Case Study: Jasmine

Schizophrenia Diagnosis in Jasmine’s Case Student’s Name Institution of Affiliation Course Date Schizophrenia Diagnosis in Jasmine’s Case Schizophrenia is a chronic condition that influences a person's ability to think emotionally and behave. Jasmine has paranoid schizophrenia, one of the subtypes of schizophrenia that entails severe presentation of auditory and olfactory hallucinations, paranoia, and strange beliefs. This paper will also provide information on Jasmine's diagnosis, potential symptoms, suggested treatments for her condition, and the necessary resources for her treatment, and focus on the strengths that should be provided. Diagnosis of Schizophrenia According to the DSM-5, schizophrenia is diagnosed when there are at least two of the following symptoms: negative symptoms and, of these, at least one of the following: delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech. Jasmine has noci-philosophical paranoid delusions that people around her in the dormitory are spying on her by using a camera and plotting against her. She also has intermittent auditory ones, which she hears voices from a 'voice machine.' The manifestations of such symptoms have lasted more than six months, which fulfills the duration criterion of schizophrenia. With such delusions and hallucinations being vivid, systemized, and persistent, paranoid schizophrenia is the most accurate diagnosis possible. Symptoms Identification Jasmine fulfills the criteria of positive symptoms, such as bizarre speech and movement; negative symptoms, such as lack of motivation and affective flattening; and disorganized symptoms, such as impaired attention and poor planning. Positive symptoms include, in particular, overestimations, that is, delusional and hallucinated percepts (Weilnhammer et al., 2020). It is sad but true that Jasmine ...