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Some of the symptoms to watch for at home are hearing voices, anxiety, violence, suicidal thoughts, and delusions. Paranoid Schizophrenia is thought to mainly affect cognition, but it also can contribute to chronic problems
Topic: Today I’m going to tell you about OCD C. Thesis: OCD is a common psychiatric illness that can affect people’s lives. D. Preview / Roadmap: I’m going to tell you the causes of OCD, symptoms, and treatments. II. Main Point 1 (1:30 ) A. Intro to point: OCD is known as obsessive-compulsive
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that most often requires multiple therapies that help a person manage their mental disease. For the larger portion of individuals with schizophrenia a combination of psychotropic medication and a psychosocial therapy is most successful (Townsend, 2008). Schizophrenia has been reviewed and presented in steps for nursing to help diagnose people. The cause of the mental disease remains a puzzle to psychiatrists, but identifying the type and care needed for people is clear. Schizophrenia can be managed, but it requires the assistance of medication and possibly other therapies.
The prodromal phase of schizophrenia is characterized by dysphoria, petulance, transient psychotic symptoms, alogia, anhedonia, gaucheness and social withdrawal. Schizophrenia is caused by multi-factorial elements with the main ones being genetics, in-utero infections (and injury), substance abuse and environmental stressors (such as poverty). Schizophrenia is classified into seven categories: simple schizophrenia, residual type, paranoid type, undifferentiated type, disorganized type, catatonic type and post-schizophrenic depression. The main mechanism for schizophrenia is outlined by the dopamine hypothesis which states that schizophrenia occurs when there is an abnormal activity of dopaminergic neurons in the brain and thus, the positive symptoms (of schizophrenia) appear when the dopaminergic activity within the mesolimbic system is increased, and the
Risk assessments are also designed to manage and identify areas of concern, either to the patient or health professional’s involved in the care of the patient. Areas of risk assessment may include suicide or self harm, absconding, aggression or violence, substance use, vulnerabilities and neglect, non adherence or compliance. These areas of assessment may include past risk and current risk factors (Edward, Munro, Robins & Welch, 2011). Risk assessment of the patient is important but also risk towards others. Patients with paranoid schizophrenia are more opportunistic in behaving aggressively or violently towards co-patients and/or staff, which is why implementation of such assessment tools have been put in place (Langan, 2008).
People who are diagnosed with schizophrenia suffer similar situations throughout their daily lives. So what is schizophrenia? According to the Lundbeck Institution (2011), schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness that affects the persons ability to speak, think,
Mental Illness Paper HCA/240 Brian Eigelbach 09/07/12 Mental Illness Paper Schizophrenia is a very serious disease. This disease is a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of the ability to function in everyday life. Some people feel delusional; have hallucinations, and disintegration of personality. The disease was first identified as a discrete mental illness by Dr. Emile Kraepelin in the 1887 and the illness itself is generally believed to have accompanied mankind through its history (Schizophrenia.com, 2010). The name schizophrenia comes from the Greek word “schizo-phrene”.
(2009). Schizophrenia, Narrative and Change: Andalusian Care Homes as Novel Sociocultural Context. Cult Med Psychiatry, 33, 163-184. Saavedra’s study takes a look at the changes in the life narratives of people who have been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. The people involved in the study were receiving treatment in care homes located in Andalusia, Spain.
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