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Given the consequences of either underdiagnosing or overdiagnosing schizophrenia, and the current lack of validated objective tests to assist with this diagnosis, clinicians are obligated to perform a thorough clinical assessment of such patients, including a probing exploration of the patient's mental state and a systematic collection of collateral information.This report describes a rare case of an adolescent female with a history of unspecified depressive disorder, disinhibited social engagement disorder, and significant history of sexual trauma at an early age, who initially presented with suicidal ideation. During the initial evaluation, the patient was found to have engaged in sexually predatory behavior toward younger boys, including solicitation and inappropriate sexual behavior. This report discusses relevant literature on the prevalence, risk factors, and treatment for this behavior among female adolescent sexual predators, as sex offenders are primarily thought to be men. AMG510 General recommendations for health care professionals caring for female sexual offenders are addressed as well as the importance of early treatment and appropriate training for professionals. The patient has been deidentified.This case report describes a unique presentation of Cotard syndrome in an 18-year-old female patient experiencing first-episode psychosis. Cotard syndrome was first described in 1880 by Jules Cotard as a novel subtype of anxious depression and is presently understood as a rare cluster of mood and psychotic symptoms centered on nihilistic delusions including the absence of organs and a perception of being dead. Although rare, Cotard syndrome has been described in a variety of neurological and psychiatric illnesses, but it is most commonly seen in middle-aged adults with a history of chronic mood disorders. It is rarely reported in childhood or adolescence, and it has not previously been described in first-episode psychosis. This report describes a unique presentation of full Cotard syndrome in an adolescent patient experiencing first-episode psychosis without reported mood symptoms. The patient displayed limited improvement over the first week of treatment with quetiapine but improved rapidly during the second week of hospitalization after a medication change to risperidone. The patient's rapid response to risperidone is unique, as most existing evidence suggests that electroconvulsive therapy is the most effective treatment for Cotard syndrome. This response indicates an opportunity for the implementation of a second-generation antipsychotic medication in patients with Cotard syndrome in areas where electroconvulsive therapy is not available.Chronic mood disorders pose an important mental health problem. Individuals with these disorders experience a significant impairment, often fail to seek help, and their illnesses frequently do not respond to treatment. It is therefore important to develop innovative and attractive treatments for these disorders. Mindful yoga represents a promising treatment approach. This pilot study tested the feasibility of a 9-week manualized mindful yoga intervention for patients with chronic mood disorders. Eleven patients receiving standard treatment were recruited to complete a 9-week mindful yoga intervention. Qualitative methods were used to assess patients' experiences of the intervention and quantitative methods were used to assess psychological distress and mechanisms that play a role in chronic mood disorders. Eight patients completed the intervention and rated the overall quality of the intervention with a mean score of 8.8 (range of 8 to 9, using a scale of 1 to 10). All participants reported a reduction in psychological distress and no adverse events. Among the mechanisms that play a role in chronic mood disorders, the most potentially promising effects from the intervention were found for worry, fear of depression and anxiety, rumination, and areas related to body awareness, such as trusting bodily experiences and not distracting from sensations of discomfort. A 9-week mindful yoga intervention appears to be a feasible and attractive treatment when added to treatment as usual for a group of patients with chronic mood disorders. A randomized controlled trial to study the effects of mindful yoga is recommended.Violence risk assessment is a requisite component of mental health treatment. Adhering to standards of care and ethical and legal requirements necessitates a cogent process for conducting, and then documenting, other-directed violence (ODV) risk screening, assessment, and management. In this 5-part series, we describe a model for achieving therapeutic risk management of the potentially violent patient, with essential elements involving clinical interview augmented by structured screening or assessment tools; risk stratification in terms of temporality and severity; chain analysis to intervene on the functions of ODV ideation and behavior; and a personalized safety plan to mitigate/manage risk. In this fourth column of the series, we describe chain analysis as a critical tool for assessing and intervening on ODV ideation and behavior. We identify the pathways of reinforcement that can cause ODV to persist, and how to navigate potential barriers to completing ODV chains. Using a case example, we demonstrate how to apply chain analysis to ODV ideation and behavior and offer interventional strategies that can be used to disrupt the chain and ultimately reduce the risk for violence.This column summarizes the verdict in the federal class action known as Wit v United Behavioral Health (UBH)/Optum, highlighting the verdict's implications for increasing access to care, implementing the mental health parity law, and reducing health disparities. Achieving these results requires recognition of the verdict as more than simply a nice news story, but as a decision that actually offers individual clinicians, their professional organizations, as well as patients, families, and their consumer organizations, a powerful tool for implementing change if they take up the task of learning how to use it. The verdict applies to outpatient treatment, including psychotherapy, along with 2 other levels of care intensive outpatient programs and residential treatment.