...Schizophrenia: Also Known As Schizo – Affective Disorder Shalea Dixon Psychology 350: Physiological Psychology Charles Coull October 21,2013 Schizophrenia Disorder has always interested me. Schizophrenia/ or Schizo- Affective Disorder accodind to the DSM -5 (May 2013), had now been re classified. I know there is still much to learn about , and I am hoping this paper will assist with that goal. I know that among the behavioral disorders that are commonly diagnosed, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the most prevalent among men . It is a persistent disorder that is attributed to neurobehavioral problems. About 3%-5% men are only affedeted by this disorder in America . The disorder is characterized by hallucinations, paranoid dellunions, and the ability to exercise behavioral inhibition that is normally related to age. There are several warning signs, which can indicate the possibility that a person may be affected by the disorder. These include difficulties adhering to instructions, talking a lot, disorganization, leaving homework or other chores unfinished, and having problems with hygiene, and or communication. There are also secondary manifestations among the people who suffer from this type of mental disease including forgetfulness, low motivation, disorganization, social problems, confusion, difficulties regulating emotions, and low self-esteem. Schizophrenia is not something that...
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...Introduction The joy people have when building relationships with others is phenomenal, be it a mother and daughter or a husband and wife, the bond that is formed is an unmistakable one. This makes it excruciating for these loved ones to watch them wither away to insanity – to lose all reason and touch with reality. This is schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a long term mental disorder that can alter a person’s thought process, emotion, behavior and overall perspective on life. Eugen Bleuler coined the name “schizophrenia” in 1911 from the words “schizo” which means split, and the “phrene” that means mind. (citation? Schizophrenia.com). The way doctors handle and treat schizophrenic patients have drastically changed. Before the mid-1900s, no one really understood what schizophrenia really was or what caused it, so when people began to show symptoms of the disease, they became unpredictable and dangerous leaving families and friends confused and scared. Through the Middle age and Renaissance periods, mental illnesses were thought to be caused by demonic spirits and witchcraft so treatments such as exorcisms were performed in hopes of healing the patient. With little to no knowledge of mental illnesses, in the early 1400s, the first asylum was established. Though not everyone admitted to these asylums were schizophrenic, many of them were. In the beginning, asylums were not created to treat any of the patients, but to house them after family had abandoned them and keep them from...
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...stigma and mental illness It appears that negative views of mental illness are common with in the public. According to Overton & Medina people suffering from mental illness are often portrayed as weird, defensive, and sometimes hard to talk to. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary (1990), mental illness is defined as, “mentally distorted, mad, or crazy” (Russel, 1990). Generally, concepts about mental illness tend to be subjective, leading to difficulties in defining mental illness. Johnstone (2001) gives a broader definition of mental illness, believing that mental illness relates to the individuals spectrum of cognitions, emotions, and behaviours that damper relationships required for work, home, and in the learning facilities (Johnstone, 2001). This definition is also referenced in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders which categorizes the symptoms that are used to diagnose mental illness. 8 out of 10 people in Australia who experiences mental disorder will more like will experience stigma, stigma is a the behaviour of people toward people with mental disorders, stigma has been seen on many people, Stigma refers to negative, unfavorable attitudes and the behavior they produce. There are many people who experience mental disorders and when they newly get depression they don't go and ask for professional treatment because they don't want to be labeled and they don't want people calling them names, that is why a lot of people who get depression...
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...Schizophrenia And It’s Effects Imagine waking up every day to a new chapter of delusional episodes. That is how someone who suffers from schizophrenia feels like almost all the time. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that disables people mentally and sometimes even physically. This paper will talk about it’s origin, symptoms, causes, subtypes as well as diagnosing and treating it. Some may believe that schizophrenia is a relatively new found psychological disorder,but what they don’t understand is that only the word schizophrenia is 100 years old, but the disease itself has been documented for hundreds of years. The term “schizophrenia” comes from the greek words “schizo” which means split and “phrene” which means mind. It can be traced...
