SM reported that he is currently taking psychotropic medications including Zoloft, a sleep medication and bupropion. SM explained that but after being medically retired he left fort hood in June of 2016 when he got a 90 day supply of medication from his off post provider. He indicated that because he was not taking as much medication as he was prescribed he was able to make the 90 day supply last until December of 2016 after which he began going back to the psychiatrist and psychologist. He reported he most recently was seen by his psychiatrist in January and is followed up by his psychiatrist approximately every 6 weeks for medication management. He also reported that he also saw a psychologist in January for individual therapy. SM report
It is not rare for doctors to prescribe antidepressants and/or anti-psychotics to those who are suffering from PTSD or mental issues such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Also common is the prescribed use of sedatives to promote sleep in veterans who are suffering from insomnia or other sleeping conditions. Unfortunately, these can be very dangerous. Referring to sedatives or hypnotic sleep medications, “These medicines work on specific nerve endings in the brain, called benzodiazepine receptors, which act by slowing down the nervous system.”(Hoge, 2010 pg 77) Sedatives and other prescription sleep aids should only be used as a last resort and if they are used they are to be taken with extreme caution. Typically what will happen is veterans who drink heavily after deployment will use alcohol while under the influence of these medications. Seeing as how these drugs slow down your nervous system, when they are combined with alcohol the result can be deadly. Furthermore, these drugs can be highly addictive and in turn will make things worse in the long
Mrs. A is a 71-year-old widow with CCF and osteoarthritis who has recently been exhibiting quite unusual behavior. Her daughter is concerned about her mother 's ability to remain independent and wishes to pursue nursing home admission arrangements. She fears the development of a dementing illness. Over the last two to three months Mrs. A has become confused, easily fatigued and very irritable. She has developed disturbing obsessive/compulsive behavior constantly complaining that her lace curtains were dirty and required frequent washing. Detailed questioning revealed that she thought they were yellow-green and possibly moldy. Her prescribed medications are:
While John is under a great deal of stress, he is in the hands of seasoned professionals who all share the same goal, getting John better. St. Luke’s, a medical center geared towards helping veterans, has provided John a knowledgeable health care provider team to help meet his needs. John’s interprofessional team is being put together by John’s primary care physician, Dr. Jackson, and his licensed clinical social worker, Tessa. The team is kept small due to John’s reservations about opening up to people. The rest of his team will consist of a veterans affairs representative to help John seek any veterans benefits he is entitled to, as well as a mental health case manager. Lastly, a CNA assigned to help John integrate into life in a home with others while he tries to get a handle on his depression and Alzheimer’s.
I am quite fascinated by generalized control mechanisms and the role they play in the nervous system. I am also quite curious about the relationship between different generalized control mechanisms. The concept of mood and depression in particular have always interested me. I have always wondered what actually causes depression. Why can some people be in a perfectly good mood one day and then less than a week later start exhibiting the signs of clinical depression? I have always been curious about the role that experience and chemical imbalances play in depression and other mood disorders. I donUt totally understand how chemical depression can originate as the result of severe outside stressors in a personUs life. How can this stress go from simply stress in the experiences and environment of a person to a chemical imbalance? I have also wondered why certain people are more susceptible to depression than others. I am curious about whether genetics play a role in depression and whether certain people are more susceptible to depression because of the environment they live in or because of pharmacological reasons and genes. Throughout our class this year, I have wondered about the role that the I-function plays in depression. I find it interesting that it is possible to wake up one morning and be in a nasty mood even if I want to be in a good mood and my I-function is thinking RhappyS thoughts. Through my research for this paper I wanted to find out more about the different kinds of depression and exactly what goes on chemically in the brain when a person is depressed. I also wanted to do a little research on how depression can be treated. I wanted to try and determine how and when the line of simp...
There is a great deal of controversy surrounding the issue of children being medicated with powerful psychotropic medications. Psychological disorders, such as bipolar disorder, that were once believed only to effect adults, are now being diagnosed in children, and those children are, more often than not, now being treated with medications. The number of children being diagnosed and treated with psychotropic medications has rapidly increased in recent years. A report issued by Medco Health Solutions in 2010 states that the number of children being prescribed psychotropic medications doubled from 2001 to 2010. Psychotropic medications can be defined as "any medication capable of affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior"(medicine net). The classes of psychotropic medications are; Stimulants, such as Adderall- prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Antidepressants, such as Prozac- prescribed for depression, Anti-psychotics such as Haldol - prescribed for behavioral disorders, and Mood Stabilizers, such as Depakote - prescribed for bipolar disorders. These medications have been shown to "stunt growth, cause obsessive behaviors, suppress spontaneity, and cause children to become depressed and less social"(Breggin, 2009). This paper will discuss what research suggests about the potentially negative effects of these medications on a child’s physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development. In addition, this paper will also examine the potential reasons these medications are increasingly prescribed, and alternative treatments for some of the psychological disorders that these kinds of medications are prescribed for.
