Psychological effects adverse

Prevention or amelioration of disease complications including adverse psychological effects on the patient and caregivers or delay in developmental milestones... 

Monitor the patient for adverse CNS and psychological effects, such as abnormal dreams, dizziness, impaired concentration, insomnia, severe acute depression (including suicidal ideation or attempts), and somnolence. Be aware that insomnia may begin during the first or second day of therapy and generally resolves in 2-4 wk... 

On the basis of maternal hair concentration, the third study (conducted in the Seychelles) did not find any association between prenatal methylmercury exposure and adverse neuro-psychologic effects (Myers et al. 2003). Reasons for the discrepancies are not known but have been suggested to include differences in the child s age at testing, genetic susceptibilities of the populations, patterns of exposure (episodic vs continuous), and coexposure to polychlorinated biphenyls in the Faroes but not Seychelles populations (Rice et al. 2003). 

Fisher et al. (1993) conducted a phone survey of pharmacy patients taking various antidepressants and compared fluoxetine to trazodone. They concluded that fluoxetine caused a higher incidence of psychologic/ psychiatric adverse clinical events, including delusions and hallucinations, aggression, and suicidal ideation (p. 235, emphasis added). In a followup study, Fisher et al. (1995) found that many of the same side effects reported in regard to Prozac were also reported for Zoloft. Both drugs... 

Temazepam produces a variety of adverse psychological effects, including restlessness, agitation, irritability, aggression, rage, and psychosis. Perhaps because it is likely to be used recreationally, temazepam has also been used to facilitate crime, particularly in the UK (5). 

Clearly, there is much more work to be done before the precise health and psychological effects of marijuana use are well understood. In fact, many of these health issues remain the subject of much debate. Undoubtedly, opinions on its risks are polarized along the lines of proponents views on what its legal status should be. This polarization of opinion has prevented the development of any consensus on what health information the medical profession should give to patients who are users or potential users of marijuana. There is conflicting evidence about many of the effects of marijuana use. Readers are referred to an excellent article that attempts to summarize in a dispassionate way the evidence on the most probable adverse health and psychological consequences of acute and chronic use of marijuana. ... 

One major class of consequences is the adverse health effects including acute, latent fatalities and injuries. Another class of consequences addresses the so called socioeconomic costs of the ERP including psychological effects on the population subject to the ERP, social and economic effects of disruption of normal, everyday activities, etc. A set of distinct attributes, each measuring the degree to which each area of concern is affected as a result of the established ERP, is thus determined. As a result, each decision leads to a multidimensional consequence. 

Describe the adverse psychological effects produced by L-dopa therapy. 

Amphetamines constitute a large group of sympathomimetic drugs. These substances stimulate the CNS. They were earlier used to control obesity and to resist sleep (nar-colepsis), and in the treatment of depression. Their clinical application, however, has decreased in recent years because of their adverse psychological effect. Amphetamines are strongly addictive compounds. Repeated use leads to dependence and the development of tolerance. 

Acute physical and psychological effects. Marijuana intoxication has an adverse effect on attention span, short-term memory, and psychomotor performance. Anxiety and panic attacks can occur, primarily in new users who are not familiar with marijuanas eflFects. At very high doses, some people experience delusions and hallucinations. There are no cases of fatal marijuana poisoning and humans are very unfikely to be able to ingest a fatal dose. The eflFect of marijuana intoxication impairs motor and cognitive abilities necessary to safely drive a car or operate machinery. The extent to which marijuana is involved in auto accidents is unclear. Many motorists intoxicated with marijuana drive more slowly and carefully and take fewer risks. However, there is an increased risk of accidents after using marijuana, but marijuana alone does not appear to contribute a great deal to accidents. Marijuana in combination with alcohol does. 

Subjects should not be discharged from a cannabis-administration research study until they have been evaluated for any unresolved or residual adverse effects from study participation. Adverse physical and psychological effects from acute cannabis administration, such as tachycardia, orthostatic hypotension, impaired motor coordination, and drowsiness, usually resolve completely within hours. Thus, subjects can usually be safely discharged a few hours to a... 

Evaluation of techniques for preventing or ameliorating adverse psychological effects in emergency workers, victims, and near-victims. 

Evaluative research is needed on interventions for preventing or ameliorating adverse psychological effects in emergency workers, victims, and near-victims. Specific crisis intervention methods may be necessary for chemical or biological terrorist incidents, but in the absence of such incidents researchers might draw on studies of chemical spills, epidemics of infectious disease, and more conventional terrorist incidents. 

In low to moderate doses, PCP causes hyperactivity and mood elevation. At higher doses PGP causes hallucinations, paranoia, and bizarre, often violent, behavior. Because of its anesthetic effects, people who abuse PGP feel no pain and are very difficult to subdue when they become violent. The adverse psychological effects can last for days. 

When aspartame was being developed as a commercial product, concern was raised over potential health hazards associated with its use. The potential cancer-causing effects of aspartame, along with other potential adverse side effects, were considered. Extensive testing of fhis producf demonsfrafed fhaf if met health-risk criteria established by the Food and Drug Administration, which granted approval for the sale of aspartame as a food additive in 1974. Nonefheless, the controversy around aspartame continues and it has been associated with some adverse psychological effects such as depression. 

The critical mode of entry into the body is by inhalation. These products generally show inhalation effects similar to anesthetics, causing central nervous system (CNS) depression and some increase in activity with an initial feeling of intoxication and euphoria (psychological effects). Human exposure has shown that the onset of psychomotor effects becomes statistically detectable with fluorocarbon 12 at 1 percent (10 000 ppm) in a 2.5-hour exposure, that is, at ten times the threshold limit value. Under conditions of progressively greater exposure, there occurs loss of coordination, loss of consciousness, and eventually death. No adverse effects... 

Children are at particular risk of adverse psychological effects following a terrorist incident... 

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