Menstrual psychosis

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet displays clear signs of a struggle with Schizophrenia all throughout his plight following his father’s death. Among these are episodes of intense hallucination and illusion, those being during the visits of the ghost, some misguided thoughts and a loose grasp of reality, and the shifts and diction chosen in his soliloquies. In general, Hamlet displays a peculiarity and isolated nature about himself which is identical to that of a typical schizophrenic. Someone…

All Actions Have a Reason: An Understanding of Postpartum Psychosis in The Book of Margery Kempe Studies have found that postpartum psychosis appears in about one in every five hundred childbearing women a few weeks after they deliver. Postpartum psychosis is much more sever and rare than postpartum depression, someone with this illness may develop hallucinations, delusional beliefs, manic episodes, paranoia, obscured thinking, and have a dramatic change of behavior. In Margery Kempe’s book,…

At the age of 19 he started using marijuana. He reported disinterest in alcohol and never having used other substances. His marijuana gradually increased to the point of social isolation, financial detriment, and eventually psychosis. Billy Dee asserts that he was obsessed (with marijuana) rather than addicted. He is currently in a substance abuse treatment program which he says is “stupid” and that he has no interest is being “clean” from substances (marijuana and alcohol).…

A rare type of Schizophrenia, Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia can be defined by psychotic symptoms that occur before the age twelve. Pathophysiologic features, functional changes that are seen in patients with Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia, are similar with later forms of the disorder. Studies of Phenomenology, patient 's consciousness and awareness, neuropsychology, brain and behavior relationship, and the patient 's biology have proven this fact. Looking at the similarities between adult…

Co-occurring disorders refer to more complex, challenging, and dangerous clinical picture; therefore require treatment continuity over a long period of time (Cann, 2015) Initially, harm reduction model entails, the interaction of his prescribed medication (Clozapine and anti depressant) and alcohol/marijuana must be evaluated. Taking clozapine and alcohol can together cause dizziness, drowsiness, and difficulty in concentrating and it also impairs judgment (Clozapine and Alcohol, n.d). This…

Paranoid Schizophrenia Indtroduction “At time of piece the mind will wander, the mind will falter. Why so fixed on the end? At times of rest dreaming is violent, the imagination is restless. Why so fixed on destruction? At times of love the heart bleeds, the soul stays scarred. Why stay chained to agony? At times of understanding the soul withes and wrestles for a new answer, the journey stays uncompleted. Why run from completion”? (Charles Hickey) This was a poem called The End from…

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to fantasy and delusion, inappropriate actions and feelings, and even more. The name of this poem is “Schizophrenia”, by Jim Stevens. Stevens wrote this poem to describe this mental disorder using a house that sounded like it wasn’t even taken care of. Stevens is also describing people who stay in the house that has schizophrenia also. The device used in this poem the most is…

Research has shown that insanity defense has been used in roughly 1% of the cases and from such cases only about ~26% has been successful defences (Daftary-Kapuret al, 2011). Research has also shown that those who often resort to the insanity plea has prior mental hospitalization records to either inpatient or outpatient facilities and ~82% has been diagnosed with major mental disorders at the times of the psychiatric evaluations. (Daftary-Kapuret al, 2011). Further research has shown contrary…

Globally 1 percent of the population is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and roughly 1.2 percent of Americans have the disorder (Nemade & Dombeck, 2009). Schizophrenia is a lifelong progressive brain disorder, which is characterized by periods of psychosis. Currently, schizophrenia can be treated but not cured. No single factor is thought to cause schizophrenia; rather multiple factors contribute to the development of this disorder (Atchison & Dirette, 2012). These factors include: genetic…

Psychotic Disorders: Schizophrenia What are the salient historical features of the case? The main historical features of this week’s case are the patient’s strange social behavior, delusions, auditory hallucinations, flat affect, tangenital thought process, and poor hygiene. Generally, the symptoms of schizophrenia can be divided into different 4 categories which include, positive, negative, cognitive, and mood symptoms. Positive symptoms are also known as psychotic changes such as,…