Home|Journals|Articles by Year|Audio Abstracts
 

Case Report

J Med Allied Sci. 2020; 10(2): 126-128


Case study of first episode schizophrenia

Shinu K. Kuriakose.




Abstract

We present a case of 21-year male who as per his university personnel was found talking to television, absenteeism from classes and continuous scribbling on note book. At the time of presentation to the emergency department he was agitated. When the patient became calm, he gave history of auditory hallucinations supposedly directing him to change TV or radio channels to get messages and felt anxiety of being hurt if not complying with these directions. There was history of smoking cannabis but no history of alcohol or illicit drug abuse. The decline in cognitive functioning, social withdrawal, associated substance abuse (especially cannabis) and course of the first episode symptoms was quite suggestive of schizophrenia.

Key words: First episode schizophrenia, Mental health, Psychiatry






Full-text options


Share this Article


Online Article Submission
• ejmanager.com




ejPort - eJManager.com
Refer & Earn
JournalList
About BiblioMed
License Information
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Contact Us

The articles in Bibliomed are open access articles licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.