Assessing and Treating Clients With Psychosis and Schizophrenia Assessing and Treating Clients With Psychosis and Schizophrenia Psychosis and schizophrenia greatly impact the brain’s normal processes, which interferes with the ability to think clearly. When symptoms of these disorders are uncontrolled,…
Week 6: Antipsychotic Therapy Week 6: Antipsychotic Therapy According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately 100,000 people experience psychosis in the United States each year (NAMI, 2016). In practice, clients may present with delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, disorganized…
Assessing and Treating Clients With Anxiety Disorders Assessing and Treating Clients With Anxiety Disorders Common symptoms of anxiety disorders include chest pains, shortness of breath, and other physical symptoms that may be mistaken for a heart attack or other physical…
Week 5: Anxiolytic Therapy & PTSD Treatment Week 5: Anxiolytic Therapy & PTSD Treatment “I’m no longer at the mercy of my PTSD, and I would not be here today had I not had the proper diagnosis and treatment. It’s…
Assessing and Treating Clients with With Bipolar Disorder Assessing and Treating Clients with With Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a unique disorder that causes shifts in mood and energy, which results in depression and mania for clients. Proper diagnosis of…
Week 4: Bipolar Therapy Week 4: Bipolar Therapy Jay, an 18-year-old high school senior, presents with symptoms of difficulty sleeping and feeling sad, which results in an initial diagnosis of depression. His mother later reports, however, that Jay exhibits symptoms…
Assessing and Treating Adult and Geriatric Clients With Mood Disorders Assessing and Treating Adult and Geriatric Clients With Mood Disorders Advances in genetics and epigenetics have changed the traditional understanding of mood disorders, resulting in new evidence-based practices. In your…
Discussion: The Impact of Ethnicity on Antidepressant Therapy Discussion: The Impact of Ethnicity on Antidepressant Therapy Major depressive disorder is one of the most prevalent disorders you will see in clinical practice. Treatment for this disorder, however, can vary greatly…
Week 3: Adult and Geriatric Antidepressant Therapy Week 3: Adult and Geriatric Antidepressant Therapy The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that approximately 15.7 million adults in the United States have depression (NIMH, 2014), making depression one of the most…
Assessing and Treating Pediatric Clients With Mood Disorders Assessing and Treating Pediatric Clients With Mood Disorders When pediatric clients present with mood disorders, the process of assessing, diagnosing, and treating them can be quite complex. Children not only present with…