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A) The article has a lot of information on Teresa but, it would be helpful to know if other members of her family also dealt with her condition. The kind of medication, Teresa took in the past would be helpful because as the article stated she did not like the side effects. Finding new medication without any side-effects can help her a great deal. With new medication Teresa would be able to cope better with life.
B) Biological Biologically Teresa has diabetes her blood glucose is not normal. She had been abusing alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine which had been exacerbating her psychiatric problems and her diabetes. Over the past years, her body has been going through changes due to her taking her medication for schizophrenia. Having …show more content…
In the past individuals with schizophrenia have been treated had only four options for treatment (Surgical treatment, prefrontal leucotomy, insulin coma, and electroconvulsive) which were relatively unpleasant. Chlorpromazine ( with the trade name Thorazine) and haloperidol were used to help individuals with schizophrenia. The problem with the medication is that though they were effective for reducing psychotic symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations, but they were much less helpful with negative symptoms. With new medication such as clozapine individuals who had been chronically ill …show more content…
Psychosocial treatments help individuals deal with the everyday challenges of their illness, like difficulty with communication, work, and forming and keeping relationships. Learning and using coping skills to address these problems helps individuals with schizophrenia to pursue their life goals,like Teresa going back to work. Individuals who participate in regular psychosocial treatment are less likely to have relapses or be hospitalized. Cognitive therapy helps individuals focus on the fundamental cognitive abnormalities that characterizes schizophrenia.Cognitive therapy is designed to help patients learn how to focus attention more precisely, to figure out problems more efficiently or more rapidly, to monitor ideas and speech more effectively, and to improve both mental and motor coordination. The hope of this approach is to help individuals with schizophrenia rewire their brains so that new connections are created. When the brain rewires schizophrenias can learn to think and function more clearly and effectively.
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A) The article has a lot of information on Teresa but, it would be helpful to know if other members of her family also dealt with her condition. The kind of medication, Teresa took in the past would be helpful because as the article stated she did not like the side effects. Finding new medication without any side-effects can help her a great deal. With new medication Teresa would be able to cope better with life.
B) Biological Biologically Teresa has diabetes her blood glucose is not normal. She had been abusing alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine which had been exacerbating her psychiatric problems and her diabetes. Over the past years, her body has been going through changes due to her taking her medication for schizophrenia. Having …show more content…
In the past individuals with schizophrenia have been treated had only four options for treatment (Surgical treatment, prefrontal leucotomy, insulin coma, and electroconvulsive) which were relatively unpleasant. Chlorpromazine ( with the trade name Thorazine) and haloperidol were used to help individuals with schizophrenia. The problem with the medication is that though they were effective for reducing psychotic symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations, but they were much less helpful with negative symptoms. With new medication such as clozapine individuals who had been chronically ill …show more content…
Psychosocial treatments help individuals deal with the everyday challenges of their illness, like difficulty with communication, work, and forming and keeping relationships. Learning and using coping skills to address these problems helps individuals with schizophrenia to pursue their life goals,like Teresa going back to work. Individuals who participate in regular psychosocial treatment are less likely to have relapses or be hospitalized. Cognitive therapy helps individuals focus on the fundamental cognitive abnormalities that characterizes schizophrenia.Cognitive therapy is designed to help patients learn how to focus attention more precisely, to figure out problems more efficiently or more rapidly, to monitor ideas and speech more effectively, and to improve both mental and motor coordination. The hope of this approach is to help individuals with schizophrenia rewire their brains so that new connections are created. When the brain rewires schizophrenias can learn to think and function more clearly and effectively.
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