Psy 410 Week 1 Disorder Clarification

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Disorder Clarification & Case Analysis
Loren Sims
PSY/410
April 30, 2013
NICHELLE GAUSE

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Disorder Clarification & Case Analysis The Case study of Sally is an example of undifferentiated schizophrenia; undifferentiated schizophrenia is a type of schizophrenia where the patients have “the characteristics positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia but do not meet the specific criteria for the paranoid, disorganized, or catatonic subtypes” (Meyer, Chapman, & Weaver , 2009). Those who have suffered from schizophrenia for a long time may exhibit different symptoms at different times and most commonly eventually shows a variety of symptoms, and because of this back and forth of subtypes it was given the title of undifferentiated schizophrenia since all
It was also noted that sally may have been more prone to schizophrenia because her grandfather was thought to have been “crazy”, it was said that he exhibited very eccentric behavior. It was noted that although she at first seemed to be a bright student she was withdrawn socially and after a while a teacher described her as “a bit off center” (Meyer, Chapman, & Weaver , 2009). Her mother was proven to be overprotective and seemed to have an effect on how she was socially withdrawn, she could not keep friends. By the time Sally was in college her roommate requested to move to another room because she began talking to herself, after a little while longer she was found sitting in a chair in her room staring at the floor “Sally was unresponsive, and her limbs could be moved about and would then stay in pace, almost as if she was a plastic doll” (Meyer, Chapman, & Weaver , 2009). At this point “she was in a withdrawn catatonic state” (Meyer, Chapman, & Weaver , 2009). After this episode and her hospitalization it was noted