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Week 7 Activity 9

Activity 9

Q Activity 9 Question 1 When Brian talks, he sounds logical on the surface, but what he discusses doesn’t appear to make any sense. His behavior seems erratic and unsystematic. He doesn’t seem to care about his personal hygiene and others don’t really like to be around him because of this. Choose the most correct two symptoms. Unsystematic Behavior Confused speech Question 2 Question text When Brian talks, he sounds logical on the surface, but what he discusses doesn’t appear to make any sense. His behavior seems erratic and unsystematic. He doesn’t seem to care about his personal hygiene and others don’t really like to be around him because of this. Identify his disorder. 2. According to the evidence that can be seen in the behavior of Brian like neglecting his personal hygiene, behaving unsystematically and having a confused speech it is sure that he is suffering from schizophrenia. Question 3 Jennifer has been drinking excessively since she got back from the war a few months ago. Last week, she swerved in the middle of the road to avoid what she believed to be an IED, but it turned out to be a wrapper. She has had frequent nightmares and her husband suggests that she speak to someone. She usually ends up arguing with her husband about how she doesn’t need to speak to anyone and ends up feeling worse. Choose the most correct two symptoms. Select one or more: Frequent nightmares Flashbacks of the IED Question 4 Question text Jennifer has been drinking excessively since she got back from the war a few months ago. Last week, she swerved in the middle of the road to avoid what she believed to be an IED, but it turned out to be a wrapper. She has had frequent nightmares and her husband suggests that she speak to someone. She usually ends up arguing with her husband about how she doesn’t need to speak to anyone and ends up feeling worse. Identify her disorder. 4. The two symptoms that Jennifer has which is she keeps on having flashbacks of the IED and frequent nightmares of the vents that happened when she was in the battleground is clearly indicating that she is having Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Question 5 Hilton confessed to killing 7 people. He stated that he didn’t care about those people; he told the police that he is indifferent and he did not feel any guilt or remorse for what he did. His tone when telling police was calm and collected. His ex-wife told the police that she believed he would do something so terrible. Choose the most correct two symptoms. Select one or more: Lack of remorse/guilt Indifferent to killing Question 6 Question text Hilton confessed to killing 7 people. He stated that he didn’t care about those people; he told the police that he is indifferent and he did not feel any guilt or remorse for what he did. His tone when telling police was calm and collected. His ex-wife told the police that she believed he would do something so terrible. Identify his disorder. 6. Hilton has an antisocial personality disorder. It is clearly visible through his lack of remorse for killing and enjoying in inflicting harm on others which is that he has already killed seven people and do not care about others. Question 7 Question text For several weeks, Dianne has been extremely lonely. She’s had a difficult time getting anything done and has not been able to sleep. The less she sleeps, the more she eats, which is making her gain weight. Her sleeplessness has caused her to forget things, like feeding her cat or locking the doors. Further, she feels worthless and is no longer interested in socializing with others despite being invited out with friends. Choose the most correct two symptoms. Select one or more: Sleeplessness Feeling worthless Question 8 Question text For several weeks, Dianne has been extremely lonely. She’s had a difficult time getting anything done and has not been able to sleep. The less she sleeps, the more she eats, which is making her gain weight. Her sleeplessness has caused her to forget things, like feeding her cat or locking the doors. Further, she feels worthless and is no longer interested in socializing with others despite being invited out with friends. Identify her disorder. 8. Though his behavior or the characteristics that Dianne is having of losing interest in socializing with people, forgetting things too quickly, compulsive eating character and not having proper sleep shows that she is having a major depressive disorder. Question 9 Question text Lance thinks spies have been following him, trying to set him up for crimes he didn’t commit. He keeps hearing these voices tell him that ‘they know’. He believes that he is the only one who can save the planet from the spies following him. Choose the most correct two symptoms. Select one or more: Hallucinations Delusions Question 10 Question text Lance thinks spies have been following him, trying to set him up for crimes he didn’t commit. He keeps hearing these voices tell him that ‘they know’. He believes that he is the only one who can save the planet from the spies following him. Identify his disorder. 10. Lace shows the two positive symptoms of schizophrenia and that is having an auditory hallucination and persecutory delusions which clearly shows that he has schizophrenia. Question 11 Question text For several months, Rachel has been agitated. She spends her money frivolously. She would feel very energetic, like she should be wonder woman; she’d also feel creative. However, she would sink into a depression, not wanting to complete tasks – especially at work. She would feel worthless. Choose the most correct two symptoms. Select one or more: Spending money frivolously Feeling very energetic Question 12 Question text For several months, Rachel has been agitated. She spends her money frivolously. She would feel very energetic, like she should be wonder woman; she’d also feel creative. However, she would sink into a depression, not wanting to complete tasks – especially at work. She would feel worthless. Identify her disorder. 12. We can see that Rachel is having a different feeling at different time and that is characterized by periods of high moods where she feels energetic, spends money frivolously and feels like a wonder woman. On the other time she is falls into a rapid shift to depression which shows that she is having bipolar personality disorder.

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The two symptoms that Jennifer has which is she keeps on having flashbacks of the IED and frequent nightmares of the vents that happened when she was in the battleground is clearly indicating that she is having Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).