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Group 4/International Class (C)/Semester V/Batch 2020
A. Background
Currently mental health has become one of the issues that must be addressed, it's just
that the Indonesian people still often ignore the importance of mental health. One of the
most common mental disorders is schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic
disorders, with a basic personality disorder, characteristic distortions of mental processes
think. Sometimes he has a feeling that he is being controlled by outside forces. This
disorder is generally characterized by disturbances in thoughts and perceptions that are
wrong and distinctive, and blunt effect.
Patients with schizophrenia in Indonesia itself are increasing every year. There was
an increase in the prevalence of schizophrenia from 1.7% in 2013 to 7% in 2016. The
prevalence of schizophrenia in Indonesian society in 2016 reached around 400,000 people/
1.7 per 1,000 population (Riskesdas, 2013). Symptoms of schizophrenia generally develop
in late adolescence or early adulthood, starting from the age of 20 years (Harrop & Trower,
2001).
Not only the number of people with schizophrenia is quite large, the number of
sufferers who experience relapse is also quite large. Relapse is the reappearance of the
symptoms of the disorder after the patient is hospitalized. Patients who relapse have the
potential to endanger themselves and those around them so they must return to
hospitalization (Amelia & Anwar, 2013).
B. Purpose
• General Purpose :
Understanding the nursing management of patients with Schizophrenia
• Specific Purpose :
1. Can understand about the definition, etiology, signs and symptoms and
management of schizophrenia.
2. Can identify the results of the assessment of cases of clients with schizophrenia.
3. Can determine nursing diagnosis in cases of clients with schizophrenia.
4. Can determine appropriate nursing outcomes in cases of patients with
schizophrenia.
5. Can determine the appropriate nursing intervention in the case of clients with
schizophrenia.
CHAPTER 2: CASE DISCUSSION
A. Case Overview
Sam is a 19-year-old single engineering student, from a middle socioeconomic
background. Over the previous year and a half, He believed that others were able to
identify his physiological state by the appearance of his groin and therefore were
laughing at him and making derogatory comments. He had made attempts to mask
these perceived bodily changes by changing the way he dressed. Secondary to these
beliefs he had also become socially withdrawn, was frequently absent from class and
had had significant academic decline. The patient had even shifted colleges because
of the perceived ridicule by others. He also avoided situations, which required him to
stand upright, such as crowded buses, elevators, and shops. He had attempted self-
harm a year earlier by slashing his wrist. The patient experienced auditory
hallucinations. He complained of hearing voices and engaged in third person
conversations involving both a man and a woman. The patient also complained that
he heard people talking about him and insulting him, some of whom he knew. He was
therefore suspicious and felt uneasy with others. As a result, the patient said that he
had been spending the night with a friend and refused to return to his parents’ house
because he was not safe there. He believed that he had been targeted. His thought
content revealed paranoid delusions and delusions of reference. (The patient’s sister
said he often complained that people wanted to harm him and as such felt unsafe. She
also added that he often complained of receiving death threats through phone calls
from an unfamiliar telephone number.) The patient also had poor insight.
B. Discussion
1. Basic Concept
a) Definition
Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders, with a basic personality
disorder, characteristic distortions of mental processes think. Sometimes he has a
feeling that he is being controlled by outside forces. This disorder is generally
characterized by disturbances in thoughts and perceptions that are wrong and
distinctive, and blunt effect. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by
disturbances in thought patterns, perceptual processes, affection and social behavior
(Kopelowicz, Liberman, Wallace, 2003). Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia
usually also show positive symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions and
negative symptoms, such as social withdrawal, self-neglect, loss of motivation and
initiative and blunted emotions (Picchioni & Murray, 2007). Traditionally,
schizophrenia may involve positive symptoms, such as hallucinations, delusions,
formal thought disorders, and negative symptoms, such as paucity of speech,
anhedonia, and lack of motivation. This activity outlines the evaluation of
schizophrenia and explains the role of the interprofessional team in improving care
for patients with this condition.
Bleuler (in Nevid, 2012) adds that schizophrenia can be recognized based on
the main symptoms/4A: (1) Association, namely the relationship between thoughts
being disturbed or commonly referred to as thought disorders and loose associations;
(2) Affect, ie emotional response to be flat or inappropriate; (3) Ambivalence, ie
individuals have ambivalent feelings towards others such as hate and love for their
partner; (4) Autism, namely withdrawal into a private fantasy world that is not bound
by the principles of logic.