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...1. Blast/oma-a cancer made of immature cells ↓ ↓ Root suffix 2. Toxico/logy-study of poisons. ↓ ↓ Root suffix 3. Intra/venous-means to cut into a vein. ↓ ↓ Root suffix 4. An/phoria-not feeling or bearing. ↓ ↓ Root suffix 5. Psycho/genic-means produced by mind. ↓ ↓ Combining form suffix 6. Neuro/leptic-to seize hold of the nerve. ↓ ↓ C/F suffix 7. An/orexia-means to have no appetite. ↓ ↓ Prefix suffix 8. Hypn/osis-the process of abnormal sleep. ↓ ↓ C/F suffix 9. Cata/tonia-means down muscle tension. ↓ ↓ Prefix suffix 10. Psych/osis-having an abnormal mind. ↓ ↓ C/F suffix ↓ ↓ ↓ C/F suffix 11. Fascio/tomy-process of cutting muscle. ↓ ↓ C/F suffix 12. Leiomy/oma-swelling of muscle that lines walls of internal organs. ↓ ↓ C/F suffix 13. A/trophy-to be without nourishment. ↓ ↓ Prefix suffix 14. Multi/para-a women that has been pregnant more than once. ↓ ↓ Prefix suffix 15. Chrion/ic-pertaining to chorion. ↓ ↓ C/F suffix 16. Aero/bio/logy-study...
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...Emil Kraepelin. She described the series of psychotic disturbances in adults as “dementia praecox ” (Bursztyn, 2011, p. 7). Dementia is defined as a progression deterioration and a chronic disorder of the brain. Praecox is a Latin term meaning “very early”. Later on contributions were made by Eugen Bleuler. When the history of Autism comes up most people normally think of Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist. He is the first one who gave a general label for the symptoms and disturbances in children. Bleuer’s main criticism of Kraepelin’s disorder was the decline in cognitive abilities was not foreseeable and that the time of onset varied (Bursztyn, 2011, p. 7). Bleuer believed that these children were exposed by an early form of Schizophrenia. Schizo comes from the Greek root meaning “split” and -phrene means “mind.” In 1943 Austrian psychiatrist and physician Leo Kanner termed the disorder “ early infantile autism” and claimed that it was different from the disturbances described by Kraepelin and Bleuler in that it had a very early onset (Bursztyn, 2011, p. 7). There are many types of disturbances that helped Kanner characterize infantile autism. Autism means “an absorption in the self.” The critical key to diagnosing autism is the inability to socially interact and communicate....
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...victor bautista 01/25/12 ENG-105 Mary Mandley Schizophrenia: Is Recovery a Viable Option? Schizophrenia is a mental illness of chronic nature that affects people of all walks of life. It is estimated that about 1% of Americans suffer from this disease. Though it ranks high in the consciousness of the public very little is known about the illness. The concept of Schizophrenia has caused much mass confusion due to the influence of pharmaceutical companies, media, government, and mental health professionals who have shaped the perception of the public in a negative way. Schizophrenia is not an imposed death sentence in which patients are shackled and placed behind bars for the protection of society, it is a treatable disorder that can be controlled and kept at bay. The motive of this paper is to explain the phenomenon of Schizophrenia and to tackle the two main views associated with the potential satisfactory recovery of the illness. Mental illnesses have existed for many years. Long ago, the people who suffered from mental illnesses, deformities, and mental retardation were all classified into one group; abnormal. Early theories speculated that these people had acquired these “abnormalities” due to their bodies being possessed by evil spirits. These evil spirits would ultimately be exorcised by various methods ranging from submitting the patient to various types of music to dangerously drilling a hole in their skull to free them from evil possession. The act...
