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    Schizophrenia and Client

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    Meet the Client: Bob Tyler Bob Tyler‚ a 40-year-old male‚ is brought to the emergency department by the police after being violent with his father. Bob has multiple past hospitalizations and treatment for schizophrenia. Bob believes that the healthcare providers are FBI agents and his apartment is a site for slave trading. He believes that the FBI has cameras in his apartment to monitor his moves and broadcast them on TV. Initial Assessment The nurse asks Mr. Tyler what he would like to be called

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    Schizophrenia Presentation Sharon Pinter June 8‚2014 PSY/270 Abnormal Psychology DeBorah Gilbert White‚ Ph.D.  Table of Content 1. Introduction 2. Symptoms 3. Diagnosis 4. Different Viewpoints 5. Methods of treatment 6. Comparing treatments 7. Conclusion Introduction to schizophrenia  “Currently an estimated 2.5 million people suffer from schizophrenia in the US and 1% world wide.”(Nevid & Rathus‚ 2005)(Stoker‚ 2008) It seems that more divorce and separated people suffer from schizophrenia

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    Schizophrenia Outline

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    Mind: Schizophrenia Fernanda Green SOC 313 Instructor Deborah LaBarca May 21‚ 2013 Schizophrenia I. Introduction a) Percentage of the U.S. population being affected by Schizophrenia II. Definition: What is schizophrenia? III. Symptoms caused by the disorder: Challenges of the afflicted patient population IV. Who is more likely to be affected by the illness? V. Intervention(s): How to promote health stability for those dealing with symptoms of schizophrenia.

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    Child Schizophrenia

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    Child Schizophrenia 1. Premorbid speech and language impairments in childhood-onset schizophrenia: Association with risk factors Summary In this article they speak about how they examined 49 patients with childhood-onset schizophrenia. They were examine for neurodevelopmental impairments and familial risk factors with are noticeable for kids with onset psychosis by the age of 12. They examined both with and without developmental impairments. As a result‚ more than one half of the patients

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    Schizophrenia And Family

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    Schizophrenia disorder is a condition in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia systems such as hallucinations or delusions and mood disorder systems such as mania or depression. Schizophrenia disorder is also a psychological conclusion that comprises both psychosis such as of contact with reality and abnormal thought processes and deregulated emotions. According to the article “Effects of Family History and Place and Season of Birth on the Risk of Schizophrenia‚” experiment study

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    unit 4 – Schizophrenia ‘In an important and influential criticism of the diagnosis of mental illness‚ Rosenhan (1973) showed that healthy ‘pseudopatients’could gain admission to psychiatric hospitals by pretending to have auditory hallucinations. Although systems of classification and diagnosis have changed considerably since the 1970’s‚ many people still have concerns about their accuracy and approriatness.’ Discuss issues surrounding the classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia. (9

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    Kristov Dorney Professor Harnos Intro to psychology Schizophrenia I) Abstract- In this paper I will be discussing schizophrenia. We will review what it is‚ its causes‚ symptoms‚ and the history of the disorder‚ any treatments available and a long-term prognosis of the Illness. A) Schizophrenia is defined by the DSM-IV as “the chronic debilitating illness characterized by perturbations in cognition‚ affect and behavior‚ all of which have a bizarre aspect.” It may also cause delusions‚ often

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    Causes Of Schizophrenia

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    Schizophrenia is a category of mental illness of the psychotic disorders. Psychosis refers to specific abnormalities of cognition that include delusions and hallucinations. The abnormalities of Schizophrenia are often divided into 3 categories. The first being cognitive which deals with abnormalities of attention and planning abilities. The second category of abnormalities of Schizophrenia is often called negative symptoms which can include blunted emotions and a loss of enjoyment. The third category

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    Childhood Schizophrenia

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    Schizophrenia is an illness that was named by Eugen Bleuler in 1908. Bleuler named the illness Schizophrenia because the illness is essentially the splitting of the mind that causes the mind to no longer function as a whole‚ with behavior‚ emotion‚ and reason working together. It does not mean there are multiple personalities‚ but rather multiple realities (FUSAR-POLI‚ PAOLO‚ and PIERLUIGI POLITI). Schizophrenia is one of the most difficult mental illnesses to understand because every culture has

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    Evaluate the key drugs used to treat schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is one of the most common severe mental disorders effecting between 0.5% and 1% of the population (Sartorius at al‚ 1986) and is greatly discussed as not being a single condition but rather a combination of related issues and has several criteria’s in existence to help in the diagnosis. DSM-IV-TR (APA 2000) states that two or more symptoms including delusions‚ hallucinations‚ disorganised speech‚ catatonic behaviour or negative

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