...Paranoid Schizophrenia Case: Daniel Paul Schreber Born on July 25, 1842, Daniel Schreber was known as a distinguished and renowned judge who suffered from psychosis when he was in his middle ages (Meyer, Chapman, & Weaver, 2009). The text describes Schreber’s obsessed thoughts as having sex as a female were the beginnings of his psychotic episodes. For Schreber, this contained a lot of frightening and unfamiliar imagery and considered it to be an outside source that compelled him to think this way as opposed to coming from himself; from within. Thinking irrationally, he suspected that his doctors were somehow implanting these thoughts in his brain with the use of hypnosis and telepathy (Meyer, Chapman, et al., 2009). After some additional thinking, Schreber began to believe that his thoughts were instilled within him by God and that is was God’s decision to make him a woman. Although he figured this was beyond human ability and deemed as “miraculous” it still tormented him (Meyer, Chapman, et al., 2009). The text describes Schreber’s case as containing many different personality disorders, or abnormal disorders, such as anxiety and mood disorders. Freud described Schreber’s primary symptoms as paranoid schizophrenia as well as psychosis in nature. Freud came to the conclusion that Schreber’s thoughts and delusions were brought on upon by his rejection and denial of his homosexuality (Meyer, Chapman, et al., 2009). Other psychologist at the time believed that homosexuality...
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...Case Study (Daniel) What physical health considerations should be considered before giving this medication to the consumer? Health check is important process before giving medication and prescribes antipsychotic medication. Before giving medication must know about the potential risk of post injection syndrome and monitor for signs and symptoms at least 3 hours after each dose ( NPS Radar, 2009). Prescriber or person administering must have had appropriate training. Only an appropriately trained registered nurse can administer and undertake observations. Clients must be monitored carefully for signs and symptoms during the treatment with depot injection. First one to two months of treatment and the dose should be modulating according to...
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...This case study takes a look at a kid named Jim, who developed a long-term mental disorder called Schizophrenia. Although the precise cause of schizophrenia is not known, certain factors seem to increase the risk of developing the disorder. In Jim’s case, there are many factors that put him at risk for developing schizophrenia. Of the few, the most important factors are the old age of his father, the history of mental disorder in his mother, the mental stress Jim experienced as a result of his father’s hospitalization, and his frequent abuse of marijuana. Unfortunately, Jim’s brain is naturally targeted by the disorder because of these factors. Jim’s symptoms became apparent shortly after he graduated high school. He started feeling that he could mentally influence the way people think and act. Eventually, his hunch turned into a concrete belief, which in reality was an obvious delusion. Stemming from these initial thoughts, Jim started to become paranoid around other people and developed extreme anxiety because he thought they were aware of his powers. He also began to perceive hallucinations and voices in his head, which eventually led him to showcase his symptoms in front of his mother. All of Jim’s symptoms led him to the hospital bed, where he...
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...I would diagnose Martin with Schizoaffective disorder for several reasons. Martin has been exhibiting multiple symptoms that lead me to believe that he has schizoaffective disorder. First I would like to explain what’s schizoaffective disorder? What are the signs that this disorder exhibits? Schizoaffective disorder is a very serious mental illness that has symptoms of schizophrenia such as hallucinations, mania, depression, mood disorder, and delusions. Martin has been experiencing signs most of these symptoms including in my opinion possibly hearing voices and responding to these voices. Martin has refused to answer his phone because he believes it would activate the chip in his head which could be very deadly, he also accused his family...
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...The problem with my client is that he is dealing with a lot of chronic grief. Yes, he is dealing with mild depression as well, but mostly I feel that grief plays huge role in his life right now. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders 2013, Consider that in grief the predominant affect is feelings of emptiness and loss, while in Major Depressive Disorder (MDE) it is persistent depressed mood and the inability to anticipate happiness or pleasure. The dysphoria in grief is likely to decrease in intensity over days to weeks and occurs in waves, the so-called pangs of grief. These waves tend to be associated with thoughts or reminders of the deceased. The depressed mood of MDE is more persistent and not tied to specific thoughts of preoccupations. The pain of grief may be accompanied by positive emotions and humor that are uncharacteristic of the pervasive unhappiness and misery characteristics of MDE (p. 161). During my sessions with my client we are now addressing his grief that is associated with the loss of his grandmother, mother, loneliness and hopelessness. I have set goals for my client to make sure that he doesn’t wake up every day feeling lonely and hopelessness and ways to make sure that he has forgiven himself for his life choices and not being able to attend both funerals of his grandmother and mother. The goals I have set him do play a part in the micro, mezzo, and macro level. In the micro level I am helping him get over his grief and...
