Case Study Presentation Assignment Report

Running Head: CASE STUDY PRESENTATION
CASE STUDY PRESENTATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

CASE STUDY PRESENTATION1
Abstract
The following report is a case study presentation of a 24 year old who is recently diagnosed with
schizophrenia. It is a detailed explanation and analysis of her health conditions including medical
history, analysis of her clinical examination, an appropriate plan of care, differential diagnosis,
the support she needs due to her mental state, exploration of other medical investigations, the
pathophysiology of the disease, treatment and patient management. It also includes the etiology,
epidemiology, prevalence, complications, prognosis and ethical dilemmas concerning
schizophrenic patients and schizophrenia as a disease.

CASE STUDY PRESENTATION2
Introduction
This case study is on a 24 year old woman who is recently diagnosed with Schizophrenia.
She is unmarried, has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, is unemployed and has to attend a
diploma thesis for a master’s degree. She went to Belgium in September 2016, and she started
taking ecstasy and marijuana with her friends. Her mother started noticing changes in her when
she returned to Bulgaria with reduced weight and consistent strange behaviour of not interacting
with anyone, refusing to go out and sitting in a dark place to avoid any communication. Her
medical history was taken with the help of available medical records, and this is the second time
she came to a mental institution clinic. She only had a tonsillectomy when she was an infant.
According to the tests and analysis of the patient, it is seen that there is no evidence of
disorders in the internal organs or negative neurological symptoms. The psychomotor evaluation
showed tensed conditions with reduced signomy and masked facies, her communication is
unclear, clear consciousness, also psychically oriented, has a rigid posture, parabolic behavioural
acts and had tendencies of poor sleep. Her clinical examination indicated that her blood
parameters were normal and the brain X-ray also showed that her corticol sulcuses were normal
in the cerebellum1. After being consulted with a psychologist, a questionnaire MMPI-2 was
given to her, and the results showed that her profile was similar to a person who feels distressed,
has chronic anxiety, feelings of inadequacy, insecurity and inferiority including mental
retardation and concentration problems. The appropriate plan for such complications will be
therapies, medications and counselling sessions with a psychiatrist. She needs to get the required
help to come out of her mental distress and understand her psychological problem, which is
1 Ward, Simon E., Lewis E. Pennicott, and Paul Beswick. "AMPA receptor-positive allosteric modulators for the
treatment of schizophrenia: an overview of recent patent applications." Future medicinal chemistry 7, no. 4 (2015):
473-491.