Describe and evaluate one or more biological explanations of schizophrenia Research has shown that schizophrenia is heredity and can runs in families. This suggests that genes play a significant role. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Evidence from family studies by Gottesman showed that when bothparent are schizophrenic then there is a 46% chance of the child getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 17%. This suggests
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Discuss some of the issues surrounding the classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia Classification systems are needed for the purpose of treatment and research. It can also be comforting to and individual and their family to be able to identify what their problem is and give it a name. Any classification system relies on the symptoms an individual display. However‚ symptoms tend to cluster together‚ so most classification systems of mental disorder focus on syndromes (i.e. clusters of symptoms
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Future of Health Care in America Shayna Garber Marylhurst University Abstract The one issue that all Americans agree on is we need to reform our health care system in some way; the part we don’t agree on is how to reform it. There will be no reform that will make every citizen happy‚ in truth I feel that either way we go‚ half of the country will be happy and half of the country will be disappointed. As a country we need to fix how the older citizens are treated‚ how our under privileged
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for schizophrenia to run in families. This suggests that genes and biological factors play a role in the explanation of schizophrenia.. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Evidence from family studies by Gottesman showed that when both parent are schizophrenic then there is a 46% chance of the child getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 16% and dropped to a further 1% when the sibling of the child had schizophrenia. This
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assessment which is the nursing model used by the Louth/Meath services. The nurse also carries out an admission checklist. When the patient has been admitted and the nurse has gathered all the relevant information they will then incorporate the care plan. I familiarised myself with the documents‚ I will admit I felt a little apprehensive; I was worried I might say the wrong thing or ask the wrong question. As John had a previous history‚ I had been informed that he suffers severe paranoid delusions
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Appendices Appendix A – Sample Questionnaire University of the East Manila Dear Respondents‚ We are students from Entrepreneurial Venture 1 Business Planning subject. This survey questionnaire is a part of our subject requirement that is to gather information on our proposed product. Your response to this survey is in planning the necessary information we need in our market research. This survey will take only 2-5 minutes to complete. All your responses will be kept confidential
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his own thoughts‚ damaging his perspective of reality. Simon exemplifies schizophrenia through isolating himself in the jungle‚ pulling himself from social interactions with the other boys on the island‚ as well as experiencing things that others do not see or hear. Simon exhibits schizophrenic tendencies when he repeatedly isolates himself from the other boys. Psychology Today states that a common symptom of schizophrenia entails “isolating oneself and withdrawing from others.” He finds a place
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Did Andrea Yates have schizophrenia? On July 30‚ 2001‚ Andrea was indicted on two counts of capital murder for the deaths of Noah (seven)‚ John (five)‚ and Mary (six months)‚but not for the deaths of her other two children‚ Luke (three) and Paul (two). In this paper we will discuss Andrea Yates behaviors‚ treatments and court case where she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. After Andrea’s first pregnancy‚ in 1994‚ she started experiencing postpartum depression. She experienced hallucinations
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Access Effects of paliperidone extended release on the symptoms and functioning of schizophrenia Min-Wei Huang1‚2‚ Tsung-Tsair Yang3‚ Po-Ren Ten4‚ Po-Wen Su5‚ Bo-Jian Wu6‚ Chin-Hong Chan7‚ Tsuo-Hung Lan7‚ I-Chao Liu3‚ Wei-Cheh Chiu8‚ Chun-Ying Li1‚ Kuo-Sheng Cheng1‚9 and Yu-Chi Yeh8* Abstract Background: We aimed to explore relations between symptomatic remission and functionality evaluation in schizophrenia patients treated with paliperidone extended-release (ER)‚ as seen in a normal day-to-day
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Retirement Plan Proposal and Communication Plan HRM/324 Retirement Plan Proposal and Communication Plan Retirement pensions provides a source of retirement income employees can draw on after they stop working‚ they have to invest for retirement while they are still on the job (Lightbulb Financial‚ 2013). To take advantage of the opportunity to accumulate tax-deferred earnings and in some cases defer taxes on their contributions as well‚ employees can participate in employer-sponsored
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