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...Having a relative who has a brother that has schizophrenia and bipolar. The name will be used is Bob for the brother of the relative. This is also known as schizso effective which are two different disorders, as have been told. Bob was diagnosed at the age of 18 or 19 with schizophrenia. He did not serve a mission even though he was raised a member of the church. The brother and his sister in law think he would have had a lot of trouble with companions. He has been in and out of hospitals a few times. He can tell when his medicine is out and Bob will admit himself into the hospital. He has had roommates in the past and now he lives on his own. Bob does not work and the way he supports himself is through social security. Bob’s housing is subsidized; people will come into his home every month to do a clean check. He has people helping now with his finances. He will go to the Aliant House that has case managers to help. He volunteers at the Aliant House to socialize with others with the same personality he has. It is a way he can work and socialize at the same time. A place to keep Bob safe. The Aliant House is like a halfway house. Bob has always had a high IQ but he has never been able to develop some of the ideas he has had. He has had ideas such as the battery but has never been...
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...Validating Rosenhan’s hypothesis, no pseudopatient was detected by the staff. Rather, once released, their mental health status was recorded as “schizophrenia in remission” However, while the doctors, nurses, and attendants failed to detect the subjects, 35 out of 118 real patients voiced suspicions that the subjects were not mentally ill. Contacts between the patients, both the pseudopatients and not were “minimal and bizarre.” When attempting to make verbal contact by asking common, normal questions (e.g., “When will I be allowed grounds privileges?”), 71% of psychiatrists and 88% of nurses and attendants moved on with their heads averted, while only 4% and .5%, respectively, sopped and talked with the patient. However, the patients received no shortage of medication, given 2,100 total pills. The results of this study all serve to conclude that in a hospital setting “normal people cannot...
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...Patient is a 26-year-old male who presented to the ED with alleging suicidal threats and assaulting his mother during an argument. Patient stated: "we had an argument and she tried to hit me so I put my hands up to keep her from hitting me." LEO brought patient into the ED. At the time of assessment, patient reports family conflict as the primary stressors contributing to her current distress. The patient mother was unable to be contacted due to an unrelated incident. However, the patient reports he is not concerned about his mother. He states, " karma is real and she got hers for doing this to me." Patient reports having a history Bipolar/Schizophrenia. Patient express he does have some anger issues. During the assessment the patient appears more talkative and describes his mood as being happy. Per nursing staff the patient on arrival was more irritable and pacing his room. Patient currently denies homicidal ideations and having any visual or auditory hallucinations. He states, " I'm just trying to say the right things because I don't want to be here." Patient does not appear to be exhibiting signs of agitation, aggression, or responding to internal stimuli. The...
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...investigation will explore how schizophrenia was treated by doctors and how schizophrenics were treated by society. The concept of mental disorders wasn’t understood for a long time. Doctors and the psychiatric world have merely just grasping the concepts of schizophrenia and how it should be properly treated. In the past people with mental disorders were sent off to live in asylums, locked in cages, beaten, or killed. The religious view point was that the diseased were possessed by evil spirits and would be exorcised, or they used other dangerous methods to try and release the demons. Slowly the care for the insane started to develop. At first treatments and studies weren’t the most humane but as scientists started to understand mental illness it...
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...Childhood schizophrenia is one of several types of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic psychological disorder that affects a person’s psychosis. Childhood schizophrenia is similar to adult schizophrenia, but it occurs earlier in life and has a profound impact on the attitude, behavior, and life. The child with schizophrenia may experience strange thoughts, strange feelings, and abnormal behaviors. Childhood schizophrenia is rare and difficult to diagnose in early phases. Childhood schizophrenia makes the child lose touch with reality (psychosis). When the child loses psychosis he or she may have one or all of the following signs and symptoms of schizophrenia: hallucinations, delusions, irrational behavior and thinking, and problems with daily tasks. The cause of schizophrenia is unknown. “Current research suggests a combination of brain changes, bio-chemical, genetic and environments factors may be involved” (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004). Childhood schizophrenia makes it difficult to diagnose, and treat. It further makes educational, emotional, and social needs, and development harder. Some factors that make children under age 17 vulnerable to the disease appears to be according to Mental Health America 2011, neurodevelopment damage resulting in delays in language and other functions prior to onset of psychotic symptoms. The schizophrenia psychosis in children develops gradually versus the psychotic break an adolescent or adult would...
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...Schizophrenia Almar Lim CNI College ADN Program NSG 265 Holistic Health Concepts Ms Shadia Maksemous RN, MSN February 4th, 2015 Schizophrenia is not a single disease, but a broad category of mental illnesses. Schizophrenia is a psychiatry disorder where several structural disturbances occur in the brain. It normally takes place in the temporal and frontal lobes, changing the neural systems and affecting the neurotransmitters in charge of controlling the functioning that takes place in these areas. It is not a structural brain disease that shows up early on X-rays CAT scans, or EEGs. Schizophrenics also have defects in the handling of amino acids. Etiology The exact causes of schizophrenia are unknown, but research suggests that a combination of physical, genetic, psychological and environmental factors can make people more likely to develop the condition. Current thinking is that some people may be prone to schizophrenia, and a stressful or emotional life event might trigger a psychotic episode. However, it's not known why some people develop symptoms while others don't. (Smith & Segal, 2014) Clinical Manifestation There are two ways that schizophrenia begins. One way is called Acute Onset. This happens very fast, about a couple of weeks. It is easier to recover from this. You are able to get help faster because people notice it sooner. The other way is called Process Onset. This takes a longer period of time to show. It is gradual, sometimes up to years. You...
