1% |Men = 15 – 25 years Women = 25 – 35 years | | |Symptoms present for at least one month: |Descriptive validity refers to the ability of the diagnostic systems to describe | | |syndromes accurately and differentiate between categories. | |Criterion 1- At least one symptom: thought control‚ delusions of control‚ |
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schizophrenia are still unknown‚ treatments focus on eliminating the symptoms of the disease. Treatments include antipsychotic medications and various psychosocial treatments. The older types are called conventional or "typical" antipsychotics‚ In the 1990 ’s‚ new antipsychotic medications were developed. These new medications are called second generation‚ or "atypical" antipsychotics.
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Schizophrenia Presentation Sharon Pinter June 8‚2014 PSY/270 Abnormal Psychology DeBorah Gilbert White‚ Ph.D. Table of Content 1. Introduction 2. Symptoms 3. Diagnosis 4. Different Viewpoints 5. Methods of treatment 6. Comparing treatments 7. Conclusion Introduction to schizophrenia “Currently an estimated 2.5 million people suffer from schizophrenia in the US and 1% world wide.”(Nevid & Rathus‚ 2005)(Stoker‚ 2008) It seems that more divorce and separated people suffer from schizophrenia
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder One of the most interesting mental illnesses to talk about today is obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is mostly referred to as OCD. Although OCD is an attention-grabbing subject‚ it can occupy a lot of time and energy from a person’s life. There are many who suffer from OCD including men‚ women‚ boys and girls. This mental illness causes one to have thoughts that are uncontrollable as well as behaviors that are repeated over and over again. For example‚ Sue just
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SEIZURES WITH LOW DOSE OF ARIPIPRAZOLE IN MENTAL RETARDATION- A FIRST CASE REPORT. ABSTRACT Aripiprazole is considered as a third generation antipsychotic and known for its unique partial agonist activity at dopamine D2 and serotonin 5-HT1Areceptors. Partial antagonist action at serotonin 5-HT2Areceptors . The common neurological side effects are extra pyramidal symptoms‚ headache‚ insomnia and drowsiness. Seizures had been reported in 2 cases of adults with normal intelligence and 1 in healthy
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Treatment consists of psychosocial interventions‚ psychotherapy TMS or ECT‚ psychoeducations and medications (Sommer et al. 2012). Antipsychotic drugs are only medications to effectively reduce the severity and frequency of hallucinations; it induces rapid decrease in hallucinations on severity (Sommer et al. 2012). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is effective for auditory verbal hallucinations
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Mental Disorders Millions and millions of people have been‚ and are‚ plagued by some type of mental disorder. There are many types of disorders such as mood disorders‚ anxiety disorders‚ personality disorders‚ and substance-related disorders. The mental disorders can range from minor cases to very strong‚ extreme cases. Two mental disorders that deal with the shifting of a human’s personality and character are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterized
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Paranoid Schizophrenia Jamaica Webster University of Phoenix Dr. Kristi Lane‚ PhD September 13‚ 2010 Abstract In this paper one will give a description of the data established upon a case study. One will outline the major symptoms of the disorder discussed in the case. The disorder discussed in this case is Paranoid Schizophrenia. One will give a description of the client background. One will also describe any factors in the client background that may predispose him or her to
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Understanding the Schizophrenic Mind and Coping with Their Behavior Cynthia Farnworth COM156 November 17‚ 2012 Monica Desir Understanding the Schizophrenic Mind and Coping with Their Behavior Schizophrenia affects more than 25 million people worldwide (Myers‚ 2010). Although the causes of schizophrenia are still under suspicion‚ well after many years of research‚ it is most certainly a disease of the brain. However‚ without a doctorate in psychiatry‚ one might be overwhelmed by all there
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The two classes of medications useful in reducing specific core symptoms of borderline disorder are antipsychotic agents and mood stabilizers. The treatment of BPD depends on the effectiveness of specific symptoms with the medication selected and the biological makeup of the patient. Trial and error is a common consequence of medication therapy. Antipsychotic agents are most commonly used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia however when prescribed at lower doses‚ it has
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