The fictional character that best exhibits the diagnosis for schizophrenia is Timmy Turner, a ten year old boy starring on Fairly Odd Parents. He is neglected by his parents and left to suffer under the supervision of his abusive babysitter. Soon Timmy gets to be under the care of fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda who grant his every wish which most of the time lead to bad consequences. My reasoning for diagnosing Timmy with schizophrenia comes from his idea of two fictional characters making major impacts on his life. When watching Season 7 Episode 4 of the show the fairly oddparents said some eerie comments. For example, “Cosmo” stated, “Oh, Timmy, Timmy, Timmy! What about my needs!?” (Episode 6), which is an example of a positive effect,
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The way the material was taught category by category, it put all of the confusion of the positive versus negative effects into perspective. My learning style involves seeing and hearing actual examples of the types of side affects individuals suffer when having a disorder. For instance, when learning about medications, there was a video shown of a woman with jaw muscle spasms as a result of too much antipsychotic medication that is popular in treating schizophrenia. Previously there was confusion on the criteria, yet by going into detail about each category became understandable. There was a quote that Professor Smith said, “If the hallucinations are not auditory, think medical condition or drug abuse”, explaining how some individuals may show signs of schizophrenia but are not suffering from it. In addition, it was shocking to hear that electrotherapy is still used today. This is valuable knowledge because I am going into this career field and need to be aware of all the treatments still used. It made me realize that even if methods are not common it still needs to be known. Overall, by being in class helped me understand the etiology of the mental disorder by sharing statistics, and genetic …show more content…
Some evidence behind this statement comes from Timmy’s whole life revolving around this fairies from the time he wakes up to the time he goes to bed. When he is out in public the fairies always follow and talk to him making every situation turn into a bad idea. When it comes time to end the chaos, the fairies are blamed when in reality Timmy got himself in the situation in the first place. Timmy does not have any social interactions except for a few words to classmates, parents and his teacher. Even through those conversations he intervenes comments to his fairies always seeking their reaction before moving forward. In an online article named “Case Study Analysis of Sally”, there was a little girl of the name Sally. Within her case information it went into detail on how socially withdrawn she was and how she always seemed to need permission by the voices before proceeding with her actions. As little as she is, she is having tremendous difficulty with her treatments by not responding to the antipsychotic medications, and her positive effects seem to be getting worse. Overall the case was identical to Timmy Turner 's diagnosis and therefore made me come to my conclusion that it would be a difficult
The way the material was taught category by category, it put all of the confusion of the positive versus negative effects into perspective. My learning style involves seeing and hearing actual examples of the types of side affects individuals suffer when having a disorder. For instance, when learning about medications, there was a video shown of a woman with jaw muscle spasms as a result of too much antipsychotic medication that is popular in treating schizophrenia. Previously there was confusion on the criteria, yet by going into detail about each category became understandable. There was a quote that Professor Smith said, “If the hallucinations are not auditory, think medical condition or drug abuse”, explaining how some individuals may show signs of schizophrenia but are not suffering from it. In addition, it was shocking to hear that electrotherapy is still used today. This is valuable knowledge because I am going into this career field and need to be aware of all the treatments still used. It made me realize that even if methods are not common it still needs to be known. Overall, by being in class helped me understand the etiology of the mental disorder by sharing statistics, and genetic …show more content…
Some evidence behind this statement comes from Timmy’s whole life revolving around this fairies from the time he wakes up to the time he goes to bed. When he is out in public the fairies always follow and talk to him making every situation turn into a bad idea. When it comes time to end the chaos, the fairies are blamed when in reality Timmy got himself in the situation in the first place. Timmy does not have any social interactions except for a few words to classmates, parents and his teacher. Even through those conversations he intervenes comments to his fairies always seeking their reaction before moving forward. In an online article named “Case Study Analysis of Sally”, there was a little girl of the name Sally. Within her case information it went into detail on how socially withdrawn she was and how she always seemed to need permission by the voices before proceeding with her actions. As little as she is, she is having tremendous difficulty with her treatments by not responding to the antipsychotic medications, and her positive effects seem to be getting worse. Overall the case was identical to Timmy Turner 's diagnosis and therefore made me come to my conclusion that it would be a difficult