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    In the book ’Goodbye Jamie Boyd’ Anna is facing a mental illness called schizophrenia. We can see this many times in the books because of the symptoms she has and the actions she decides to make. Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that can severely change someone’s life‚ the symptoms of schizophrenia can make it dangerous but the mental illness itself is not a dangerous illness. The symptoms include; Delusions Hallucinations Irregular and erratic speech Disorganised behaviour Negative symptoms(lack

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    Rizal Technological University Boni Avenue‚ Mandaluyong City In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in Projective Techniques Compilation of Interpretations of Projective Tests Presented by: Jannine L. Basilio CAS 06 501A Presented to: Dr. Crema T. Basuil October 2011 Table of Contents * Sach Sentence Completion Test (SSCT) p. 3 * Draw A Person Test (DAP) p. 6 * House Tree Person Test (HTP) p. 22 * Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test p. 60 Sach Sentence Completion

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    A Beautiful Mind Essay Paranoid Schizophrenia is the most common type of Schizophrenia. It is a mental illness in which one loses touch with reality. Some of the symptoms of Paranoid Schizophrenia are: delusions‚ hallucinations‚ disorganized behavior‚ and lack of emotion. Examples of these symptoms throughout the movie A Beautiful Mind are: He has hallucinations that he has a roommate at Princeton‚ Charles. Throughout the movie Charles stays in touch with John. Later in the movie Charles’s

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    Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent Van Gogh was believed to have schizophrenia. But he lived in a time that schizophrenia was not even heard of yet‚ so it could not have been established as schizophrenia or even any mental illness to be exact. Through his very artistic ways and him cutting off his own ear‚ many thought that he was mentally insane. And that is why in today’s society we believe that he might have had a psychological issue‚ like schizophrenia. Eventually his psychotic ways led in a tragic ending

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    about human frailty and the ability to triumph over it. Schizophrenia is a mental illness where the individual is unable to determine what is reality and what is not. John Nash is diagnosed with schizophrenia‚ he sees people that he believes are there‚ that are actually hallucinations fabricated by his mind to help deal with the stress he is under. Charles‚ one of John’s

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    An inconsistency with schizophrenia and John Nash’s case is the different levels of intelligence that most schizophrenics have‚ as prognosis is more common if the individual has lower overall IQ or greater cognitive impairment (Larson‚ Walker‚ & Compton‚ 2010). As most people diagnosed with schizophrenia have a lower IQ or educational difficulties‚ A Beautiful Mind sets Nash apart from most schizophrenics as he is highly intelligent devoted mathematician‚ as a doctoral student at Princeton University

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    how what he thinks relates to his actions. By studying Nash’s behavior we can determine the best course of action in order to ensure him a better quality of life. In this case study‚ the examination of the subject reveals a diagnoses of Paranoid Schizophrenia. He was born on June 13‚ 1928 in Bluefield West Virginia. His father is an electrical engineer and his mother a former school teacher‚ he also has a younger sister that is two years younger than him. His parents pushed him to do his best and

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    by both his mother and father for their growing concern of his “not so normal behavior”. After many interviews with Michael’s family members‚ Michael himself and administering many assessment measures I have concluded he meets the criteria for Schizophrenia‚ disorganized type. This paper will discuss this clinical case. Clinical Interview with Michael’s Parents: When I met with Michael’s mother and father‚ I asked them questions regarding their son. I asked them what signs/symptoms Michael displays

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    developed a groundbreaking economic theory‚ to his impressive rise to the cover of Forbes magazine and an MIT professorship‚ and on through to his eventual dismissal due to schizophrenic delusions. Nash’s history: Nash could have had paranoid schizophrenia for years but no one noticed it. It is evident that delusions occur in the mind of a schizophrenic. Perhaps the first indication of Nash’s delusions was when he was observing a glass in the courtyard and noticed a spectrum of light stream out of

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    06 October 2014 APA paper on the Theory of the Default Mode Network and Schizophrenia Dr. Denise Arnold Abstract For centuries now‚ philosophers‚ neuro-physiopathologist and psychiatrists have discussed the similarities between schizophrenia and dreaming. Carl Jung has been quoted for saying‚ “let the dreamer walk about and act like one awakened and we (will) have the clinical picture of dementia praecox (schizophrenia)” (Jung‚ 1909). Until now the great contributors in psychology of the past

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