Benny And Joon Schizophrenia

The True Life episode, I have Schizophrenia, documented the struggles of three adults who suffer from Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective disorder. This paper will focus around Josh and whether he actually has Schizophrenia.

Have you ever had a discussion with someone person and the first thing you hear, that person is a psycho? What the individual is really describing is a person who is believed to be insane or crazy based off of the way the person interacts with others or along. The movie that I chose to watch is American Psycho. This movie is about a materialistic, wealthy Wall Street investment banker who has a double life in which one of the lives he lives is as a serial killer.( Harron, M Director ,2000, April 14). He is addicted to drugs, sex, and conspicuous consumption. He is obsessed with designer clothes, business cards, alcohol, and music such as Whitney Houston, Robert Palmer, Huey Lewis, and many other artists. Most people think they know the answer after watching this movie but director Mary Harron's answer might surprise you there is a long list of evidence supporting the claim that Patrick Bateman has to be imagining everything.

Mental illness is something that millions of Americans deal with daily. It is also something that is very misunderstood by the rest of the population. Mental illness is very real and very scary not only for the people facing it but their friends and family as well. In the film Benny and Joon (Roth, Chechik, 1993) Joon lives with an undefined mental illness. After watching the film, using my knowledge of abnormal psychology, I think that Joon is schizophrenic. This film deals with multiple aspects of mental illness signs and symptoms, phases through the ages, and reducing stressors to avoid relapse.

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder often characterized by abnormal social behaviour and failure to recognize what is real. Common symptoms include false beliefs, unclear or confused thinking, auditory hallucinations, reduced social engagement and emotional expression, and inactivity. A person with schizophrenia often hears voices, experiences delusions and hallucinations and may believe thoughts, feelings and actions are controlled or shared by someone else.

“I gasped for breath — and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly – more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased.” (page four). Sam is hearing noises. He is either hearing voices inside his head or hearing sounds inside his head. If the officers didn’t hear him talking or gasping, he was hearing it inside his head. When you are insane, you believe things that aren’t true. He hears, sees, and thinks things are not really there.

Schizophrenia is a complex and highly debilitating mental illness that we are currently unable to treat in any way that guarantees success or return to previous function. It affects around 1% of the population and is associated with a thirteen-fold increase in the likelihood of suicide, so its effective control is paramount (Gogos et al., 2015). There have been several hypotheses as to the cause of schizophrenia. Many link genetic and environmental factors, and dysregulations of neurotransmitters dopamine, glutamate, and serotonin (Egbujo, Sinclair, & Hahn, 2016). The dopamine hypothesis currently suggests that hyperactive dopamine transmission in the basal ganglia leads to psychosis and underactive dopamine transmission in the prefrontal

Schizophrenia, a disorder that is in the brain that affects a person's actions, thoughts, and how they view things. People with schizophrenia often see things that are not actually happening, hear things that no one said, or even think something about someone that's not true and believe that it's actually real. People with this illness, “May see or hear things that don't exist, speak in strange or confusing ways, believe that others are trying to harm them, or feel like they are being constantly watched” (“Schizophrenia” 1). In the story, “The Hitchhiker” a boy named Jacob is facing many of these symptoms. Jacob seems to have the abnormal behavior that is triggered by schizophrenia, causing him to do acts of violence, and have hallucinations.

Additional, inferences about the disorder are provided by Whitcomb and Merrell (2013). The authors characterize the symptoms of schizophrenia as delusions that are “typically bizarre and implausible” and pronounced hallucinations such as hearing voices for long periods of time (p. 363). Additional, impairments noted by the authors include “severe disturbances in perception, thought and affect, a severe decline in personal and social functioning, poor personal hygiene, inability to function effectively at school or work, and a severe impairment in social relationships” (Whitcomb and Merrell, 2013 p.363).

