Psychiatric Disorders, Diseases and Drugs
Psychiatric Disorders, Diseases and Drugs
Psychiatric Disorders, Diseases and Drugs
Axia University
Instructor: Allen Meyer
Date: July 31, 2010
Axia University
Instructor: Allen Meyer
Date: July 31, 2010
Avery Paco
Avery Paco
Schizophrenia, emotional disorders, Anxiety and Tourette’s syndrome are all classified as psychiatric disorders. There is a thin line between neuropsychological disorders and psychiatric disorders. Though the two types of disorders are a result of a dysfunctional brain, the brains malfunctions which create psychiatric disorders are blurry. Furthermore, psychiatric disorders are linked to environmental forces and are thought to be, "all in the persons head." As researchers become educated on psychiatric disorders they are able to create treatments to alleviate the patient from the disease.
The NIH & National Library of Medicine (2008) Web site defines Schizophrenia in five different categories: catatonic, disorganized, paranoid, residual, and undifferentiated. Each category has its own set of symptoms, but Schizophrenia as a whole creates a delusional picture of reality which disrupts the person’s behavior, logic and emotions. MSN Movies (2009) Web site discusses the movie A Beautiful Mind which is about Noel Peace prize winner John Forbes Nash Jr. who suffered from a Paranoid Schizophrenia. Nash was a well renowned Mathematician. Throughout his life Nash struggled with his disease convincing himself he could conquer the illness. The disease raged within him, he had a hard time distinguishing what was real and unreal. Nash was certain the CIA needed his assistance so he went above and beyond to decipher codes for the CIA, neglecting his reality for this altered reality created in his mind.
Since John Nash 's era advances have been made to treat Schizophrenia. In the 1950 's and early 1960 's chlorpromazine was used on patients prior to surgery to alleviate swelling, the surgeon noticed the medicine acted as a
Psychiatric Disorders, Diseases and Drugs
Axia University
Instructor: Allen Meyer
Date: July 31, 2010
Axia University
Instructor: Allen Meyer
Date: July 31, 2010
Avery Paco
Avery Paco
Schizophrenia, emotional disorders, Anxiety and Tourette’s syndrome are all classified as psychiatric disorders. There is a thin line between neuropsychological disorders and psychiatric disorders. Though the two types of disorders are a result of a dysfunctional brain, the brains malfunctions which create psychiatric disorders are blurry. Furthermore, psychiatric disorders are linked to environmental forces and are thought to be, "all in the persons head." As researchers become educated on psychiatric disorders they are able to create treatments to alleviate the patient from the disease.
The NIH & National Library of Medicine (2008) Web site defines Schizophrenia in five different categories: catatonic, disorganized, paranoid, residual, and undifferentiated. Each category has its own set of symptoms, but Schizophrenia as a whole creates a delusional picture of reality which disrupts the person’s behavior, logic and emotions. MSN Movies (2009) Web site discusses the movie A Beautiful Mind which is about Noel Peace prize winner John Forbes Nash Jr. who suffered from a Paranoid Schizophrenia. Nash was a well renowned Mathematician. Throughout his life Nash struggled with his disease convincing himself he could conquer the illness. The disease raged within him, he had a hard time distinguishing what was real and unreal. Nash was certain the CIA needed his assistance so he went above and beyond to decipher codes for the CIA, neglecting his reality for this altered reality created in his mind.
Since John Nash 's era advances have been made to treat Schizophrenia. In the 1950 's and early 1960 's chlorpromazine was used on patients prior to surgery to alleviate swelling, the surgeon noticed the medicine acted as a
References: CEDARS-SINAI. (2008). Tourette 's syndrome. Retrieved July 30, 2010 from http://www.csmc.edu/5540.html NIH & National Library of Medicine. (2008). Medical Encyclopedia: Schizophrenia. Retrieved July 30, 2010, from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000928.htm MSN Movies. (2009). A Beautiful Mind: Synopsis. Retrieved July 30, 2010 from http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-synopsis/a-beautiful-mind/ Pinel, J. P. J. (2007). Basics of biopsychology. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.