Schizoaffective disorder

Introduction JP is a resident admitted to Cottonwood Lodge at Riverview who has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. “Schizoaffective disorder is a mental disorder in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania” (Mayo Clinic). Throughout this case study, it will show the clients profile, medical history, care plan and a mental status exam. Client Profile Personal History…

ASSESSMENT OF THE CLIENT’S NEEDS AND INTERVENTION FORMULATION (1ST Draft) CLIENT: Ms. G is a 40 year old, woman diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder, bipolar type. Ms. P was referred to the Community Treatment Team (CTT) at Family Services of Western Pennsylvania (FSWP) by her Mercy Behavioral Health case manager after failing to make several medical and psychiatric appointments and as result was no longer medication compliant. Ms. G has a history of manic acting out as well as well as…

severe mental disorder that affects the brain. It affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. One with this chronic disorder may seem to have lost touch with reality, unable to tell what is real or fake. Although this disorder is very rare, the symptoms can be very harmful. There are positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms. Positive symptoms are psychotic behaviors that aren’t usually seen in normal, healthy people. These symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, thought disorders,…

Wehry Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation Psychosis CBLA Select a client with a diagnosis of Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder. Student Name: Anthony M. Wehry Date of assessment: 13NOV2014 Client initials: T.G. Psychiatric/Medical Diagnosis: Axis I: Schizoaffective Disorder, Psychotic Disorder Unspecified Axis II: N/A Axis III: Dermatitis, Acute pharyngitis Admission Date: 09NOV2014 Age: 30 Gender: Female Ethnicity: Caucasian Why…

Schizophrenia is a disorder of the brain that distorts and changes the way that the affected person acts, expresses emotions, the way they treat others, and even how they perceive reality. People with Schizophrenia deal with it different ways; for example, some may use art to express themselves and others may even completely deny they have a mental illness. With hours of research in addition of previous knowledge, this information is thoroughly researched and therefore accurate. 1% of all…

Psychotic Disorders There have been many cases that have surfaced regarding how narcolepsy and a person’s psychotic characteristic are associated with one another. This article gave me great insight on how narcolepsy can actually be associated with schizophrenia and other disorders. Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder that deals with the loss of the brains ability to sleep. Some symptoms include: EDS, cataplexy, hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that is…

One particular mental health issue that I have experienced is working with a 75-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder with hoarding disorder. This patient had a severe hoarding disorder and was very interested in items such as interested in stacks of paper towel or cutlery but she began to hoard any items that she can find regardless of its worth or value to her. Her cognition test indicated impaired thought, insight, judgment, and thought formation. She also suffered from significant…

negative symptoms such as avolition and asociality for a significant portion of time during a month period (Criteria A). This is his first episode and it hasn’t lasted 6 months so schizophrenia disorder is ruled out due to duration. The symptoms have been present for longer than 1 month so brief psychotic disorder should be ruled out. For about 3 months he has shown active-phase symptoms (Criteria B). Mr. Daishi hasn’t had any major depressive or manic episodes during the active phase symptoms,…

Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder). Methods: 878 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were analyzed in the study, 644 were Caucasian and 234 were African American(AA). 604 controls subjects were also included, 407 Caucasian and 197 African American. All non-control patients were diagnosed by clinical interview using DSM-IV criteria which include characteristic symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations, social/occupational dysfunction, duration, mood disorders being ruled…

The concept of schizophrenia is of a relatively recent origin, less than a century old. This disorder was first established by the German psychiatrist, Dr. Emile Kraepelin in 1887 as a distinct mental illness from other psychotic disorders. At that time, he used the Latin term “dementia praecox” (early dementia) to identify persons who had manifestations that nowadays are associated with schizophrenia (Psychology Today, 2015). He used different subtypes such as hebephrenia, catatonia and…