Delusional disorder

Psychotic Disorders: Schizophrenia What are the salient historical features of the case? The main historical features of this week’s case are the patient’s strange social behavior, delusions, auditory hallucinations, flat affect, tangenital thought process, and poor hygiene. Generally, the symptoms of schizophrenia can be divided into different 4 categories which include, positive, negative, cognitive, and mood symptoms. Positive symptoms are also known as psychotic changes such as,…

Based on the information that is available, Herbert Mullin seems to have a severe Type 1 Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is defined as “a psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of unusual perceptions, odd thoughts, disturbed emotions, and motor abnormalities” (BOOK). I believe that Mullin has Type 1 Schizophrenia because while he displays both positive and negative symptoms, the positive symptoms are more dominate. Positive symptoms are…

In today’s society we see mental illness coming back to focus in the medical field due vile events happen throughout the country. After the 2008 recession majority of American mental institutes and Asylums closed and leaving people, who require attention, erratic in their communities. These mental illness cause the people to behave differently and cause them to do things that they would never do .Through many centuries of playwrights and literature we have seen many stories end with tragedies…

A Beautiful Mind is a compelling and powerful movie that explores the Nobel Laureate winner and professor John Nash in his rise, fall, and recovery dealing with schizophrenia. As the film opens, Nash is a genius level student in 1950s America working on applying to graduate school. He is introduced to his roommate, a tall pale guy names Charles. They have a rough start, but eventually warm up to each other as time goes on. The very first time that I realized something was a bit off about Nash,…

refer to alterations in someone’s mood, thinking and behavior, as a result of a range of mental health conditions or disorders. There are several psychological and social environmental factors that have been linked to mental illness (Sage, Doug). And In my own perspective the psychological, and sociological factors Rodya faces make him enter an episode of a brief psychotic disorder,…

Schizophrenia, a chronic and disabling brain disorder, people with this disease will hear voice that other people don’t hear. People with this illness will always think that others can read their mind and always plotting to harm them. Moreover, people with the illness are more likely to suffer symptoms like hallucinations, delusions, thought disorders and movement disorders. They will also develop sign like ‘ lose touch ‘ with reality. It is commonly known as an incurable disease as the causes…

Definition Schizophrenia is psychotic disorder, also known as a mental disorder, which is a very serious mental illness in which someone cannot think or behave like a normal person would, as for me or for you (Merriam-Webster). Schizophrenia can be dealing with one impairment or several different other impairments (American Psychiatric Association). They experience delusions and people with this disorder seem like that have lost touch with the real world because they cannot act as themselves…

Schizophrenic patients, how neurochemistry may be a possible causative factor in it and how medication can affect the brain structure and neurochemistry to manage symptoms in diagnoses of Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious chronic mental disorder which is described chiefly by defalcation in thought processes, emotional impartiality, and perceptions. Schizophrenic patients present with positive, negative and additionally cognitive symptoms. Positive symptoms: hallucinations, delusions,…

This replies to the case of Mr. Gregory Thompson and his request for appeal in the year 2004. Due to the crime that Mr. Gregory we accept his appeal based on the following reasons. Mr. Thompson mental health history and the competency to stand trial. Gregory Thompson was convicted of first degree murder and received a sentenced to execution following a jury trial on 22 August, 1985. Thompson and had a women name Joanne McNamara, was deserted in Shelbyville, Tennessee with neither money nor…

‘A Beautiful Mind’, directed by Ron Howard, is set in and around Princeton. It is a film about a Mathematical genius whose life is complicated by him developing Schizophrenia. In comparison ‘The Social Network’, directed by David Fincher, is set in Harvard and California. ‘The Social Network’ is a film about a genius that is sued for allegedly stealing the idea behind Facebook. In a comparison of these two films I will set out to show how both directors have successfully portrayed their…