The effects of Schizophrenia on The Human Mind A Literature Review by Dominique Kiefer 13 February 2014 Jandreau Abstract Schizophrenia is described as a long-term disease/disorder of the human mind that causes a separation between emotions‚ thoughts‚ and behaviors. This division of thought in turn‚ causes confusion and a faulty perception of reality. Symptoms of the disorder include: disordered thinking‚ auditory/ visual hallucinations‚ and illogical thinking. Before an individual begins
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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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many different forms of mental illnesses‚ Schizophrenia is one that has around 200‚000 cases each year and affects 1% of earth’s population. What is schizophrenia you wonder? Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that has an effects the thoughts‚ feelings‚ behaviors‚ and actions of a person. Part of this research‚ I will share the stories of Kurt Snyder and Jyulo‚ two different people who were living average lives until they were diagnosed with schizophrenia in which their lives began to slowly turn
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In the treatment of schizophrenia‚ the medical model is the most commonly used paradigm of treatment (Beresford‚ 2005). On one hand‚ the medical model has helped to reduce the blame and stigma towards families of individuals with schizophrenia – the belief that they caused the illness. On the other hand‚ families still do feel disregarded or dismissed as irrelevant by mental health professionals (Johnson‚ 2000). McLean (1990) criticises the medical model for ignoring the individuals or family’s experience
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Schizophrenia: The Case Study of Mr. Simpson Name School Abstract Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which a person develops hallucinations‚ delusions‚ or disordered thinking. It usually starts in men and women in their late teens or early twenties. Genetics and prenatal environment are the prime causes for this affliction. Schizophrenia has both positive‚ or present‚ and negative‚ or absent‚ symptoms. There are five types of schizophrenia. They are: catatonic schizophrenia‚ disorganized
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He 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
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases‚ and Drugs Schizophrenia means “the splitting of psychic functions.” It is a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment‚ by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life‚ and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling‚ thought‚ perception‚ and behavior. The first symptoms start to appear in young adulthood. “Its symptoms are complex and diverse; they overlap greatly with those of other psychiatric
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The Faces Interactive website lets us take a look at what it really means to be diagnosed with schizophrenia‚ instead of the many misinterpreted beliefs that are associated with this disorder. Under the Diagnostic Overview tab‚ it is explained that this disorder has positive and negative symptoms. As mentioned in under the tab‚ the two most common positive symptoms include Delusions and Hallucinations. Often times‚ we might confuse the two‚ but they each hold very different definitions. Faces Interactive
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How do the four biological explanations fit together to explain schizophrenia or are they mutually exclusive? The biological explanation can be divided into subcategories to explain schizophrenia; genetic‚ biochemistry (dopamine hypothesis)‚ brain structure and season of birth explanation. Firstly there’s genetics. This view says some people posses certain genes that predispose them to schizophrenia. However‚ if schizophrenia was totally and always inherited then concordance rates between MZ
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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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