Jerry’s positive symptoms include: Delusions of persecution – he is scared of people and believes others want to judge, jail, electrocute and even kill him. He exhibited delusions of grandeur – Jerry obviously doesn’t understand his condition as expected, but speaks about working at a bakery and going to medical school to become a doctor. Delusions of reference – Jerry “believes” that the picture in the room has a headache, but when asked to explain further he completely leapt to a dissimilar subject about reproduction. Jerry is disorganized in his thought processes, behavior and thinking. The doctors treating Jerry say he is a textbook case, but he also has almost all of the symptoms of Schizophrenia.
I can only have an opinion about what I saw and to me Jerry did not appear to show any diminished emotional expression. Instead, he was almost happy to explain why the picture had a headache by telling an intriguing story about how babies are created. Jerry showed no signs of alogia in my opinion. His speech was not slowed or limited, rather, he had a long winded answer even if …show more content…
Her obsession is contamination and her compulsion is washing. The anxiety that follows is irrational and provoked by perceived threats that are extremely exaggerated. Her beliefs and fears about almost everything being infested with germs has made her a prisoner of her own mind and body. She spends her entire day (every day) trying to wash away or decontaminate herself and even the food she eats three bites at a time. Many people are afraid of germs, however Bernice has taken her fear to a new level. Her obsessions are far-fetched and while it is a fact that there are germs Bernice believes everything is contaminated with them. Her fears of shiny objects cannot be explained by her and have no real basis in reality. These thoughts would be irrational to a person who does not suffer from
I can only have an opinion about what I saw and to me Jerry did not appear to show any diminished emotional expression. Instead, he was almost happy to explain why the picture had a headache by telling an intriguing story about how babies are created. Jerry showed no signs of alogia in my opinion. His speech was not slowed or limited, rather, he had a long winded answer even if …show more content…
Her obsession is contamination and her compulsion is washing. The anxiety that follows is irrational and provoked by perceived threats that are extremely exaggerated. Her beliefs and fears about almost everything being infested with germs has made her a prisoner of her own mind and body. She spends her entire day (every day) trying to wash away or decontaminate herself and even the food she eats three bites at a time. Many people are afraid of germs, however Bernice has taken her fear to a new level. Her obsessions are far-fetched and while it is a fact that there are germs Bernice believes everything is contaminated with them. Her fears of shiny objects cannot be explained by her and have no real basis in reality. These thoughts would be irrational to a person who does not suffer from