cases. Two mental disorders that deal with the shifting of a human’s personality and character are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterized by the persistent defects in the perception of one’s reality‚ but the disorder mainly affects cognition. Schizophrenia translates from Greek to mean‚ roughly‚ shattered mind. Popular culture confuses schizophrenia with dissociative identity
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The word schizophrenia literally translates to “to split (schizein) the mind (phren)”. It is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by abnormalities in the perception of expression of reality. There are several signs and symptoms‚ which makes diagnosis of this disorder easier. Firstly‚ a schizophrenic usually will suffer from delusions and hallucinations. The central feature of schizophrenia is distortions of cognitions that put the individual ‘out of touch with
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The diagnosis that this client has is F50.8‚ Binge-Eating Disorder‚ which is‚ “recurrent episodes of binge eating” (DSM-5‚ 2013‚ p. 350). The reason why this specific diagnosis would apply would be that Andrea meets the diagnostic criteria for this disorder. This disorder is characterized by‚ one‚ “eating‚ in a discrete period of time (e.g.‚ within any 2-hour period)‚ an amount of food that is definitely larger than what most people would eat in a similar period of time under normal circumstances”
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Disorders Schizophrenia PSY/240 Schizophrenia affects about one percent of the human population‚ and can be genetic. If one parent has it then their children run the risk of having this disorder. There is no known cause of this disorder it can be genetic or environmental. There is no clear answer as to why if it runs in a family it can skip generations then pop up out of the blue. Schizophrenia affects
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My Stepson and my Husband both have Problem behavior syndrome along with Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder because of self-medicating both became addicted to drugs and alcohol and have repeatedly broken the law in order to supply Like many other problems‚ Problem behavior syndrome is hard to diagnose. There are no physical symptoms or discrepancies in the body that are observable or measurable. Behavior problems are therefore recognized by observing behavior patterns in the youngster over a period
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People with schizophrenia are potentially dangers. The violence that results from schizophrenia is less frequent than people may believe‚ but that idea should not suggest that medication is not needed. Violence does occur‚ none the less. “The symptoms of schizophrenia fall into three broad categories: positive symptoms‚ negative symptoms‚ and cognitive symptoms” (National Institute of Mental Health. 2009) The negative symptoms includes the flat effect‚ lack of pleasure‚ speaking little‚ and lack
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Schizophrenia PSY 350: Physiological Psychology Instructor: Danielle Carr March 18‚ 2014 Schizophrenia The human body is made of different organs that collaborate to control the normal functioning of the brain. If this region organ is‚ affected poor functioning of the body can be experienced since the brain controls all other organs. Disorders of the brain may develop due to physical injuries to the head‚ accidents‚ hereditary or due to some harmful environmental conditions
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Girl interrupted is about of girl named Suzanna who has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in the 1960s. She is committed to a mental hospital where she becomes friends with a sociopath and is roommates with a pathological liar. The main focus of this paper will be the symptoms‚ diagnosis‚ and treatment that Suzanna goes through in the movie. Borderline personality disorder is characterized by intense shifts in mood lasting only a few hours at a time. This is often accompanied
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Article: Genetic modeling of childhood social development and personality in twins and siblings with schizophrenia Aurthors: M. M. Picchioni1‚2*‚ M. Walshe1‚ T. Toulopoulou1‚ C. McDonald3‚ M. Taylor4‚ S. Waters-Metenier1‚ E. Bramon1‚ A. Regojo1‚ R. M. Murray1 and F. Rijsdijk5 Nature vs. nurture is a topic that has been debated for centuries. Pro-nature goes with the theory that genetics and biological inheritance determine behavior‚ while pro-nurture perspective follows the theory that the
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My mental diagnosis of Matthew Poe is Schizophrenia. The main symptoms of Schizophrenia are delusions and hallucinations. More specifically‚ I believe the patient has Paranoid Schizophrenia‚ which main indication is a person feeling extremely suspicious. The patient shows extreme signs of paranoia and hallucinations. These hallucinations consist of hearing the heartbeat of the old man that the patient murdered. The sound of this heartbeat in his ears is causing the patient extreme paranoia‚ and the
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