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...Mental Health 1. Panic attack Abrupt experience of intense fear and discomfort, consumer feels a sudden elevation of fear, may occur anytime. Consumer having the attack show’s physical symptoms such as dizzines and palpitation. How it relates to or affects my clinical practice: If the consumer is having panic attack the nurse can calm the consumer and the nurse can assisst the consumer through out the episode of the attack. Refrences: Barlow, D. And Durand, M. (2008). Abnormal psychologyan integrative aprouch. (Fifth edition., 121-124). Canada: Wadsworth. Sims, A. (2003). Symptoms in the mind., An introduction to descriptive psychopathology. (Third edition.,328). New England: Saundres. 2. Phobia Consumer shows unreasonable and unexplained fear of a certain animal, insect, place, situation. Some people may feel an extreme fear of riding a bus or a train. Some shows excessive fear towards a large crowd. How it relates to or affects my clinical practice: A nurse understand that a certain people has fears, everybody has a phobia, understanding the consumer’s feeling will be helpfull and will promote an open communication to discuss such fear inorder to resolve it. Refrences: Nevid, J. And Rathus, S. (2006)...
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...Girgis 1 Schizophrenia In the United States, nearly 3 million people have been, or will be affected by Schizophrenia according to Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (pg252). What exactly is schizophrenia? Understanding what the meaning of the term helps shed some light on this disease. Schizophrenia comes from the Greek words “schizo” which means to split, and “phrenia” which means mind. However schizophrenia does not imply a split or multiple personality disorder. Rather “split mind” depicts the many symptoms in which the disease splits or disrupts mental functions. Schizophrenia is one of the major chronic psychiatric disorders with symptoms that can affect a person’s thoughts, behavior, emotions, and mind. Furthermore, the symptoms associated with Schizophrenia prevent the individual from sustaining a normal healthy lifestyle by preventing the individually from logically distinguishing between what is real and what is imaginary. In order to understand the severity of this disease it is important to explore what exactly schizophrenia is, the causes, and the different treatments. What exactly causes or contributes to the onset of this disease? There is not one major cause for schizophrenia, however it is a combination of genetic, environmental, and psychological factors that result in the disease. Various studies have indicated that schizophrenia does have a genetic factor and several different experiments were performed to prove that it could be inherited...
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...VERY IMPORTANT,because you may get a drug you've never heard of it, but will be able to recognize it's category, and the most common side-effects. Once you've done that you should definitely know at the very least these, their side-effects, dangerous drug interactions, safe dosage ranges, etc. Digitalis, Lasix, Nitro, Clozaril, Lithium, Theophylline, Aspirin, Nardil (know all the MAOI's since there are only a couple), Cogentin, know never to mix a MAOI with an SSRI or other antidepressants, Tylenol, Dilantin, Mag Sulfate, and the major cardiac drugs. helps for better memorization coumadin is highly protein bound. so an increase in protein intake will decrease the effectiveness KCL must be diluted and administered no faster than 20 mEq/hr long-term use of rocephin can cause over-growth of organisms such as Candida albicans Periorbital edema is indicative of post-strept glomerulonephritis After birth, the infant of a diabetic mother is often hypoglycemic epigastric pain can be indicative of an impending seizure variable decelerations indicate a problem with cord compression Clients stered on Disulfiram (Antabuse) must avoid any form of alcohol Tetany is the major sign of hypoparathyroidism nervousness and insomnia suggest an overdose of thyroid hormone replacement therapy remember ELAIN for drugs that can be admin via endotracheal tube (epinephrine, lidocaine, atropine, isuprel, and narcan) ASA can cause hemorrhage during a sickle cell crisis Normal...
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...classified as an "illness" which can be "treated" just like physical illness, many psychiatric patients can identify with Ellen's experience of feeling like an outcast. 3) Society can be very uncomfortable around those with mental health problems and as a result, there is a general reluctance among people to admit to mental distress or to reveal that one has been hospitalised, taken medication or had counselling for psychiatric problems. 4) This fear of being stigmatised is not unfounded. Mental disorders are often thought humorous and are joked about in a way a disease like cancer never would be. Our everyday language is full of phrases, which stigmatise those with mental health problems. We refer to "the loony bin", to "psychos", to "schizos", to "madmen" and to those who are "nuts"...
