In the movie “A Beautiful Mind”‚ a university scholar called John Nash is facing severe brain disorder called “Schizophrenia”. This brain disorder can be chronic and severe to the patients and they couldn’t differentiate reality normally. They tend to hear voices nor see people that doesn’t actually exist. They may also believe that there are people controlling their thoughts and plotting their life to harm them. Schizophrenia patient may talk things that doesn’t make any sense‚ they often stay quietly
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My mental diagnosis of Matthew Poe is Schizophrenia. The main symptoms of Schizophrenia are delusions and hallucinations. More specifically‚ I believe the patient has Paranoid Schizophrenia‚ which main indication is a person feeling extremely suspicious. The patient shows extreme signs of paranoia and hallucinations. These hallucinations consist of hearing the heartbeat of the old man that the patient murdered. The sound of this heartbeat in his ears is causing the patient extreme paranoia‚ and the
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Topic: Mental Disorders Thesis Statement: Mental disorders can be categorised into organic brain disorders‚ mood and anxiety disorders‚ personality disorders and psychotic disorders. Sub- topics: 1. Organic brain disorders 2. Mood and anxiety 3. Personality 4. Psychotic disorders Topic Sentences: 1. Organic brain disorders are the direct result of physical changes and diseases that affect the brain and is a major contributor of mental disorders. 2. Mood and anxiety arise
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INITIAL MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION I.APPEARANCE The client appears to be at her age. She wears blouse with shorts‚ sometimes with short pajama. For me‚ she is neat. She has a long and shiny hair. She has clean fingernails and always combing her hair. She brings a comb with her every time we had an activity. II.MOOD AND AFFECT The client facial expression appears to be appropriate. She is energetic and you will observe that she is enjoying our activity because she was happy. III.BEHAVIOR
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Hamlet’s Sanity Is Hamlet insane? That is the question. Literary scholars have debated this question for more than 400 years. Throughout the play “Hamlet‚” by William Shakespeare‚ there are questions of whether Hamlet is sane or not. In general there two types of theories about him‚ one is that he suffers from some sort of malady‚ either insanity or neurosis. Then there are those who believe Hamlet is a genius and a hero. A character who was put through an extreme test and triumphed over his
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Distracted While Driving Virtually anyone who has a driver’s license has been introduced to the idea that distracted driving causes accidents. However‚ the consequences of distracted driving are far more than just predictable and often taken lightly. Predictable events can be avoided. Since these are predictable events they are preventable. The choices that drivers make affect more people than they may realize‚ thus making them responsible for the consequences that result from those choices
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Two main categories of treating psychological disorders Psychotherapy– is treatment in which a trained professional therapist‚ uses psychological techniques to help someone overcome psychological difficulties and disorders‚ resolve problems in living‚ or bringing about a personal growth. They do this through discussions and interactions with the therapist. Biomedical Therapy– relies on drugs‚ medications‚ and medical procedures to improve psychological functioning. Therapies Brochure BY:
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A Test of Faith Have you ever been tempted to do something that seemed fishy? Dora Alonso‚ the author of “Sophie and the Angel‚” developed a story about an old lady who because of her loneliness and religion goes through a test of faith. Sophie was an old lady‚ she was lonely‚ and she was sexually repressed. This leads her to start to have hallucinations about an angel. We can assume the angel is an evil spirit‚ someone like the devil. Because Sophie was so religious‚ Sophie saw the angel as a
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Schizophrenia: Genetic or Environmental? About one percent of the American population suffers from schizophrenia. The term schizophrenia literally means the "splitting of psychic functions" (Pinel‚ 447). At the time of the early 20th century‚ this is what was used to describe what was assumed at that time to be the primary symptom: the breakdown of integration among emotion‚ thought‚ and action (Pinel‚ 447). Schizophrenia is a form of psychotic disorder which causes people to have difficulty
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II. TREATMENT MODALITIES FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA Management of schizophrenia depends largely on medications and on psychosocial interventions. No single approach is widely considered effective for all patients‚ though in the United States and most Western countries‚ psychiatric medication is often the primary method of treatment. Currently‚ there is a movement towards utilizing a recovery model that emphasizes hope‚ empowerment and social inclusion‚ though this is not yet a mainstream mental
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