Essays Tagged: "Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor"

Prozac-Mania

oping with problems? Prozac and the related antidepressants, such as Paxil and Zoloft, are known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). They prevent brain cells from re-absorbing used se ...

(7 pages) 56 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The Effects of Serotonin on the Mind and Body.

person's serotonin levels. A group of drugs that specifically target serotonin are called SSRIs or Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Serotonin is now believed to be involved in depression and ... the others, has no active metabolites, moves through the body the fastest, and is highly serotonin-selective. All the SSRIs cause insomnia which can be overcome by taking the drug in the morning or b ...

(5 pages) 148 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Clinical Depression: a Legitimate Physical Illness.

ork with the chemistry of the brain, attempting to repair the imbalances that cause the depression. Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRI's), a group which includes the brand names Prozac, Pa ...

(4 pages) 97 0 1.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Antidepressants.

bnormal appetite, and sleep disturbance. A group of drugs that target serotonin are called SSRIs or Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Some of the big names are Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil. Becaus ... axil is unlike the other anti-depressants in that it has no active metabolites, is highly serotonin-selective and moves through the body the fastest. Sertraline, (Zoloft), is used to treat depression, ...

(2 pages) 104 2 4.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Depression Story, Interview.

, some of the messages don't get through.Hence the success of medications, such as Prozac, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Put simply, what they do is prevent neurons' recept ...

(6 pages) 131 0 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

Dysthymia Could be Caused by Biological Factors: A Truth or a Myth?

and lower "platelet MAO activity" in dysthymic patients than that in control, and low pre-treatment serotonin levels was associated with high depression rates. (cite, p.). Furthermore, patients respon ... o the treatment were also found to have significantly lower pre-treatment but higher post-treatment serotonin levels compared to patients who didn't respond to the treatment. They have significantly d ...

(7 pages) 45 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Prozac - What is it?

n the papers, heard about it at the office, but what is Prozac? Prozac is an anti-depressant in the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) family. Prozac was first introduced in 1987 when the ... and bulimia nervosa.Prozac, which bares the chemical name "fluoxetine hydrochloride," was the first selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor to be patented and released (Fig 1A). Since the launch of Pro ...

(4 pages) 80 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

A basic essay discussing how the brain sends messages throughout the body, how chemicals affect the brain, and explains the left and right brain.

fect on the brain-When neurotransmitters are not balanced then medication can get levels even again.Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) such as Prozac blocks the reuptake of serotonin, allo ...

(7 pages) 123 0 3.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

SRI approved for the treatment of OCD was called Anafranil. This was followed by medication called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) Prozac, Luvox, Paxil, and Zoloft. These SSRI's differ ...

(3 pages) 81 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

ANTIDEPRESSANTS LINKED TO BLEEDING a small report on an article that I found on MSN.com

ting them into more intresting stories. In this case, msn reported "The problem may develop because serotonin appears to play a role in blood clotting and manipulating its levels may lead to abnormal ... REFERENCESEgberts, A., Heerdink, E. (2004). Association of Risk of Abnormal Bleeding with Degree of Serotonin Reuptake Inhibition by Antidepressants. Retrieved January 11, 2004, from http://www.pubmed ...

(1 pages) 21 0 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Late-life depression

face (Montgomery, 2002). Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been tested empirically with regards to depress ...

(12 pages) 214 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Ocd

(1 pages) 84 0 1.0 May/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Medication used in Psycho- Gerontology Unit

drugs used for elderly include: Monoamine oxidase inhibitors, Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), and Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Lithium also can be used to prevent relapse in recu ... the late 1980s, pharmaceutical companies developed a class of anti depressant drugs that were more selective in their action than the cyclic antidepressant. Deficiency of %- hydroxyl tryptamine (5- H ...

(6 pages) 55 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

py and CBT. Although, these drugs may get rid of the symptoms they do not cure the disease. Mainly, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs), increase t ... icantly superior to desipramine in the reduction of OCD symptoms in eight-week trial, documenting a selective efficacy for SSRIs in OCD. A multicenter double-blind study be Greist (1992) investigated ...

(6 pages) 158 0 0.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

This is a critical analysis paper that I wrote for an Abnormal Psychology class. It discusses the ineffectiveness and over-prescription of SSRIs such as Prozac.

within the human brain. The grasp of serotonin has brought about the development of SSRI’s, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, and other antidepress ...

(3 pages) 42 0 5.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

DIATHESIS STRESS MODEL FOR MENTAL DISORDER

the common mental disorder. The technology of the 1980?s effected the emergence of Prozac and other Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI?s), yet one more class of antidepressants, these affec ...

(10 pages) 26 1 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Combining Treatments in Psychiatric Illness

ve been shown between different kinds of antidepressant drug. 4 On average, people seem to tolerate selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) little more than older drugs, but this difference is ...

(3 pages) 16 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Aging case study

s), quinidine-like actions (cardiac arrhythmias) and antihistamine effects(weight gain, drowsiness).Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI): Side effects include sexual dysfunction, nausea, ner ...

(11 pages) 125 0 5.0 May/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Explain the biological explanations of one of more eating disorders.

e recently investigating the effects of some neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin due to evidence that sufferers of anorexia and bulimia have abnormalities in their levels ... d bulimia have abnormalities in their levels of neurotransmitters. Jimerson et al (97) compared the serotonin function in patients with bulimia with a control group of healthy participants and found s ...

(6 pages) 20 0 0.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Mental Illness

an inequality of definite neurotransmitters may occurring anxiety. It was stated that the chemical serotonin perform a main character in anxiety disorder patients. "Anxiety disorders as well have bee ... meticulous attention in probable imperfect genes that control precise neurotransmitters, including serotonin and dopamine.Furthermore, not only can genetics play a part in anxiety disorders, but fami ...

(3 pages) 7 0 0.0 Dec/2010

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine