Antipsychotic Case Studies

Nothing brings relief from the existential torture.” (Depression, 1997). Everyone is subject to sadness or melancholy moods especially after tragic events such as death, dissolution of a personal relationship, or economic hardship; these feelings are normal. It is a prolonged sense of these feeling and being unable to process past them that a more serious form of depression has taken hold. The damage caused by the emotional and mental effects of depression can be far reaching from hurting and pushing away friends and family, destroying careers, and can even result in death by suicide.(Depression, 1997).

As we have seen, treatment of schizophrenia with antipsychotic drugs can have impressive results in terms of decreasing active symptoms, although it does nothing to alleviate negative symptoms or to improve cognitive functioning. Unfortunately, this kind of treatment has the drawback of extremely serious and even fatal side-effects. Newer generation atypical antipsychotics offer more hope, as they can treat both active and negative symptoms, and also improve cognitive functioning. Moreover, they have fewer side-effects. However, treatment is complicated by the fact that results are unpredictable; and in addition the side-effects that they do have can be very serious, such as diabetes, which in itself is life-threatening. However, as the potential side-effects are known, the physician has leeway to choose a drug which is a good match for the patient’s clinical profile. Then, once the patient’s symptoms have been much alleviated with an appropriate newer generation atypical antipsychotic, the patient should be able to also benefit from a range of psychotherapeutic interventions. It is argued that this is the best treatment regime to choose, as it is likely to result in the greatest improvement in quality of life, coupled with the lowest risk of potentially devastating side-effects, or of death. This is likely to be better than utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy, the results of which are not reliably known – although research has certainly shown that it is less efficacious

With any medication prescribed it is the duty of the prescriber an any mental health professional working directly with that client to provide them with as much psychoeducation as possible. It is vital that the client understands the benefits and risks of the medication. FUrthermore, it is vital for the client to understand that the client must be willing to commit to the process of finding the correct cocktail if you will.

Therapy for psychosis often works best when combined with medication, although this is not always

Because schizophrenia manifests itself as a blend of a thought disorder, a mood disorder, and an anxiety disorder, a mixture of antipsychotic, antidepressant, and antianxiety medication is used to treat it. One main type of antipsychotic medication is traditional, such as chlorpromazine, haloperidol, and fluphenazine. These medications have been present since the 1950 's, and they are most effective for treating positive symptoms because they block the dopamine receptors. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that aids in regulating mood and behavior. Schizophrenia is believed to be caused by an excess of dopamine related activity in the brain. By blocking the receptors, the disorder is controlled.

Medications used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia are often used when the individual is in a state of psychosis. These medications are commonly antipsychotics, but can also include atypical antipsychotics as well. Types of antipsychotics include phenothiazines, chlorpromazines, butyrophenones, and thioxanthenes. Phenothiazines work by blocking dopamine receptors in the brain, preventing excess stimulation and thus reduced symptoms. All antipsychotic medications do help reduce positive symptoms, but none reduce negative symptoms. However, they also result in many negative motor side effects. Atypical antipsychotics work by influencing serotonin receptors and typically have less motor side effects than antipsychotics. Some of these medications include clozapine, olanzapine, and risperdone.

She went to the Doctors because there was times when she would act angerily or start to cry terribly for what we thought was no reason. So we took her to the doctor to see what was wrong up in her mind. He diagnosed her bipolar and with depression. She reacted worsewith th pills and thought somethin was seriously wrong with herself for that reason. she went to a very dark place. We went to multiple doctors and finally on took the time to talk to her and to get to know her, she stopped taking ills and learned to deal with what she had. she had terrible anxiety problems and learned ways to handle it better and somewhat control it. She isn't perfect and she still has anxiety attacks but she is doing alot better and isn't on any pills. She no longer feels broken because oe doctor acted differently and took the time to truly access the problem instead of throing more pills at her and hoping for the

