Benchmark – Schizophrenia Safety Plan
Read the Topic 5 Ted Case Study.
Create a 1,200-1,500-word safety plan for a client similar to Ted, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia that addresses potential depression and suicidality.
Include the following in your safety plan:
- What symptoms would a client with schizophrenia exhibit? What symptoms did Ted display?
- How would you have addressed Ted’s symptoms related to delusions, hallucinations, and depression?
- What other diagnosis might Ted have been misdiagnosed with and why?
- Describe which theories would have been most effective and which theories would have been least effective for treating Ted’s schizophrenia. Explain your rationale.
- Describe treatment options for addressing all of Ted’s symptoms.
- Explain how a client’s religious or spiritual beliefs come into play during the process of dealing with depression and suicide.
- Include at least five scholarly references in addition to the textbook in your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
Answer preview
Schizophrenia is a condition that causes people to interpret the reality of life abnormally. The condition may lead to a patient having hallucinations, high level of thinking disorder, delusions and when not well managed, it can lead to disordered thinking as well as impaired body functioning. The treatment for schizophrenia takes long where the treatment helps control the symptoms from developing into serious complications. As per now, there is no cure for schizophrenia, but a lot of research is being carried out to determine the causes and the complete treatment of the disease. However, a lot of people have different misconceptions about the disease that is never true.
Symptoms would include a client with schizophrenia exhibit
The symptoms vary depending on the type and the level of the disease. As time goes with poor management of the disease, the …
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