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Information Symptoms And Treatment Of Schizophrenia
1,581 words... patient to function more effectively and appropriately. Antipsychotic drugs are the best treatment now available, but they do not cure schizophrenia or ensure that there will be no further psychotic episodes. The choice and dosage of medication can be made only by a qualified physician who is well trained in the medical treatment of mental disorders. The dosage of medication is individualized for each patient, since people may vary a great deal in the amount of drug needed to reduce symptoms...
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Information Symptoms And Treatment Of Schizophrenia
1,580 words... es have limited value for acutely psychotic patients (those who are out of touch with reality or have prominent hallucinations or delusions), they may be useful for patients with less severe symptoms or for patients whose psychotic symptoms are under control. Numerous forms of psychosocial therapy are available for people with schizophrenia, and most focus on improving the patients social functioning whether in the hospital or community, at home, or on the job. Some of these approaches are d...
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Multiple Personality Disorder Patients With Schizophrenia
1,566 wordsThe Connection between Child Abuse and Dissociative Identity Disorder I my essay I will discuss the controversial issue of Dissociative Identity Disorder and how it relates to child abuse. I will provide with the definitions of the psychological terms needed for my argumentation. They will be the following: Dissociative Identity Disorder, schizophrenia, amnesia, and fugue. Also I will argue if Dissociative Identity Disorder is a kind of disorder of a state of being and for this reason I will exp...
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Schizophrenia
1,917 wordsCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Schizophrenia INTRODUCTION Schizophrenia is a persistent and often unrelenting psychiatric disorder. Twenty-five to fifty percent of patients who are compliant with medication still experience significant symptomatology (Weinberger, 1995). Unfortunately, as many as 50 % of patients are not fully compliant with prescribed medications (Hale, 1995). Thus, practitioners treating patients with schizophrenia can become frustrated by the patient's lack of complete respo...
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Patients With Schizophrenia People With Schizophrenia
1,016 wordsIs Schizophrenia Associated With Crime? Lisa Moore Abstract Many studies have been conducted to examine the relationship, if any, of schizophrenia and crime. Some of these studies have shown that there is a relationship between the two. The general public believes that schizophrenia is associated with violent crime. The perceived link between mental illness and violence could lie in television and films that sensationalize murders committed by mentally ill persons. Studies, results and interpret...
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