Mental health and pharmacology Emerging pharmacologic treatments - 825 Words

Mental health and pharmacology: Emerging pharmacologic treatments (Article Critique Sample) Content: Mental health and pharmacology Student Name School Name Course Title Topic Date: Mental health and pharmacology Miranda, R., Treloar, H. (2016). Emerging pharmacologic treatments for adolescent substance use: challenges and new directions.  Current addiction reports,  3(2), 145-156. In the article â€Å"Emerging pharmacologic treatments for adolescent substance use: challenges and new directions†, Miranda Treloar provides a review of the scarcity of pharmacotherapy research in treating substance use disorders (SUDs) among the adolescents and evaluate the ways of leveraging the technology and human laboratory paradigms in order to improve the treatment options for the youths. The authors suggest a potential way of improving treatments of substance use disorders through augmenting psychosocial interventions and Pharmacotherapy. According to the authors, adolescents differ substantively from adults with respect to the presentation of symptoms and associated effects of SUDs which is attributable to the neuronal remodeling that takes place in the adolescent stage. The authors also notes that there are no pharmacotherapy medications that are indicated for adolescents and that research using teenagers for controlled trials are scant. Based on this fact, optimi zing the treatment of substance use disorders for the youths is achievable through closing the existing gap in the medication development research. The existing psychological interventions for SUDs among the youths have not been quite effective in reducing substance use which is crucial during treatment of SUDs. The medications have proven to be successful in the treatment of various psychiatric illness but are infrequently used for the treatment of adolescent SUDs. According to the authors, the human laboratory paradigms which are sorted into the three-stage addiction phases in which the first stage is binge-intoxication, followed by the withdrawal-negative affect phase and the lat phase is the preoccupation-anticipation stage, can be employed in treating addictive substances. The human laboratory paradigms can be leveraged along with the technological ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to the efficacy of the emerging treatment options substance-related behaviors among the adole scents. In this article, the authors used a sample of 22 adolescent aged 15- 19 years to develop an innovative strategy by combining the human laboratory paradigms and the EMA methods which builds on medications for youths and can be used to test the efficacy of SUDs medications in adolescents. The article provides a new approach to treating adolescents with substance use disorders. The findings from the article are important developing an effective approach that will lead to successful treatment of persons with concurrent disorders. Additionally, the article provides a way in which I can test the efficacy of medications for adolescents with substance use disorders using the ecological momentary assessment (EMA). The findings from the article provide an understanding of the interaction between substance use and psychiatric medication. I can apply this knowledge I my professional role in order to understand the impact of substance addiction and comorbid mental illness on individuals, families and communities and most importantly, how to support and offer treatment to persons with concurrent disorders. According to the article, the pharmacotherapy research and medications for adolescents with SUDs is scares. I can therefore use the findings from this article to conduct furthe r research on the pharmacotherapy treatment of people with SUDs and mental illnesses. Moreover, I can use the findings from the article in providing effective treatment for SUDs through combining both psychosocial interventions and pharmacotherapy medications. After reading the article, several questions remain unanswered and requires further research. According to Miranda Treloar, the quality of evidence about the effectiveness of pharmacotherapies in developing comprehensive care for youths is unclear and limited. Additionally, the clinical trials with adults have not been designed to evaluate the safety of medications and the appropriateness of using such medications for pediatric use. If that is the case, can one study on the effectiveness of the pharmacotherapy warrant its use in the treatment of adolescents with SUDs? Is there sufficient evidence to verify the findings of th...

