COLEGIO DE SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA Guinsay‚ Danao City‚ Cebu COLLEGE OF NURSING NCM 105 PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA Submitted by: Maria Pamela Olive A. Ocan Yasnee Zayfa A. Talasain Submitted to: Mr. John Andro D. Banga. R.N.‚ M.N. Clinical Instructor (NCM105) TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 II. Psychopathophysiology---------------------------------------------------------- 2 III. Description
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Appendix H-DSM-IV Evaluation Case Study 1 Josephine‚ a 47-year-old woman‚ seems to be suffering from a cluster-A- personality disorder known as (301.20) Schizoid Personality Disorder (premorbid). Possible Causes It may be a combination of genetic and environmental factors‚ particularly in early childhood‚ are thought to contribute to development schizoid personality disorder. Josephine may have had a parent who was cold or unresponsive to emotional needs. Or‚ she may have been hypersensitive
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autonomy appeared to conflict with those generated by other principles. An informal client diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and manic depression with a history of severe self-harm and who lives in the community‚ took an overdose of antipsychotic medication with alcohol. The client was taken to the Accident and Emergency Unit and was treated. Upon discharge from hospital
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Huntington’s disease is fatal. There is however treatment to help those with Huntington’s disease. People with Huntington’s disease take medication to help with movement problem and control emotions. Medication like antipsychotics‚ antidepressants‚ tranquilizers‚ and mood-stabilizers are taken to help with movement and controlling emotions. Doctors recommend that someone with Huntington’s disease be physically active to help combat symptoms of the disease. Doctors also
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with schizotypal personality disorder. Therapists attempt to help clients “reconnect” with the world and to understand that there are limits to their thoughts and powers. Since the schizotypal personality disorder is similar to schizophrenia‚ antipsychotic drugs have been used; they are effective in small doses‚ but only for some people. Cognitive therapists aim to help clients with antisocial personality disorder by encouraging them to think about moral issues and about the needs of other people
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and poor diet greatly increase the risk of getting the disease. There are a number of medications and other health problems that can predispose to diabetes. Some of the medications include: glucocorticoids‚ thiazides‚ beta blockers‚ atypical antipsychotics‚ and statins. Other health problems that are associated with type 2 are Cushing’s syndrome‚ hyperthyroidism‚ pheochromocytoma‚ and certain cancers such as glucagonomas.
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But because of the treatments’ accomplishments‚ the procedure was extensively used on people with behavioral problems not linked to mental disorders. Thus‚ the procedure was used until the mid-1950s‚ when medications such as antipsychotics and antidepressants were introduced and proved to be more effective in treating and alleviating mental distresses in patients. Today shock therapy and psychosurgery are the mainstream forms of treating mental disorders‚ while lobotomies are rarely
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Phobias According to the Special Education Department ’s "Glossary of Psychiatric Disorders" catalogue‚ a "phobia is a persistent‚ irrational fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that results in a compelling desire to avoid it". A phobia is not an illness or a mental disorder. Nor is it a lack of will-power‚ or ’moral fibre ’‚ or determination. A phobia is a syndrome that can both develop independently within the limits of neurosis (after a caused fright or a serious psychical shock)
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What Is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a mental illness that affects the functioning of the brain. Someone who suffers from Schizophrenia will experience changes in the way that they feel‚ act and behave‚ and their thinking can distort their sense of reality. This is all caused by imbalances in the brain. The word ‘Schizophrenia’ actually means ‘split mind’ or ‘a splitting of the mind’. It comes from the Greek words skhízein (to split) and phren (mind)‚ but Schizophrenia does not mean that
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Mental Disorders A mental disorder is a mental or behavioral pattern‚ is an anomaly that causes distress and disability. Mental disorders are defined by a combination of how a person feels‚ acts and thinks‚ according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)‚ over a third of people in most countries have problems at some time in their life (diagnosis of one or more of the common types of mental disorders)‚ and the causes of mental disorders in some cases are unclear. According to: http://en.wikipedia
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