Randy is a thirty-two year old who lives by his self in Montana. He used to live with his parents until a sequence of events happened. Randy is the middle child of three. His brother committed suicide at the age of 30 because of suffering with depression. His father had frequent episodes of paranoia. His mother learned to be passive which caused his parents to communicate little to none because of frequent arguments. In college Randy’s girlfriend broke up with him which caused his grades to slip, which caused his to be put on academic probation. Randy then thought his Dean was out to get him, eventually he was expelled. Randy then returned home where he started having paranoid episodes and signs of being withdrawn. Randy felt that his father
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His negative symptoms are being socially withdrawn from society and little to no speaking. He lives by himself, 100 miles out of town, does not have running water or electricity which is why he considers his self a “survivalist”. He is rarely seen in the town, he only goes out to get money from his account to get things for his everyday needs, and has lunch in a diner. When Randy does speak, he usually blurts out things that have no meaning behind it. Randy’s positive symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, and inappropriate affect. Randy hears voices in his head that he believes is speaking to him. For example, when Randy wanted the television off in the diner; even after the television was turned off he continued to hear voices thinking the television was on which is why he was still yelling to cut off the television. When the police arrived on the scène Randy then started experiencing delusions. Randy thought that the police wanted to steal his brain; he also thought that is thoughts were being controlled by the voices he was hearing in his head. According to the DSM-5: an individual must experience two or more of the five symptoms to be diagnosed with schizophrenia. Randy experiences all five of the symptoms and he has been experiencing them for over ten years. Randy is dominated with positive symptoms; in this case people like Randy are more than likely to have Type l
His negative symptoms are being socially withdrawn from society and little to no speaking. He lives by himself, 100 miles out of town, does not have running water or electricity which is why he considers his self a “survivalist”. He is rarely seen in the town, he only goes out to get money from his account to get things for his everyday needs, and has lunch in a diner. When Randy does speak, he usually blurts out things that have no meaning behind it. Randy’s positive symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, and inappropriate affect. Randy hears voices in his head that he believes is speaking to him. For example, when Randy wanted the television off in the diner; even after the television was turned off he continued to hear voices thinking the television was on which is why he was still yelling to cut off the television. When the police arrived on the scène Randy then started experiencing delusions. Randy thought that the police wanted to steal his brain; he also thought that is thoughts were being controlled by the voices he was hearing in his head. According to the DSM-5: an individual must experience two or more of the five symptoms to be diagnosed with schizophrenia. Randy experiences all five of the symptoms and he has been experiencing them for over ten years. Randy is dominated with positive symptoms; in this case people like Randy are more than likely to have Type l