English and Literature Book Review - 1100 Words

English and Literature (Book Review Sample) Content: Invisible ManName:Institution:IntroductionThe novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison was first published in 1952. Race and social issues that surrounded the African Americans in the 1920-1930à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬s is the general subject matter of the book. The narrator, who is not mentioned, feels invisible in a society he was not made for him. The theme of the book is a narration of how the oppressed can avoid being victims of what society lays down for them but rather find individuality in their situations.Critical AnalysisThe author Ralph Ellison may have written this novel to bring to awareness how the treatment of the African American citizens by the American society. The narrator who refers to himself as the "Invisible Manà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ , is figurative to others inability to see him. Another reason why the novel may have been written is for the purpose of expressing the need for people not to play around with the hand given to them. Every person makes his or her own decisio ns individually and as individuals every person has the capacity to control how they see themselves. The book contains several themes and many metaphors all of which help to describe the social issues, race and how African Americans were treated and used. The theme of Invisible Man is how an individual can find his or her own identity in a society that already has pre-mediated ideas of who you are.When I inquired as to what was going on, I was told that management wanted to see me in other roles, to try to expand my knowledge baseRace is a major theme in the book. The narrator is positioned in numerous situations as far as the race is concerned. It is how the narrator deals with these situations that will finally help him find his true identity. Then narrator is placed in different experiences and faces ne numerous struggles. These experiences and struggles help the narrator to become more enlightened in regard to his roles in the society. When he joins a Brotherhood, he soon discov ers that he and his African American brotherhood members are being used to push for a social-political agenda. This agenda is based on peopleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬s perspective about their actions in the society. This idea places the African Americans community in one group and denies them the individuality the white citizens were privileged with. This book is applicable in our society today as the is narrates how we can achieve individuality and not become victims to the societyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬s perspective about us or how the society thinks we should behave.The book gives a story of how the narrator gets an opportunity to join college. However, he disgraces himself by fighting with other African Americans while the white men sits on the side lines watching in amusement. "A naked, blonde, white woman with an American flag painted on her stomach parades about; some of the white men demand that the black boys look at her and others threaten them if they donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬t" (Ellison, 1965). The narrator then gains the scholarship and travels to attend to the college. Here, he struggles to find himself, which may possibly be the reason why the author never provides to the reader the narratorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬s name. The narrator is then expelled from college and relocates to New York where he soon finds a sense of belonging in a Brotherhood. The author makes the membership of the narrator to this Brotherhood appear as a very important part of the novel. The Brotherhood is made up of both the African American members and the whites. In this organization, the narrator is discovered and used to achieve an agenda owing to his superior public speaking skills. He is stripped from his past, identity and home while in the Brotherhood. This scenario is something that can be associated to what was done to African Americans during the era of slavery.Many connections of African American experiences during the slavery era can be made from the situations the narrator is involved in. The Brotherhood cla ims to be seeking to help the oppressed in the society and the narrator finds himself advocating for the goals of the organization in public speaking. Their aim can be described as efforts by the organization to control how the oppressed behaves and acts within society. The narrator can be seen as a puppet of the organization as we can see him being sent in various places to preach on the goals of the organization. Many African American members eventually leave the organization including the narrator.The narrator after leaving the brotherhood gradually becomes enlightened and emancipated from the teachings and goals of the Brotherhood. He begins to see himself as an individual and discovers that individuality is the key to all of his uncertainties. The narrator can only become "visible" when he sees himself in this perspective of individuality but not according to what the society thinks he is, a mere African American man living in prejudice bas... English and Literature Book Review - 1100 Words English and Literature (Book Review Sample) Content: Invisible ManName:Institution:IntroductionThe novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison was first published in 1952. Race and social issues that surrounded the African Americans in the 1920-1930à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬s is the general subject matter of the book. The narrator, who is not mentioned, feels invisible in a society he was not made for him. The theme of the book is a narration of how the oppressed can avoid being victims of what society lays down for them but rather find individuality in their situations.Critical AnalysisThe author Ralph Ellison may have written this novel to bring to awareness how the treatment of the African American citizens by the American society. The narrator who refers to himself as the "Invisible Manà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ , is figurative to others inability to see him. Another reason why the novel may have been written is for the purpose of expressing the need for people not to play around with the hand given to them. Every person makes his or her own decisio ns individually and as individuals every person has the capacity to control how they see themselves. The book contains several themes and many metaphors all of which help to describe the social issues, race and how African Americans were treated and used. The theme of Invisible Man is how an individual can find his or her own identity in a society that already has pre-mediated ideas of who you are.When I inquired as to what was going on, I was told that management wanted to see me in other roles, to try to expand my knowledge baseRace is a major theme in the book. The narrator is positioned in numerous situations as far as the race is concerned. It is how the narrator deals with these situations that will finally help him find his true identity. Then narrator is placed in different experiences and faces ne numerous struggles. These experiences and struggles help the narrator to become more enlightened in regard to his roles in the society. When he joins a Brotherhood, he soon discov ers that he and his African American brotherhood members are being used to push for a social-political agenda. This agenda is based on peopleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬s perspective about their actions in the society. This idea places the African Americans community in one group and denies them the individuality the white citizens were privileged with. This book is applicable in our society today as the is narrates how we can achieve individuality and not become victims to the societyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬s perspective about us or how the society thinks we should behave.The book gives a story of how the narrator gets an opportunity to join college. However, he disgraces himself by fighting with other African Americans while the white men sits on the side lines watching in amusement. "A naked, blonde, white woman with an American flag painted on her stomach parades about; some of the white men demand that the black boys look at her and others threaten them if they donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬t" (Ellison, 1965). The narrator then gains the scholarship and travels to attend to the college. Here, he struggles to find himself, which may possibly be the reason why the author never provides to the reader the narratorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬s name. The narrator is then expelled from college and relocates to New York where he soon finds a sense of belonging in a Brotherhood. The author makes the membership of the narrator to this Brotherhood appear as a very important part of the novel. The Brotherhood is made up of both the African American members and the whites. In this organization, the narrator is discovered and used to achieve an agenda owing to his superior public speaking skills. He is stripped from his past, identity and home while in the Brotherhood. This scenario is something that can be associated to what was done to African Americans during the era of slavery.Many connections of African American experiences during the slavery era can be made from the situations the narrator is involved in. The Brotherhood cla ims to be seeking to help the oppressed in the society and the narrator finds himself advocating for the goals of the organization in public speaking. Their aim can be described as efforts by the organization to control how the oppressed behaves and acts within society. The narrator can be seen as a puppet of the organization as we can see him being sent in various places to preach on the goals of the organization. Many African American members eventually leave the organization including the narrator.The narrator after leaving the brotherhood gradually becomes enlightened and emancipated from the teachings and goals of the Brotherhood. He begins to see himself as an individual and discovers that individuality is the key to all of his uncertainties. The narrator can only become "visible" when he sees himself in this perspective of individuality but not according to what the society thinks he is, a mere African American man living in prejudice bas...