Psychological disorders are treated through the use of two basic practices: biomedical and psychotherapy. There are many approaches to psychotherapy; however, each category contains four characteristics that are indispensable: 1. Organized interpersonal communication between therapist and client 2. Therapy is rooted in psychological research and theory 3. Therapy is provided with the goal to better […]
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Imagine that a family member already recognizes you as a person. Now imagine a member who believes you are standing or your real impostor. An individual who falls in a family member or friend may have a Capgras error. This mental illness received its name from the psychiatrist Joseph Capgras, who described this disease in […]
Orthomolecular medicine, according to two-time Nobel Prize winner Dr. Lini Pauling, is a process of maintaining good health and preventing disease, varying the withdrawal of substances in the body at the molecular level, such as minerals, vitamins, amino acids and essential fats. acid One branch of orthomolecular medicine, orthomolecular psychiatry, rejects standard psychiatry and focuses […]
There are words in medical terminology that aren’t readily understood. Medical jargon is often beyond the comprehension of people not associated with the medical field; however there is one medical word that almost everyone will understand – especially if they have experienced it in one way or another. The medical term is sundowner’s syndrome or […]
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Tens of millions of Americans take psychiatric medicines, and some people need to take a medication known as an antipsychotic (or the older term, “neuroleptic”). Although this may sound scary at first, antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to treat a variety of conditions, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, severe depression, and sometimes even insomnia. There are several […]
The study will examine the role of the MEGF-X gene in the inheritance of schizophrenia. The control group will be patients who have had a family history of schizophrenia and have been diagnosed with schizophrenia themselves. The treatment group is to include patients diagnosed with schizophrenia who do not have a family history of schizophrenia. […]