Don the Defendant suffered from an awful form of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious disorder which affects how a person thinks, feels and act (mentalhealthamerica.net, 2017). People that suffer with schizophrenia might have trouble individual between what is real and what is imaginary. With having schizophrenia, it can activate by the environmental events, such as viral infections or immune illnesses. As a result of this disease, Don would hear voices and was continually paranoid of his surroundings because of hallucinations. One day as Don was walking down the street, a supernatural figure, a wolf, ordered him to kill Valerie the victim because she was a bad person. As Valerie was walking into the food store, Don pulled out a gun and

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder often characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to recognize what is real. Common symptoms include false beliefs, unclear or confused thinking, auditory hallucinations, reduced social engagement and emotional expression, and lack of motivation. Diagnosis is based on observed behavior and the person 's reported experiences. Genetics and early environment, as well as psychological and social processes, appear to be important contributory factors. Some recreational and prescription drugs appear to cause or worsen symptoms. The many possible combinations of symptoms have triggered debate about whether the diagnosis represents a single disorder or a number of separate syndromes. Despite the

The best recorded example of someone with schizophrenia would have to be the notorious cult leader Charles Manson. Growing up Charles Manson had a rough childhood his mother was a heave drinker and was in and out of jail in a regular basis. His mother made it clear that she didn't want him and even gave him up for a pint of beer. One of his relatives who cared for Manson committed suicide and it all went downhill from there. He later follows in his mom's footsteps of drinking and stealing even turns to drug abuse. These are some factor that may have contributed to him developing schizophrenia later on in life. (www.thoughtco.com)

Dr. Patricia Deegan started hearing voices when she was younger. At the time, the voices were friendly, and Deegan believed that everyone heard voices. However, when she turned seventeen, the voices became vicious. The voices were critical to the point of being unbearable, which lead to a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Now, as a psychologist, Deegan is focusing on educating other practitioners to work with patients with schizophrenia. Due to the fact that the pod cast was more focused on Deegan’s work to give the mental health community an in-depth understanding of schizophrenia rather than her own experiences, there was quite a bit of information missing that would be necessary to make a diagnosis. Information such as symptoms (other than hallucinations) would be extremely helpful, because with just the given information and nothing else, Deegan would not meet DSM-V diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia.

Just like in reality, this movie does not identify any causal factors associated with schizophrenia, but its treatment and management are portrayed to work effectively with antipsychotic/ psychotropic medications and Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that makes the affected individual “to understand and appreciate his condition” (A beautiful Mind). Several inaccurate characterizations of schizophrenia in this movie relates to the fact that this condition does not affect males only but also females are affected, and apart from the positive symptoms of schizophrenia that are highlighted, the patient may also exhibit negative symptoms. It is also not advisable to keep or incarcerate the affected individuals in the hospital since the condition can easily be managed at home with adequate contribution of the family members (A beautiful Mind).

After studying Jeff’s symptoms, I came to the conclusion that Jeff does not have schizophrenia. The text states, “Abnormalities in one or more of the five domains: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior, and negative symptoms (Diagnostic and statistical, 2013, p. 87). Jeff does not demonstrate symptoms of delusion, hallucinations, disorganized thinking nor grossly disorganized. However, Jeff does show negative symptoms of Avolition and Asociality. He has shown little of no interest in participating in work or social activities (Diagnostic and statistical, 2013, p. 88).

Humanistic theory that focuses on the individual in client- centered therapy. The therapist is able to perceive the client as they see themselves and are able to feel empathy towards the client. As far as schizophrenia, the humanistic approach would be to help the client though the stress, thoughts, and feelings that they feel. Although, it is uncertain what exactly causes schizophrenia, scientists generally believe that it is a combination of genetics and environmental factors (Health R. B., 2017). There are two interventions that I will use in Johns case one will be family intervention. Family intervention involves a series of therapy sessions with the individual with schizophrenia and the family and friends involved in the life of the client. Studies have shown that positive benefits of a strong support network are particularly beneficial to help people to cope with symptoms of schizophrenia (Chow, 2015). This invention will be beneficial in John’s case because he and his family and friends have been distant and family is said to be the most vital part of recover. Another would have to be psychotherapy. This intervention is usually recommended in addition to medication. Psychotherapy not can help the client maintain medications but can help them regain social learning and occupational skills. In John’s case this would help him regain the skills necessary for him to gain employment back in to the university (Chow,