Schizophrenia Case 5.07
PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS ASSIGNMENT
Instructions: View video (on You Tube) and answer following questions. Each question is worth 10 points, except for last question which is worth 20 points. Upload file to Eagle Online prior to next class. http://youtu.be/oBhteRTabes Living With Schizophrenia 38:54
Name 4 problems clients with Schizophrenia commonly experience before their first psychotic break:
1. Hearing voices talking or feeling threatened
2. grandiose delusions
3. peculiar speech
4. Hallucinations What are 4 common symptoms of Schizophrenia?
1. Hallucinations
2. Delusions
3. Incoherence
4. Catatonic or hyperactive behavior
What are 3 common struggles many Schizophrenics face?
1. Finding the right medication.
2. Lack …show more content…
Can help prevent possible suicide
2. Mood
3. Increase social skills
4. Manage life
5. Understand their disease
What are 5 lifestyle changes that are important? Avoid alcohol, regular exercise, sleep, have a strong support system in place, and get the right treatment for your needs.
Name 3 ways Schizophrenia can affect family members:
1. Having a close relative with this disorder, Increases the risk for developing it
2. Lack of understanding the disease can lead to chaos in the family
3. financial
Using the Competency-Based Assessment Model, name 2 of each of the following variables for the following schizophrenic patient:
A 26yo female, who is hospitalized for the third time due to intensification of her psychotic symptoms (command auditory hallucinations, persecutory delusions, loosening of associations, withdrawn from family). Client is single (never married) and lives with her parents and a younger sister, all of whom are very supportive. Mother suffers from Schizoaffective Disorder. Client suffers from obesity and diabetes.
Psychological Variables (5 pts): Obese and diabetic, schizophrenic symptoms.
Biological Variables (5 pts): Mother is diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder
Social Variables (5 pts): Single, supportive
Instructions: View video (on You Tube) and answer following questions. Each question is worth 10 points, except for last question which is worth 20 points. Upload file to Eagle Online prior to next class. http://youtu.be/oBhteRTabes Living With Schizophrenia 38:54
Name 4 problems clients with Schizophrenia commonly experience before their first psychotic break:
1. Hearing voices talking or feeling threatened
2. grandiose delusions
3. peculiar speech
4. Hallucinations What are 4 common symptoms of Schizophrenia?
1. Hallucinations
2. Delusions
3. Incoherence
4. Catatonic or hyperactive behavior
What are 3 common struggles many Schizophrenics face?
1. Finding the right medication.
2. Lack …show more content…
Can help prevent possible suicide
2. Mood
3. Increase social skills
4. Manage life
5. Understand their disease
What are 5 lifestyle changes that are important? Avoid alcohol, regular exercise, sleep, have a strong support system in place, and get the right treatment for your needs.
Name 3 ways Schizophrenia can affect family members:
1. Having a close relative with this disorder, Increases the risk for developing it
2. Lack of understanding the disease can lead to chaos in the family
3. financial
Using the Competency-Based Assessment Model, name 2 of each of the following variables for the following schizophrenic patient:
A 26yo female, who is hospitalized for the third time due to intensification of her psychotic symptoms (command auditory hallucinations, persecutory delusions, loosening of associations, withdrawn from family). Client is single (never married) and lives with her parents and a younger sister, all of whom are very supportive. Mother suffers from Schizoaffective Disorder. Client suffers from obesity and diabetes.
Psychological Variables (5 pts): Obese and diabetic, schizophrenic symptoms.
Biological Variables (5 pts): Mother is diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder
Social Variables (5 pts): Single, supportive