Schizophrenia A most rare and disturbing mental illness characterized as a disruption in cognition and emotion‚ which affects the way a person‚ analyzes him and society as a whole is known as schizophrenia. Many patients suffering from schizophrenia are emotionally disturbed‚ aggressive‚ and/or destructive to themselves‚ as well as others. In most cases schizophrenic disorders are severe conditions of disordered thoughts and communications‚ inappropriate emotions‚ and extremely bizarre behavior
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Patient: Smith‚ Jane DOB: 06/ 13/ 1985 Date of Interview: 02/05/2010 Date of Report: 02/06/2010 IDENTIFYING INFORMATION: Ms. Smith is a 24 year old white woman currently residing in Vancouver‚ WA. She is employed as a hairstylist and currently lives in an apartment with two friends and their newborn son. Ms. Smith has been seen for mental health symptoms previously as a teenager‚ and was referred again on this visit by a colleague. The following report information is based on information collected
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concern of this essay; schizophrenia to be precise and we shall use the protagonist ( John Nash) in the movie “A Beautiful Mind” as a case study. By way of methodology‚ we shall explain the meaning of schizophrenia‚ touch on the features and sub-types of the disorder then on to the causes and criteria for diagnosing the disorder. After this we shall take a look at the protagonist and how he meets the criteria for the diagnosis of one of the disorder’s sub-type (paranoid schizophrenia) taking into account
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Schizophrenia Psychology December 5‚ 2014 Professor Cook Psychology 5 December 2014 Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder. It debilitates the brain and affects the person’s behavior. It affects the normal functions of the brain. People with schizophrenia have trouble thinking clearly and managing their emotions. Most of the time they may seem paranoid believing people are trying to control their thoughts. Even though people with schizophrenia don’t appear to be ill
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however shocked by the amount of drugs available to treat this problem. I think that this is great for anyone suffering from the disease because what works for some may not work for the next. I work in a hospital and often times we run into the case where the person will have a reaction to a medication and need to switch. We often time see the side effect of the medications and then are forced to switch them to another one. The knowledge that they have multiple different drugs to choose from
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Pedro Perez Individual Process Recording Date: Sep 11‚ 2010 Diagnosis: Schizophrenia Chronic Paranoid Client initials: A.G. Location: The conversation takes place in the Psychic geriatric living room in Larkin Hospital. The room is very spacious with several recliners‚ tables and chairs. Upon entering the room‚ you will find several recliner chairs up against the wall and several tables directly in front of you surrounded by chairs. There is a small is a TV to view for the
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Schizophrenia Thiago DeSouza Liberty University Abstract Schizophrenia is considered to be one of the most dangerous disorders that is affecting the lives of so many. Concrete answers are yet to be discovered as researches are yet to solve the mystery of what causes this particular disorder. What is known thus far is that it is a disorder that cannot be prevented but can indeed be treated. Based off of what researchers were able to find out to this point‚ medications and different types of therapies
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Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences‚ to think logically‚ to have normal emotional responses‚ and to behave normally in social situations. Schizophrenia is one of the most disturbing mental illnesses‚ marked by delusions and hallucinations. It is a psychotic disorder or group of disorders marked by disturbances in thinking‚ emotional responsiveness‚ and behavior. Schizophrenia is the most chronic and
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The word Schizophrenia comes from the Greek word skhizein meaning "to split" and the Greek word Phrenos (phren) meaning "diaphragm‚ heart‚ mind". In 1910‚ the word “Schizophrenia was coined by the Swiss psychiatrist‚ Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939). Bleuler had intended the term to refer to the dissociation or ‘loosening’ of thoughts and feelings that he had found to be a prominent feature of the illness. The term ‘schizophrenia’ has led to much confusion about the nature of the illness‚ but Bleuler had
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The Case of Schizophrenia Spencer Surjue-Bowens Pysch410 Prof Nyiema Carter February 6‚ 2013 Dr. John Hunter‚ a noted therapist asserts that Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness (Hunter‚ 2003). Symptoms may include auditory hallucinations‚ paranoid or bizarre delusions‚ or disorganized speech and thinking‚ and is accompanied by significant social or occupational dysfunction. This disorder mainly affects
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