Client profile: Johannah is a 34-year-old female. Born in the Netherlands‚ she married an American and came to this country when she was 25 years old. About a year later‚ Johannah began a series of admissions to psychiatric facilities. She was diagnosed with major depression and later with schizoaffective disorder. About a month ago‚ Johannah stopped keeping outpatient appointments‚ stopped taking her medications‚ stopped bathing‚ and stopped eating‚ but was sleeping all the time. Johannes mood
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Relevant History and Background: Personal Information: Name: Greyson‚ Algernon Age: 19 Sex: Male Marital Status: Single Occupation: UW student Symptom Repertoire: Positive Symptoms: Hallucinations: • Hears voices all night. Delusions: • Believes someone might come in his room and kill him or kidnap him. • Feeling very fearful lately missing classes as a result. • Thinks students are looking at him and judging him negatively. • Believes receptionist talks behind his back
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their meaning. Many should consider taking their teachings with a grain of salt as they come from a time when it was easy for white men to go and experience life‚ but it was harder for those from less privileged groups. Thoreau once said‚ “Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths‚ while reality is fabulous.” Many are inclined to agree given the state of the world around us. What with corruption weaving it’s way into our government‚ schools‚ and even places of worship‚ we’re starting to open
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Psychosis : A Loss With Reality INTRODUCTION Symptoms – Prodromal Phase Psychiatric Disorders I. Psychotic Depression II. Postpartum Psychosis Psychoactive Drugs – Substance Induced Psychosis I. MDPV – Bath Salts INTRODUCTION « Every normal person‚ in fact‚ is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part of other and to a greater or lesser extent » (Sigmund Freud). « Psychosis – a severe mental disorder in which thought
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Mitterer‚ (2010) paranoid schizophrenia is schizophrenia marked by a preoccupation with delusions or by frequent auditory hallucinations related to a single theme‚ especially grandeur or prosecution. In simple terms‚ the patients with this disease have false beliefs (delusions) that somebody or some people are plotting against them or members of their family. They hear things that are not real‚ or have delusions of personal grandeur- a false belief that they are much greater and more powerful and influential
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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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“Schizophrenia is a debilitating brain disorder characterized by a range of emotional and cognitive dysfunctions that affect thought‚ feelings‚ communication‚ perception‚ attention‚ behavior monitoring‚ mood or affect‚ speech‚ drive‚ and the ability to make decisions. Individuals with schizophrenia exhibit varying degrees of psychosis.(Quick Lesson)” Schizophrenia affects about 1% of the population (Viewpoint). The cause of schizophrenia is not certain‚ but is thought to be combination of genetic
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"...despite the fact that we humans are great collectors of souvenirs‚ not one of these persons [claiming to have been aboard a flying saucer] has brought back so much as an extraterrestrial tool or artifact‚ which could‚ once and for all‚ resolve the UFO mystery." Philip Klass "Aliens‚ if an when we find them‚ could be so alien‚ so different from humanity as to undermine the meaning of any exchange we might have‚ or even make such exchange impossible." --Henry Gee There is a widespread belief
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Crazy Holden Caulfield In the United States today‚ a person commits suicide about every twenty minutes (Whybrow). Many of these people end their life‚ due to a mental illness. Extreme emotions and dramatic moods swings are part of being human‚ but at a certain point‚ they can take over someone’s entire existence. Mental disorders are common‚ and often show up in literature to add a deeper layer of complexity to a character. The human psyche is complex on its own‚ so when a emotional disorder is added
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Describe the relevance of the concept of compassion for ethics and social ethics. Introduction: Explorations of the gap individual and social ethics and attempts to bridge this gap‚ have resulted in either detailed philosophical abstraction (Mukerjee 1950) or proposals to measure the subjective potential between impartiality and utilitarianism (Mongin‚ 2001). One phenomenon that occurs in this cleft which may explain individual and social ethical thinking and decision making is that of compassion
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