Next the doctor will prescribes drugs to stabilize there mood. Like Lithium that will helps prevent manic and depressive episodes. If a mood stabilizer drug is not helping the patient, or if you have psychotic symptoms like seeing, hearing or believing things that are not real, your doctor may add an antipsychotic medication. Mood stabilizers usually control mania and depression. However, if you have depression symptoms that don’t clear up after a few weeks, the doctor will prescribe a stronger and more effective drug Paxil.
In addition, using psychostimulant medications to treat ADHD or ADHD-like symptoms in a child or adolescent with bipolar disorder may worsen manic symptoms. While it can be hard to determine which young patients will become manic, there is a greater likelihood among children and adolescents who have a family history of bipolar disorder. If manic symptoms develop or markedly worsen during antidepressant or stimulant use, a child psychiatrist should be consulted, and treatment for bipolar disorder should be considered. Physicians should be aware of the signs and symptoms of mania so that they can educate families on how to recognize these and report them
There are more complications in diagnosing adolescents with schizophrenia. Some of the same symptoms used to diagnose schizophrenia are also common for other mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and depression (Tossell, 2003). Therefore misdiagnosis is fairly common further pointing out that ruling out other possible disorders is extremely
These strengths include: family functioning assessment from both patient and clinician perspectives, differential assessment of depressed and manic episodes, the ability to control for symptom status at the time that family functioning was assessed, and a longitudinal, repeated measures design. Continued research on the ways that family functioning and bipolar symptoms mutually influence each other can help identify individuals at highest risk for relapse and increase the ability to use family treatments to create better outcomes for those suffering from bipolar disorder. Article: Miller, I. W. (2006). Family Functioning in Bipolar I Disorder. Journal of Family Psychology, 20(No.
I. Introduction Are children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at high risk of developing depression as adolescents or adults? This is a question that is important for many people. The families of children with ADHD should understand this topic, because if they are at high risk, then parents can be alerted to the symptoms of depression. A key part of the prognosis of any disorder or disease is early detection; known risk factors help provide an avenue for early diagnosis and treatment, and therefore an improved prognosis.
The first treatment in biological therapies is chemotherapy; this is the use of drugs to treat a mental illness. Under chemotherapy there are 3 main types of drugs; Antipsychotic, antidepressants and anxiolytic. Anti psychotic drugs are generally used for more severe mental health problems such as schizophrenia. They work by balancing chemicals in the brain such as dopamine as this is linked with there hallucinations. Antidepressants on the other hand by balancing neurotransmitters such as serotonin and epinephrine witch can cause depression if not sufficiently balanced.
Also there are concerns with the side effects of the medications. Some of the alternative treatments include changing the child’s diet and behavior charts with stickers. EBD is mostly treated with therapy. Sometimes when therapy is not enough, they might add an anti-depressant. The different types of therapy include: one to one talk, group therapy, and family therapy.
Over the past few years much question has arose about the proper diagnosis and treatment of children with ADHD. Many times children without ADHD have been treated for experiencing the same characteristics of a child with ADHD even though not to the same degree. The decision to treat medically is an ethical decision as well as medical. The treatment for ADHD is most often psychotropic drugs like Ritalin, Adderal, and Concerta. These drugs are effective for ADHD, but it has been prescribed for more children than was predicted to even be diagnosed.
Nexium may also be given to prevent gastric ulcer caused by infection with helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), or by the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Brand Names: Nexium 3. Zyprexa- (olanzapine) is an atypical antipsychotic medication. It is thought to work by changing the actions of certain chemicals in the brain. Zyprexa is used to treat the symptoms of psychotic conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (manic depression) in adults and children who are at least 13 years old.
Why do children use drugs? To satisfy their curiosities, to feel grown up, to feel rebellious, to feel good, to fit in and belong are all reasons why children may get into drugs. Alcohol and other drugs have significant health impacts on the lives of children and their families. Understanding the reasons underlying this drug abuse in children could help reduce and prevent further drug use in children. The “nature versus nurture” argument is relevant to