Lucy Schizophrenia Research Paper
Maria Camila Rojas
Mrs. Placeway
Health
October 26, 2016 Lucy’s Schizophrenia Lucy was a very smart girl. She was in college and was a brilliant student. She would do all her homework and always got the best grades. However, her life had many difficulties since she was a little girl. She had been sexually abused by her dad. When Lucy was 5, she was taken by the police and had been put under adoption because of what had happened to her. Since Lucy was 4 when she had been abused, many people thought that she wouldn't remember anything about what had happened to her. Her adoptive parents loved her and took care of her, making her an obedient and responsible child. Lucy also worked at a restaurant, as a waitress and she could handle work and college easily. However, this started to change.
Six months later, Lucy started to feel overwhelmed by many things. She thought she wasn't going to be able to keep working and studying at the same time, and she began to overreact.When her professors told her that she could improve on a certain area in her career, she would act in an aggressive manner. She would yell at her classmates and at her teachers, but nobody …show more content…
Lucy would resist to taking her medicine and shots had to be applied in a forced manner. She wouldn't collaborate with eating properly and taking her medicines on time. She would often scream in the middle of the night and wouldn't let other patients sleep. The doctors would sometimes apply anesthesia in order for her to sleep. Then Lucy began having therapies. By now, she had been improving and the doctors had found out that her problem was a mental disorder called Schizophrenia. She began having therapies and the improvement could be seen. Her aggressive behavior had been disappearing and she was now able to sleep better. The therapies had helped her a lot. She had been able to express what she was feeling and was feeling ready to go back to
Mrs. Placeway
Health
October 26, 2016 Lucy’s Schizophrenia Lucy was a very smart girl. She was in college and was a brilliant student. She would do all her homework and always got the best grades. However, her life had many difficulties since she was a little girl. She had been sexually abused by her dad. When Lucy was 5, she was taken by the police and had been put under adoption because of what had happened to her. Since Lucy was 4 when she had been abused, many people thought that she wouldn't remember anything about what had happened to her. Her adoptive parents loved her and took care of her, making her an obedient and responsible child. Lucy also worked at a restaurant, as a waitress and she could handle work and college easily. However, this started to change.
Six months later, Lucy started to feel overwhelmed by many things. She thought she wasn't going to be able to keep working and studying at the same time, and she began to overreact.When her professors told her that she could improve on a certain area in her career, she would act in an aggressive manner. She would yell at her classmates and at her teachers, but nobody …show more content…
Lucy would resist to taking her medicine and shots had to be applied in a forced manner. She wouldn't collaborate with eating properly and taking her medicines on time. She would often scream in the middle of the night and wouldn't let other patients sleep. The doctors would sometimes apply anesthesia in order for her to sleep. Then Lucy began having therapies. By now, she had been improving and the doctors had found out that her problem was a mental disorder called Schizophrenia. She began having therapies and the improvement could be seen. Her aggressive behavior had been disappearing and she was now able to sleep better. The therapies had helped her a lot. She had been able to express what she was feeling and was feeling ready to go back to