Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
1. People unfamiliar with the study of abnormal behavior sometimes confuse "multiple personality" (Dissociative Identity Disorder) with schizophrenia. How would you explain the difference? Make sure to support your conclusions with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.
Dissociative Identity Disorder and schizophrenia are often confused, and many believe that they are the same. They are actually two completely different disorders. Schizophrenia is a disorder in the brain that some are born with, it can also be inherited, but it normally takes many years for symptoms to develop. Symptoms develop in late adolescence or by the early 20s in men and in the 20s or 30s for women. In rare cases symptoms can develop …show more content…
An individual with this disorder will also suffer from deranged thinking, declined attention span, and difficulty focusing. Generally, those with this condition withdraw socially. It's also typical for those with this disorder seem expressionless and have trouble initiating and carrying out plans. A crucial difference between schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder is that those with dissociative identity disorder aren't born with it. This is a condition that is caused by something that happens in life, usually a traumatic event during childhood. For example, physical or sexual abuse. An individual with this disorder will develop additional personas called “alters” as a way of coping with the traumatic event. In order to diagnose someone with DID, they must have at least one alter that takes over their behavior at times. A patient with DID can develop any number of personalities, but the average is ten. He or She may become alters of the same sex, a different sex, or even both at once. A DID patient may even …show more content…
You are working with a fast food chain to help improve the work climate, so that coworkers and customers will be more accepting of a newly discharged patient with schizophrenia. What types of skills does the former patient need? What information do the coworkers need? How can the work rules be designed so that the former patient can experience success? Why would employers be resistant to be involved in the rehabilitation of psychological patients? What I would do with the patient is give him a short set of questions to get a general sense of what he/she is good at and what they would be comfortable with doing. For Example: What sort of things do you enjoy doing? What sort of things are you good at? How will your illness limit your ambitions? What previous experience in work do you have? What qualifications do you have? Using the patient’s answers to these questions I would help the fast food restaurant come up with simple tasks that the patient could manage such as, sweeping the floors, bussing tables, or washing dishes. The rules can be changed to support an employee with a disorder. I would have all staff at the fast food restaurant complete sensitivity training sensitizing their attitudes and behaviors that may unwittingly cause offense to others, especially members of various minorities, in this case being the
1. People unfamiliar with the study of abnormal behavior sometimes confuse "multiple personality" (Dissociative Identity Disorder) with schizophrenia. How would you explain the difference? Make sure to support your conclusions with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.
Dissociative Identity Disorder and schizophrenia are often confused, and many believe that they are the same. They are actually two completely different disorders. Schizophrenia is a disorder in the brain that some are born with, it can also be inherited, but it normally takes many years for symptoms to develop. Symptoms develop in late adolescence or by the early 20s in men and in the 20s or 30s for women. In rare cases symptoms can develop …show more content…
An individual with this disorder will also suffer from deranged thinking, declined attention span, and difficulty focusing. Generally, those with this condition withdraw socially. It's also typical for those with this disorder seem expressionless and have trouble initiating and carrying out plans. A crucial difference between schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder is that those with dissociative identity disorder aren't born with it. This is a condition that is caused by something that happens in life, usually a traumatic event during childhood. For example, physical or sexual abuse. An individual with this disorder will develop additional personas called “alters” as a way of coping with the traumatic event. In order to diagnose someone with DID, they must have at least one alter that takes over their behavior at times. A patient with DID can develop any number of personalities, but the average is ten. He or She may become alters of the same sex, a different sex, or even both at once. A DID patient may even …show more content…
You are working with a fast food chain to help improve the work climate, so that coworkers and customers will be more accepting of a newly discharged patient with schizophrenia. What types of skills does the former patient need? What information do the coworkers need? How can the work rules be designed so that the former patient can experience success? Why would employers be resistant to be involved in the rehabilitation of psychological patients? What I would do with the patient is give him a short set of questions to get a general sense of what he/she is good at and what they would be comfortable with doing. For Example: What sort of things do you enjoy doing? What sort of things are you good at? How will your illness limit your ambitions? What previous experience in work do you have? What qualifications do you have? Using the patient’s answers to these questions I would help the fast food restaurant come up with simple tasks that the patient could manage such as, sweeping the floors, bussing tables, or washing dishes. The rules can be changed to support an employee with a disorder. I would have all staff at the fast food restaurant complete sensitivity training sensitizing their attitudes and behaviors that may unwittingly cause offense to others, especially members of various minorities, in this case being the