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    Case Study (Schizophrenia) Benny is 52 years old and has been working as a driver for a postal company for the past 28 years. He had a very cheerful and normal childhood‚ with sufficient caring from parents. He loves his parent very much. Benny has been unmarried his entire life. He reports that he has always been "nervous with the girls and such" and avoids making any significant social overtures with women. He meets his sexual needs matter of fact by visiting a prostitute on a regular basis

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    Case Study: Schizophrenia Answer Sheet Student Name: Diagnosing Randy: 1. Go to the DSM-IV checklist for schizophrenia and list each of Randy’s behaviors that satisfy the symptom criteria for schizophrenia. Which of Randy’s symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) Randy has cognitive symptoms that include trouble focusing‚ distress‚ and difficulty paying attention. His positive symptoms include hallucinations as well as delusions. His negative

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    N290 Revised Fall 2009 NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE Associate Degree Nursing Program Nursing Interventions III PSYCHIATRIC CASE STUDY Part I STUDENT _____________ Date of Clinical _____________ UNIT_____________ Patient: Sam (not his real name) A. Demographic Data Male X Female Age __38__ Height __6’1‖ Weight _250 Ethnicity _ Caucasian ____ Religion: _not known_____________________ Occupation: Grocery Stocking Clerk _______________________________ Code Status: __full____________Date

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    Buy the previous edition. Case studies in abnormal behavior -Abnormal Psychology at Rutgers- or friend her. Quizzes after every two chapters -write down when they are due ------------------------------------------------- -don’t really need my psych lab (FALSE) Abnormal behavior means bizarre behavior. [Bizarre is a subjective term] (FALSE) The line dividing normal and abnormal behavior is always clear. [Depends on the context] (FALSE) Low self-esteem can be cured with positive

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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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    Concerning the cases of adults diagnosed with Schizophrenia‚ I noticed that there were several common features of this disorder. Individuals with this disorder would experience paranoia‚ hallucinations‚ and confusion. These symptoms can be very intense‚ and schizophrenic individuals have an incredibly difficult time trying to distinguish between reality and fantasy. In addition‚ schizophrenia appears to be partially hereditary since several of the cases presented in the video revealed that a parent

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    Schizophrenia: Case study Jack is a 27 year old man diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has been referred to Top Quality Rehabilitation (TQP) to provide supported employment services. Jack graduated from high school and got a job working in a video store. After working for about 6 months Jack began to hear voices that told him he was no good. He also began to believe that his boss was planting small videocameras in the returned tapes to catch him making mistakes. Jack became increasingly agitated

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    PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS FROM THE MOVIE “A BEAUTIFUL MIND”: SCHIZOPHRENIA AND PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER Two Psychological Disorders from the Movie “A Beautiful Mind”: Schizophrenia and Paranoid Personality Disorder Your Name Your School Name‚ State (Country) “A Beautiful Mind‚” which is based on the novel by Sylvia Nasar‚ is the story about the mathematic genius called John Nash. He enters Princeton University in the 1940s to start his studies in the fields of calculus and mathematical theory

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    INTRODUCTION Schizophrenia (from the Greek roots skhizein ("to split") and phrēn‚ phren- ("mind") is a severe mental illness characterized by a variety of symptoms including but not limited to loss of contact with reality. Schizophrenia is not characterized by a changing in personality; it is characterized by a deteriorating personality. Simply stated‚ schizophrenia is one of the most profoundly disabling illnesses‚ mental or physical‚ that the nurse will ever encounter (Keltner‚ 2007). There

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    Medical/Psychiatric History            Her current hospitalization on 9/22/12 was preceded by her first ever admit to any psychiatric unit on 9/11/12.  Worsening depression and anxiety with the arrival of psychosis: auditory‚ visual hallucinations and paranoid thoughts caused her to seek treatment on 9/11.  Her first inpatient stay was cut short because a medical workup by HMS detected a pulmonary embolism.  She was transferred to a medical floor‚ where she was treated with warfarin and coumadin until

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