Psychotropic medications, also referred to as psychiatric or psychotherapeutic medications, are used to treat psychiatric disorders, such as: depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). They have been used for many years and oftentimes come with dangerous side effects. The side effects that often occur in children taking these medications can include: fainting, blurred vision, vomiting, extreme weight gain, and even death ("Seroquel information,” n.d.). The use of psychotropic medication to treat mental disorders in children and adolescents is highly controversial because of ethical viewpoints (i.e. parents “drugging” their children to calm them down) and potentially harmful side effects, but one has to take into consideration whether the risks outweigh the benefits when deciding whether or not to give this type of medication to children.
Seal, Karen H., Daniel Bertenthal, Christian R. Miner, Saunak Sen, and Charles Marmar. "Bringing the War Back Home: Mental Health Disorders Among 103 788 US Veterans Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan Seen at Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities." Archives of Internal Medicine 167.5 (2007): 476-82. Print.
When the client met with therapist and psychiatrist at Pomona office, client greeted the therapist and psychiatrist and started to report about her progress since last month. Client reported that she did not experience any side effect, she takes the medication on a regular basis, and doing good at school and at home. Client reported that she did nit need to take the medication of the anxiety if needed because she doing okay. When therapist reported that client sometimes cannot manage her stress and got involved in conflicts several times, psychiatrist reported that these issues is more related to the behavior management. Client asked the psychiatrist if she will be able to stop the medication soon, but the psychiatrist reported that she cannot
There are several people every year that are diagnosed with a mental disorder. In the world’s entire population, more than one percent of people have been diagnosed with schizophrenia (Brain and Behavior Research Foundation). When thinking of the billions of people in the world, it might not seem like that many people but once the number of those diagnosed is calculated it seems much larger. Currently there are more than seventy million people in the world that have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, only diagnosed. There are probably several more people who have this disorder and have not been diagnosed or are unable to obtain the resources to be diagnosed.
Studies suggest that Zoloft has failed to heal depression for many people with mild depression but works well in higher levels of depression, mostly moderate and severe. However, young adults tend to forget what the horrible side effects can do to their health and how difficult life may become. In an uplifting article, psychologist Dr. Bob Murray and his wife Alicia Fortinberry, an award-winning health experts suggest healing depression safely without the use of antidepressants. The article mentions how lead author of the study by the University of Washington, Jackie Gollan said “Depression is a recurrent disease for a lot of people just like cancer. Other factors in their lives beyond their mood need to be identified if we are to help them stay well. We need to consider who people a...
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CM spoke to Ms. Borders (resource parent) in regards to a follow-up on Treshawn (youth). CM was informed that Treshawn is very manipulate at school and PHP. Ms. Borders stated that Melissa (Therapist at PHP) wants to schedule a meeting to go over and change the youth medication. Ms. Borders explained to CM that the youth is not sleeping and he is very thirsty due to his medication.
Client states that he has been experiencing bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression and panics attack for more than three years. Client describe her his anxiety and depression as an isolated feeling, however, he stated that when he feels anxious or depress he speak to his wife. Client also had a bypass surgery in June 2014. Ever send then he had also been struggling with disciplining himself with eating small portions of food. He also stated that he does feel very anxious when he is around a lot of food now in days.
“Over 60 million Americans are thought to experience mental illness in a given year, and the impact of mental illness are undoubtedly felt by millions more…” (Olfson) and in just one year the number of prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications given has increased by 9.1% from 2014 to 2015 (Olfson). The reasons for this range from speculations about social networking to inflation; but the fact of the matter is that the number of those with diagnosed anxiety, specifically Generalized Anxiety Disorder or GAD, is increasing at a rapid pace. Right now benzodiazepines such as SSRIs like Prozac and Zoloft, and muscle relaxants like diazepam are some of the most prescribed anti-anxiety medications on the market (Olfson); however, these medications
The subspecialty I plan on focusing my career around is medication therapy management (MTM), whether I work in a retail setting or not. Pharmacy informatics will be important to me, as the programs I use to fill prescriptions will also monitor the possible interactions, duplicative therapies, contraindications, etc. of the medications my patients will be receiving. This system will be my resource to ascertain which patients are in need of MTM and why, and by combining the information contained in the pharmacy’s records of the patient with information I may get from the patient’s other health care providers and the patient themselves, I will be able to see what points I need to bring up during an MTM session.