Category: Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Treatment: Biopsychological Approaches Introduction There are many issues in medicine that still do not have a definite interpretation. With the development of new technologies, people began to understand the physical processes of the human body better. On the contrary, it is still not clear what happens inside the human mind. The examination of the…

Schizophrenia: Fundamentals and Possible Causes Table of Contents Fundamentals Symptomatic Features Diagnosis DSM-5 Criteria Possible Reasons and Treatment Reference Nowadays, humanity has made significant progress in the medical area. However, some aspects remain challenging to study. One of these aspects is mental disorders, which include many different diseases and syndromes. The complexity of the research…

Case Presentation: Schizophrenia The clients name for this case presentation is Clara Hunters. She is a thirty-three-year-old woman. She is white and has been married for five years. According to the client, she has come to see me because she has been seeing things which are not there. Additionally, she reports that the images in…

Schizophrenia Treatment With Fluphenazine Decanoate Case Description Prescribing a medication that will be beneficial for a patients condition often requires significant effort from the physician. In specific cases where a severe mental disorder is present, choosing the right drug and its dosage is crucial for positively affecting the individuals condition and alleviating the negative symptoms.…

Schizophrenia in Young Women and Men Schizophrenia is a human mental disorder that alters and affects peoples thinking capabilities, actions, and emotions. Moreover, the conditions also change peoples perception of reality and influence a persons social behavior. In this sense, schizophrenia determines peoples relationships and circles. Although schizophrenia is rare compared to other mental disorders,…

Aspects of Schizophrenia Mental health of a person is a complex issue because of the numerous factors affecting it and many diseases that might impact this aspect. In such a way, much attention is given to analyzing the psyche of a person and determining the major causes for the emergence of undesired conditions. Furthermore, it…

Schizophrenia: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments, and Myths One of the severe mental disorders included in the DSM is schizophrenia. This disorder requires a serious treatment as the illness influences a persons perception of reality, affecting ones feelings, emotions, and thoughts and disabling ones functioning. People with this disorder may have unusual behavior, hallucinations, and delusions. This…

Medical Terminology of Treating Schizophrenia Article Summary The article Clinical relevance of paliperidone palmitate 3-monthly in treating schizophrenia discusses how the mentioned injectable antipsychotic (PP3M) improves non-adherence and prevents relapses in schizophrenia treatment using four injections per year. Paliperidone, the active metabolite of risperidone, is an antagonist of the D2 and 5HT receptors (Mathews et…

Schizophrenia Treatment: Biopsychological Approaches Introduction There are many issues in medicine that still do not have a definite interpretation. With the development of new technologies, people began to understand the physical processes of the human body better. On the contrary, it is still not clear what happens inside the human mind. The examination of the…

Is Schizophrenia Affected by Culture? Abstract Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that results in fake beliefs and hallucinations, they might be auditory, visual or even gustatory hallucinations where this disease is usually targeting adults, men tend to be diagnosed at a younger age than women, it causes difficulty in social interacting as patient lacks motivation…