Psychosis

While studying chapter fourteen ‘psychological disorders’ we were able to understand, classify, and label psychological disorders. During this process we were given a task to analyze a movie based around psychological disorders. For this task, I chose the movie ”Call me Crazy” which is a movie composed of five different short films. Uniquely made, all the stories were emotionally touching and really brought to life the different psychological disorders individuals face worldwide. Yes, all five…

Cataracts are not surprising. Individuals over 60 have a 50% chance of getting cataracts! If you are developing cataracts, you most likely have lots of queries about them. What are cataracts? Occasionally, the lens in your eye starts to cloud. As these variations progress, they might begin to damagingly impact your vision in manifold ways. At the outset, cataracts are not always obvious to you, but as the cataract grows, it can considerably inhibit your vision. Maximum cataract patients report…

Psychoanalysis Evaluation Joey Williams – 5th Hour January 12th, 2017 Kiana has been observed and has shown many symptoms of mental illness. From seeing things to hearing things to a very vivid imagination. I believe she shows some symptoms of persistent depressive disorder and schizoaffective disorder. She has become very depressed as she doesn’t find joy or the initiative to act in social activities or leave her room. Her emotions greatly change as she spends more time within her room and she…

Schizophrenia is a word meaning “split mind” it is defined as a group of brain disorders that affects the way a person thinks, feels, and acts. There are a wide variety of symptoms for this disorder because it does not affect all people the same way. There are five types of Schizophrenia: paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual. Depending on what type of Schizophrenia one has, will determine what their symptoms will be. According to The University of Maryland Medical…

Schizophrenia means “split mind” but does not mean having multiple personalities. It is more of a split from reality. It is a chronic condition that usually surfaces for men in their early to mid 20s and for women in their late 20s (Crash Course). It is a unique disease with a variety of symptoms, subcategories, causes, and treatments. Schizophrenia is a complex brain disease with a variety of symptoms, subcategories, causes, and luckily treatments. Schizophrenia is characterized by many…

Claudia Kullolli Dr. Fielding ENGL 015 29 October 2014 Spring Breakers, A Wonderful Waste of Time and Money A phrase that is meant to excite people has never sounded so disturbing. “Spring break,” said by grill-wearing, rapping drug-dealer “Alien” is so repetitive and serial-killer-esque, yet it’s sadly the most interesting detail about this Harmony Korine movie. Once getting past the fact that Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, and Ashley Benson are a part of this awful creation, you unfortunately…

Prospective Memory in Schizophrenia: Relationship to Medication Management Skills, Neurocognition, and Symptoms in Individuals With Schizophrenia The purpose of this paper is to examine the methods and results from the experiment of The Relationship to Medication Management Skills, Neurocognition, and Symptoms in Individuals With Schizophrenia. In this experiment, a standardized test is given to fourty-one individuals who suffer from schizophrenia and twenty-five healthy adults.…

Introduction Medication adherence presents an enormous challenge in the treatment of mental health diseases. Total adherence to medication regimen specifically in schizophrenic patients presents even more challenges as the disease negatively impacts a patient’s quality of life and places a huge burden on family members with schizophrenia. Reviewing the effects of partial medication adherence and medication non-compliance is especially important in schizophrenic patients as this…

Pharmacologic strategies for the treatment of agitation and aggression include tranquilizing medications, for short term management, and for longer term management antipsychotics. Antipsychotics have now become so widely utilized for the management of agitation and behavioral symptoms that more than 70% of antipsychotic prescriptions are for off label purposes (Glick et al 2001). Some studies have demonstrated that almost a third of nursing home resident are on antipsychotics (Chen, 2010) .…

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 1. People unfamiliar with the study of abnormal behavior sometimes confuse "multiple personality" (Dissociative Identity Disorder) with schizophrenia. How would you explain the difference? Make sure to support your conclusions with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. Dissociative Identity Disorder and schizophrenia are often confused, and many believe that they are the same. They are actually two completely different disorders. Schizophrenia is a disorder in…