Schizophrenia
Introduction
Mr. Apo a 49yr old male single patient in dorm two was born on March 12, 1960. He weighs 74 pounds and height of 5’10. He lived at barrio matalaba lingayen. He has a Filipino nationality and his religion is Roman Catholic. His educational attainment was and year college only. He was admitted at NCMH on August 13, 1960, involuntarily and accompanied by his relatives especially his sister Arlene. His sister decided to admit Mr. Apo due to unwanted behavioral changes like restlessness and Sleeping disturbance. He was diagnosed as undifferentiated schizophrenia and now his current diagnosis was undifferentiated schizophrenia.
Undifferentiated schizophrenia is amental disorder which is part of the family of disorders broadly known as“schizophrenia.” There are a number of subcategories of schizophrenia including paranoid schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, residual schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder ; undifferentiated schizophrenia is oftendefined as a form in which enough symptoms for a diagnosis are present, but the patient does not fall into the catatonic, disorganized, or paranoid subcategories. Schizophrenia is characterized by a lack of grounding in reality, known as psychosis. People in a state of psychosis can experience hallucinations, delusions, and other events in which they break from reality. Individuals with schizophrenia experience psychosis and can also develop symptoms such as disorganized speech, lack of interest in social interactions, a flat affect, inappropriate emotional responses to situations, confusion, and disorganized thinking.Patients with undifferentiated schizophrenia do not experience the paranoia associatedwith paranoid schizophrenia, the catatonic state seen in patients withcatatonic schizophrenia, or the disorganized thought and expression observed in patients with disorganized schizophrenia. However, they do experience psychosis and a variety of other symptoms associated
Mr. Apo a 49yr old male single patient in dorm two was born on March 12, 1960. He weighs 74 pounds and height of 5’10. He lived at barrio matalaba lingayen. He has a Filipino nationality and his religion is Roman Catholic. His educational attainment was and year college only. He was admitted at NCMH on August 13, 1960, involuntarily and accompanied by his relatives especially his sister Arlene. His sister decided to admit Mr. Apo due to unwanted behavioral changes like restlessness and Sleeping disturbance. He was diagnosed as undifferentiated schizophrenia and now his current diagnosis was undifferentiated schizophrenia.
Undifferentiated schizophrenia is amental disorder which is part of the family of disorders broadly known as“schizophrenia.” There are a number of subcategories of schizophrenia including paranoid schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, residual schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder ; undifferentiated schizophrenia is oftendefined as a form in which enough symptoms for a diagnosis are present, but the patient does not fall into the catatonic, disorganized, or paranoid subcategories. Schizophrenia is characterized by a lack of grounding in reality, known as psychosis. People in a state of psychosis can experience hallucinations, delusions, and other events in which they break from reality. Individuals with schizophrenia experience psychosis and can also develop symptoms such as disorganized speech, lack of interest in social interactions, a flat affect, inappropriate emotional responses to situations, confusion, and disorganized thinking.Patients with undifferentiated schizophrenia do not experience the paranoia associatedwith paranoid schizophrenia, the catatonic state seen in patients withcatatonic schizophrenia, or the disorganized thought and expression observed in patients with disorganized schizophrenia. However, they do experience psychosis and a variety of other symptoms associated