Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Schizophrenia Psychosocial rehabilitation is a learning based approach using a token economy and social skill training to help patients with schizophrenia develop adaptive behaviors (Nevid‚ Rathus‚ & Green‚ 2003). To live successfully in the community‚ a variety of treatment approaches are available to people with schizophrenia. A few of the psychosocial rehabilitation options for people with schizophrenia include hospitalization‚ self-help clubs‚ family intervention
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According to the mayo clinic schizophrenia is define as a group of severe brain disorder. In which some people may interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations delusions‚ and disordered thinking and behavior. The word schizophrenia means a disruption of the usual balance of emotions and thinking. Schizophrenia is a chronic condition which required lifelong treatment. (www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizophrenia/DS00196 Cached) According to the text schizophrenia
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DEMOGRAPHIC DATA My client is a male patient aged sixty-seven (67) years old he and his family come from Molepolole‚ Botswana. He lives in Molepolole‚ goo-Mabe ward with his wife‚ seven (7) children and five (5) grandchildren. He has another son who is epileptic and lives with his wife’s mother. His next of kin is his wife‚ KM and the family do not have either a land line or cell phone number but can be reached by post at P. O. Box XXX‚ Molepolole. He has never been to school and is unemployed.
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Frontotemporal dementia is a group of disorders caused by progressive cell degeneration in the brain’s frontal lobes or its temporal lobes. The cell damage caused by frontotemporal dementia leads to tissue shrinkage and reduced function in the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes‚ which control planning and judgment; emotions‚ speaking and understanding speech and certain types of movement. In those younger than age 65‚ FTD may account for up to 20 to 50 percent of dementia cases. People usually develop
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He would not be forced to medication that brought adverse effects on his mind. Schizophrenia is a brain disease and an antipsychotic medication is considered critical as a medication‚ but in Nash’s case he overcame the disease by dealing with it rationally after he stopped taking the medicine. Therefore a patient desire not to take the medicine should be respected. He was forced
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In final analysis‚ through Elyn Saks’ experiences during childhood and adolescence‚ research indicates that the premorbid development in the cognitive area is that children or adolescence tend to have lower scores on tests of intelligence and achievement and poorer grades in school. As for the motor skills they often show a delay and abnormalities in motor development. Unlike Elyn during her childhood and adolescence she said‚ “As the oldest‚ I did my best to stay ahead of him‚ working to excel at
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Schizophrenia Jessica Noto Sojourner Douglass College English Comp II Mrs. Nicole Winder January 1‚ 2014 Abstract Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that significantly alters how a person may feel‚ behave‚ and think‚ it also affects ones conception of reality. This illness can affect children‚ teens‚ and adults‚ some cases being more severe than others. The symptoms vary between patients‚ and this is why professionals categorize patients within different subtypes‚ depending upon the most prevalent
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gammaaminobutyruc acid. Agents in both classes are effective sedative-hypnotics ‚ antianxiety agents‚ and anticonvulsants. (Olson‚ J.‚ 2012). Antipsychotics: These are medications that are used to treat psychotic episodes and serious mental disorders (BIO-316V Module Lecture‚ 2012). Schizophrenia is an example of a psychotic disorder that can be treated with an antipsychotic medication. Antiemetics: These drugs treat nausea and vomiting and help control motion sickness (Olson‚ J.‚ 2012). Cardiovascular
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Running head: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE MEDIA Abnormal Psychology in the Media Margaret Virgo GCU Psychopathology PSY 570 Christine Dargon February 19‚ 2013 Abnormal Psychology in the Media The film “A Beautiful Mind” (Grazer‚ 2001) tells of the true life of John Nash‚ a Nobel Prize winner who has struggled the majority of his life with paranoid schizophrenia. This essay will evaluate John Nash’s exhibited behaviors‚ and how therapists from the 5 perspectives of abnormal
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Case Study 1: Schizoid Personality Disorder. Josephine is a 47-year-old single woman. The hardest times of the year for Josephine’s family are holidays and family gatherings; Josephine never seems to enjoy herself. She seldom smiles‚ laughs‚ or reacts to people and events around her. She remains detached and often goes into a room and plays video games or watches television by herself‚ even when the rest of the family is eating. Her family members say that she is rude and do not want her around
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