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Example Case Study of Schizophrenia
Example Case Study of Schizophrenia: Brian’s story History and experience Brian is a young man who was diagnosed with learning disabilities at age 4. Brian and his family have lived for many years on a council housing estate in a close-knit inner-city community. Given Brian’s learning disability, he was marked as different from his older […]
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schizophrenia case study examples
The following case studies illustrate the human experience that is schizophrenia. Case one: Bridget’s story History and experience At the time of meeting and working with Bridget she was a middle-aged widow and mother who had lived with psychotic symptoms for nearly thirty years. Bridget was experiencing a relapse of her psychotic symptoms following the […]
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Criteria for Schizophrenia Symptoms
About diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia. At least one of the symptoms (a)–(d) or at least two of the symptoms (e)–(i) should have been present during a period of a month or more: (a)thought echo, thought insertion or withdrawal, and thought broadcasting; (b)delusions of control, influence or passivity, clearly referred to body or limb movements or […]
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how do we diagnose schizophrenia?
Let us stop for a second and take stock. Schizophrenia, as we described, is diagnosed, in the same way as a cold is diagnosed, through the presence of a number of symptoms. These symptoms are split into two distinct groups, the positive and the negative. The positives are exceptional experiences which people who do not […]
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Schizophrenia symptoms and signs
Positive symptoms and signs These are essentially disordered versions of the normal brain functions of thinking, perceiving, formation of ideas and sense of self. Patients with thought disorder may present with complaints of poor concentration or of their mind being blocked or emptied (thought block): a patient stopping in a perplexed fashion while in mid-speech […]
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Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
Schizophrenia develops in one per cent of all populations, regardless of cultural or socio-economic status. It is a severe illness which affects many important aspects of functioning, and tends to be chronic. Successful parenting is likely to be compromised from pre-conception onwards for women (and men) with schizophrenia. For many years, it was widely known […]
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The key features and symptoms of schizophrenia
A person with schizophrenia will experience some of the following features and symptoms: Physical • strange complaints, such as the sensation that an animal or unusual objects are inside his body Feeling • depression • a loss of interest and motivation in daily activities • feeling scared of being harmed Thinking • difficulty thinking clearly […]
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Relationship between alcohol and schizophrenia
The studies show that there is relationship between alcohol and schizophrenia. A person with alcohol dependence is more likely to have schizophrenia and a patient with schizophrenia is more likely to exhibit alcohol dependence, than is the general population. Most clinical studies, patient reports and anecdotal clinical observations suggest that excessive use of alcohol leads […]
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How to treatment of schizophrenia？
How to treatment of schizophrenia？There are a lots of methods of treatment of schizophrenia. There are many patients a doctor can be selected under the guidance and advice more appropriate treatment options to modulating their condition. Antipsychotic medication Most people diagnosed with schizophrenia receive some form of medication, although dosages may be reduced or even […]
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DSM diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia
For a diagnosis of schizophrenia to be made, DSM-IV-TR states that two or more of the following symptoms should be present for a signifi cant period of time during a one-month period: delusions hallucinations disorganized speech: frequent derailment or incoherence grossly disorganized or behaviour negative symptoms: catatonic flattened mood, alogia or avolition. Only one of […]
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