These interventions, particularly those that involve in-person and telephone contact, are effective for clients diagnosed with major depressive disorder. One ED study found a 30% lower suicide attempt rate with an intervention consisting of screening, providing basic written material on safety planning,...
Ifnursing interventions(quiet environment and firm limit setting) and chemical restraints (tranquilizers–e.g.,haloperidol[Haldol]) have not helped dampen escalating manic behaviors, then seclusion might be warranted. Non-antipsychotic medication approaches for agitation are discussed first, followed by a...
and it has been postulated that the dopamine2 antagonism/agonism reduces dopamine activity in one part of the brain and increases it in others, and this explains how aripiprazole is effective for treating the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and improving cognitive function (Anam et ...
Aripiprazole is the first D2 partial agonist to reach the market though others are likely to follow. No antipsychotic acts only on D2 receptors, most interacting with a broad range of other receptor types. This was for many years felt to represent contamination contributing to adverse, rather ...