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder with a collection of psychotic symptoms that
is influenced by various individual factors, including areas of thinking and
communication, accepting and interpreting reality, feeling and showing emotions and
behavior according to social norms. Schizophrenia can also be called a disease that
affects parts of the brain and causes disturbed thoughts, emotions, movements, and
behavior.
The definition of schizophrenia is as a neurological disease that affects the
client's perception, way of thinking, language, emotions, and social behavior
(Neurological disease that affects a person's perception, thinking, language, emotion,
and social behavior).
Schizophrenia disorders are divided into 3 types, namely disorganized,
catatonic and paranoid schizophrenia (APA, 2000). This type of disorganization is
often described as chaotic behavior, incoherent speech and disorganized delusions
with sexual/religious themes. The hebephrenic type often appears in the form of
slowing of activity that progresses to stupor and even agitation. The paranoid type is
seen with frequent auditory hallucinations and delusions that cause anxiety or fear
(Nevid, 2005).
b) Etiology
Until now, the cause of schizophrenia is not known with certainty. Various
factors such as genetic factors, mental resilience, personality and environmental
factors are thought to play a role in aggravating the number of people with
schizophrenia in the world. Genetic factors such as the role of the overactive
neurotransmitter dopamine, which disrupts the work of the brain, have led to the
emergence of major antipsychotic/sedative drugs as a treatment method
schizophrenia. There are also studies regarding the brain volume of schizophrenic
patients 5% smaller than normal people, with the largest reduction in the cerebral
cortex (Cowan & Kandel, 2001).
The causes of schizophrenia can be due to biological causes or psychological
causes. Biological causes are genetic, neurobiological, neurotransmitter imbalance
(increased dopamine), brain development and viral theory. Psychological causes,
namely failure to fulfill the task of psychosocial development and family disharmony
increase the risk of schizophrenia. Sociocultural stressors, stress that accumulates can
contribute to the onset of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. There are also
factors that cause schizophrenia, namely predisposing factors in the form of genetic
factors, brain damage, increased dopamine neurotransmitters, immunology, triggering
stressors, psychosocial, health, environment, attitudes or behavior. In addition,
environmental factors also affect, including: malnutrition during pregnancy, problems
in the birth process, stress in environmental conditions and stigma.
The factors that cause schizophrenia according to (Yosep, 2010) are:
❖ Heredity: proven by research on families who suffering from mental disorders
in a child who has twins but one egg, and a child with one suffering parent
schizophrenia.
❖ Endocrine explains that schizophrenia occurs at puberty.
❖ Metabolism, in this theory seen from the client who looks pale, decreased
appetite and weight loss.
❖ Central nervous system: causes directed at structural abnormalities central
nervous.
❖ Adolf Meyer's theory: can be caused by bodily disease which until now has not
found any abnormalities either pathological, anatomical and physiological.
❖ Sigmund Freud's theory: the weakness of the ego caused by psychogenic or
somatic.
d) Management
Prevention of relapse in schizophrenic patients can be accomplished with
adequate preparation for discharge and mobilization of existing health care facilities
in the community. This is particularly the participation and support of the family.
Families with high emotional expression will cause a relapse in family members with
schizophrenia. Kassim (1998) suggests that emotional behavior is believed to affect
the future of schizophrenic patients.
Management of schizophrenia or schizophrenia aims to relieve and control
symptoms, because there is no drug that can cure this disease. For this reason,
management must be carried out for life, including the provision of medication and
psychosocial therapy. In some cases, patients may require hospitalization, if there is a
potential danger to themselves or others.
❖ Pharmacology Administration
Drugs that can be used for patients with schizophrenia are from the
antipsychotic group. This class of drugs is thought to control symptoms by
affecting the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain. The goal of treatment with
antipsychotics is to control the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia
effectively, at the lowest possible dose.
❖ Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
❖ Surgery of the brain or Hospital treatment.
❖ Psychosocial approach the psychosocial approach aims to provide emotional
support to clients so that clients are able to improve their social and work
functions to the maximum.
❖ Psychotherapy
- Psychoanalytic therapy in this therapy, a person is aware of his problems and
makes defense mechanisms with the aim of controlling his anxiety.
- Behavior Therapy There are two forms of psychosocial programs to improve
the function of independence, including: 1) Social Learning Program:
schizophrenic clients to learn appropriate behavior 2) Social Skills Training:
train sufferers about their skills or expertise.
