Topic #6 – Anxiety Disorders (OCD) Reviewed by : ............................... / JC2 a) Definitions‚ Measures‚ Examples of Obsessions and Compulsions DEFINITION OF OBSESSIONS & COMPULSIONS Obsessions involve recurring and persistent thoughts‚ images‚ or impulses that are experienced as inappropriate‚ intrusive‚ and anxiety provoking‚ and are not just excessive worries about real-life problems. Compulsions involve repetitive and rule following behaviour or mental acts that the sufferer feels
Premium Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Anxiety
patient is 82yrs old female weight 200lbs and height 62inches. Patient’s admitting diagnosed are hypertension‚ glaucoma‚ osteoporosis‚ insomnia and anxiety. For hypertension patient taking carvedilol tab 3.125mg by mouth every two hours is beta blocker. Beta blocker affect the heart and circulation (blood flow through arteries and veins). Coreg is used to treat heart failure and hypertension (high blood pressure). It is also used after a heart attack that has caused your heart not to pump as
Premium Myocardial infarction Anxiety Hypertension
Drug Name: Clozapine (Brand name Clozaril) Medication Class: Anti-psychotic‚ atypical‚ second generation. History of Use: Clozapine was used in Europe first in the early 1970s to treat schizophrenia. It was withdrawn in 1975 when it was shown to cause a dangerous drop in white blood cells (agranulocytosis). It was later approved for limited use in the United States (1989)‚ specifically for treatment-resistant Schizophrenia‚ as long as weekly blood tests were monitored for low white cell counts.
Premium Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Major depressive disorder Bipolar disorder
Mood disorder is a mental issue that is a typical cause among individuals everywhere throughout the world. There are diverse sorts of mental disorder‚ however‚ the significant ones are bipolar disorder and dysthymia. Dysthymia can happen to anyone of all ages. I was shocked to hear about my aunt Lola‚ who was diagnosed with dysthymia at the age of 30. This was just a year after her wedding. It was awful to hear about her disorder‚ partly because she was expecting a baby‚ but she had a miscarriage
Premium Major depressive disorder Dysthymia Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
Annika Riggins Professor McGaughey English 101 17 September 2014 Obsessive Heartbreak Chronic conditions are one of the leading causes for death and disability. You may have heard about these conditions such as ADD‚ ADHD‚ OCD‚ etc.‚ but are you aware of the social burdens they can have on their victims? Most people are not affected by chronic conditions in their own lives‚ and do not take into consideration the day-to-day struggle and constant battle being faced by others who do have them.
Premium Psychology Anxiety Medicine
Valium Vanessa Monroy College America Melodye Nolan April 20‚ 2012 Valium‚ also known as diazepam‚ belongs to a group of prescription drugs called benzodiazaines. Valium is used to control agitation due to withdrawals for people suffering from alcoholism. It is also used to relieve muscle spasms‚ anxiety‚ and seizures. Diazepam comes in a tablet‚ a capsule‚ and liquid to take by mouth. It may be taken with or without food‚ 1-4 times a day and you must follow the prescription directions
Premium Pharmacology Benzodiazepine Medicine
Within the brain‚ the main structures that determine mood and behavior are the amygdala‚ the thalamus‚ and the hippocampus. The amygdala is associated with emotions such as anger‚ pleasure‚ sorrow‚ fear‚ and sexual arousal. The thalamus is the region of the brain responsible for speech‚ behavior and movement. The hippocampus helps internalize certain events and creates long-term memory. Recent evidence identifies certain alterations in these areas of the brain in people suffering from depression
Premium Major depressive disorder Bipolar disorder Schizophrenia
Types of Anxiety Disorders and its Symptoms By Keanne Louise S. Ariola English 1‚ RTA Professor October 11‚ 2013 Types of Anxiety Disorders and its Symptoms People get anxious in their everyday life just by worrying what to eat‚ how to earn money‚ how to finish a work before its deadline‚ how to pass their job interview‚ etc. Anxiety is among the second most common psychiatric disorders among children‚ adolescents and adults. Anxiety
Premium Anxiety Anxiety disorder Fear
Perhaps part of the dichotomy in the World exists because of the ever-lasting‚ insidious mind-body problem that has become engraved deep within the human psyche. From a phenomenological standpoint‚ the study of consciousness is capable of being grasped through the careful and seemingly empathetic understanding of a person’s lived experiences. It appears that 3‚4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine‚ otherwise known as MDMA‚ provokes an epistemological phenomenology within the psychology community. There
Premium Posttraumatic stress disorder Psychological trauma Cognitive behavioral therapy
The nAChR is unusual among receptors in that agonist-induced desensitization leads to an up-regulation of the receptor. Ligand interactions occur with various discrete forms of the receptor as originally proposed in 1958 by Katz and Thesleff‚ e.g.‚ open‚ resting‚ and desensitized states that are in equilibrium (Lena and Changeux‚ 1993). In addition to the acetylcholine (ACh) binding site‚ the nAChR‚ like other LGICs‚ e.g.‚ GABAA(benzodiazepine‚ neurosteroid‚ and barbiturate) andN-methyl-D-aspartate
Premium Dopamine Schizophrenia Serotonin