Antipsychotic

buspirone. This patient was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome. Clonidine is a vasodilator that allows for blood to flow more easily to the brain. This lowers blood pressure and helps treat the tics the patient experiences(1). Haldol and Pimozide are antipsychotics that blocks dopamine receptors in the brain. This would help treat the compulsive behaviors (2). Buspirone is used to treat anxiety disorders. It binds to serotonin receptors in

symptoms which disrupts an individual quality of life, social deficit, abnormal social behaviors which often due to doubting and adapting unrealistic cases to realistic situations, and as a result, social isolation. For treatment of schizophrenia, antipsychotic medication is worldwide treatment which helps to prevent a relapse of psychotic symptoms and to enhance the quality of life by improving individual mental abilities. In addition, to improve the outcome of the treatment, monitoring patient’s status

Within the 47 studies, were wide ranges of neuropsychological tests including 156 cognitive test variables. This meta-analysis categorized the tests into ten broad, separable cognitive domains allowing for a general outline. These tests were categorized based on a similar outline for a meta-analysis of schizophrenia used by Heinrichs and Zakzanis in 1998. These ten cognitive domains support quantitative and interpretive comparisons and include: immediate verbal memory, attention (divided into three

Schizophrenia can be explained biologically through genetic explanations and through neural explanations. Genetic explanations establish that schizophrenia is more common in biological relatives of a person with schizophrenia than a person without. Gotesman (1991) conducted a family study and found that children with 2 biologically schizophrenic parents had a 46% concordance rate with the child becoming schizophrenic, a 13% concordance rate if the children had 1 schizophrenic biological parent and

case very significant to this day is suffering from a disorder known as “Schizophrenia” while being on the death row list. There were lots of reports stating that Singleton was being forced by correctional officers in the Arkansas prison to take antipsychotic drugs to make him sane enough to execute. The case became so important that the matter had to be placed into the U.S. Supreme Court hands to be handled further. During, the year of 1986 Supreme Court decided that the decision of the execution

prescribed to Elizabeth; all to reduce her cognitive impairment. Steps need to be taken to improve Elizabeth's health, and giving her two antipsychotics and an anitdepressant would not be the way to do it! Risperdal is an antipsychotic given to decrease symptoms of physcoses, but it also cause insomnia and orthostatic hypotension. Haldol is another antipsychotic which causes trachycardia, constipation, and hypotension. It also has anitcholinergic

Schizophrenia Introduction Schizophrenia is a mental health condition that is the base of several psychological symptoms. There are many people out there who suffer from this disorder and have no idea on how to cure it. Some people tend to spend their whole life with this disorder; whilst others get it treated as soon as they see first sign or symptom of it. Schizophrenia is not a disorder that cannot be treated; with the right kind of treatment, the disorder can be controlled and the individual

Antipsychotic medication targets the neurological imbalance change the neurotransmitter levels in the brain by reducing the rate at which certain hormones are released in the brain (LeVine, 2010). is especially used with the release of dopamine into the brain

Current treatment options Depending on what type of schizophrenia a person has can determine the symptoms that they have. “The symptoms can be put into three categories which are positive symptoms, negative symptoms and cognitive symptoms” (National Institute of Mental Health, 2011). Schizophrenia can have positive symptoms which consist of hallucinations, delusions and thought disorders that can be seen in healthy individuals. Negative symptoms are constant disruption of normal behavior along with

Is treating people with schizophrenia by heavily sedating them with meds humane, and does it give them a fair shot at life? I believe that in today’s day and age in society, there is a negative social stigma associated with mental illnesses, specifically Schizophrenia, and that not a lot of time, thought, or effort goes into getting these people the help they so desperately need, to ensure that they can still live a healthy life. When it comes to the treatment options for people with Schizophrenia