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CHAPTER 3 LEARNING ASSIGNMENT

CHAPTER 3 LEARNING ASSIGNMENT

Q Please read the case study below and answer the questions that follow (students should work in small groups): Cindy is a 40-year-old female. Ten years ago she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and has since been hospitalized several times. Cindy has claimed to have a strong faith in God, and has been known to make statements such as “My faith is what keeps me going” and “If it wasn’t for my belief in God, I wouldn’t be here today.” Cindy is connected to a faith community and attends services on and off. During a recent meeting with Cindy, you notice her acting strangely. Throughout the session, her speech is disorganized (shifting from one topic to another) and she laughs inappropriately. She then tells you that God’s image literally appeared to her yesterday evening while she was sitting in the park. The vision lasted 20 minutes. Cindy is convinced that God visited her to send a special message. She did not reveal what the message was. Case Study Questions 1. What might you do or say when Cindy tells you about her vision? 2. From the perspective of a recovery-oriented practitioner, is it important to know if her vision was real? Why or why not? 3. As Cindy’s provider, would you explore the meaning that Cindy ascribes to her religious experience? Why or why not? At what point might you do this?

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When Cindy tells me about her vision, I would quietly listen to her and tell her that I understood her vision. However, the case study shows that she is having delusion of grandiosity where the person belief that they met God, or have supernatural powers and the whole word is run by them only. As in further sessions, her conditions seem to be deteriorating which is evident from her disorganized speech and delusions. From the perspective of a recovery-oriented Practioner, it is important to know of her vision is real or not because schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that is associated with impairment in multiple domains of functioning.