Schizophrenia Disorder Case Study

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. 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

Ms. Deyo is a 35 year old Caucasian female who was referred to MCM by Stephanie Antkowiak from the Arc of High Point. Ms. Antkowiak contacted MCM with concern for Ms. Deyo expressing today she was ready to end her life. MCM Dispatcher contacted Ms. Deyo who denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. Ms. Deyo reported what she said to Ms. Antkowiak was taking the wrong way. She reported having a lack of supports, is experiencing chronic pain, and trying to receive services. QP responded to call to see what services may be available to assist Ms. Deyo in her crisis.

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.

1. I do not believe John is responsible due to his intellectual disability. He probably has never seen or even touched a gun before and was curious to what it would actually do. Obviously, John did not know what he was doing.

Max appears to have Type I schizophrenia, he is dominated by positive symptoms such as persecutory delusions, distorted perceptions, unusual emotions, paranoia, and formal thought disorders. Type I Schizophrenia seems to be closely linked to biochemical abnormalities in the brain (Kring, Johnson, Davidson, & Neale, 2015). This increases the dopamine levels as well as serotonin levels in Max’ brain, increasing the positive symptoms; the Norepinephrine causes a decrease pleasure, which may account for Max’ symptoms. The symptoms started when Max broke up with his boyfriend. That particular life crisis made it a reactive schizophrenia which is a more treatable for of the illness. In order for a diagnosis of schizophrenia to be made,

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

Vito was in a major car accident eight months ago. Vito’s friend was intoxicated and driving a car with Vito as well as three other passengers whom were Vito’s friends. Prior to the accident, Vito was a scholar-athlete who was constantly on the honor roll, and well liked by his peers. He was always on the invite list for all of the parties hosted by his peers. Vito was thrown through the windshield of the vehicle that he was a passenger of, thus now he requires a wheelchair to stay mobile. In addition, it is now hard for him to learn new abstract content and requires speech therapy. Vito no longer feels comfortable around his once close friends, is easily tired, embarrassed, treated differently, and cannot play sports and stay active the way that he did prior to the accident. His behavior and outlook on life has drastically decreased and he is now suffering from depression

I feel that several factors contributed to the abnormal behaviors that Steve developed. For example, growing up in a military household, that resulted in thirty-two moves, and all this while his mother battled with alcohol until she died. Steve was an excellent student in high school, but he had a rough start going into college, due to a family conflict, that resulted in him taking a year off. He was able to complete an undergrad and he also married. He was able to maintain his job at an accounting firm, for twenty-years.

Some schizophrenic clients experience catatonic characteristics in which they have very little movement and moves the least amount possible.

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,

A person with schizoaffective disorder has severe changes in mood and some of the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking. Psychotic symptoms in schizoaffective disorder occur even when mood symptoms are no longer present, and reflect the person's inability to tell what is real from what is imagined. Symptoms of schizoaffective disorder may vary greatly from one person to the next and may be mild or severe.

The patient is a 28-year-old female referred to Winnebago Mental Health Institute Out-Patient Resource Center from a Psychiatric Hospital after 2 months in-patient treatment. She has a 10-year history of mental health problems and received a diagnosis of schizophrenia in 2015. At the time of the referral Susan was single with no children. During her in-patient treatment, she had been prescribed an antipsychotic medication (thorazine) to assist in reduction of her perceived anxiety, potential aggressive behaviors, and to assist in decreasing hallucinations that she is currently experiencing ( Drugs.com, 2015). There had been no noted presenting problems regarding her physical health during this process and is observed to be in good

As a member of a family consisting of mostly rednecks hailing from Brownington, one would assume that I have several family members with a mental illness. However, that isn’t the case. After a long discussion with my parents, I chose to write about a friend of theirs who has schizophrenia. For anonymity sake, I will refer to this friend as Richard.

           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