Menstrual psychosis

Otosclerosis is a progressive bone remodeling disease that effects the otic capsule of the temporal bone. The stapes becomes anchored to the anterior wall of the oval window and the ossicles join together into an immovable mass. Although this disease originates in the bony labyrinth of the inner ear, it is considered a conductive hearing loss because it effects the middle ear. Otosclerosis is found bilaterally in 80% of patients; however, otosclerosis is unilateral in the earlier stages of the…

Schizophrenia often carries a lot of social stigma in modern day society. Media representation plays a large part in this, as it has created a lot of confusion about the illness which in turn has led to a fear of those suffering with schizophrenia. The media has often inaccurately reported the symptoms and the specifics of the illness which has led to misleading ideas and opinions. Furthermore the media have created the impression that people with schizophrenia are unpredictable and dangerous.…

Antisocial personality disorder is a type of chronic mental condition in which a person's ways of thinking, perceiving situations and relating to others are dysfunctional — and destructive.People who cannot contain their urges to harm (or kill) people repeatedly for no apparent reason are assumed to suffer from some mental illness. However, they may be more cruel than crazy, they may be choosing not to control their urges, they know right from wrong, they know exactly what they're doing, and…

People with paranoid schizophrenia struggle to determine what is real and what is imaginary. It still puzzles me how this disability is caused. I know that it can be influenced both by hereditary and environmental reasons, but it seems that it is mostly unknown. When we were given this assignment I looked up most of the books that were given in the list for us to read. The information about Swallow the Ocean mentioned that this book was about a person with paranoid schizophrenia. This book…

Definition Schizophrenia is psychotic disorder, also known as a mental disorder, which is a very serious mental illness in which someone cannot think or behave like a normal person would, as for me or for you (Merriam-Webster). Schizophrenia can be dealing with one impairment or several different other impairments (American Psychiatric Association). They experience delusions and people with this disorder seem like that have lost touch with the real world because they cannot act as themselves…

Image your son is suffering from schizophrenia disorder and he does something that is illegal. Now imagine your son goes to court is found guilty and has to go prison, even though he had no understand of what he did. Eric Clark was a boy who suffered from schizophrenia. He went to court because he shot a police officer. He had no idea what he had done was wrong because he was having delusions. A person’s sanity should be used as a defense in court. In the article it states that, “Defense and…

As media sensationalised deinstitutionalization, Hitchcock also tried his hands on a series of films in which he continued to experiment with ways of making an image of madness. Spellbound (1945) is one such which is set is psychiatric hospital. This film was also the result of Selznick’s interest in psychology. Then came Hitchcock’s 1950s trilogy of films about madness which was a major progressive and studied attempt to use the symptom groups of major psychoses: The Wrong Man (1956) dealing…

Richard Bellamy was referred to Adult Protective Services by Wellness Coach Ms. Cain due to him using substance of crack cocaine and k-2. Mr. Bellamy has a history of leaving his residences for more than 30 days and sleeping outside between 34th street Penn Station and 42th street port authority. On 4/10/2017 APS Case Worker Waveney Atkins came to do an Assessment for Mr. Bellamy. Per conversation with Ms. Atkins, Mr. Bellamy did not let him in his residence. Mr. Bellamy came downstairs and…

The huge amount of relevant studies, including those mentioned above, has directed the field of psychotic disorder more thorough and precise. Nevertheless, researchers are still at the edge of really understanding the pathophysiology and mechanism of schizophrenia, which is actually the first critical step towards creating a better disease model. Based on what researchers have known from the limited individual files, there is no consistent pattern of this disease predicting the outcome compared…

According to the medical profession, auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) have always been considered as a symptom of schizophrenia (Sartorius et al, 1974). There is also a prevalent belief influenced by society and the media, that they are an antecedent to violent offending (Leudar & Thomas, 2000). However, it has begun to be increasingly recognized that many individuals in the general population hear voices without feelings of distress or a psychiatric disorder. The hallucinations that are…