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...Schizophrenia Stephanie Renee Huston PSY 326 Research Methods Instructor: Keisha Keith 11/23/2015 Schizophrenia Introduction Schizophrenia is a serious brain disorder that gives a misleading or false account of the way a person thinks, behave, communicate their feelings, realize or understand, and relates to others. Schizophrenia has been considered as one of many chronic and disabling conditions for people that suffers with a major mental illness. People with schizophrenia often have problems fulfilling a task in the general population, at work, at school, and in relationships leaving an individual not wanting to communicate with other people and frightened. Schizophrenia suffers will live with it the rest of their life, it cannot be cured but treatments are available and controllable with proper and advance treatments. Contrary to popular belief, schizophrenia is not a split or multiple personality. Schizophrenia is a psychosis, a type of mental illness in which a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. In writing this paper on Schizophrenia I will show how popular belief, has an antithesis of what is really Schizophrenia? Is it really a split...
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...| Abnormal Psychology 2810 Term Paper| | Case Study: Brian| | | | Ashley Allen Due: 12/5/2011 Ashley Allen Case Study: Brian Schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder that has affected many people all over the world. It is a term that many people have heard but few understand the true meaning. When described, those with schizophrenia involve abnormal changes in their behaviors, thoughts, feelings, and views on the world. Those with schizophrenia are considered to have their behavior disturbed in particular way along with having difficulty with reality. With a remarkable amount of evaluation on the client, Brian, he has shown a pattern that leads to the diagnosis of Schizophrenia. There are a number of factors that play an important role when considering one with abnormal behavior (Beidel et al, 2010). By acknowledging particular factors such as gender, age, ethnicity, family & health history, work & health status, social relationships, drug & alcohol history, and various behavioral habits, it is easier to fully understand Brian’s behavioral influences. Hyman (2006) explains that schizophrenia affects both men and women equally though men tend to experience symptoms at a younger age than women do. Schizophrenic symptoms often develop in late adolescence to early twenties for males and given that Brian is a 25 years old male, he falls into the appropriate age of onset for schizophrenia. It is important acknowledge that at 19 years old, Brian has experienced...
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...information are peer reviewed current and of scholarly sources. Therefore it was with this in mind that the information was collected using internet medical portals, journal article and appropriate text books with a wide variety of information on the topic of choice. The patient’s docket was also used because it is a primary source of information about the management of the condition. Introduction Schizophrenia is a serious psychiatric disorder characterized by impaired communication with loss of contact with reality and deterioration from previous level of functioning at work, social relations and self care. The Swiss psychiatrist, Eugen Bleuler, coined the term, "schizophrenia" in 1911. This word comes from the Greek roots schizo (split) and phrene (mind) to describe the fragmented thinking of people with the disorder. His term was not meant to convey the idea of split or multiple personality, a common misunderstanding by the public at large. Since Bleuler's time, the...
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...Counseling Theories Final Project Anastasia Page Capella University Culture can have a major effect on what is defined as normal and abnormal. Behaviors that are considered different from what is considered to be the norm could be deemed as abnormal and unusual. It isn’t common for a culture to immediately label a behavior that is not accustomed to their culture as being abnormal behavior because it is defying the social norms of that culture. However, abnormal behavior cannot and should not be defined based on the social norms of a culture because what is abnormal in one culture may be normal in another (Matsumoto & Juang, 2008). Abnormalities are defined as behaviors based on criteria of impairment, inefficiency, deviance or subjective distress by American psychologists (Matsumoto & Juang, 2008). Due to their being advantages and disadvantages with each of those criteria categories, culture has also been included as a criterion to consider abnormal behavior. Cultures have their expectations of behaviors whether abnormal or normal. Normal behaviors are those that are considered acceptable, while abnormal behaviors are deemed unacceptable. The criteria for what is considered normal varies from culture to culture and what may be considered normal in one culture could be abnormal in another (Matsumoto & Juang, 2008). For instance, in America it may be considered normal that a girl would want to be play with a group of boys in middle school. However, in Palestine...
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