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...treatment. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder that consists of four different classification types. These classifications types are disorganized schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia and undifferentiated schizophrenia. According to National Institute of Mental Health (1993), “60% of American adults have sought treatment/services in a twelve month period” (Treatment/Services Use) and the MedicineNet (2012) website states that schizophrenia “affects about 1% of the population, more than 2 million people in the United States alone”. This life altering disease interferes with a person’s ability to function on a day to day basis. There is no single cause of why schizophrenia affects certain individuals, however genetic factors are universally acknowledged as playing a role in developing the disorder. Genetic factors only play the role of predisposing an individual to schizophrenia where family and social interaction along with daily life stressors contribute to activating the disorder (University of Phoenix, 2010). Schizophrenia may occur suddenly in an individual suddenly without any warning signs; however in many cases this disorder occurs slowly with multiple warning signs. Males are more likely to experience symptoms of schizophrenia disorder earlier than women, even though the disorder affects both sexes equally. The early warning signs that may be noticed by family and friends that an individual is possibly suffering from schizophrenia disorder...
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...Schizophrenia is a mental disorder affecting an estimated one half to one percent of the global population. Contradictory to popular belief, schizophrenia does not deal with multiple personalities. Rather, the disorder can cause hallucinations, paranoia or bizarre delusions and disorganized thought or speech pattern. People with schizophrenia often have other mental disorders (Sim et al. 2006). Thus schizophrenia can result in socially paralysing an individual. Treatment and prevention of the disorder are important steps in helping millions of people. One vital point in the process of developing a treatment and prevention strategy for schizophrenia is identifying the cause or causes of the disorder. Throughout the years, as examination into schizophrenia has advanced, the comprehension of schizophrenia has made strides. Researchers have possessed the capacity to pinpoint conceivable causes in the earth and the hereditary qualities of people that have schizophrenia, for instance. These headways thus have took into account the making of clearer models of how schizophrenia creates in people. The point of this article is to clear up the present perspective on what causes schizophrenia. The improvement of causation models will be talked about notwithstanding expounding on conceivable ecological and organic causal elements of schizophrenia. Amid the numerous years of exploration on the reasons for schizophrenia, a few diverse models have been proposed. The scope of models has been...
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...process I will analyze the psychiatric disorder of schizophrenia. I will discuss the various parts of the brain that this disorder affects as well as the causes and symptoms of schizophrenia. I will then analyze two different case studies the first one being anorexia and the second being insomnia. Within my analysis of the two case studies I will examine the problem as a biopsychologist and relate it the nature-nurture issue. I will conclude the interview with possible helpful drug interventions or solutions as well as the side effects that they may cause. PART A “The term schizophrenia means the splitting of psychic function and is most commonly associated with the concept of madness” (Pinel, 2007). Schizophrenia affects three different parts of the brain the forebrain, hindbrain, and the limbic system. “As a whole the forebrain serves to control cognition (the process of thinking, knowing, learning, and judging), sensory and motor function, temperature regulation, reproduction, hunger, sleep cycle and emotional expression” (Walding, 2011). Damage or abnormalities in the forebrain causes delusions within people who suffer from schizophrenia. The temporal lobe also located in the forebrain assists in visual and auditory functions. In schizophrenics this may cause hallucinations through both hearing and visual perceptions. The hindbrain, which deals with motor functions and body movement are also affected by schizophrenia. The result of damage or abnormalities to the hindbrain...
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...Running head: CASE STUDY OF JOHN FORBES NASH, JR. 1 Case Study of John Forbes Nash, Jr. Lauren Shipp PSY410 May 26, 2014 Kidd Colt, Ed. D., LMHC CASE STUDY OF JOHN FORBES NASH, JR. 2 Case Study of John Forbes Nash, Jr. John Forbes Nash Jr. is a renowned and accomplished mathematician. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and taught at MIT and Princeton. He wrote The Equilibrium Point, later becoming known as the Nash Equilibrium, which revolutionized economics. In 1994, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Economic Science for his pioneering work in game theory. He is one of the most brilliant mathematicians of modern time, but most of his life he suffered from schizophrenia (Meyer, et al., 2009). The following is a brief account of a case study depicting his struggle with schizophrenia. Overview Early in Nash’s life he showed signs of abnormal behavior. He was extremely intelligent and could read by age 4, but was unsociable and had problems with concentrating and following simple directions. As he grew older, his behavior became more bizarre. He would do such things as eat grass, torture animals, and use explosives in chemical experiments. He still showed sign of unsocial behavior (Meyer, et al., 2009). When he entered Carnegie Institute of Technology to study chemical engineering, his abnormal behavior continued. He acted childish, and would do such things as repeatedly hit a single key on a piano for hours. After receiving his Ph.D. from Princeton...
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