Diagnosis and treatment: A patient is taken by police to the mental hospital. He
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Diagnosis and treatment:
A patient is taken by police to the mental hospital. He is deranged, and talk incoherently that the
terrorists are coming to destroy him. He is highly agitated, and fear for his life. He beats himself up and
bang on the wall saying that he is hearing commanding voice scolding him. He banged his head so hard
that he is bleeding profusely.
a. What are the characteristic symptoms that you can identify to be associated with a disorder?
b. If you were the psychiatrist, based on the symptoms, what disorder is he likely to have? What are the
characteristics of this disorder? Which subtype of disorder does he have?
c. What other disorders you can eliminate?
d. What test would you order to screen for this disorder?
e. What neurotransmitter system or brain structure that is involved in regulating this disorder?
f. What pharmacological treatment would you prescribe? Explain how this drug could treat this
disorder.
Please answer all parts
Explanation / Answer
he is suffering from schizophrenia.
1.Hallucinations,delusions & disorganized thinking and speech are the characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia.
2.Schizophrenia.(positive schizophrenia)
3.we can eliminate Negative schizophrenia.
4.self-reported experiences, Abnormal behaviors and also the symptoms associated with schizophrenia such as Hallucinations, delusions are the useful measures in diagnosing schizophrenia.
5.misfiring of dopaminergic neurons causes schizophrenia.
6.antipsychotic medication treatment is prescribed initially. Amisulpride, olanzapine, risperidone and clozapine may be more effective