PLEASE use these choices for specific diagnosis: no disorder/normal, acute stres

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PLEASE use these choices for specific diagnosis: no disorder/normal, acute stress disorder, antisocial personality disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression, dissociative fugue, amnesia, &/or identity disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and schizophrenia)

(PLEASE use these choices for the type of disorder: normal, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, dissociative disorders, schizophrenia, substance use or stress-related disorders).

Karla’s mother notices that Karla has become much less concerned about her appearance and hygiene lately, but what concerns her even more is that Karla seems to giggle inappropriately and has difficulty communicating. When Karla’s mother ask her what is wrong, Karla replies, “nothing, sumthing, bumpthing. I cannot say play day may lay turn up.” Karla has:

Specific diagnosis ___________ Type of disorder ________

Explanation / Answer

Specific diagnosis is disorganized schizophrenia as Karla is showing symptoms of disorganised speech and behaviour. A lack of self-care and hygiene, including derailed speech, word salads (creating new meaningless word ) etc is present. Type of disorder would be schizophrenia.

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