Tag: Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is classified as a multidimensional disease with symptoms and impairments that go beyond psychosis (lunacy). A core feature of schizophrenia is cognitive dysfunction and it is observable at the onset of the disease and persists through the course of the disease. Cognitive functioning ranges from moderately to severely impaired patients with schizophrenia.

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Essay On The Stigma Of Schizophrenia

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When conducting research into the stigma that comes with living with schizophrenia, it can be exceedingly difficult to obtain accurate information. This report will provide a variety of possible research designs that could be used in the given scenario...

Last modified: 12th Apr 2021

Review of Literature on Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia is a prolonged and severe mental disorder that affects the cognitive abilities of a person. This disorder mostly appears in the late adolescent stage or the onset of early adulthood....

Last modified: 9th Apr 2021

Is Schizophrenia Caused by Environmental Factors or Genetic Factors?

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Abstract Schizophrenia affects a quarter of a million people in the UK. Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder which unmediated patients find difficulties to sustain relationships and can...

Last modified: 8th Apr 2021

Literature Review: Medical Research on Schizophrenia

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This research paper will help gather more information and knowledge toward the understanding of the illness to help progress further within the mental health care industry....

Last modified: 24th Mar 2021

Creative Art Therapy on Schizophrenia | Literature Review

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The review of literature has been described under the following headings: SECTION A: Studies related to schizophrenia. SECTION B: Studies related to Creative Art Therapy. SECTION C: Studies related to Creative Art Therapy on schizophrenia....

Last modified: 24th Mar 2021

Case Study of Living with Schizophrenia

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As we have seen the symptoms or rather the results, of Schizophrenia can be life disheartening, depressing and take an emotional toll on the patients and their family. ...

Last modified: 29th Jan 2021

Nursing Case Study: Patient with Drug and Alcohol Induced Paranoid Schizophrenia

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This essay will focus on a patient encountered while on placement. The patient was 64-year-old male named Jim who was diagnosed with drug and alcohol induced paranoid schizophrenia thirty years previo...

Last modified: 19th May 2020

Patient Physical and Mental Health Care Decisions

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INTRODUCTION CASE STUDY: HISTORY OF SIMON Simon Evans, a 32 year man has been diagnosed of schizophrenia at just 20 years of age and his illness comes with negative symptoms. Simon’s diet is poor; e...

Last modified: 18th May 2020

Nurse Treatment Of Schizophrenia Patient Nursing Essay

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During psychiatric clinical rotation at Karwan e Hayat, I came across a 29 years old female client who was admitted on March 04th, 2010, unmarried and since childhood was suffering from schizophrenia....

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Nursing Essays - Paranoid Schizophrenia

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Analyse the care given the patient in your case study from biological, psychological and sociological perspectives. Mr X a 26 year old gentleman diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia; he lives at home...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Schizophrenia: Treatment, Portrayal and Stigma

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ABSTRACT MENTAL ILLNESS AS PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE A BEAUTIFUL MIND Associated Signs and Symptoms of Schizophrenia The movie A Beautiful Mind is an adaptation of the book by the same name and is a biop...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Person Centred Mental Health Care for Schizophrenia

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Person Centred Mental Health Care Disha Gupta References Essay: Ben is a 22 year old male who has been admitted to the acute in patient unit as a compulsory client under the Victorian Mental health A...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Prevalence of Inappropriate Behavior With Schizophrenia

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Sexuality is basic human need. This need is present at every developmental stage and as age increases, it become more dominant. According to Freud if person fixated at one stage or its needs represse...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Paranoid Schizophrenia and Nursing Interventions

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Paranoid Schizophrenia and Nursing Interventions in a Community Mental Health setting Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness in which individuals loose the ability to discriminate between reality a...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Research on Art Therapy Treatment for Schizophrenia

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Schizophrenia is a common psychiatric disorder. One to one point five percent of the total population suffers from schizophrenia. The severity of the symptoms and chronic patt...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Risk Factors Schizophrenia

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The Effect of Perinatal Risk Factors on the Incidence of Schizophrenia Background Developing schizophrenia is dependent on different factors. A person who could possibly develop the illness later in ...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Nursing Interventions for Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness in which individuals loose the ability to discriminate between reality and imagination, characterized by disturbances to their thoughts, behavior and feelings....

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Risk Assessment Plan For Schizophrenia Health And Social Care Essay

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Risk assessment of the potential of violence to self or others has been accepted as a core component of clinical practice in psychiatric forensic community and private clinical environmental settings ...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Assessment and Interventions for Schizophrenia

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Assessment and Interventions for Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects around 24 million people across the world (Lim, Barrio, Hernandez, Barragan, & ...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Answers to questions on principles of nutrition for healthcare

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Omega-3 (linolenic acid) is a type of essential polyunsaturated fat. Like the omega-6 fatty acids are unsaturated because it contains in its molecule double bonds between carbon atoms and are essentia...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

The relationship between cannabis use and mental health disorder

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Abstract This assignment evaluates the relationship between cannabis use and mental health disorder related to it in Australia. Recent national data reflects that cannabis use was at its peak in 1998 ...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Schizophrenia: Causes, Effects and Treatments

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INTRODUCTION Cognition is a complex and multidimensional set of mental processes that empower an individual to ‘know’ the world and the immediate environs and interact accordingly1.Cognition from...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Co-Occurring Disorders and Behavioral Health Services

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Jasmina Vuksanovic Co-Occurring Disorders and Behavioral Health Services Co-occurring disorders exist “when at least one disorder of each type can be established independent of the other and is n...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020