing profession. Cognitive impairment‚ medically –induced immobility‚ past medical fall history‚ weak muscle and certain group of medications like psychotropic/benzodiazepines‚ are some factors that have been noted to be responsible for elderly patients vulnerability to falls. Educating the patients at risk for falls‚ lowering/stopping the use of the psychotropic medications‚ close observation and bed-alarm use are some of the strategies that will enhance the reduction of falls among this population
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businesses are racing to combine products to offer one-stop-shop services. The profession of psychology has secured a place on the track by championing prescriptive privileges to psychologists. The shortage of psychiatrists to prescribe psychotropic medication is one of the leading reasons that drive proponents within the field of psychology to advocate the movement to grant prescriptive authority to psychologists. Although obvious implications of psychologists having prescriptive authority may
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Primary diagnosis: Affective (mood) disorder Secondary diagnosis: Anxiety disorders. The claimant was a 41-year-old woman. Alleged disability: bipolar disorder‚ high anxiety‚ deep depression. The claimant had difficulties with her personal hygiene and with most activities of daily living. She had mobility difficulties‚ ambulated with a cane because of knee problems. She had “a hard time” lifting objects‚ and was unable to do house chores. She did not do well with new people. She did not
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