Discuss explanations for insomnia and/or narcolepsy. (8 marks + 16 marks) Explanations of narcolepsy are in majority biological. Scientists have discovered that narcoleptics often are lacking in hypocretin which is a chemical in the brain that control sleep and wakefulness. A lack of this chemical may explain the sudden attacks of sleep. Sakurai (2007) highlighted how there are about 10‚000-20‚000 hypocretin-producing cells in a normal hypothalamus‚ but people with narcolepsy have a significantly
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One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Seminar Topics 1. I think that Chief Bromden is really insane. He may not have been insane previous to his admission to the psychiatric hospital but due to the neglect from society and belittling of the hospital‚ Chief has been turned into a paranoid‚ insecure and reserved man. 2. I do not believe that McMurphy is in need of psychiatric treatment. During this part of the novel‚ it is clear that he has behavioural issues but he seems to simply be an intelligent
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Shutter Island and Delusional Disorder Author Name University Name Shutter Island and Delusional Disorder Shutter Island is a very complex movie seemingly about a U.S. Marshal named Teddy Daniels. As the movie begins‚ Daniels and his partner are shown traveling to Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a mental hospital. However‚ as the plot unravels we see that Daniels has a mental disorder of his own. Though his diagnosis is not revealed
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How many points you have throughout your journey does not matter but the way in which you get to these points does. Lewis the main character is faced with a big shock when he gets to his new place of work‚ a mental institution that at start overcomes him. One of the themes shown in Cosi is insanity. While the patients were viewed as crazy people‚ Lewis soon discovers that they are in fact not and in many ways‚ are like everyone else. He soon realises that even though each patient has a mental flaw
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Annette Funicello was born October 22‚ 1942 and was an actress/ singer who started out appearing on the Mickey Mouse Club‚ and then acted in Shaggy Dog‚ and Beach Party Series. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis‚ which is a disease where the immune system eats away at the protective covering of the body’s nerves. MS can affect different areas of the body causing‚ numbness (happens in the tongue also)‚ tingling‚ muscle weakness‚ tremors‚ poor coordination and thinking process‚ and more. The
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Mental Illness There are several forms of illnesses and they come in many forms‚ both physically and psychologically. There are some that may think that a mental illness isn’t an illness at all because it’s not visible to the naked eye‚ although‚ I believe that it is indeed a terminal illness that is more common than one may think. A mental illness is a variation of uncontrollable behaviors where the individual cannot differentiate fantasy with reality in terms then affects their overall thought
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Background Information Schizotypal Personailty Disorder is a Cluster A Personality Disorder according to the DSM-V. The personality disorders classified under Cluster A are deemed as “odd or eccentric” (Biedel 394). Case Study History for Ben reveals multiple symptoms that match certain deficits of Schizotypal Personality Disorder which includes: odd beliefs or magical thinking that influences behavior and is inconsistent with subculture norms‚ unusual perceptual experiences‚ odd thinking and speech
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Why do you think Bill’s schizophrenia was not recognized immediately? I believe Bill’s schizophrenia was not recognized immediately because he had comorbid disorder. Bill was also exhibiting a learning disability‚ and depression. It may also have not been recognized because the onset was difficult to detect. The symptoms seemed to be confused with violent aggression. The ones around him may only observed the behaviors they could physically see and Bill probably at a young age had difficulty explaining
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The objective of this case study is to provide an understanding of how a Mental State Examination (MSE) is conducted on a patient. The process is gain an initial assessment of the patient’s current mental health. Outlining their cognition‚ perception‚ mood and affect‚ behaviour‚ appearance and the Mandatory Functional Requirements‚ required for communication. For the purpose of this case study an MSE will be conducted on Lucy a twenty year old woman. Lucy was accompanied by her mother when they
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In addition Paranoia schizophrenia presents changes of disorganized speech‚ catatonic or disorganized behaviors‚ and flat affect. Therefore it seems to affect the person cognition. People with gradually delusion or hallucinations normally have cases of persecutions or grandiose nature (First M.B.‚ Tasman‚ A.2006‚ p.246). Recalling one of the scenes where he meets William Parcher‚ a Defense agent that works for the government and who is the second imaginary character of John Nash‚ and portray by the
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