Discussion of Issues Surrounding the Classification and Diagnosis of Schizophrenia One issue related to classification and diagnosis is reliability. Reliability refers to the consistency of a measuring instrument‚ such as DSM (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) that is used when diagnosing schizophrenia. Reliability can be measured in terms of whether two independent assessors give similar scores (inter-rater reliability). High reliability is indicated by a high positive correlation.
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My mental diagnosis of Matthew Poe is Schizophrenia. The main symptoms of Schizophrenia are delusions and hallucinations. More specifically‚ I believe the patient has Paranoid Schizophrenia‚ which main indication is a person feeling extremely suspicious. The patient shows extreme signs of paranoia and hallucinations. These hallucinations consist of hearing the heartbeat of the old man that the patient murdered. The sound of this heartbeat in his ears is causing the patient extreme paranoia‚ and the
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English 1A‚ Section 5400 Writing Assignment #2 25/2/2014 Final Draft Comparison and Other Modes of Writing Used by Annie Dillard Though most people don’t have this advantage‚ Annie Dillard uses her skills as a reader to improve her writing in the moth essay from her book “Holy The Firm”. Dillard uses comparison and several other modes of writing to convey and support the main point and purpose of her essay; some of the other modes Dillard uses are: narration‚ description‚ argument‚ and
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WR 121 Annie Dillard A #4 5 July 2013 Shadows of Night: The Fear of a Child In Annie Dillard’s book‚ An American Child; chapter two describes the fear she had as a child‚ of the night shadows that would appear on her walls. Dillard was five years old and shared a bedroom with her little sister Amy‚ who was two at the time. When Dillard describes her little sister sleeping‚ I can picture her clearly in my mind. Dillard writes; “even at two she composed herself attractively with her sheet folded
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A miserable theme that ‘The Help’ made me wonder about was how education is a privilege. Well-off‚ mediocre‚ white… with these qualities‚ you will succeed in university. Poverty-stricken‚ intelligent‚ black… with these qualities‚ you won’t. Stockett seemed to be suggesting that the wealth and the colour of your skin determines whether you get an education in the 1960s segregation era. A moment that exhibited this theme was when Miss Hilly’s maid Yule Mae asked her for a loan as she couldn’t send
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LADY OF LOURDES COLLEGE OF NURSING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS Level of Environmental Sanitation Status of Mercado Compound in Brgy.165 Zone 15 District I‚ Bagbaguin Caloocan City: An Assessment A FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS OF MERCADO COMPOUND PRESENTED BY: GROUP 1 Basol‚ Geraldine Cayetano‚ Kristel Ann Gumanit‚ Elyn Lorenzo‚ Donna Montecillo‚ Neriza Sardua‚ Alvin Jr. Tolentino‚ Shanice
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Annie Oakley was a renowned markswoman and star who worked for years with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Annie was born as Phoebe Ann Moses on August 13‚ 1860‚ in Darke County‚ Ohio. She would be known as Annie Oakley for her developed excellent marksmanship abilities as a teen‚ earning enough to pay off the mortgage for her mother’s home. She then married fellow marksman Frank Butler in 1876 and would later become a star attraction for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show for years‚ famous for unparalleled
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‘Discuss issues surrounding the classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia’ (24 marks) An issue is that they are two manuals which are used to diagnose schizophrenia the DSM-IV manual and the ICD manual. Cooper et al found that people are twice as more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia in New York then in the UK this means the diagnostic manual for schizophrenia is unreliable. This is an issue because it can lead to misdiagnosis and people will be schizophrenic in a country and then
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like he knows that something is wrong with Charlie and wants to help. In this movie it is clear to see that Charlie is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This is what would go on Axis 1 of the multi-axial system. For this diagnosis he needs to have 6 or more symptoms from 3 different areas. These areas are re-experiencing‚ avoidance‚ and arousal. He has been suffering for over 1 month and is severely distressed and impaired. The traumatic event that Charlie was exposed to
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Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis “Is it morally correct?” By: David T How would you feel to be able to know how your child look like before they are born? Preimplantation genetic diagnosis can make it possible for couples to select genetic traits of their newborn baby prior to pregnancy. For example‚ a couple could select the eye color‚ height‚ and sex of their baby through the embryo. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis known as PGD‚ have controversial issues of whether or not it is
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