The most important skill that I have learned this practicum. Is term is that we should not give up client that have schizophrenia disorder. The disease of schizophrenia disorder is a treatable disease, it has to be treated with an eclectic approach. I also learn that the law surrounding obtaining a CPS contract has changed. I gain insight into how to bill Medicaid as a provider and that you have to be a provider for the different insurance plan inside of the Medicaid provider network I was providing insight into how bill a CPS and how to become a CPS provider. We discuss making sure you have all documentation from CPS before you meet with the client because if you do not she could lose money and end up not getting paid for the services you

Taking medication can be challenging if you're a young adult with schizophrenia. Lee et al (2011) emphasized that young adults should be supervised as they are beginning to take their schizophrenic medication, so it could become routine and not cause problems in the future. In this case study eleven volunteers were recruited for research. One person happen to drop out, resulting in five men and five woman. “The majority of young adults with schizophrenia in our study stated that they considered themselves to be adherent to medication based on the self-reported Index for Medication Adherence, the findings from the MEMS® confirmed that they did not take their medication as prescribed.” Lee et al (2011). In this study interventions such as pill

If you were suffering from depression or schizophrenia, which type of therapy (or therapies) would you opt for (or involuntarily receive) and why?

Psychosis is a serious mental disorder characterized by impaired thinking and emotions which indicate that the person experiencing them has lost contact with reality and affects about 1% of the population. It is characterized by a myriad of signs and symptoms which include distortion of thinking and perception, cognitive impairments, motor abnormalities, volition and apathy, difficulties in communication and restricted affective expression. Various allopathic medicines are available in market such as chlorpromazine, fluphenazine, triflupromazine, haloperidol, trifluperidol, penfluridol, flupenthixol, clozapine, resperidone. But prolonged exposure to antipsychotic medication has been associated with side effects including extrapyramidal symptoms

Benny is 52 years old and has been working as a driver for a postal company for the past 28 years. He had a very cheerful and normal childhood, with sufficient caring from parents. He loves his parent very much. Benny has been unmarried his entire life. He reports that he has always been "nervous with the girls and such" and avoids making any significant social overtures with women. He meets his sexual needs matter of fact by visiting a prostitute on a regular basis.

that their doctor can diagnose them properly. In some ways, the diagnosis of depression is more an art than a science. Doctors must generally rely upon the patient's set of symptoms and what they can observe about him during their examination in order to make a diagnosis. While symptoms there are certain laboratory tests which can be performed to rule out other medical illnesses as a cause of depression, there is not yet a definitive test for depression itself. The first choice for depression treatment is generally an antidepressant medication, with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) being the most popular choice due to them being quite effective and having relatively fewer side effects than certain older antidepressants.

AP LAIs are consistently recommended in clinical practice guidelines and expert opinion to be considered when there are concerns regarding adherence to oral antipsychotics (OAPs) (Galletly et al., 2016, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2014). It is proposed that AP LAIs offer several advantages. Assessing adherence to OAPs in clinical practice can burdensome and unreliable, whereas AP LAIs ensure that adherence can be objectively measured (Sreeraj, Shivakumar, Rao & Venkatasubramanian, 2017). Whilst they do not guarantee adherence as a consumer may still refuse, AP LAIs allow clinicians to readily detect non-adherence and intervene promptly, before a deterioration in mental state may occur (Kane, Kishimoto & Correll,

           The patient M. is a 26 year old married female who was brought to the ER by her husband after increased anxiety and depression worsened after a “spiritual attack” that lasted for over four days.  While in the ER the patient admitted to hearing multiple distant male and female voices all around her head and outside of her head.  She states not being able to make out the message but interprets them to be negative in nature. She told the ER Doc she felt people were trying to harm her and that “people in her life have used things against her.”  She felt her extended family may have used witchcraft and “chakra dolls” to cast spells on her.  She is cognizant of the strangeness of her claims but believes them to be real