Hallucinations Book Report

Andy seems to be showing signs of psychosis. Immediately I saw that he was very paranoid and suspicious of the people around him. The content of what he is saying does not make sense as he is accusing his roommates of putting voices in his brain. He believes his roommates are out to get him and fears they are listening to him. I noticed that his eyes wonder and he lacks eye contact. He seems to have lost all relationship with reality and experiences auditory hallucinations. Andy states that the thoughts in his head are planted from his roommates which are being tracked through a device they placed in his brain. The patient seems to be confused and suspicious as to why his friends would do this to him. The delusions and hallucinations seem very

Each identity has unique characteristics whether or not the personalities are aware of each other. The Mayo Clinic’s article states, “Each identity may have a unique name, personal history and characteristics, including obvious differences in voice, gender, mannerisms and even such physical qualities as the need for eyeglasses” (Mayo Clinic Staff). People with dissociative identity disorder may experience amnesia from time to time. The Cleveland Clinic’s article states, “The person may experience amnesia when an alter takes control over the person’s behavior” (“Dissociative Identity Disorder”). In certain instances, patients with DID may actually benefit from their disorder. The Cleveland Clinic’s article states, “In some cases, the person with DID may benefit from a particular alter (for example, a shy person may use a more assertive alter to negotiate a contract)” (“Dissociative Identity Disorder”). Though, in most cases, people suffering from dissociative identity disorder will have problems and added chaos in their lives due to their disorder. The Cleveland Clinic’s article also states, “More often DID creates a chaotic life and problems in personal and work relationships. For example, a woman with DID may repeatedly meet people who seem to know her but whom she does not recognize or remember ever meeting. Or she may find items around the home that she does not remember buying” (“Dissociative Identity Disorder”).

Delirium and Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver are two amazing books part of a series. Delirium is the story of Lena Haloway who lives in a dystopian society where love is forbidden. It is the deadliest of all things in their world. In the begining Lena starts out a good girl who follows all the rules, is scared of love and believes everything that shes been told about love. All until she meets Alex. Once she meets Alex, everything changes. In Pandemonium Lena lived in the wilds and has been through so much hardship that it has roughened her soul like summer time roughenes your feet. She is now is living in New York City and returned from the wilds.

The book “The Soloist” is about L.A. Times writer Steve Lopez discovering a musically gifted homeless man named Nathaniel Ayers. Desperately needing to catch a deadline Mr. Lopez considers writing a story about Nathaniel. While researching Mr. Lopez begins to discover interesting things about the talented musician. Nathanial Ayers was accepted to The Julliard’s School of music, the most prestige school for music in North America. After one year at Julliard Nathanial dropped out, it turns out that Nathanial had a case of Paranoid Schizophrenia that forced him into a spiral of madness, which soon caused him to become homeless and lose a chance at becoming one of the greatest musicians. Before reading this book I did have some knowledge about

In the novel Out of my Mind by Sharon M. Draper, an eleven-year-old girl identified as Melody Brooks has a photographic memory, which is a side effect of cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a disease where you can't move, write, and most importantly, talk.. Eventually throughout the book Melody overcomes her fears and matures enough to accept that she is her own person. Melody is a bright girl, who has cerebral palsy, but when she gets a device that allows her to articulate, she changes the way other people perceive her. Throughout the most important weeks for Melody, she excels and matures for the most important event yet. She proves herself smart enough when she gets onto the Whiz kids team, but will she be able to help the team win the finals?

Based on my understanding on the movie I have watched, I think Donnie Darko was a typical high school guy who wanted to reminiscent his past life so that he could correct what he did wrong before. He wanted to fix it properly at the same time to learn the truth if after-life existed. Do you think we could go back to our past life? If so, then can we fix our mistakes and correct it properly? Well! These questions might be a puzzled to everybody because as far as we or I concerned there was no record ever stated in the history that people have a chance to go back their past life.

The author’s book about her life and marriage to a schizophrenic husband should make a good film adaptation.

I read the book Something upstairs. It is a really scary book please you need to listen to this report. You need to read this book it is amazing, spooky, and weird. Listen to this report and tell me do you like scary stories? If you do tell me.

