COLEGIO DE SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA Guinsay‚ Danao City‚ Cebu COLLEGE OF NURSING NCM 105 PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA Submitted by: Maria Pamela Olive A. Ocan Yasnee Zayfa A. Talasain Submitted to: Mr. John Andro D. Banga. R.N.‚ M.N. Clinical Instructor (NCM105) TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 II. Psychopathophysiology---------------------------------------------------------- 2 III. Description
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Schizophrenia is a complex brain disorder. Like many other illnesses‚ schizophrenia is believed to result from a combination of environmental and genetic factors. All the tools of modern science are being used to search for the causes of this disorder. The term schizophrenia is Greek in origin‚ and in the Greek meant "split mind." This is not an accurate medical term. In Western culture‚ some people have come to believe that schizophrenia refers to a split-personality disorder. These are two very
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Vignette Analysis II What is schizophrenia? Comer (2013) states that “Schizophrenia us a psychotic disorder in which personal‚ social‚ and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of strange perceptions‚ unusual emotions‚ and motor abnormalities” (p.426). What are Delusions? Comer (2013) suggests “delusions are a strange false belief firmly held despite evidence presented to the contrary” (p. 426). What are hallucinations? Comer (2013) states “hallucinations are perceptions that
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Schizophrenia and It’s This paper will go over the basics of what schizophrenia. The various types of treatments that are available for patients with Schizophrenia will be covered more in depth. Treatments “To be a schizophrenic it is best summed up in a repeating dream that I have had since childhood. In this dream I am lying on a beautiful sunlit beach but my body is in pieces . . . . I realize that the tide is coming in and that I am unable to gather the parts of my dismembered body
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Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia | Issues in the diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia | Delusions: which are bizarre beliefs that appear realistic to a person with schizophrenia‚ but they are not real. They can sometimes be paranoid delusions Experiences of control: the person with schizophrenia may believe they are under the control of different group’s e.g. alien invasion. Hallucination: are bizarre‚ unreal perceptions of the environment that are usually auditory
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and Potential Treatment I Case Studies Brenda L. Brown Axia College of University of Phoenix Causes and Potential Treatment II Case Studies Case Study I: Josephine a 47 year old woman whom I label her with the disorder of Schizoid
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are many psychological disorders. A common psychological disorder is Schizophrenia. Many people are uniformed as to what this disorder specifically is. This research paper will include information such as what this disorder is‚ typical symptoms‚ prevalence rates‚ the DSM V diagnosis‚ typical course‚ and finally treatment for this disorder. Schizophrenia is broken down into several subtypes. There are many cases of Schizophrenia that developed as a result of extreme stress or simply because it is
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Running head: PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA 1 PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA 2 Mental disorders are diseases that have plagued the world for years; one of the worst of these disorders being Paranoid Schizophrenia. In 1896 the terrible disorder was first named dementia praecox by Emil Kraeplin. Later in 1911 Eugene Bleuler renamed the disorder to dementia
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normal‚ well-minded characters that turn out to be heroes; this is not always the case. Jacob from the story “The Hitchhiker” has a disorder called schizophrenia that is affecting his life. Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that alters a person’s perception of reality (“Schizophrenia” 1). They may see or hear things that don’t exist‚ and might believe that others are trying to harm them. Undoubtedly‚ Jacob has schizophrenia because he has delusions of persecutions and he constantly hallucinates. To
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Schizophrenia has emerged as one the diseases that are affecting our society at a large extent in modern days. Schizophrenia affects life of a person suffering from this disorder in thousands of ways‚ effects and severity of the problem varies from person to person who is suffering from schizophrenia. The disease is considered to affect teens and those who are around 20-22 year of age‚ but in reality‚ this disorder can affect people of any age and sex and also it does not depend upon the geographical
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