Psychosis

Article 1: Abrahamsson, E., Trobiornsson, A., & Hägglö, B. (2007), could not find “many studies of homogenous clinical sample on adolescent onset anorexia nervosa(NA).” In this study, a representative clinical sample of individuals with previous anorexia nervosa was selected. They were interviewed at eight and sixteen years after they had their initial onset of the disorder. Authors compared the perceived causes of those who had continued to suffer from this disorder and those who had recovered…

Religion: None Assessment of the situation: W.J is a 41-year-old single Caucasian female who voluntarily entered the urgent treatment units for profound level of depression, increased auditory hallucinations, and increased suicidal thoughts on September 6th, 2015. The patient has a history of unrelenting cycles of binging and purging resulting in a prolapsed rectum requiring recent surgical interventions. The patient also has medical diagnosis of HPV, and UTI. The patient has a history of s/p…

Ms. NS is a 21 year-old, heterosexual, Hispanic, single woman who is in her fourth year at the University of La Verne. Ms. NS’s major is Theater Arts and her minor is Business Management. Ms. NS presented to the Argosy University Therapeutic Assessment and Psychotherapy Services (AUTAPS) with her concerns that she has been unable to pass the math placement test. Ms. NS stated that the Disabled Student Services Department at the university referred her to the AUTAPS for her psychological…

As Macbeth progresses through the three murders, his state of mind deteriorates, and there is lots of evidence that shows the growth of his ruthlessness and thirst for power. When Macbeth and Lady Macbeth decide to murder King Duncan, this is the beginning of Macbeth’s thirst for power. When Macbeth and Banquo first come across the three witches, they hail to Macbeth as Thane of Glamis than Thane of Cawdor and lastly as the King of Scotland. As the witches prophecies begin to come true, this…

Flowers for Algernon, a superhuman science fiction novel published in the late 1950s, is a work of literature that is rich in multiple themes related to the topic of the mentally disabled: their treatment, their purpose in society, their inner feelings… Daniel Keyes, a man with experience in the company of mentally disabled individuals through his prior position as a teacher, writes this novel where, Charlie Gordon, the main character, is a mentally deficient adult who undergoes an experiment,…

Describe the character's diagnosis in terms of the DSM-IV. Make sure to include two (2) criteria that the character meets. In the movie beautiful mind, John Nash, the main character suffers from delusional schizophrenia. These portray various symptoms of his disease. John Nash believes he's a secret agent who works for the federal government. While doing this duty, he believes people are after him. John Nash experiences these hallucinations all throughout college while attending Princeton…

Introduction When it comes to the development of personality, Sigmund Freud is almost certainly the most famous theorist who has lived from 1856 to 1939. In his Psychosexual developmental theory has five stages and completed in a prearranged series and can result in either a successful completion or a healthy personality or it may result in failure and due to this it will lead to an unhealthy personality. Also this theory is very controversial, as Freud believed that humans develop…

“Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally” (Smith). Schizophrenics experience symptoms such as extremely disorganized behavior, hallucinations, as well as delusions. The schizophrenic symptoms stated above are the very exact symptoms that Macbeth experiences. Hallucinations, disorganized behavior, as well as delusions are symptoms that can be seen throughout the play and connect very well with the schizophrenic mental disorder. Also, schizophrenia is…

Schizophrenia is a type of breakdown in the relationship between emotion and behavior, this cureless beast slowly breaks down your perceptions, while motivating withdrawals from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion. Themes of mental disorder and mind games are found in both of the writings: “Hamlet” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. Such mind games that give the reader trouble depicting whether their actions were simply for amusement, or maybe for a competitive…

Tourette’s syndrome is a neurological condition that was named after a French neurologist in 1885. George Gilles described children with symptoms that include onset of jerky movements of the body called tics. The tics were associated with uncontrollable noises or obscene utterances. The neurologist noticed that some of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, poor control of impulses and other cognitive behavioral problems. Tourette is a common biological, genetic disorder that manifests…