The recurring idea of how science, technology, and total state control can be dangerous for the citizens of the utopian society is constantly brought up throughout the novel. The state in Brave New World created a scientific and technological method, the bokanovsky, in which they can have ninety-six or more identical twins. The state decides in which social class the embryos they have created go into by making them hear recordings while they are sleeping. Moreover, the state provides the citizens with soma so they can erase their unpleasant memories by creating hallucinations in which the person is happy and satisfied. The soma helps maintain stability and control for the state. The citizens are always happy and never complain; therefore,

Schizophrenia is a debilitating disorder, which can affect a person's life on a daily basis because it impairs their cognitive functions. The onset of schizophrenia starts between the ages of "10 and 25 years for men and between 25 and 35 for women" (Rajji et al, 2009, p.286). The symptoms associated with the disorder are confused thinking, delusions, language, and hallucinations. These main symptoms branch off into other areas. For example, hallucinations can branch off into, smells, tastes, what they see, how they feel and auditory. This essay will look at the effects of auditory hallucinations, with the focus on command hallucination (CH). How the command hallucinations can lead the subject to commit violent crimes or even lead

Hallucinations were a large portion of what Lori had experienced with her symptoms of schizophrenia. Auditory hallucinations made up majority of things experienced, she was always hearing voices in her head which is where most of her problems stemmed from, they started out subtle and then progressed into the voices always being there. The voices varied on the type of things they would be telling Lori. At times, they would be persecutory voices, calling her horrible names, degrading her. Other times there would be more than one voice at a time and they would converse with each other saying things like Lori must go to hell and that she needs to be punished, they would also converse by saying she needed to die. The biggest part of the voices

Anomalous self-experiences (ASEs) are among the first symptoms to appear in the prodrome, predict the development of psychosis over and above clinical symptoms, and are common in people with schizophrenia. Although there are well-validated phenomenological interviews for assessing ASEs, there are no self-report measures. The current research describes four studies designed to develop and validate a new scale to assess ASEs, the Inventory of Psychotic-Like Anomalous Self-Experience (IPLASE). In Study 1, an over-inclusive item pool was generated based on phenomenological descriptions of ASEs, and items were kept or discarded based on factor loadings in an exploratory factor analysis. Five factors were extracted

"Doppelganger" is German for "double walker" -- a shadow self that is thought to accompany every person (Wagner. 1). There are a few terms that can relate to doppelgangers like ‘bi-location’. Bi-location is a term that refers to a person that can either spontaneously or willingly project his or her double, known as a “wrath,” to remote location (Wagner 1). In instances, a doppelganger is believed to act as a mimicker to the authentic person. In many other folk stories around the world, like in the mythological story of Apollo and Artemis, there are countless of stories about twins from different genders that are siblings or related. Apollo was adopted as the sun god and Artemis was adopted as the moon goddess. The story of Apollo and Artemis

In addition to Freud’s theory of the uncanny, there is also the idea of a doppelganger or the uncanny double. This is a situation where there is someone like the self, yet completely different from the self. It is commonly considered that each person has seven doppelgangers across the globe. People who look like you, but obviously not you. This is a very common tactic used by directors in horror and thriller movies to create an eerie effect. The most common example would be in The Shining with the twin sisters frighteningly standing at the end of the hallway.

"Delirium is a serious disturbance in a person's mental abilities that results in a decreased awareness of one's environment and confused thinking" (The Mayo Clinic, 2012). A common trend I have noticed at my facility is the increased frequency of hospital admissions from (SNF) Skilled nursing facilities. The resident is sent to the hospital under a psychiatric hold due to an alteration in mental status with aggression. During the RN-RN handoff report, the nurse will state that the resident sits in their room all day but will act out by refusing medications and striking at staff. The resident does have some good moments, but has unpredictable or erratic behavior. Once on our unit it is discovered that the patient has an active urinary tract infection coupled with dehydration and a lost hearing aid; all of which are treatable at the SNF. "Treating delirium involves providing good basic care, such as ensuring patients are getting enough fluids and nutrients"(Collier, R., 2012). Education to healthcare workers needs to increase to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. Placing a person on a psychiatric hold and sending them to the hospital can be very traumatizing to elderly clients as well as expensive. A patient exhibiting confusion followed by periods of clarity (lucidity) is the hallmark of Delirium therefore adapting mental health assessments to daily physical assessments is paramount in early detection. According to uptodate.com, “Nearly 30 percent of older