This essay will focus on a case study of a patient with Schizophrenia‚ whom I cared for during my recent clinical specialist placement in a medium secure unit. The patient personal and psychiatric history would be given. The patient current psychological‚ sociological and physiological needs will be looked at by using published therapeutic approaches. In this case study a demonstration of how the therapeutic approaches chosen provide or guidance of the nursing care provided in the assessment of needs
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Reasoning Aptitude Results University of Phoenix/ BCOM/275 Version 2 December 06‚ 2013 Professor Mannixs E. Paul‚ Ph.D. During the reasoning aptitude assessment survey‚ I realized the importance of my critical thinking skills and how it affect the outcome of my work in business environment. The survey provided a concise response to my personal interest with a clear purpose to analyze my thinking style and how I process information‚ which will
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the most efficient and reasonable. I have analyzed the article by Daniel Goleman which is entitled “Leadership that gets results” and in my speaking I would mostly base on it. Let me start with the few words about the research‚ which was held by the author. Firstly‚ it offers a fine-grained understanding of how different leadership styles affect performance and results. Secondly‚ it provides managers with clear guidance on when they should switch between them. The researchers have analyzed
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one or more biological explanations of schizophrenia (8 marks AO1/16 marks AO1) Schizophrenia is classified as a mental disorder that shows profound disruption of cognition and emotion which affects a person’s language‚ perception‚ thought and sense of self. The dopamine hypothesis states that schizophrenic’s neurones transmitting dopamine release the neurotransmitter too easily‚ leading to the characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia. This hypothesis claims that schizophrenics
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diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. According to the DSM-IV-TR‚ criteria for this type of schizophrenia under Axis I consists of "preoccupation with delusions or frequent auditory hallucinations" and "no evidence of marked disorganized speech" (Butcher et al.‚ 2008‚ p. 368). These symptoms are quite evident when John converses with his supposed college roommate‚ Charles‚ and also with Charles’s niece‚ Marcee. Feeling deeply connected to
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There are many disorders in the world today. Each disorder can be difficult to deal with and cause a person to act in many different ways. Schizophrenia is a chronic and very serious psychiatric illness. It brings a devastating effect on the lives that it touches. Nearly 1.2 percent of the population in United States has schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a devastating psychotic disorder that may involve characteristic disturbances in thinking causing delusions‚ perception causing hallucinations‚
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Schizophrenia is a severe disorder that affects the brain which leads to the person affected by this illness to interpret reality abnormally by affecting how that person feels‚ behaves‚ and thinks. While schizophrenia is not very common as other mental disorders there are reportedly more than 200‚000 cases per year in the united states alone and the symptoms can be extremely disabling. Risk Factors With the help of science and our advanced technology‚ scientists have known that schizophrenia sometimes
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The results for nitrate were inconclusive‚ there are traces of nitrate in wells 15‚ 20‚ 23‚ and 21 but we couldn’t find the source. We believe that number 15 is the source but there is very little amount of pollutants in the water to make the solution turn black. Wells 15‚ 20‚ 23‚ and 21 when tested for nitrates‚ the iodine changed to a yellowish blackish color. The hypothesis was not supported‚ well number 26 did not test positive for any of the pollutants. The first well tested was well number
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with classification and diagnosis In order to diagnose the symptoms of mental health disorders ‚ practitioners use classification systems like the DSM which classifies the symptoms of schizophrenia. The DSM has been criticised for issues including cultural problems and the overlap of disorders such as schizophrenia with depression. The DSM is used to diagnose patients with a disorder and indicates what treatment they will require. Other problems involved with the classification includes inter-rater
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Paranoid Schizophrenia Josh Brotheim Keiser University First off‚ what is paranoid schizophrenia? According to Coon and 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
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