Catatonia

Developmental psychology is a study of how adolescences change through their lives by studying about how they age which can affect them developmentally threw their motor skills and functions. Developmental psychology examines human’s development through their characteristics like behaviors and environmental factors Cognitive psychology is the study of mind and mental behaviors like learning, memory and decision making of the brain by using the complex computer systems. Behavioral psychology…

Schizophrenia a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. People with schizophrenia don't always act abnormal, at times some may be seen as responsible and fully functional. These people suffer from thoughts and voices at times though.Throughout…

threw them in the fire, then jumped into the middle of the star herself. She lost consciousness from lack of oxygen and had to be removed by audience members. 1974’s Rhythm 2 consisted of Marina sitting in a chair, first taking a pill prescribed for catatonia that caused her to seize, then, after the effects had worn off, taking a pill prescribed for depression that resulted in complete immobility. In 1975’s Lips of Thomas, she cut a star on her stomach out of a razor blade, then whipped…

Electroconvulsive therapy uses electricity to induce seizures in the brain. It is used to treat severe depression, treatment-resistant depression, severe mania, catatonia, agitation and aggression in people with dementia. This type of therapy originated in Italy during the late 1930’s. Previous methods of inducing seizures had been much more dangerous and feared by patients. A chemical called Metrazol was used to induce seizures and patients who had used it reported feeling immense terror before…

schizophrenics, many professionals also fence-sit on the issue, making some of the evidence rather ambiguous. Johns and Thompson also write of Christison et al. (1991), who concluded that ECT is likely to have more of an effect on those with catatonia or those who experience catatonia for a short amount of time. This also indicates that, in chronic illness, ECT on its own rarely yields any significant effects. May and Tuma (1965) also showed that drugs work better than ECT in the short term,…

disorders. At that time, he used the Latin term “dementia praecox” (early dementia) to identify persons who had manifestations that nowadays are associated with schizophrenia (Psychology Today, 2015). He used different subtypes such as hebephrenia, catatonia and paranoia. However, he was mistaken when he thought that only young people get this illness and that it led to mental deterioration unavoidably (Healthy Place, 2015). The Swiss psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Eugen Bleuler, did not agree with what…

Brain disorders affect the way a person acts, thinks or relate to reality. Some brain disorders do not completely handicap and disrupt the independence that a healthy human has, however, there are some that affects the all-around lifestyle of a person. For example, Schizophrenia, a brain disorder that often gives an effected individual the feeling of being detached from reality. The causes of Schizophrenia are not fully understood by neurologist and psychologist, however, this chronic, long term…

Diagnosis After evaluating Fred’s symptoms, he would most accurately be diagnosed with schizophreniform disorder, which is “various psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, restricted or inappropriate affect, and catatonia” (Comer, 2016, p. 386). Symptoms usually last at least one month but less than six months, which falls into the same category as Fred’s symptoms. Schizophreniform disorder is known to have a genetic transmission, and his twin brother has been…

All the disorders within the group contain certain defined features within five areas: hallucinations, disorganized thinking (as evidenced in speech), delusions, grossly disorganized motor behavior (specifically catatonia, a state of reduced motor skills or extreme manic physical activity), and negative symptoms (APA, 2013). The hallmark of the disorder is hallucinations and delusions and are the factor that often delineates schizophrenia from other mental illnesses…

Definition Portrayed by both manic and depressive occasions Bipolar I Disorder is a form of mental illness. It was first known as manic depression disorder. The phrase manic depression is commenced in Ancient Greece where the pairing of the words was used to explain symptoms of the disorder. Bipolar disorder is the sixth dominant cause of disability in the U.S. When you are diagnosed with this disorder you experience this course of conflictingly high-flown tendency and hovering verve, this is…