issues that currently needs to be addressed is that of schizophrenia in people of color. Currently‚ the representation of African Americans with schizophrenia is much greater than that of those who are not. Presently‚ individuals of color who are admitted to hospitals across the world have a higher rate of being admitted with schizophrenia. In fact‚ they are actually two to five times more likely to enter the hospital with a schizophrenia diagnosis than those who are not of color (Barnes‚ 2013)
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Introduction The client is a 28-year-old female named Candice James. She has suffered from many traumatic situations as a child and is of a socially disadvantaged portion of the population. She has never been married. Candice has experienced sexual and physical abuse all of her life‚ by men. She suffers from Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). She has no job at the current time and receives social security benefits for her mental diagnosis. She resides in an area that is known for low-income
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Introduction The patient M. is a 26 year old married female who was brought to the ER by her husband after increased anxiety and depression worsened after a “spiritual attack” that lasted for over four days. While in the ER the patient admitted to hearing multiple distant male and female voices all around her head and outside of her head. She states not being able to make out the message but interprets them to be negative in nature. She told the ER Doc she felt people were trying to
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Discuss Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia [8+16] AO1: The cognitive approach acknowledges the role of biological factors. Frith 92 found a disconnection between frontal areas of the brain concerned with action and the posterior areas of the brain that control perception‚ explaining auditory hallucinations. This causes a split from reality where sz are unable to distinguish between actions brought by external forces and those generated internally this then causes the positive symptoms of
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a. Holden does in fact have many unique and grotesque qualities. In fact‚ Holden has Schizophrenia. Because of this‚ Holden has trouble expressing his emotions externally‚ relating with others‚ and perceiving reality. Throughout the entire novel‚ Holden interacts with a number of individuals‚ but these interactions are not sincere‚ meaningful‚ or significant. This is due to Holden’s inability to realize‚ understand‚ and accept where others are coming from. b. In the novel‚ Holden does have
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PCP:PCP and its Affects on the Human Body PCP or Phencyclidine is a very deadly drug in today ’s society. PCP was developed in the 1950 ’s as an anesthetic. Use of PCP in humans was discontinued in 1965‚ because it was found that patients often became agitated‚ delusional‚ and irrational while recovering from its effects. PCP is illegally manufactured in laboratories and is sold on the street by such names as "diabolic" "wet" and "digital". The variety of street names for PCP reflects its bizarre
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What is the likely role of genetic transmission in schizophrenia? Schizophrenia has been defined as a “significant loss of contact with reality‚ often referred to as psychosis” (Butcher‚ Mineka‚ Hooley & Carson 2004 p.458). Although schizophrenia is termed as one illness‚ it is more likely that it is a combination of disorders with “a variety of etiologies‚ courses and outcomes’ (American Psychiatric Association 1997 p.49). The symptoms of the illness include hearing voices and a conviction that
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The term schizophrenia’ covers a group of serious psychotic disorders characterised by a loss of contact with reality. It comes from two Greek words: schiz meaning split’ and phren meaning mind’. DSM IV (1994) estimate that the occurrence rate of schizophrenia ranges from 0.2%-2.0% worldwide. There are two main explanations of schizophrenia: the biological explanations and the psychological explanations. In this essay I will critically consider the biological explanations. These include genetics
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mayo clinic schizophrenia is define as a group of severe brain disorder. In which some people may interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations delusions‚ and disordered thinking and behavior. The word schizophrenia means a disruption of the usual balance of emotions and thinking. Schizophrenia is a chronic condition which required lifelong treatment. (www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizophrenia/DS00196 Cached) According to the text schizophrenia may begin
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"Schizophrenia" By Jim Stevens "Schizophrenia" by Jim Stevens is a poem depicting the way a schizophrenic person ’s brain works. In the first line of the poem Jim Stevens says "It was the house that suffered the most". Although he is using the visualization of a house‚ I believe that he is really just using imagery to portray a human. I believe that each stanza portrays a different symptom of Schizophrenia. Through my studies of this poem‚ I was unable to find any documentation of the poet‚ Jim
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