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Schizophrenia What is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that requires treatment and medications. Schizophrenia is common in ages 18-35. People confuse Schizophrenia with split-personality disorder which is not correct. People who suffer from Schizophrenia do not suffer from split personality disorder, but from not being able to distinguish reality to what is not realistic. They may see things or objects that are not physically there. People that suffer from this disorder hear…

Introduction Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that effects a person physically, mentally and emotionally. It began to interest me about 6 years ago. I believe my mother suffered for years and went untreated. When I began college, I had a short briefing on the disorder, it sparked an interest in what could have so largely affected her life. 11.4 Million people in the United State have some type of mental illness per ABC news. 7-8 people per thousand suffer from schizophrenia at some point…

Provide a structure for the client’s mealtime, state limits and do not give the client choices. Rationale: defined limits let the client know what is to be expected. 4. Administer Thorazine (Chlorpromazine) as ordered by the doctor. • Assess mental status before and during therapy. • Assess weight and BMI initially and throughout therapy. • Assess positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. • Monitor BP, pulse and respiratory rate. • Observe…

case scenario, a person may potentially be hospitalized for a short duration to be evaluated and to ensure the safety of their health. If psychotic symptoms are minimal, but disabling antipsychotic medications like haloperidol, thioridazine, and chlorpromazine may be administered. However, these medications should not be given for more than a month’s time (Mohammed, 2016). Overall, we can conclude that brief psychotic disorder along with other mental illnesses can be challenging and difficult…

psychotropic drugs were implemented for the first time (“Psychiatry” 1012). These psychotropic drugs aided in the reform of asylums and helped to end the inhumane treatments used in these facilities (“Psychiatry” 1012). One particularly common drug was chlorpromazine (CPZ) which made even the most violent and disturbed patients calm and made them conducive to psychoanalytic therapy (“Psychiatry” 1012) which lead to the overall improvement of the atmosphere of mental hospitals (“State Mental…

that influence the brain, and in which there has been some loss of contact with reality, frequently including delusions (false, rigid convictions) or hallucinations and Thought disorder. A portion of the first-generation antipsychotics include: Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol, Perphenazine, Fluphenazine etc. More current or second era meds are additionally called "atypical" antipsychotics. A portion of the regular atypical antipsychotics include: Olanzapine, Risperidone, Ziprasidone These…

Mental illness has evolved considerably since the Ancient Greek perspectives of balancing humours. As time progressed the benefit of knowledge helped to explain and treat mental illness. However the drastic and frequent changes that occurred have left a mixed but relevant legacy. Therefore this essay will explain how psychiatry has evolved. The historical theories of mental illness will be briefly noted in order to grasp early explanations of mental illness. The history of mental illness prior…

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects the person’s way of thinking. Sometimes people with schizophrenia are out of touch with reality and that is how others view them. Scientists also think that interactions between genes and aspects of the individual’s environment are necessary for schizophrenia to develop (NIMH, 2018). Doctors don't know the change in a person's behavior or genetic information that would predict who gets the mental illness. There are many symptoms…

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that affects approximately 23.6 million people globally (Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Collaborators, 2015). The disorder is marked by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior, which typically result in problems related to self-care and general functioning in social and occupational settings (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Despite the first detailed clinical description having been written in 1810 (Haslam, 1810), and…

Martha Chase was an American Geneticist who was born in Cleveland, Ohio and was famously known for her and her ally Alfred Day Hershey’s landmark experiment in genetics proving that DNA is genetic material. Her experiment was using radioactive tracers to mark the DNA core and the protein coat of a phage called bacteriophage, or bacterial virus. Her and Alfred placed the material into a blender and turned on the switch which resulted in the scientists discovering that the blender had separated…