Paranoid Schizophrenia Case Study
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Case study
In accordance with the NMC code of confidentiality (2015), the service user discussed about in this assignment will be referred to as Jack. Jack is a 70-year old gentleman. He has a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and had lived with the disorder for three decades. When I engaged him in conversations he seemed intelligent and I found our conversations very educative as he gave different perspectives on varying topics, this aroused my interest to write about him.
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To others it was a cause for spiritual despair. It may increase or decrease psychotic symptoms. In others it increased social integration, it could prevent or trigger suicidal attempts and reduced substance abuse. It may help relieve stress through providing social support. It may play a role in psychotherapeutic support. However, it may also be a source of guilt, pain, exclusion and may negatively impact the psychopathology of a disease (Huguelet and Koenig 2009). Jack had no spiritual affiliations, he was not religious. He did not believe in the supernatural and he explained rationally why there is no supernatural but he believes in doing what is right.
Assessment
Jack was brought into the hospital via a section 136, this section of the mental health act (1986) allows the police to take you a place of safety, if they think you have a mental illness and need care. Whilst in the hospital, Jack was assessed and transferred to a section 3, this is a section that allows you to be detained for treatment (mental health act 1986). Jack is known to the mental health services as he has had a few episodes that needed hospital admission in the past.
Clinical
Case study
In accordance with the NMC code of confidentiality (2015), the service user discussed about in this assignment will be referred to as Jack. Jack is a 70-year old gentleman. He has a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and had lived with the disorder for three decades. When I engaged him in conversations he seemed intelligent and I found our conversations very educative as he gave different perspectives on varying topics, this aroused my interest to write about him.
Paranoid schizophrenia …show more content…
To others it was a cause for spiritual despair. It may increase or decrease psychotic symptoms. In others it increased social integration, it could prevent or trigger suicidal attempts and reduced substance abuse. It may help relieve stress through providing social support. It may play a role in psychotherapeutic support. However, it may also be a source of guilt, pain, exclusion and may negatively impact the psychopathology of a disease (Huguelet and Koenig 2009). Jack had no spiritual affiliations, he was not religious. He did not believe in the supernatural and he explained rationally why there is no supernatural but he believes in doing what is right.
Assessment
Jack was brought into the hospital via a section 136, this section of the mental health act (1986) allows the police to take you a place of safety, if they think you have a mental illness and need care. Whilst in the hospital, Jack was assessed and transferred to a section 3, this is a section that allows you to be detained for treatment (mental health act 1986). Jack is known to the mental health services as he has had a few episodes that needed hospital admission in the past.
Clinical