Schizophrenia Case Summary

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.

Mr. Davis is a 33 year old male who presented to the ED with homicidal ideation with a plan. Mr. Davis states he has a plan to go out in his yard with a machete and kill someone. Per documentation he states, "I'm going out into the yard with my machete and I am afraid I am going to kill someone. I feel really crazy." He states he has these thoughts towards anyone that does him wrong. At the time of the assessment Mr. Davis is asleep, however becomes awaken and 4x oriented by hearing his name called. He has a history of Bipolar. He denies current suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and visual hallucinations. He does endorse auditory hallucination. Mr. Davis reports hearing several people telling him things. He reports his outpatient provider is DayMark and he usually go there twice a month for his Depakote injections, however has not been there since

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.

During my psychiatric clinical rotation at Carney Hospital I had the opportunity to help run group therapy’s where I was able to understand some of the patients better. During this time I was also able to learn more about my patient F.S. The patient is a fifty-two-year-old divorced Chinese woman with a lengthy history of bipolar disorder and a persistent associative history of schizophrenia and attempts at suicide. The patient has one daughter that is 24 years old who noticed F.S. was throwing her pills down the toilet and hiding them in her pockets so she didn’t have to take them. . During her admission, the patient displayed increased levels of incredible energy and mood activities, an approach that was thought to have been instigated by the worsening of her health condition.

The patient is a 12 year old female who presented to the ED with thoughts of self harm and cutting behaviors. The patient denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. The patient reports that she has been sad lately. Per- documentation the patient reports to peers at her school that she was trying to kill herself, which the school sent her to DayMark. Further, Daymak IVC the patient and requested further evaluation.

Due to an increase in depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, poor insight, poor judgement, poor impulse control, harm to self, patient does meet criteria for IVC and inpatient hospitalization. TACT consulted with Dr. Osborne

Saunders Niece, Rachelle, mother-n-law, and William were contacted for collateral information. Rachelle reports Mr. Saunders stated to her he put a gun into his mouth with suicidal ideation with a plan to end his life. She reports he informed her he was "going to blow his brains out" and "he might do something crazy". Rachelle reports he informed her of these thoughts the past 2 days. William reported Mr. Saunders told him he wanted to kill himself. He reports for the past 3 week he has notice Mr. Saunders has been coming to work under the influence and more depressed. The mother-n-law reports Mr. Saunders has been staying with her and he has informed her as well of putting a gun into his mouth and thoughts of hurting others. Mr. Saunders was confronted about these claims and states he can not recall states due to being under the influence. The mother-n-law informs this clinician Mr. Saunders does stay with her along with his 3 children and she has a gun in the home. She reports he has stated multiple plans to her. She reports he recently talked about putting a gun to his mouth in an attempt to hurt himself and overdosing on

Dr. Gentry requested an assessment for Kaitlin Bradley, an 19 year old female who presented to Randolph Hospital ER reporting suicidal ideation, with a plan, and symptoms of psychosis, and homicidal ideation. She stated " I plan to do some stupid shit". Ms. Bradley reports she has had suicidal ideation daily since the age of 10, She reports that in the past two weeks her suicidal ideation has gotten worse. She reports yesterday she was suicidal and reports if she was going to kill herself she would overdose no whatever pills she can get her hands on. Ms. Bradley reported cocaine and marijuana use, which was confirmed in her drug screening. She reports she came to the hospital so she would not harm herself. Ms. Bradley has a history of suicide

Patient is a 35 year old male presenting to the ED involuntarily as petitioned by his cousin due to threatening to shoot himself with a gun. At the time of assessment, patient denies feeling suicidal or having a plan. When confronted about admitting being suicidal and having a plan to nursing staff and TACT, Mr. Crowson stated "He is here because he is going through withdrawals and his mother is lying." The Mr. Crowson reports in the past year he has lost his father. Mr. Crowson reported wanting to receive Methadone from hospital to help with withdrawal symptoms. He expressed feeling body aches, stomach cramps, chills, irritability, angry, and verbally aggressive behavior. Patient refuses to finish full assessment.

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The symptoms of schizophrenia vary, however, they have been categorized as positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms. Positive symptoms may include hallucinations, delusions, and / or thought disorder. Hallucinations normally give a false perception of touch, smell, taste, and / or visit, those with this particular mental disorder often experience auditory hallucinations. Delusions are also a sign of schizophrenia. Open quotations delusions are beliefs that are not part of the person's culture and do not change. Quotation parentheses u.s. Department, print the seas, 2010. These may cause a person that has this disorder, to think or feel as if they are victims in imagine conspiracy. It is also shown that they believe they are being controlled

Pt is a 15 y/o Caucasian male presenting at NNBHC with self-harming behaviors. Pt states that he and his father got into an argument on Sunday, where he used his razor from shaving and begin cutting his left forearm. Pt has numerous superficial cuts to the left forearm, he stated to release pain from the argument. Pt states some stressors in regards of conflicts with father, and limitations on being able to visit mother. Pt also stated he has been off his medications for almost 1.5 weeks. Pt has not received any therapy since discharge from VCU. Pt was diagnosis with PTSD, unspecified anxiety and unspecified depressive disorder. Pt was recently admitted to VCU in 10/2016 due to SI with a plan. Pt father reported that due to insurance difficulties he has not been able to fill his medication or provide him with therapy while Medicaid is pending. Pt states of neurovegetative symptoms in regards of sleep disturbance of frequently awakenings that last for about 30-45 minutes. Pt states he has recently been having vivid dreams. Pt also AWOL from home for four hours, per dad this behaviors is abnormal for him. Pt has

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,

           The patient M. is a 26 year old married female who was brought to the ER by her husband after increased anxiety and depression worsened after a “spiritual attack” that lasted for over four days.  While in the ER the patient admitted to hearing multiple distant male and female voices all around her head and outside of her head.  She states not being able to make out the message but interprets them to be negative in nature. She told the ER Doc she felt people were trying to harm her and that “people in her life have used things against her.”  She felt her extended family may have used witchcraft and “chakra dolls” to cast spells on her.  She is cognizant of the strangeness of her claims but believes them to be real