The victim has been diagnosed with paranoial schitzophrenia. According to the reporter, Mr. Hairston and his brother used their deceased mother's income to be approved for a loan with Republic Finance in the victim's name. The reporter stated Mr. Hairston admitted to her that he did not take the loan out for his brother but that he shared the money by splitting it in half with Herman. No payments have been made on the loan in several months and on 10/14/15 loan collectors came to the victim's home requesting payment. Mr. Hairston became upset and nervous and began grinding his teeth, and rubbed his hands across his head because he doesnt have the money to repay the loan and Herman is refusing to help because the loan's in his brother's name.…
Alysia Hohbein Case Study #1 1. Mr. Peters had schizoaffective/psychotic disorder. The diagnosis causes him to have delusions of impending doom and suicide ideation. He has difficulty walking, moves slowly and tires quickly.…
Pt is a 13 y/o female dx with Schizophrenia, who presented to NNBHC with active psychosis with command to harmself and other. Pt states she currently have a plan to hang herself when everyone is sleep. Pt also states she has been having a difficulty with controlling her anger in the home with her younger brother. Pt states on Saturday that she took a bath, while in the bathtub the audio hallucinations were telling her to “go lower”. Pt states that she was submerged underwater, where she felt her chest burning, and her heart rate decreased.…
Cynthia is a 29-year-old financial planner who is married and the mother of three children. Her husband brought her to the emergency room after having spent the past 12 days in “another cycle of depression,” marked by a quick temper, almost no sleep and tearfulness. He noted that these “dark periods” have gone on as long as he has known her but that she had experienced at least a half dozen of these episodes in the prior year. Cynthia’s husband reported that her mood typically stabilizes within a few weeks of restarting her fluoxetine. He added that he wondered whether alcohol and clonazepam worsened her symptoms, because she routinely ramped up their use when the dark periods begin.…
He pushes people away and does not like interacting with them including his family. For example, in the beginning of the movie, his sister-in-law Karen invited him to dinner and lunch and breakfast but he decides to ditch all of it because he does not seem to like contacting with others. His mental state is split up into different categories which contribute to his Schizoid disorder. For instance, when he is touched he feels…
Individuals in a normal state of awareness are usually able to make their own decisions and also know what is best for them. However, J.S., a twenty-four-year-old male schizophrenic mentioned in Cases in Bioethics from The Hastings Center Report edited by Carl Levine and Robert Veatch, was not able to make these kinds of decisions in his state even while taking Prolixin, the medication to suppress his schizophrenia. This was due to the iatrogenic effect called tardive dyskinesia, a result of taking this antipsychotic drug. After several decisions made by his hospital, J.S. was able to become cordial and learned more about his medication-inflicted illness. In the process, he agreed to be part of an experiment in which he would take experimental…
He also believed that new embassies were trying to create their own government (Nasar 1994). This paranoia, coupled with an incomprehensible lecture, is what the diagnoses of Paranoid Schizophrenia was based on.…
This may be a result of the early onset of the disorder. In the case of Raymond, he experienced symptoms early on during his childhood. As a result, he was sent to a mental institution where he was secluded from society. A way for Raymond to feel comfortable and safe was his method of many rituals. In other words, Raymond has a specific way he likes everything and when something disrupts his rituals, he acts out.…
He was so miserable after he murdered the pawnbroker that he started hallucinating, and his personality…
Nathaniel is a 58 year-old single African American homeless man who suffers from a mental illness that lives in the city of Los Angeles. Nathaniel began experiencing delusions, hallucination, and hearing voices when he was a young boy. When Nathanial was approximetly13 years old he had his first hallucination, in which he saw a car that was on fire and that it was driving away. Nathanial’s mental illness has progressed as he has become older.…
to diagnose a person with schizophrenia a psychological assessment must be done. The definitive diagnosis for schizophrenia relies on the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition (DSM-V). To be diagnosed with schizophrenia a person must have two or more of the following symptoms over six months: hallucination, delusion, disorganized speech, bizarre behavior, inattention, impaired memory, poor problem-solving, poor decision-making, illogical thinking, impaired judgement, blunted affect, alogia, avolition, anhedonia, dysphoria, suicidality, hopelessness. Schizophrenia will require hospitalization if patient is dangerous to himself or other. Hallucination and delusions lead to bizarre behaviors related to distortion…
John Nash’s illness is presented in the film with visual hallucinations (Parcher, Charles, and Marcee), delusions (top secret code breaking in newspapers and magazines to uncover a Soviet operation), and paranoia (government officials following Nash). According to Halter, 2014, symptoms associated with Schizophrenia include Positive symptoms such as hallucinations, delusion, disorganized speech and bizarre behavior. Symptoms also include Negative symptoms which are blunted affect, poverty of thought, loss of motivation, and inability to experience pleasure. Nash exhibited several of both Negative and Positive symptoms of Schizophrenia, all which led to a decrease in his interpersonal relationships, ability to work, self- care abilities, social functioning, and quality of life (Halter, 2014). Nash experiences significant delusions in the film.…
Edmund Kemper 's mental state is very messed up as many people would say. Ed was diagnosed having paranoid schizophrenia…
Paranoid Schizophrenia is a subdivision of Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a severe disorder that is characterized by disorganization of the individual’s thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors. To meet criteria for Schizophrenia, the individual often experiences two or more of the following: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly…
The Feminist Theory best explains Kemper’s action towards the women he murdered. This theory best fits has the obsession to kill and rape wasn’t about the sexual act itself as it was about the power and control over women. According to Terry (2013) “Sexual gratification is not considered by most feminists to be the primary motive for rape. Rather, rape is used as just one other tool to dominate and control women, who are considered relatively powerless compared to men and, therefore, subservient to them “(pg. 57). Kemper watched from a young age his mother exert power and control over her husband and him this led to a resentment.…