Sufferers may experience frightening and oppressive symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions that not only affect themselves but their family, work and social functioning. Schizophrenia and Paranoid Disorders aims to overcome unhelpful and inaccurate stereotypes by providing users with accurate and balanced information on each condition. Intuitive and easy to use, the package provides trainee and qualified health professionals with the training required to learn about the components of effective assessment and clinical management using a clear and structured approach. Building Knowledge Designed to strengthen the user s background knowledge of the condition, the introductory section contains an abundance of information empowering users to identify common presentations and understand the components of an assessment. The principles of diagnosis and range of physical, psychological and behavioural treatments available are described and video clips are used to show the occasional distressing impact of medication in creating acute movement disorders.
Users can navigate through the program at their own pace and select the topics they wish to study.
Once mastered, the user can either revisit topics they are unsure about or progress further through the clinical case studies. The package presents three case studies, focusing separately on acute paranoid schizophrenia, chronic negative symptoms of schizophrenia and drug-induced presentations, for clinical assessment by the user. Each contains video clips of the consultation process, detailed patient records and the results of medical tests undertaken which remain hidden until selected. The user is guided through the clinical management process from the initial referral and presentation, to the assessment and final diagnosis. The results of examining the Patient records and medical tests can be requested to assist the assessment process, and the results are shown on screen.