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    was diagnosed as undifferentiated schizophrenia and now his current diagnosis was undifferentiated schizophrenia. Undifferentiated schizophrenia is amental disorder  which is part of the family of disorders broadly known as“schizophrenia.” There are a number of subcategories of schizophrenia including paranoid schizophrenia‚ catatonic schizophrenia‚ disorganized schizophrenia‚ residual schizophrenia‚ and schizoaffective disorder ; undifferentiated schizophrenia is oftendefined as a form in which

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    The victim was a nineteen-year-old catatonic schizophrenic who was attending a religious practical training school called Oak Haven. While there‚ he was subject to disciplinary processes when he did not respond to treatments. The defendant‚ Daniel Thomas‚ was it work coordinator at Oak Haven and had been given permission from the victim’s parents to discipline their son‚ if necessary. When the victim failed to respond to normal treatments‚ Thomas took him to the edge of campus where he pulled the

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    Pedro Perez Individual Process Recording Date: Sep 11‚ 2010 Diagnosis: Schizophrenia Chronic Paranoid Client initials: A.G. Location: The conversation takes place in the Psychic geriatric living room in Larkin Hospital. The room is very spacious with several recliners‚ tables and chairs. Upon entering the room‚ you will find several recliner chairs up against the wall and several tables directly in front of you surrounded by chairs. There is a small is a TV to view for the

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    Schizophrenia and Nursing Interventions Schizophrenia‚ a chronic and immobilizing condition defined as a psychiatric disease affects approximately 1% of the world’s population (Harris‚ Nagy & Vargaaxis‚ 2011). It is known to decrease the standard life expectancy by ten years due to its dire effects on morbidity and mortality‚ ranking it to be among the ‘top ten causes of disability adjusted life years” (Zigmond‚ Rowland & Coyle‚ 2015). The disease presents itself most commonly in young adults‚ and

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    Schizophrenia A most rare and disturbing mental illness characterized as a disruption in cognition and emotion‚ which affects the way a person‚ analyzes him and society as a whole is known as schizophrenia. Many patients suffering from schizophrenia are emotionally disturbed‚ aggressive‚ and/or destructive to themselves‚ as well as others. In most cases schizophrenic disorders are severe conditions of disordered thoughts and communications‚ inappropriate emotions‚ and extremely bizarre behavior

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    attempted to classify types of schizophrenia. According to the DSM-III there were five different types (disorganized‚ catatonic‚ paranoid‚ residual‚ and undifferentiated) however‚ the first three were originally proposed by Kraepelin. Currently today‚ these classifications are still being used in the DSM-V‚ however predicting the outcomes of the disorder are not reliably alone in the diagnostic process. This resulted in the use of other systems to assist in classifying the types of disorders‚ which

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    Schizophrenia has a lot of negative impact on people. It can make them crazy and don’t know how to control it or they will learn to cope with it. Macbeth‚ first the Thane Of Cawdor then king‚ I believe that Macbeth has schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a disease that makes people think and do things that normal people wouldn’t do. Macbeth shows signs of schizophrenia because he does crazy‚ evil actions. Everyone is different when it comes to schizophrenia. It can be an evil change‚ it can make people

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    Schizophrenia Tony Woodall South Georgia Technical College This paper is meant to be written to provide a better understanding of schizophrenia‚ its history and diagnosis and treatment. There are a lot of views concerning this disorder and they are found all over the internet and in different books published about the disorder. It seems that writing one paper could consume a lot of time and patience. I believe that even putting all of what I have found as far as beliefs

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    the girls are as follows Nora‚ Iris‚ Myra‚ and Hester (named from oldest to youngest)‚ these names were chosen to resemble the four letters in NIMH‚ the National Institute of Mental Health. Each sister was diagnosed with schizophrenia at different ages and each case of schizophrenia is at different levels of severity. Nora‚ the oldest‚ is sometimes identified as the brightest of the four girls‚ was hospitalized at age 22 and never lived independently for an extended period of time. Iris‚ the second

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    The Case of Schizophrenia Spencer Surjue-Bowens Pysch410 Prof Nyiema Carter February 6‚ 2013 Dr. John Hunter‚ a noted therapist asserts that Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness (Hunter‚ 2003). Symptoms may include auditory hallucinations‚ paranoid or bizarre delusions‚ or disorganized speech and thinking‚ and is accompanied by significant social or occupational dysfunction. This disorder mainly affects

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