Nathaniel Schizophrenia Case Study

The other positive symptom of schizophrenia that Nathaniel must cope with, is disorganized thinking; which contributes to his unorganized dress, speech, anger problems, and irrational emotions. With schizophrenia, the symptoms cause a chain reaction, that exacerbates a situation. For example, schizophrenics have poor judgement, socially, behaviorally, or emotionally. Therefore, Nathaniel may misinterrupt what someone is saying, take it offensively, and then his irrational emotions and behaviors cause him to act out violently. His outbursts stretch from yelling loudly to threatening to kill someone. His violent outburst is actually what caused his sister, his care taker after his mother died, to send him to a group home. This is strongest factor