Mental health articles
OF mental health care and mentally ill
November, 2015
adhd symptoms and behaviors
Th ere is much current controversy about the diagnosis and management of ADHD. Some reports indicate that this syndrome is being overdiagnosed and that treatment is being too quickly provided to young people, while others claim that ADHD is rather common and oft en missed and untreated or undertreated (Belkin, 2004; Elia, Ambrosini, & Rapoport, […]
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adhd medicines for children
adhd medicines for children Stimulant medications such as Ritalin and amphetamines have been the mainstays of ADHD treatment and can be dramatically eff ective. When diagnosis is done carefully and the medicines are well monitored, they are safe and eff ective. Problems associated with them are potential insomnia, increased anxiety, stunted growth in children, and […]
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mood stabilizers list
mood stabilizers list While the antipsychotics are eff ective in the management of manic psychosis and agitation, because of the risk of tardive dyskinesia there was a need to fi nd other, safer medications. Long known to have calming eff ects, lithium was found to have a salutary eff ect on manic patients and became […]
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list of antipsychotic medicines
Th e antipsychotic medicines are eff ective across the whole range of psychotic disorders, i.e., schizophrenia, aff ective psychosis, paranoia, and psychosis secondary to dementia or other medical problems. Th e development of the antipsychotics (also called neuroleptics or major tranquilizers) led to the deinstitutionalization of the severely psychiatrically ill in the 1960s and the […]
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Anti-Anxiety and Sedative/Sleep Medicines
Anti-Anxiety and Sedative/Sleep Medicines Although the antidepressants are quite eff ective in the management of chronic and long-term anxiety, they do not help immediately. In contrast, the antianxiety medications, which consist primarily of the benzodiazepine compounds such as Valium, Librium, Ativan, and Xanax, are eff ective soon aft er a single dose is taken. Th […]
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Timing of Medication Consultations
Timing of Medication Consultations It is important to consider the psychological impact of being on a medicine. Since many of the problems that students present with at college mental health centers are brief and self-limiting, a patient who is quickly medicated may feel better several weeks aft erward. But then patients and clinicians are presented […]
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A Developmental Approach to College Counseling
A Developmental Approach to College Counseling Th e foregoing perhaps suggests a realistic mission and therapeutic orientation for college counselors. In an era when college counseling centers are challenged both by the volume of students seeking services and by the severity of many students’ pathology (Benton, Robertson, Tseng, Newton, & Benton, 2003), few centers can […]
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College clinicians uphold confi dentiality
College clinicians uphold confi dentiality because students won’t speak openly or even visit the service otherwise. Confi dentiality and privacy are central tenets of mental health professionals’ codes of ethics, mental health services’ accreditation standards, and legislative acts, i.e., the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act […]
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The Mental Health Service and the Community
The Mental Health Service and the Community In calmer times, college mental health services had to justify their existence within the academic community. Th e public relations challenge was explaining why an institution of higher learning should bother funding a fringe activity like psychological treatment. In today’s climate of acting-out students and the negative publicity […]
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Key Concepts of Disaster Mental Health
Key Concepts of Disaster Mental Health The following guiding principles form the basis for disaster mental health intervention programs. Not only do these principles describe some departures and deviations from traditional mental health work; they also orient administrators and service providers to priority issues. The truth and wisdom reflected in these principles have been shown […]
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- neurophysiology of anxiety disorders
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