Schizophrenia Article and Case Study

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.

From a sociocultural viewpoint would suggest that maybe his race, as well as his country, and social environment could play a role in his schizophrenia also people labeling him as not normal could have played a role in a self fulfilling prophecy. Sociocultural views may also suggest that family stresses may have been a contribution to his schizophrenia.

I chose to write my research paper over Schizophrenia. It is a psychological disorder that I have always found fascinating. It is a serious disorder that consumes a person's life and is nearly impossible to control. In this paper, I will talk about the definition of Schizophrenia, the diagnosis of Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia in children, suicide, sexually related characteristics of the disease, sleep disorders caused by the disease, differences in the disease on different ethnicities, and insensitivity to pain.

Schizophrenia is a severe, disabling and chronic disorder that affects people. Schizophrenia is diagnosed as a psychotic disorder. This is because a person suffering from schizophrenia cannot tell their own thoughts, perceptions, ideas, and imaginations from the reality. There is continuing debate and research as to whether schizophrenia is one condition or a combination of more than one syndrome that have related features. People suffering from schizophrenia may seem perfectly fine until the time they talk actually talk about they are thinking. People with schizophrenia rely on others for help since they cannot care for themselves of hold a job. There is no cure for schizophrenia, but there is treatment that relieves some of the symptoms. People having the disorder will cope with the symptoms all their lives. There have been cases of people suffering from schizophrenia leading meaningful and rewarding lives. There are five types of schizophrenia namely paranoid, disorganized, residual, undifferentiated, and catatonic schizophrenia. This paper will discuss paranoid schizophrenia.

While reading the book, the reader’s emotion was inspired to make changes in the mental health system and promote social justice. As a reader, Earley’s objective to educate the reader to embark on a social movement one person at time was achieved. Earley’s example on how to challenge the system one person at a time, offered the reader a blueprint on mental health education and policy change.

Mr. Scott is a 34 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO. Mr. Scott reported to nursing staff he has not been taking medication for schizophrenia for the past 8 days because he believes the medication has not helping him with his hallucinations. Mr. Scott reports cocaine use yesterday to nurse staff. At the time of the assessment Mr. Scott is found pacing the floor of his room, However he is calm and cooperative. Mr. Scott reports he was released from a mental health facility in Chatham county. Mr. Scott mention previous hospitalization at Coastal Plains and Holly Hill. He reports a history of Bipolar, PTSD, and manic depression. Mr. Scott reports currently having suicidal thoughts of overdosing on unknown medication he has at his place of residence. Mr. Scott appears guarded and very anxious when talking to this clinician. He reports poor sleep (2-3 hours daily), experiencing flash backs of past traumas from growing up in his previous community, and visual hallucinations. Mr. Scott reports recently he would see dead bodies in the room and doors opening when he knows they are closed. Mr. Scott reports a history of suicidal ideation and attempts, the last being a month ago

This research looks at the disadvantages of pediatric patients with schizophrenia taking neuroleptic (nerve-seizing) or antipsychotic medications. The goal is to show the risks factors pertaining to the drugs and other alternatives to reduce the risk of causing a young child’s life into a dull and zombie one. This has been done by researching data and life experiences such as Morgan Luck and her mother Danielle examination with early-onset schizophrenia (EOS) and the applications that it involves. Most prior research focuses on the disorder, costs, and alternatives. This case example show how medications for such disorder is not helping but, more than affecting the child’s life for a worse outcome.

Charlsie is a 20yo, primigravida, who is currently 20 weeks 5 days as dated by LMP consistent with a 9-week scan. She is healthy. She had a complete sequential screen that was screen negative with a risk of Down syndrome of 1:100,000. Her analytes were within normal limits. She had her anatomic survey at your office and was noted to have an echogenic intracardiac focus (EIF) and was sent for further evaluation.

Differences - I could not distinguish any variations in the textbook description of anxiety. All patient S/S were spot on.

Etiology1: The exact cause of the disease is not exactly know. However, researchers believe that

Mr. Gray is a thirty-two year African American male diagnosis with Schizophrenia Disorder. Mr. Gray was a poor historian and was either unable or in denial of the onset of his systems however, reported in August of 2016 he could no longer cope with the auditory hallucinations and impulsively moved his family from West Virginia to Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Gray experienced his first psychiatric hospitalization November 2016. Mr. Gray was hospitalized at Henrico’s Doctor’s Hospital for one week due to reportedly hearing voices that encouraged him to “kill his family and himself”. When Mr. Gray was released from that hospitalization he was provided with two medications Trazodone and Zyprexa however, was not medication compliant and reportedly preferred

Jace shows that he is below average in communication. The first piece of evidence for this are his test scores. Jace was given the Vineland II test. On the communication section of the Vineland Jace received a standard score of 60. In terms of percentile Jace scored in less than the first percentile. This means that Jace did as well as or better than 1 percent of the other individuals who took this test. In the Vineland communication is split into different sections which are written, receptive, and expressive. For receptive and expressive Jace scored below average. Jace does not have a written score. On the PLS-4 (Preschool Language Test) test0 Jace scored in the first percentile again for both parts of the test which include auditory comprehension and expressive

From a cognitive perspective, I would define schizophrenia to my friends as a mental illness that affects the way people process their thoughts. It develops with biological sensations that are triggered. Due to the incapability of processing information; schizophrenic people have difficulties concentrating. They have too much going on to focus on it all. For instance, a schizophrenic person has thoughts and ideas that are attributed to external sources such as hallucinations. Two very common hallucinations are auditory and visual. People with schizophrenia start to see imaginary people and hear imaginary sounds. They then try to explain to their friends and relatives what they are experiencing and end up excluding themselves from others because

Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a chronic and disabling mental disorder, involving a complex set of disturbances, associated with abnormalities of brain structure and function, disorganised speech and behaviour, delusions, and hallucinations1. The initial stage in treatment involves assessing the patient’s risk. A comprehensive biopsychosocial model of assessment should be embedded in all suicide risk assessment2. Due to the complex interplay of factors in each case, NICE has advised that standardised questionnaires and tools are of limited use and ‘can be harmful2. Tailoring the risk assessment to the diagnosis, stage of illness, and individual risk/protective factors is the gold standard for assessment2. Therefore, this process is a multistage continuum, examining ideation, intent and plan as initial indicators of risk, and suicide attempt as a long term measure of risk3. This is particularly complex in SCZ because suicide attempts often occur without warning or any verbal expression of intent, therefore predictive factors are limited4. In Mrs X’s case, it was an impulsive act, resulting in greater difficulty

Throughout psychology today there are six different theoretical models that seek to explain and treat abnormal functioning or behavior. These different models have been a result of different ideas and beliefs over the course of history. As psychology began to grow so did the improvements in research techniques. As a result psychologists are able to explain a variety of disorders in terms of the six different theoretical models. In the movie A Beautiful Mind it follows the mathematician John Nash as he struggles with schizophrenia. It an attempt to explain John Nash’s disorder the six different theoretical models will be looked at, they include biological model, psychodynamic model, behavioral model, cognitive model, humanistic model,