We all worry about our health, finances, and family relationships. However, people with generalized anxiety experience intense anxiety about these and many other things, even when there is little or no cause for concern. Sometimes these experiences make people with this disorder unable to go about their daily activities. Generalized anxiety disorder develops slowly and […]
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This worksheet looks at the effects of sertraline in pregnancy and during breastfeeding. This information should not be used as a substitute for medical care or advice from your health care provider. What is sertraline? Sertraline is a medication that is used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder
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Dissociative identity disorder is a psychological disorder in which a person experiences changes in consciousness, memory, identity, emotions, environmental perception, movement control, and behavior that may occur due to traumatic or stressful events. Thus, a person with dissociative identity may experience various types of signs and symptoms of psychological origin, occurring in isolation or in
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Do we really know what borderline personality disorder is? Do we know what kind of symptoms these people experience? Have you ever stopped to understand the suffering of people with this disorder beyond what is observed in their behaviour? MYTH: There is no cure Certainly, this disorder is treatable. There are treatments with proven efficacy.
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Medication treatment of post-traumatic stress helps with the most acute symptoms. However, medications should not be offered as an alternative to psychotherapy. Globally, psychotherapy is a more effective means of treating PTSD than medication. Therefore, it is recommended that the prescribed medication be complementary to psychological therapy. Pharmacological treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder First-line antidepressants
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Social anxiety disorder or social phobia is a problem for many modern people around the world. It is thought that it can occur in any age group and affects more women than men. However, it mainly affects people between the ages of 20 and 32, and among them are mostly men, because we have a
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There is limited information on the recommendation to stop breastfeeding for postpartum depression (PPD). But it is possible to find scientific articles on psychiatric treatment with antidepressants, indicating whether their use during breastfeeding may be harmful.. Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most common maternal psychiatric disorder that negatively affects the mother-infant dyad and infant development,
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Escitalopram and sertraline are probably the two most versatile SSRI antidepressants available to us. Its versatility lies in its wide range of indications for use. In addition to being widely used for major depression, they are also used for panic disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder (social phobia), post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), generalized anxiety,
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All you have to know more about the antidepressant and also its effect on your emotional wellbeing. The unvarnished fact is known: Poor psychological health in the United Kingdom is on the rise. And since one in four people suffers from it every year, it is not surprising that the rise in medications such as
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Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are rather well-known for using a discontinuation syndrome once the drug is stopped abruptly or if it’s rapidly weaned. This is more noteworthy with SSRIs with briefer half-lives like Paxil (paroxetine) and Sertraline (sertraline) and less prevalent with lengthy half-life drugs, such as Prozac (fluoxetine). Sertraline includes a half-life of approximately
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