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    was diagnosed as undifferentiated schizophrenia and now his current diagnosis was undifferentiated schizophrenia. Undifferentiated schizophrenia is amental disorder  which is part of the family of disorders broadly known as“schizophrenia.” There are a number of subcategories of schizophrenia including paranoid schizophrenia‚ catatonic schizophrenia‚ disorganized schizophrenia‚ residual schizophrenia‚ and schizoaffective disorder ; undifferentiated schizophrenia is oftendefined as a form in which

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    Schizophrenia and Nursing Interventions Schizophrenia‚ a chronic and immobilizing condition defined as a psychiatric disease affects approximately 1% of the world’s population (Harris‚ Nagy & Vargaaxis‚ 2011). It is known to decrease the standard life expectancy by ten years due to its dire effects on morbidity and mortality‚ ranking it to be among the ‘top ten causes of disability adjusted life years” (Zigmond‚ Rowland & Coyle‚ 2015). The disease presents itself most commonly in young adults‚ and

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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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    Name (initials only): S.S Unit: 2 East Current Legal Status (Vol.‚ 5150‚ 5250‚ 30 day‚ T-Con‚ LPS-Conservatorship): 5150 Baker Act Multiaxial Diagnostic System: Axis I (Clinical Disorder): Schizophrenia Axis II (Personality Disorder / Mental Retardation): Avoidant at times/borderline. Inability to form new relationships Axis III (General Medical Conditions): Overall health is average however‚ the patient has Hypertension (which is common for adults her age)‚ and Anemia. Axis IV (Psychosocial

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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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    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 and that is

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    the girls are as follows Nora‚ Iris‚ Myra‚ and Hester (named from oldest to youngest)‚ these names were chosen to resemble the four letters in NIMH‚ the National Institute of Mental Health. Each sister was diagnosed with schizophrenia at different ages and each case of schizophrenia is at different levels of severity. Nora‚ the oldest‚ is sometimes identified as the brightest of the four girls‚ was hospitalized at age 22 and never lived independently for an extended period of time. Iris‚ the second

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    attempted to classify types of schizophrenia. According to the DSM-III there were five different types (disorganized‚ catatonic‚ paranoid‚ residual‚ and undifferentiated) however‚ the first three were originally proposed by Kraepelin. Currently today‚ these classifications are still being used in the DSM-V‚ however predicting the outcomes of the disorder are not reliably alone in the diagnostic process. This resulted in the use of other systems to assist in classifying the types of disorders‚ which

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    Schizophrenia Tony Woodall South Georgia Technical College This paper is meant to be written to provide a better understanding of schizophrenia‚ its history and diagnosis and treatment. There are a lot of views concerning this disorder and they are found all over the internet and in different books published about the disorder. It seems that writing one paper could consume a lot of time and patience. I believe that even putting all of what I have found as far as beliefs

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    Schizophrenia affects thought and emotion and the person being affected loses contact with reality. It is often confused with DID‚ which is multiple personalities. Schizophrenia is better described as one personality that is broken up. It affects people’s levels of functioning and over half of the people affected have serious disabilities. However‚ today many people with schizophrenia are able to function in the world and may need to only go to the hospital periodically for treatment. Most researches

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