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Biological correlates of Psychology

Biological correlates of Psychology

Q Prior to posting to this discussion, read Chapter 15 in the course text. For this discussion you will pick one of the cases available in the Week Five Discussion - Case Studies document (Links to an external site.) and take on the role of the clinician. Review the patient’s symptoms and the available demographic and historical data. Discuss your differential diagnosis and provide a thorough basis for any diagnoses you have included. Also discuss what (if any) additional testing you would order and how this would be helpful in clarifying the diagnosis. Finally, discuss recommendations for the patient/family for ongoing functioning (social, occupational and academic, if applicable). You must use a minimum of two peer-reviewed articles in your discussion to support your diagnostic conclusions.

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Visual Hallucinations and confusions are the signs which can also be attributed to different physical conditions. There are several aspects of the hallucinations, which need to be observed carefully. There are several symptoms which are very interestingly similar to the existing symptoms. The yelling and swearing can be both symptoms of delirium and dementia. As the person is 80 years old, the symptoms can be firstly attributed to the medicines that have been prescribed to her. Delirium has a very fast onset and usually it shows acute symptoms at onset (Devlin et al, 2018).