Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Schizophrenia is a mental illness

Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia affects 1% of the Canadian population.
Anxiety disorders affect 5% of the household population, causing mild to severe impairment.
Suicide accounts for 24% of all deaths among 15-24 year olds and 16% among 25-44 year olds.
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in both men and women from adolescence to middle age.
The mortality rate due to suicide among men is four times the rate among women.
Books on mental health

Madness: A Bipolar Life (Hardcover)byMarya Hornbacher





The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know (Paperback)byDavid J. Miklowitz
Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness (Paperback)byPatty Duke





Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner (Paperback)byJulie A. Fast





Bipolar Disorder: The Ultimate Guide (Paperback)bySarah Owen





A Look Inside Bipolar Disorder - One Woman's Story (Paperback)byTracy Suzanne Green





Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy (Paperback)bySonya Sones

Websites


Schizophrenia Digest


www.schizophreniadigest.ca

Moods Magazine


www.moodsmag.com

National Institutes of Health

: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

Americana psychiatric association






www.psych.org





Mental Health and Wellness Information at HYPERLINK "http://www.mentalhelp.net/"Mental Help Net






http://www.mentalhelp.netHYPERLINK "http://www.mentalhelp.net/"/

Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mental-Help-Net/131473916201

 

Proper Eating Improves Dementia Patients' Physical And Mental Health


http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/257109.php)




Father's Mental Health Linked To Child's Behavior

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/254641.php

Mental Health Disorders Linked To Domestic Violence
New research from the UK finds that experience of domestic violence is more common among adults with all kinds of mental health disorders than in the general population. The researchers, from King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry,
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/254475.php

childhood Bullying May Lead To Mental Health Issues In Adults
Being a victim of childhood bullying alters the structure which surrounds a gene that controls mood, which in turn, makes victims more susceptible to developing mental health issues as they grow older
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/254294.php

Check out the links and read on mental health in the news

 
 

Schizophrenia is a mental illness
characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by deficit emotional response s. This illness may affect 300,000 Canadians and approximately 1% of any society's population of people.

The condition includes symptoms of auditory, paranoid and bizarre delusions of Ganger as well as disorganized speech and thinking. Schizophrenia in history was often thought of as person being possessed by demons and who were feared, tormented, exiled or locked up by the government at the time. The causes of schizophrenia are poorly misunderstood even though progress has been made to understand it. This disease of the can be treated by medication but not cured. Medication is only half the battle for people with this mental disorder. It cannot help them with earning a job, learning to be effective in social relationships and may even hinder their education. Often people who are African or Latinos prone to misdiagnosis, and belief in a religion where the individual thinks that only god can cure their mental illness.

Medication monthly

medication
news:medication describe this month the types of medications used to treat mental disorders, side effects of medications, directionsMedication for Antipsychotics/Antidepressants /Mood stabilizers/Stimulants/ Hallucinogens
Clozapine:treatment of  schizophrenia, and is also sometimes used for the treatment of  bipolar disorder  atypical antipsychotic drug  treating treatment-resistant schizophrenia.


Increased salivation Drowsiness Weight gain (see Clozapine and Weight Gain) Dizziness or vertigo (a spinning sensation) Constipation Insomnia (see Clozapine and Insomnia).

 warning Studies have shown that up to 26 percent of people reported insomnia as one of the  clozpine side effect. clozpine is said to decrease the risk of  suicidal behavior with people who have schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. treatment of schizophrenia. Other atypical antipsychotic medications used for schizophrenia include:

Aripiprazole (Abilify®)


Paliperidone (Invega®)


Olanzapine (Zyprexa®
 
 




 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 





 



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