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Culturally Informed Therapy for Schizophrenia: A Review

Society of Clinical Psychology

One such intervention is the 2021, Clinician Guide for Culturally Informed Therapy for Schizophrenia: A Family-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Approach by Amy Weisman de Mamani, Merranda McLaughlin, Olivia Altamirano, Daisy Lopez, and Salman Shaheen Ahmad 5. empathy) that lead to positive treatment outcomes for patients with schizophrenia.

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Choosing between antipsychotics to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women with schizophrenia

The Social Care Elf

Peter Knapp and Suzy Ker review a recent study from Finland, which suggests that women with schizophrenia who take prolactin-increasing antipsychotics for at least five years, have an increased risk of developing breast cancer.

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Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis with DSM5-TR Changes

Counselor Toolbox podcast

TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction to schizophrenia spectrum disorders 04:00 Types of delusions 08:50 Hallucinations 10:30 Disorganized thinking 12:45 Abnormal motor behavior 15:10 Negative symptoms in schizophrenia 17:30 Schizophrenia, brief psychotic disorder schizophreniform 21:55 Delusional Disorder 22:40 Differential diagnosis 31:05 Associated features (..)

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Into the DSM - Schizophrenia

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker Exam

Schizophrenia will doubtless come up for social workers employed in clinic settings. If there is a history of autism spectrum disorder or a communication disorder of childhood onset, a schizophrenia diagnosis is made only if prominent delusions or hallucinations are present for at least one month. Here are the criteria: A. Delusions 2.

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Bipolar or Any Mental Illness Is Not Your Fault

Nnatasha Tracy

Schizophrenia is not your fault. Bipolar disorder is not your fault. Depression is not your fault. You did nothing to deserve a mental illness. You are a good person and your being sick does not affect that. Mental illness landed on you and started eating away at your brain. It could have happened to anyone. You had nothing to do with it.

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Vulnerable woman lay dead in Surrey flat for more than three years

The Guardian

Laura Winham, 38, had schizophrenia, struggled to look after herself, and had become estranged from her family. She was found in a “mummified, almost skeletal state” at her social housing flat in Woking, Surrey, by police and relatives in May 2021.

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NASW seeks clemency for death-row inmate Johnny Johnson

Social Work Blog

Johnson’s adolescence was riddled with suicide attempts and hospitalizations, and he ultimately was diagnosed with schizophrenia as early as age 16, according to the Missouri Supreme Court. Johnson’s case is particularly concerning given his extensive documented history of mental illness, learning disabilities, abuse, and trauma.