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Outline and evaluate one or more biological explanations for schizophrenia The biochemical explanation is one explanation for the cause of schizophrenia in terms of the release of neurotransmitters. This suggests that schizophrenia could be caused by an excess amount of dopamine in the brain. This is due to receptor cells requiring dopamine to fire so with a large amount of dopamine present it is activated too much and too many messages are sent. This is what could account for the confused and the erratic behaviour which is seen in schizophrenic patients. Support for this theory is the effect of amphetamines.
Savannah Mello Introductory Psychology Antidepressants vs The Placebo in Treatment of Long-Term Depression There is often a lot of mixed emotions as to the effectiveness of antidepressants on a long term basis. The article, "Are Antidepressants Effective in the Acute and Long-Term Treatment of Depression?" by Ronald Pies address the main topics of, the effectiveness of antidepressants vs. the placebo in treatment of major depression, if antidepressants are more effective than the placebo for long term maintenance of depression, and if antidepressants are being over-prescribed for inappropriate reasons. Each topic having both positive and negative aspects to them. After analysis of the three topics, the supporting article, "Adjunctive antidepressant treatment with quetiapine in agitated depression: positive effects on symptom reduction, psychopathology, and remission rates."
Depression is associated with poor glucose regulation in diabetes, and improvement in depression is associated with a clinically significant improvement in glycemic control. Beck Depression. You would look to see if it applied to this group-probably fine since it has been measured in populations that can answer the questions and even though teens are not adults, they are able to accurately answer questions, and showed that they needed it. The outcome would hopefully be more accurate assessment, increased access to mental health services and accurate treatment that would hopefully improve this populations outcomes and decrease the suicide and untreated depression rates you would tell us what you would use it for in a nursing assessment. You would use it to determine and screen these teens for levels of depression and develop a treatment plan that would include referrals to mental health services if the tool.
Methadone: The Cure to Opiate Addiction In 2006, there were approximately 600,000 opiate dependent people in the United States. Today, that number has doubled. There are clinics around the United States that can help opiate dependent addict’s reform their lives without being in pain. These clinics use a drug called Methadone to help this process. While the public has formed negative stereotypes due to misunderstanding methadone, methadone maintenance is the most effective form of substance abuse treatment for heroin and pain pill addiction.
The Effects of DBT on relapse in Bi-Polar Patients The Effects of DBT on Relapse in Bi-Polar Patients We chose to do our paper on The Effects of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) on relapse of Bi-Polar patients. DBT is a cognitive behavioral treatment that was originally developed to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and it is now recognized as the gold standard psychological treatment for this population. It has more recently been shown to work in other areas of mental health such as substance dependence, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorders and mood disorders such a Bi-Polar. DBT has a grouping of four as in there are four components : DBT
c. They inhibit GABA. d. They are 100% effective in treating bipolar disorder. 86. An advantage of bright light therapy for SAD, as compared to other antidepressant treatments, is that bright light therapy: a. is highly effective without apparent side effects. b. produces a permanent cure after one or two treatments.
Depression and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy i Depression and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Your Name Course Information Professor May 2013 Depression and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy i Abstract Depression is a common psychological problem that has both physical and mental symptoms. “Some authorities have estimated that at least 12% of the population have had or will have an episode of depression of sufficient clinical severity to warrant treatment” (Beck, 1979). Some of the features of depression include negative thought processes and loss of concentration or memory. Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) has emerged as one of the most promising treatments for the problem of depression. CBT has many advantages in treating depression, such as helping patients recognize and address negative thoughts.
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However, Clozapine is not 100% effective, suggesting that DA is not the only cause of SZ. Also, Clozapine treats both the positive and negative symptoms of SZ, with only the positive symptoms seeming to be related to excess DA levels, again suggesting DA is not the only cause of SZ. Seaman (1987) reviewed a number of studies involving post-mortems of SZ patients. He found that overall, SZ patients have an increase in DA receptor density of between 60% and 110% when compared to controls. However, it is not clear whether or not it was the excess DA which caused the patients to develop SZ, or whether it was having SZ that caused the excess DA.