Assessing and Diagnosing Patients with Schizophrenia, Other Psychotic Disorders, and Medication-Induced Movement Disorders

Assignment: Assessing and Diagnosing Patients with Schizophrenia, Other Psychotic Disorders, and Medication-Induced Movement Disorders

For this Assignment, you will analyze a case study related to schizophrenia, another psychotic disorder, or a medication-induced movement disorder.

CASE STUDY

Training Title 24

Name: Ms. Jess Cunningham

Gender: female

Age: 28 years old

T- 98.6 P- 86 R 20 120/70 Ht 5’2 Wt 126lbs

Background: Jess is brought for evaluation by her 2 roommates who are concerned with

behaviors that began 12 days after Jess’s younger brother committed suicide in front of her via

GSW after his girlfriend broke up with him. She is estranged from her parents and her brother

was her only sibling. She is only sleeping 1–2 hours/24hrs; she will only eat canned foods. She

smokes cannabis daily since she was 16, goes out on weekdays 2–3 times with her roommates

and has couple drinks of beer. She was prescribed alprazolam 1mg twice daily as needed by her

PCP for 15 days. She works as a bartender.