initial psychiatric evaluation

initial psychiatric evaluation

history of the illness

the patient is a female of 25yearswho visit a pychiatric clinic with his wife.This is his second time to visit the clinic after a long term of medication follow up .According to his reports the patient the symptoms of this illness last for years they   and go .the effect interferes with his thinking and has unusual symptoms of seeing things that are not realand having strange beliefs that are abnormal delusions ,weaknesses and she even is unable to move parts of his body.

depression came to her as an effect of of mental health problem .It occurs suddenly at least two weeks and these symptoms interfere with her daily life.when these effects appears on the winter  ,she becomes mild in sleeping too much,tiredness during the day ,she added weight due to overeating .This makes a mental illness which makes her feel sad and unable to enjoy anything within the two weeks period.The problem in severe case make her irritable and having problems to her sleep to where she almost thought of suicide .

The patient feels extreamly unhappy ,moody just before her periods and shows that the symptoms goes away after her periods starts.These effect occurs to her due to loss of her job and the death of her child which becomes difficult to endure

Psychiatric assessment and treatment

• emotional changes

feelg sad and having a depresed mood,irritability and feeling emptyness and numbness

tearful and frequent cries

feeling worried

• cognitive changes

difficulty iin concentration and makiking decisions

having gloomy thought especially in loos of job and death of the love ones

self blaming and clitical thoughts

• behavioral change

poor attention to personal hygiene and appearance

• physical changes

lowed libido

uneplained aches and pains

loss of apetite and weight

oversleeping and staying in bed most of times

depresion is a leading contributor to budden of disease and injury to female

diagnosis in depression

mood disorders were looped together and the docter would make a distintion of her disorder to which depresion the lady has.She would then determine whether a major or a chronic depression

the docter makes blood tests to help them make a conclusive diagnosis.Laboratory test helps as an important tool to diagnosis and helps in routine screen in the individual depression.The doctor then would review on the medications substances she could be taking as alchohol,or  any recreational drug.The doctor then writes her record of diagnosis and record it as:

• her symptoms she experiences
• the family history of depression
• natural dietary she is taking she was more addicted to taking medical pills,alchohol and smoking
• life style habits
• sleeping habits she was ovesleeping and more staying in bed
• causes of stress in her life due to loss of her job and death of her dear ones

treatment recommendations

depression made her feel in the deep and dark shadow and more severe its treatable.From therapy to medication to lifestyle changes depresion was treatable.the treatment of depresion one to learn more about your depression.she was able to determine about her depression and thus took her less time to finding her teatment.Secondly one should not rely on medication alone as they only work best when you make healthy lifestyle .Get some social support as he made it to his husband suport

regular exercise also canbe as effective in treating depresion as medication,and also eating well is more important in the physical and mental health.Sleep also makes an important effect on mood thus depriving it and modiness she had to ensure she was getting enough sleep each night.

escitalopramis used to treat anxiety and depression and also helps to restore the balance in the brain.

how to use lexapro

lexapro (twice  day  20 mg)

• read in the medication guide avalialable in the leaflet provided by the pharmacist
• take the medication by mouth or with no food as provided instruction by your doctor more on morning and evening
• in measuring the dose hould be carefully measured if using the liquid form medics
• to reduce the side effects the doctor should prescribe low dose and gradually increase the dose
• its important to continue taking the medics even if feeling well as you may experience the symptoms again of headache,tiredness and sleep
• it takes 2 weeks to feel the benefit of the drug and 4 weeks to feel the full benefit of the drug