Schizophrenia

Considering Brexpiprazole and its Role in Managing Schizophrenia Introduction This review investigates the use of brexpiprazole, a recently approved antipsychotic, for use within the realm of treatment options for schizophrenia. Considerations such as efficacy, tolerability and safety are explored. Methods The strategies used within this study were initiated by employing the use of placebo, aripiprazole and brexpiprazole groups whereby researchers could compare and contrast them in different…

facility, Alicia, the wife of John Forbes Nash discovers that Nash has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. After given a serious of insulin shock therapy, Nash was released to his home with antipsychotic medication to deal with his…

The primary body system involved with schizophrenia and depression is the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS consists of the brain and spinal cord. Within the nervous system, the CNS is the integration and control centre. Through communicating cells named neurons, the CNS interprets sensory input and generates motor output (Marieb & Hoehn, 2013). Neurons are cells that are specialised for rapid communication. Communication between neurons occurs at junctional points, or synapses. (Kiernan &…

the police wanted to steal his brain; he also thought that is thoughts were being controlled by the voices he was hearing in his head. According to the DSM-5: an individual must experience two or more of the five symptoms to be diagnosed with schizophrenia. Randy experiences all five of the symptoms and he has been experiencing them for over ten years. Randy is dominated with positive symptoms; in this case people like Randy are more than likely to have Type l…

These include “Shamans and Acute Schizophrenia,” by Julian Silverman of the National Institute of Mental Health, as well as “The Windigo Psychosis: Psychodynamic, Cultural, and Social Factors in Aberrant Behavior,” by Thomas H Hay. These articles analyze mental illness found in different societies…

Introduction: This is a study of Maureen Walls, a young girl who is affected by the mental disease schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is an illness in which many things can occur that impair the life of the suffering patient. In order to be diagnosed and classified as a schizophrenic one must experience hallucinations, disorganized speech, delusions, disorderly behavior, or negative symptoms at least two times in a one month period (DSM-V 99). Although Maureen does not experience all of these it is…

These disorders are characterized by feelings of extreme fear and/or anxiousness. The four major types of anxiety disorders are panic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, general anxiety disorders and finally phobias. A person with a panic disorder experiences periods of extreme fear. These "panic attacks" are accompanied by shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, numbness, sweating and trembling. Along with these symptoms, the person may also experience a fear of death.…

What are the Effects of Music Therapy on Schizophrenic Patients? According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMN) schizophrenia affects about one percent of the world’s population. Schizophrenia is characterized by the NIMN as, “a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and acts” (2015). Music therapy may be efficient in improving the mental health of schizophrenics (Talwar, Crawford, Maratos, Nur, McDermott, & Procter, 2006). In the present paper,…

the most interesting thing that we have talked about in class was Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is when people are confusing reality with possible delusions, hallucinogens, and strange abnormal thinking. For some reason I find this subject quite interesting because not many people have it which makes it rare to come by but it is a very complex mental illness. Since I have a keen interest in doing some thing involving schizophrenia I decided to look up the careers that involve it and when I saw…

episodes are present for the majority of the total duration of the illness, which can include either one or both of the following: major depressive episode (must include depressed mood) and manic episode. The disorder resembles criterion A of the schizophrenia diagnosis. It requires at least two of the following symptoms, for at least one month: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms. The occurrence of the delusions or…