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Articles related to "Noncompliance"
Insight and Compliance - Shaping the Future Lack of insight and noncompliance with medication intensify the destructive potential of schizophrenia and can cause severe disability in an individual. A reflection on the causes of these factors points out the beenfits to be gained from first psychotic episode programs and optimal treatment with atypical medication. schizophrenia • insight • compliance • noncompliance • psychotic
The Challenge of Adequate Treatment Many people with schizophrenia are not receiving adequate let alone optimal treatment. This article discusses some reasons why not. schizophrenia • cto • treatment • compliance
The Perfect Mental Storm From suicide to physical disease to medical noncompliance to reckless behavior, depression's perfect mental storm represents nature's most lethal illness. depression • heart disease • diabetes • cancer • stroke
The Future of AIDS The lives of AIDS patients are hinging on new treatments, but preventing HIV infection is still a challenge. Here is a summary of recent developments. hiv aids • hiv prevention • aids treatment • caraguard gel trial • united states hiv prevalence
Schizophrenia between 1996 and 2000 Treatment strategies for schizophrenia have come a very long way since 1996 when schizophrenia was considered to be a devastating disease. Lets take a look at where they are headed. schizophrenia • atypcials • prevention • first psychotic episode • outcomes
The Dawn of a New Age Atypical medications are seen as heralding a new age in the treatment of schizophrenia. Their greatest impact will be on people experiencing their first psychotic episode, but they are of potential benefit to everyone with schizophrenia. atypical • antipsychotic • schizophrenia • treatment • drugs
Landlords May Have to Pay Tenants The Alabama Legislature has enacted a new law requiring landlords to revise the rental agreements, or face penalties for failing to do so. alabama law • landlord • tenant • renter • landlord/tenant
A Quick Guide to Eid al-Fitr After a month of Ramadan fasting, Muslims rejoice at the sighting of the next new moon signifying Eid Al-Fitr or "the celebration of breaking fast" with special prayers. eid al-fitr • islamic holidays • how to perform eid prayers • salatul eid • islamic celebrations
H. pylori Helicobacter pylori: how do you get it and how do you know you have it? Have you ever even heard of Helicobacter pylori? pylori • ulcer • gastric • peptic • duodenal
Hyperglycemic Emergencies Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus can result in dangerously high levels of blood glucose that require immediate medical attention. diabetic ketoacidosis • dka • hyperosmolar coma • diabetes mellitus • hyperglycemia
Kava Unjustly Banned? Safely used for over 2,000 years by some cultures, Kava came under fire when people taking the supplement developed liver damage. Researchers may have found the problem. kava • kava toxicity • kava liver damage • kava hepatotoxicity • kava advisory
Let Us Keep A Tight Rein On The Pets We Profess To Love Rhode Island's effort to assist in the control of the pet overpopulation crisis. pet overpopulation • spayed • neutered • abandoned • pet adoption
Mental Illness Awareness Week MIAW is a Canadian public education program to fight the stigma of mental illness. The theme this year is "Working With Mental Illness", which unfortunately does not include many of the people with schizophrenia. Let's hope we aren't forgotten. miaw • mental illness • schizophrenia • medication • stigma
Navigation Lights - Sidelights Is your boat legal? Of course, you say...it is a brand new boat. boats • boating • boating safety • boating course • sailing
Navigation Lights - Sidelights Learn if your navigation lights are legal boats • boating • boating course • boating safety
Nonsense, Sense, and Antisense Is there a possible magic bullet for depression or bipolar? Ten or fifteen years from now you might be able to say you first heard it here. depression • bipolar • dr charles nemeroff • antisense technology • brain
Shellfish and Death???--PART II The GAO has released a study recommending that more regulations should be in place to protect consumers from illness and death linked to the consumption of contaminated shellfish. shellfish • vibrio vulnificus • clams • mussels • oysters
THE BATON ROUGE BUS BOYCOTT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott started the direct action phase of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. african american civil rights movement
Hawaii Superferry Legal Woes Hawaii's habitat is unique. The Hawaii Superferry has to comply with the Hawaii Environmental Protection Act, to run its daily ferry service between Maui, Kauai and Oahu. hawaii superferry legal woes • daily inter island ferry service pass hawaiis habi • maui kauai oahu • lighter footprint luxury travel traveler • catamaran no ballast water exposed propeller harm
Bipolar Disorder - Before, Now and Coming! The changes made in the understanding of Bipolar Affective Disorder and the advances made since the discovery of the drug lithium in the 1970's. bipolar affective disorder • old treatments • treatments now • treatments coming • understanding
Debate Between Individual and Public Rights The issue of involuntary assessment in a hospital revolves around individual rights to freedom and public rights to safety under law. This contentious issue is explored from a consumer's perspective. psychosis • treatment • medication • schizophrenia • assessement
Dopamine Upregulation The human brain compensates for conventional antipsychotics by increasing the number of D2 receptors, which has serious implications when people stop taking their medication. medication • antipsychotics • atypicals • dopamine • d2 receptors
Effective Treatment of Schizophrenia - What Needs to Happen? I was asked to give a ten minute presentation on the title of this week's article. I thought it might be of interest to people across North America because Ontario is no different then most regions at the moment. schizoprhenia • treatment • medication • disease dynamics • experience
Schizophrenia and Alcohol If you have schizophrenia you are at a much greater risk of developing a substance abuse problem, alcohol being the most readily available. It is an underserved and very difficult population. I should know. I was actively alcoholic for several years. schizophrenia • alcohol • substance abuse • suicide • psychosis
Sex and Schizophrenia Historically,sexuality was something to be prevented in people with schizophrenia, end of story. Older medications had major sexual side effects but it is only in the last five years that researchers have started to take an interest in sexuality as a component of patient quality of life. sex • schizophrenia • atypical medication • prolactin • taboos
The Use of Medication in Treating Schizophrenia Medication is the foundation of recovery in schizophrenia but the number of appropriate medications available is dependent on a number of factors varying with that particular patient. medication • antipsychotics • conventional • atypical • risperidone
What isn't Known About Schizophrenia (Part Two) part two of a two part series on how little is really understood about schizophrenia schizophrenia • atypicals • mental health reform • cognitive deficits • substance abuse
An Operation Obsession A large body of research exists to raise questions about the use of most currently available operations for obstructive sleep apnea. Nevertheless, these continue in widespread use, often persistently sought by patients despite evidence against their effectiveness, at least in contrast to that of CPAP. This article considers some explanations for this "operation obsession." apnea • sleep apnea • obstructive sleep apnea • surgery • operations
For the Hypochondriac--Internet Opens New Worlds of Illness A thin slice of the of <a href="http://theonion.com/"><i>The Onion's</i></a> humor, from a frequently funny and always irreverent on-line magazine, in it's all-too-true spoof of the Hypochondriac--followed by a serious section of facts on Hypochondriasis from the American Psychiatric Association's <i>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.</i> hypochondriac • medicine • differential diagnosis • medical psychology • psychiatry
Iraq: Explosion in Moscow The Iraq crisis is eliciting heated words from both Yeltsin and Duma leaders as they confront each other on a wide variety of domestic issues. This explains Russia's hardest line in support of Iraq since the Kuwait War. The growing domestic conflict and instability in the Kremlin may impel the leadership to "irrational" confrontation with the West, in order to prove that they can take a firm stand. Russia may be turning into a rabid tiger. iraq crisis inspections yeltsin duma kremlin russi |
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