Most of patients are prescribed from the benzodiazepine (anxiolytic) category such as Xanax or Klonopin for tension relief, reduction of other somatic symptoms, and relaxation (butcher, 2008). Benzadiazepines were released in the early 1960s and are the most widely used class of anti-anxiety medications. They are widely used because they are beneficially and work fast to cure acute anxiety. Depending on the dosage being taken the help quell anxiety and at higher dosages they act as sleep-inducing agents and can be used to treat insomnia (Butcher, 2008). Unfortunately some of the side affects include psychological and physiological dependence.…
Psychopharmacology is the logical investigation of the impacts drugs have on mind-set, sensation, consideration and conduct. The connection amongst medications and wrongdoing has a long history and is a pillar of fiction, broadly recorded in media reports and the subject of considerable logical examination. Medications are not generally illicit and their purchase and use does not generally prompt to wrongdoing. However, medications and wrongdoing are identified with each other in no less than three ways. To begin with, the prompt impact of medications on the psyche and body may make mental or physical states that by one means or another encourage animosity or robbery.…
A progress note from Dr. Sharman, dated 06/14/2017, indicated that the claimant reported that her mood and function had been worsening. Objective findings showed depressed mood with a flattened affect. Escitalopram and Bupropion were…
In the treatment plan, Atypical Antianxiety medication, Buspirone will be used. This Atypical Antianxiety medication will benefit Suzy by reducing her constant worrying and edginess (Preston, 2013). Suzy has been self-medicating by abusing alcohol to decrease her anxiety (Kushner, Abrams, & Borchardt, 2000). Once her anxiety decreases from the Buspirone, she will decrease the need to drink. The reason I have selected Buspirone is because of its non-addictive qualities (Preston, 2013).…
1. What kind of a history do you need to gather on the geriatric population prior to ordering psychotropic medication? A full and complete Medical history is important to consider any co-morbid disease processes. Has the patient been treated for or diagnosed with any psychiatric disorders or diseases?…
TREATMENT PLAN Client Name: Jim Diagnosis/Relational/Developmental: • F41.9 Unspecified Anxiety Disorder Objectives of Treatment: • Locate cause(s) of panic attacks • Restore psychosocial functioning • Recognize triggers; Recognition of early warning symptoms and early intervention • Reduce impact of psychosocial factors related to episode Assessments as Needed: • Clinical examination to identify the presence of other illnesses with symptoms that overlap with those of other Mood and Anxiety Disorders. • Comprehensive client and family history • Drug & Alcohol screen • Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) – to screen for depression • Mental status examination (MSE) • Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) • Pharmacotherapy assessment Clinicians Characteristics Viewed as Therapeutic: • Non-judgmental •…
Fluoxetine is an anti-depressant Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) drug, which selectively inhibits the reuptake of serotonin by blocking the serotonin reuptake pump on presynaptic neuronal membranes (Drugbank.ca, 2013b). The effects of this are elevated mood and decreased anxiety due to increased availability of serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in mood regulation, occurring due to neuronal function modifications caused by altered protein synthesis (Overall, 2013). Serotonin-increasing drugs have demonstrable usefulness in reducing obsessive-compulsive behaviours such as acral lick dermatitis (Beaver,…
Biologically, benzodiazepines bind to GABA receptor sites in the brain. GABA is an important inhibitory neurotransmitter that if in excess amounts in the brain or regulated can cause seizures and sleep problems respectively. Previously, scientists have tried medication substitution to anxiolytics, agonist substitution to mimic the effect, or abstain completely. Liebrenz and his team of five scientists suggest that, “patients’ subjective views are of clinical importance because past research indicates that individuals should be presented with a variety of treatment alternatives, rather than simply being informed about what is obtainable or easiest; in addition, this prior research has found interventions to be most beneficial when patients…
Abilify® (aripiprazole), a partial dopamine agonist, is an atypical antipsychotic drug, or second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs), with additional antidepressant qualities. It has been approved for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression as an add-on treatment when the main antidepressant is not effective enough(1,3, 5). Aripiprazole is also used to treat symptoms of mood swings, aggression, irritability, and irritability associated with autistic disorder in pediatric patients aged six years or more. Abilify® uses a different mechanism from other drugs that have been approved for the same symptoms. The majority of antipsychotics shut down dopamine receptors.…
Conventional treatment often gives a sufferer a prescription that only treats the symptom and not the cause itself. There are many adverse side-effects, such as suicidal thoughts, withdrawal, weight gain, drowsiness, and bodily inflammation and pain. The risk of relapse is a possibility,…
Abstract This paper is about the different types barbiturates drug and the effect it has on a person. “Barbiturates were introduced in the early 1900s (for medical use) as sedatives, hypnotics, anesthetics, and anticonvulsants.” “These drugs cause depression or slowing down of the central nervous system – made of your brain and spinal cord.” (PAMF, 2015).…
In 1959, research psychiatrist Donald F. Klein was studying imipramine, a new drug synthesized by a minor alteration in the chemical structure of the “major tranquilizer” chlorpromazine. Researchers hoped that imipramine, like chlorpromazine, would help people with schizophrenia, whose psychotic symptoms were at that time believed to result from excessive anxiety. Unfortunately, imipramine did not stop delusions or hallucinations, but it did alleviate depressive symptoms in schizophrenic patients, and its mood-improving effects were notably dramatic in patients suffering from severe depression. As evidence for the antidepressant effects accumulated, Klein and his associates struggled to treat a group of highly anxious inpatients who had been…
Throughout the United States of America, drug rehabilitation centers have preferred a more harmful treatment such as antidepressants, anti-anxiety, and all other mind-altering drugs. From 1996 to 2005, the number of people who take these mind-altering drugs have doubled in size from approximately 13.3 million to more than 27 million (M2presswire). Not only do these drugs make your body more susceptible to an overdose and even death when mixed with opium, but they are highly addictive. Benzodiazepines, also known as anti-anxiety medication, are not designed to be a cure for those with anxiety. In fact, they are actually only made to manage the symptoms.…
Mood stabilizers may be used to reduce anger, anxiety, depression, impulsivity (acting without thinking), or attempts at self-harm associated with borderline personality disorder. Several medications have used as mood stabilizers are: Carbamazepine (such as Tegretol or Epitol), Divalproex (Depakote), and Lithium (such as Lithobid). These medicines help stabilize certain brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, which control emotions and behavior. Balancing these brain chemicals may help you avoid impulsive and reckless…
“Schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior.” (Mayo Clinic) The word Schizophrenia is derived from the Greek words “Schizo” which means split and and “phren” which means mind. The term originated in the year of 1910 by a swiss psychiatrist named Paul Eugrn Bleuler.…