Understanding Schizophrenia Tawnja Davis AIU Online PRES111-Presentation Essentials Ramsey Joel April 26, 2011 Abstract The presentation review is to show how effective it was with the audience about the topic understanding schizophrenia. The resources were given and told how they helped in the presentation giving fact and examples of the illness. Difficulty and ease was explained on how the presentation was formed giving examples of each. The hard fact of the presenters suffering loss was
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Chapter 14: Schizophrenia Schizophrenia has been one of the many mental diseases that I’ve been interested in. The complexity of the illness has always intrigued me because it affects everyone differently, even though the symptoms or characteristics are the same. The symptoms of schizophrenia I’d have to say is what I was most familiar with prior to reading the chapter. Positive symptoms, such as, hallucinations and delusions were some that I recognized immediately. Hallucinations being that they
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Few people understand the word “depression, but it is used by many. It is important to be educated about depression, and to understand what it is, so that someone with depression will be able to cope in the future. In the case study, Tina was clearly depressed with so many life changing events going on in her life. Firstly, Tina is twenty-three years old, and she is separated from her husband of five years, which means she was married at the age of nineteen. Secondly, two companies employ her
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Psychological Disorders University of Phoenix June 2, 2011 Analyzing Psychological Disorders For the last duration of my interview 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
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MOOD DISORDER Mood disorder is something every one experience even occasional strong, even unpleasant, emotional reactions. however, when moods tend to go out of control, going thru extreme elation or plunging to deep depression, the diagnosis will end up been one of the mood disorder. Mood disorder is define by extremes of mood, from mania to depression. Two types are major depression and bipolar disorder. Mood disorders can effect anyone, including children. The cause of mood disorders is not
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below is for the client Rosemary Hans who needs help to see her son diagnosed by schizophrenia go back to college. Name: Rosemary Hans Age: 41 Gender: Female Relationship status: married Religion: committed Christian Racial Identities: Africa-American Employment: High school teacher Education: university first degree in education 2.2. Presenting problem Rosemary’s son Thomas has been diagnosed by Schizophrenia after she took him for diagnosis immediately he dropped out of the college. He hallucinates
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Psychological Disorders Schizophrenia isn’t something you hear about in everyday life, but we are surrounded by it daily. You may not know, but schizophrenia is a complex brain disorder. It can affect a person’s ability to think clearly, their feelings, make decisions, and relate to others. Schizophrenia is a lifelong illness. Research suggests schizophrenia may be caused by too many or too few of some of the chemicals in the brain. These chemicals are to control emotions, motivation, movement
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Psychoanalysis: A second treatment of schizophrenia is psychoanalysis, which was developed based on the psychodynamic theory of the mental illness. It is based on the theory that individuals who suffer from schizophrenia are oblivious to past unconscious conflicts as a result they regress to the pre ego stage of development. The aim of psychoanalysis is to bring these repressed thoughts and conflicts to the conscious mind so they can be resolved. This is known as the talking therapy methods such
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Suicide and suicidal behaviors usually occur in people with one or more of the following: Bipolar disorder Borderline personality disorder Depression Drug or alcohol dependence Schizophrenia Stressful life issues, such as serious financial or relationship problems People who try to commit suicide are often trying to get away from a life situation that seems impossible to deal with. Many who make a suicide attempt are seeking relief from: Feeling ashamed,
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Hello, I am back! I have just finished my research on abnormality and psychological disorders for humans. Before I go into the different abnormalities and the disorders, I think it is best if you first understood what is considered “abnormal.” Everyone has their own view on what is normal or abnormal; you may think someone is normal when they actually are a threat to the people around them. Also, you can see someone in the park wearing something outlandish and think he or she is very weird, but that
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