Schizophrenia Case Studies Samples For Students

Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

This is a case study of Joseph. Joseph is a twenty five year old American male. There are more than 25 million people who are affected by schizophrenia. There is suspicion and uncertainty with regards to the causal attributes of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that has multiple manifestations. It is hard enough to try to understand the cognitive processes of as healthful person, let alone understand the cognitive processes someone who is manifesting symptoms of schizophrenia. Imagine looking at a person who is sitting on a park bench pretending to argue with someone while sitting on the park bench by themselves. The ...

Ms fielding that has erratic behavioral patterns that precede her losing her job and the demise of her father. She has a brief psychotherapy due to living away from her family as she concedes of experiencing stress since she lost her job three months ago. She attributes her job loss to a sluggish economy while she denies having mood disturbance as she answers no to psychotic symptoms. It is possible that Fielding could be suffering from a brief psychotic disorder. The diagnostic criteria include (1) delusions, hallucinations that have eventual full return to premorbid level of functioning. (3) A depressive or bipolar ...

Gerald exhibits several symptoms of schizophrenia as observed in his interview. During the first part of the interview, Gerald speaks of being scared because he feels that he was called in the room to be electrocuted, jailed or killed. Having delusions is one of the main symptoms of a schizophrenic. He clearly shows an attitude of paranoia.
Another symptom which is manifested by Gerald is when he speaks of weird ideas like when he mentioned that “pictures got a headache”. This statement obviously does not make any sense. When he was asked to explain what the statement means, his answer ...

Psychiatry in the Film Industry

Introduction
Cinema is a medium used to entertain people. It portrays many issues about the society, science and various myths. It depicts different psychiatric disorders such as suicide and drug abuse to schizophrenia and personality disorders. Gone are the days when films were used to negatively portray psychiatric conditions. Nowadays films are used for educational purposes as well as to change the negative attitude towards people with psychiatric conditions. Film portrays that even psychiatric people are geniuses and that they can solve complex problems. Mental conditions are portrayed in different ways in the film industry. Film is used to ...

Formulated question

Question: If adults with schizophrenia received atypical antipsychotic medication verses conventional neuroleptics, which one will result in lower incidence of violent behavior.

Description of the practice setting

My practice setting is a group therapist. The role of a group therapist extends beyond that of a family therapist to address complications facing several individuals with schizophrenia in the entire community. The aim of this practice is to ensure that the patients do not end up feeling alone with their complications. The treatment involves encouraging these patients to share their problems with others suffering from similar problems. This way, they eventually end up understanding that they are not the ...

Criminal Profile Paper on Andrea Yates

The Crime

On June 20th 2001, a mother of five did the unthinkable and killed her five children within one hour (O'Malley, 2004). The woman, Andrea Yates confessed to drowning her four sons and one daughter in the bathtub within the family’s house. The crime shocked American society and brought a lot of consideration to the psychological health of mothers and possible risks it presented for the family (Ewing, 2008).

On the morning of the crime, Russell Yates Andrea’s husband left his wife alone in the house with the children. This was a routine he had started a few weeks prior ...

Karen appears to have a very positive attitude about her future. She seems to have realized that the end of her relationship wasn’t about her but was about the lack of commitment on her partner’s part.
Karen’s strengths lie in the fact that she is positive about her future and that she is making plans for that future. She has an optimistic outlook on her dating future and is committing herself to a gym membership. This indicates that she is moving in a forward direction.
Karen could be afraid of the stigma that can be attached ...

Section One:

Background Information
Bipolar disorder, which is also known as the Manic-depressive illness. It is a disorder in the brain that triggers unusual changes in mood, activity levels, energy. It as well hinders the ability for a person to go about with their daily tasks. Bipolar has very severe side effects if it was not discovered in time. It may lead to poor relationships with other people, poor work relations with colleagues, poor performance in the workplace or at school and can lead to the victim committing suicide. The bipolar disorder can, however, be treated, and the people with the disease ...

1. What is the precipitating stressor event that probably triggered the onset of Janet's
Schizophrenic episode? What other factors may have contributed?

Her personality was also described as a shy, socially awkward and sensitive girl. This attributes may be linked to the shizotypal personality, which Janet could be said to possess. These traits have been with her since she was young. Individuals with schizotypal personality disorder are said to be predisposed to the development of schizophrenia later in life (Mayo Clinic, 2012). Therefore, her personality could actually be a contributory factor to her development of schizophrenia. Individuals with schizotypal personality ...

Patient’s Personal and Medical History, Drug Treatment, and Follow-up Care

Cindy Wachenheim was an ordinary woman who was a loving aunt to her nieces and nephews. She was competitive lawyer who worked for the State Supreme Court (Belluck, 2014). Cindy had been longing to be a mother, which finally happened in her 40s. It was a happy moment for Cindy, as she had been dreaming of being a mother. However, things have changed when her baby turned few months old. Cindy thought that her baby had a brain damage, which can no longer be treated. Because of this event, Cindy became obsessed and always blames herself for what happened ...

Final Case Analysis

PART 1

Lona seems to be suffering from a Dysthymic Disorder. This is because the fact that her state of depression has been persistent for more than two years due to the circumstances and changes in her life. In the initial interview, there was no information that the issues Lona has been experiencing could be hereditary. In reviewing the facts, it is evident that Lona is experiencing an extreme change of routine in her life. This has prompted her illness and sense of lack of control. Lona's history is that she has been married for ten years, five into ...

In the movie, From Homeless to Harvard, we meet the character Liz. She and her older sister live in New York Coty with their mother and father. The girls face incredible pain and trouble because of their parents. Liz’s mother is blind and schizophrenic. In addition, both of Liz’s parents are drug addicts who use IV drugs. Liz’s father admits in the film that he has contracted HIV/AIDS due to his shooting up. Liz’s mother on the other hand stays on her medication for schizophrenia but often breaks down and becomes out of control because ...

In this essay I am going to discuss about Britney spears who has a mood disorder called bipolar disorder.

Britney spears born on 2nd December the year 1981 in McComb in Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana is an American pop star. She is daughter to Lynne spears and Jamie spears. She started attending classes in dancing and was a great gymnast, but of all things she liked to sing. This love for singing made her audition for The All New Mickey Mouse Club show at age 8, but because she was young they turned her down. 2yeras later she went and auditioned for a role in Mickey Mouse for the second time and now she won the role and ...

Mental and psychiatric illnesses have are on a rise especially with the dynamism in social, economic and even political changes. These factors have made people liable to mental conditions. This paper will review the diagnosis using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) classification and justify the diagnosis. The paper will also outline a case formulation.

PART 1-DIAGNOSIS BASED ON DSM-IV-TR

Robert Jones clearly shows a clinical mental disorder and other clinical conditions that require further medical attention. On the basis of the multiaxial assessment of the mental illness, Robert is an alcoholic who clearly depends on alcohol. Alcohol as a drug ...

Mrs. Cross, 65, is a patient in an acute care hospital with a diagnosis of pneumonia. The nurse tells you that Mrs. Cross has a history of schizophrenia. You are assigned to provide AM care for Mrs. Cross.
How would you approach Mrs. Cross when you enter her room? How would your knowledge about her mental health problem affect your initial contact with her?
When assigned to provide AM care to Mrs. Cross, I would approach her with understanding and compassion. My knowledge about her mental health would not affect our initial contact or the way in which I would ...