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Agents to Treat the Side Effects of Antipsychotic Medications
A Tale of Four Pathways Psychosis is found in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, mood disorders, and drug abuse. These symptoms are often treated with antipsychotic medications (Sadock, Sadock & Ruiz, 2015). Antipsychotics are effective in treating the positive symptoms (i.e. hallucinations, delusions, racing thoughts) of psychosis by blocking a specific dopaminergic pathway, the mesolimbic pathway. There are four dopaminergic pathways: mesolimbic, mesocortical,
How to Choose the Right Psychiatric Provider for Your Mental Health
Your anxiety may feel suffocating. Your depression may have you spiraling. ADHD may render you unproductive or feeling frazzled. It’s time to reach out for help, but where do you begin? Finding a psychiatric mental health provider for the first time, or even transferring your care due ongoing circumstances, can be a daunting task and an overwhelming transition in your life. How do you take the steps to ensure you are receiving the best support possible? Making that first mo
Understanding Schizophrenia
What is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a chronic psychological disorder that interferes with how a person shows emotions, thinks, and interacts with other people. People with Schizophrenia sometimes perceive reality differently. Oftentimes, they have trouble maintaining employment and close healthy relationships. Schizophrenia requires life-long management to control symptoms (NIMH, n.d.). What are some of the symptoms of schizophrenia? Schizophrenia symptoms are group into
Understanding Depression
What is depression? Depression is more than feeling sad all the time. People with depression oftentimes find it difficult to make it through their everyday lives. Depression can interfere with different aspects of your life including your sleep and appetite. Because depression can have a major impact on your life you should let our providers know if you have any of these symptoms NIMH, n.d.).: Sleep changes (sleeping too much or inability to sleep) Changes in appetite Sudden
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder can involve unusual mood changes that are on different ends of the mood spectrum: manic, depressed or mixed (both manic and depressed at the same time). Some days you can feel overly energized and very productive (can last for a week or longer), while other days you may feel down, depressed and may even find it difficult to get out of the bed. Some people can experience both manic and depressed mood together. What does it mean to hav
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