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    When evaluating differential diagnosis‚ Substance/Medication-Induced Depressive Disorder 291.89 (F10.24) is another possible primary provisional diagnosis (APA‚ 2013).. The DSM explains that the individual must present depression symptoms along with substance use. There is a possibility that Miguel’s depression existed prior to his substance use and would by any means continue‚ so this diagnosis does not appear to be justifiable. Another differential diagnosis could be Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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    something in our biology is the fundamental cause of dysfunctional behaviour which could be a genetic cause or a malfunction of brain structures. Although it is seen as the most common explanation for schizophrenia due to the use of drug therapy‚ it would be deterministic and reductionist to explain schizophrenia only with the biological approach since there are other numerous factors such as the ones related to the cognitive explanation or other environmental causes. Also‚ even within the biological approach

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    To begin‚ schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder are fairly different disorders‚ but have some similarities. The first similarity‚ is a person with one of these disorders may have the symptom of hearing voices. Next‚ both disorders cause an individual to have complications while socializing‚ at work‚ and with relationships. Another similarity between the two disorders‚ is the symptom of depression. There seem to be a few similarities in complications caused by schizophrenia and Dissociative

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    DR. JEKYLL AND MR.HYDE Schizophrenia and the split personality of Dr. Henry Jekyll After becoming familiar with the characteristics of the world known mental disorder-schizophrenia‚ one may say that the peculiar events in the considered novel show that the protagonist may have been a victim of the mentioned disorder. By having this possibility in mind the novel eventually develops into a provoking mystery thus triggering a strong sense of interest in whoever is fortunate to be reading it

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    Schizophrenia‚ Psychosis‚ and Lifespan Development PSY/410 October 8‚ 2012 Schizophrenia‚ Psychosis‚ and Lifespan Development Humans go through different developmental stages in their lifespan. As is stage occurs‚ an individual’s development becomes more mature. Through the four stages (infancy‚ childhood‚ adolescence‚ and adulthood) there are certain elements in which the individual has to master before mentally moving on to the next stage. If something abnormal happens during one

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    Discussion of Issues Surrounding the Classification and Diagnosis of Schizophrenia One issue related to classification and diagnosis is reliability. Reliability refers to the consistency of a measuring instrument‚ such as DSM (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) that is used when diagnosing schizophrenia. Reliability can be measured in terms of whether two independent assessors give similar scores (inter-rater reliability). High reliability is indicated by a high positive correlation.

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    ‘Discuss issues surrounding the classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia’ (24 marks) An issue is that they are two manuals which are used to diagnose schizophrenia the DSM-IV manual and the ICD manual. Cooper et al found that people are twice as more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia in New York then in the UK this means the diagnostic manual for schizophrenia is unreliable. This is an issue because it can lead to misdiagnosis and people will be schizophrenic in a country and then

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    “A Beautiful Mind” is a movie about John Nash‚ a mathematician famous for his work in game theory‚ specifically the Nash equilibrium. The film describes his life from university to the point he receives a nobel prize‚ and how he lives with his schizophrenia. The first scene‚ in which it becomes clear that Nash has schizophrenic symptoms are when he meets his roommate‚ Charles‚ throughout every interaction he has with him‚ a common theme is that there are no others during their discussions‚ and the

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    John Nash started as a young graduate student who was attending Princeton University at the very beginning of his career‚ who would then be John Nash‚ the mathematics Nobel Prize winner. John Nash had late onset schizophrenia that could have been set off by the stress to have come up with his own idea to publish. He had little to no regard to social interaction‚ little cognitive symptoms were shown until later in life once medicine was taken into account‚ he had major positive symptoms such as hallucinations

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    mentally and physically. Unfortunately‚ “most” is not “all”. Some unlucky people are dealt deficiencies at birth. Two such diseases‚ bipolar disorder and schizophrenia‚ are mental diseases that slowly eat at one’s psyche. Bipolar disorder affects roughly 2.6% of adult Americans and it only affects around 1% of adolescents. Fortunately‚ schizophrenia is less prevalent‚ affecting less than 1% of all humans. In the magnificent play “Hamlet”‚ crafted by William Shakespeare‚ the titular character appears

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