Psychosis

The man and the band that no knows anything about. If they do know something they are never quite sure if it’s true. Nick Blinko is a British outsider artist, schizophrenic, and lead singer and guitar player in the experimental Anarcho-Punk band Rudimentary Peni. Yes that’s “Peni” as in “Penis” Little is known about Rudimentary Peni and even less is known about Blinko. What there is to know is shrouded in mystery and all seems to come from a very small pool of original sources. Pooled here is…

The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn Saks is a tremendous novel that entails the life and progression of Mrs. Saks’ disease of schizophrenia. She lived in the City of Miami, Florida during the 1950’s and early 1960’s. She was the oldest child, and was in constant competition with her oldest brother, Warren. From her recollection, there is nothing odd or extra-ordinary in regards to her life during her childhood. She had the regular quirks or abnormalities that come with children, such as being…

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…

Dr. Lila Ryan looked over the case file she was supposed to testify on the following week. A woman who had thrown her infant child from a sixth story window. Postpartum psychosis was the diagnosis the defense attorney was pushing for, and she would going to have to evaluate the woman before then. She pushed the file back on her desk sipping at her tea, looking for a distraction, an excuse to put off the case for another day. Fortunately for her, distraction came in the form of a text, from her…

More mental health hospital beds are occupied by people with schizophrenia than any other illness. There are more Americans with schizophrenia than there are residents of North Dakota and Wyoming combined. One percent of the population (3.2 million Americans) will develop schizophrenia in their lifetime. But about three out of a hundred people will experience a psychotic episode at some point in their life. Because Schizophrenia is so widespread it is important that people can recognize and…

I. Over view of anti-psychotics Antipsychotics are used primarily to help treat people who suffer from hallucinations or dilations. This includes individuals who suffer from Schizophrenia, Bi polar disorder, Dementia or unipolar depression. Antipsychotics can be broken down in to two different categories, Atypical and Typical however they tend to work similarly over all. The main standing difference between the two categories is that atypical antipsychotics block dopamine and have an effect on…

Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that 1% of the population is affected by. That would be about 51 million people around the world that possess schizophrenia. James Regan says, “It’s not something you catch or something someone does to you, it’s a disease only we don’t know exactly what causes it.” There are different types of schizophrenia. There is delusions, disorganized speech, strange behavior, withdrawn, and lifeless mind. Delusions, is explained as someone who has held believes that are…

There are different types of mental disorders that are encountered by law enforcement officers. Officers must learn to recognize the signs and become aware of the mental ill characteristics, it is paramount. The three disorders mention earlier will be describe with in the discussing. Let us begin with the Personality disorders, people with passive-aggressive personality disorders are failing in jobs, school, and interpersonal relationships. The passive is unforceful, weak and timid; although the…

Swan Lake is a popular ballet in which a girl is cursed and turned into a white swan. To return back to a normal state, the girl must find her prince. The white swan found her prince, but a mirror image of the girl, the black swan, tricked the prince. The white swan, having saw this trickery, knows she will never be freed of the curse because of this sabotage and kills herself. This story is included within the movie, Black Swan, not only as a production within, but also as a full encompassing…

THE PRESENTING PROBLEM: Hector was a university student that was carried to the emergency room by a campus police, with claims by a professor that Hector walked into the room shouting, “he was the joker who was looking for batman” and he refused to leave (Delusions and Hallucinations, APA, 2013). Hector behavior became increasingly odd during the past year, which he starts to isolate himself from family and friends; he spent most of his time lying in bed and starring at the ceiling. Hector was…