Agravio, Glen Joshua

BS-CRIMINOLGY 2-YA-1

Neuroses is a class of functional mental disorders involving chronic distress, but

delusions or hallucinations. The term is no longer used by the profession

The Case study of neuroses

This case study deals with an eight-year old girl who developed persistent abdominal
pain and vomiting for which no physiological cause could be discovered. After two
months of unsuccessful treatment for her illness, the girl was referred for a psychiatric
consultation. During the psychiatric interview, the psychogenic nature of the girl’s illness
became readily apparent, as did the nature of the conflict which had produced it the
tendency is strong for psychogenic illness such as this to become chronic without
psychiatric treatment. Many physicians are reluctant to apply clinically basic psychiatric
techniques to the treatment of physical illness. A suggestion is made that closer
collaboration between psychiatry and other medical specialties could be of great value
in preventive medicine.

Psychosis is used to describe conditions that affect the mind, where there has been
some loss of contact with reality

The Case study of Psychosis

Schizophrenia occurs very uncommonly in children younger than 13 years. The disease
is preceded by premorbid difficulties , familial vulnerability, and a prodromal phase. The
occurrence of positive psychotic symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations
depends on the level of cognitive development of child. Furthermore, at times it is very
difficult to differentiate the psychopathology and sustain a diagnosis of schizophrenia in
view of similarities with disorders such as autism, mood disorders, and obsessive
compulsive disorders. Here, we present three case studies with varying presentation of
childhood-onset psychosis/schizophrenia and associated management issues.