Archive for the ‘Mental Deseases’ Category
Zyprexa and Smoking: Drug Interaction
Many interactions between tobacco smoke and medications have been identified. Note that it is the tobacco smoke — not the nicotine – that causes these drug interactions. Tobacco smoke may interact with medications through pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic mechanisms. Pharmacokinetic interactions affect the absorption, distribution, metabolism, or elimination of other drugs, potentially causing an altered pharmacologic [...]
Archived in: Medicines, Mental Deseases
Early Childhood Antisocial Behavioral Factors which predict Conduct Disorder and Substance Dependence in adolescence:
helpful hints for high school teachers/counselors.
Ais K.W. Murray, M.S. Health Administration, B.S. Psychobiology
Conduct Disorder can be established as early as age seven (7) and as late as one's twenties (20s). Individuals with CD are usually classified as troubled youth by the school system. However, they will most likely have a pattern of antisocial behavior which [...]
Archived in: Diagnosis, Mental Deseases, Studies, Symptoms, Therapy
Facts About Specific Diagnoses
By Mental Health Reporting (http://depts.washington.edu)
In the U.S., mental disorders are diagnosed based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV).
Major (or Clinical) Depression
More than 17 million American have a diagnosis of clinical depression.
Archived in: Diagnosis, Mental Deseases
What is your opinion of Celexa?
By Robert Bransfield MD
Celexa is the newest antidepressant to be approved by the FDA. It is the most selectively acting on serotonin of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). It has been used in Europe for almost a decade, and a total of 8 million patients have been prescribed Celexa. It has many similarities [...]
Archived in: Mental Deseases, Therapy
Herbs and Mental Health
By Jessica A. Lowe
Mental and emotional disorders have become somewhat of a norm in today’s society. It seems like everyday a new “miracle” anti-depressant or anxiety medication is being advertised. However, very few of these medications have proven to be effective and in some cases, have made symptoms worse.
Archived in: Mental Deseases, Studies, Therapy
The “Gemini” Disorder: What We Know and Are Still Discovering About Bipolar Disorder
The “Gemini” Disorder: What We Know and Are Still Discovering About Bipolar Disorder
By Patricia Palermo, Biology 103, 2003 Third Paper
"You must understand something about Andrew… he's a Gemini." This was a simple phrase I heard very often in the company of my dear friend and his clever well-intentioned mother. It was discovered a short time [...]
Archived in: Mental Deseases
An Update On Attention Deficit Disorder
This article was first printed in the May 2004 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter. For more information or to order, please go to http://health.harvard.edu/mental.
It is the most commonly diagnosed childhood psychiatric disorder. Its symptoms — distractibility, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity — are being detected more often and increasingly in younger children. Researchers are finding [...]
Archived in: Mental Deseases
Psychiatric Disorders In People With Learning Disability
Dr Steve Moss BSc MSc Phd, Consultant Research Psychologist attached to the Estia Centre, Guys Hospital, London.
In the whole population it has been estimated that there are more people in hospital for mental illness than for all other diseases combined - including heart disease, cancer, tuberculosis or alcoholism. Mental illness places enormous burdens on carers, [...]
Archived in: Mental Deseases