- Humanistic therapy Group and family therapy.
- Supportive psychotherapy, is a form of therapy that aims to provide
encouragement and motivation so that people with schizophrenia do not feel
hopeless and have a fighting spirit in facing life (Prabowo, 2014). In
schizophrenic clients, there is a need for encouragement to struggle to
recover and be able to prevent a relapse.
- Re-educative psychotherapy This form of therapy is intended to provide re-
education to change old education patterns with new ones so that people
with schizophrenia are more adaptive to the outside world (Prabowo, 2014).
- Reconstructive psychotherapy aims to restore the personality that has
changed due to stressors that the client is unable to deal with (Ikwati, 2011).
- Cognitive psychotherapy is a therapy to restore cognitive function so that
people with schizophrenia are able to distinguish ethical social values.
According to Ikwati (2011) the treatment and recovery of schizophrenia
consists of several stages of treatment and recovery, namely:
- Acute phase therapy in this acute phase, the client shows clear psychotic
symptoms marked by positive and negative symptoms. Treatment in this
phase aims to control the psychotic symptoms that appear in people with
schizophrenia. Administration of drugs in the acute phase is given within six
weeks.
- Stabilization phase therapy in the stabilization phase the client experiences
psychotic symptoms with mild intensity. In this phase, the client has a high
probability of relapse so that routine treatment is needed towards the
recovery stage.
- Maintenance phase therapy in the maintenance phase is given in the long
term with the aim of being able to maintain the client's recovery, control
symptoms, reduce the risk of recurrence, reduce the duration of
hospitalization, and teach skills to live independently. Therapy in this phase
can be in the form of giving antipsychotic drugs, family counseling, and
rehabilitation.
2. Data Analysis
• Low visibility. • The client feels insecure about his Related to Self-concept
• His thought body shape. body image disorder:
content revealed • He had made attempts to mask disturbance Chronic low
paranoid these perceived bodily changes by self-esteem
delusions and changing the way he dressed.
delusions of • The patient had even shifted
reference. colleges because of the perceived
ridicule by others.
• The patient also had poor insight.
• Patient • The client feels auditory Related to Sensory
Hallucinating hallucinations withdrawal, perception
• The client complains of hearing social disorder:
voices and engaging in third- isolation and auditory
person conversations involving Chronic low hallucinations
men and women. self-esteem.
• The patient also complained that
he heard people talking about him
and insulting him, some of whom
he knew.
• The client also complains that he
hears people talking about him
and insulting him.
Suicide Risk
Social Isolation
Self-concept disorder:
Chronic low self-esteem
5. Nursing Intervention
Identify 2 4
themself
Identify 2 5
significant
people
Identify the 2 5
current place
Correctly 2 5
identify day,
month, year,
season
Significant 2 4
current events
Notes:
1 = Very disturbed
2 = Much disturbed
3 = Moderately disturbed
4 = Slightly disturbed
5 = Not bothered
Correctly 2 5
identify day,
month, year,
season
Significant 2 4
current events
Notes:
1 = Very disturbed
2 = Much disturbed
3 = Moderately disturbed
4 = Slightly disturbed
5 = Not bothered
Awareness 2 4
Cognitive 2 4
orientation
Cognitive 2 4
status
Notes:
1 = Very disturbed
2 = Much disturbed
3 = Moderately disturbed
4 = Slightly disturbed
5 = Not bothered
Ability to 2 4
contact others
for help
Emotional 2 4
support
provided by
others
Best friend 2 4
relationship
Social support 2 4
connection
Notes:
1 = Inadequate
2 = Slightly adequate
3 = Adequate enough
4 = Mostly adequate
5 = Completely adequate
Suicide risk After nursing action for 3x24 • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
related to hours, the client will get the Behavior Management: Self-Harm
auditory following criteria: (NIC: 4354)
hallucinations • Self-control against • Identify previous history of self-
and delusions. depression (NOC: 1409) mutilating behavior
• Develop expectations of
Indicators Before After
appropriate behavior and
Monitor the 2 4 consequences, based on level of
intensity of cognitive function and capacity
depression for self-control
• Communicate the behavior
Monitor 2 4
expected of the patient and the
behavior due to
consequences for the patient
depression
• Monitor for patient self-harm
Monitor 2 4 impulses that may develop
physical suicidal thoughts or behavior
condition due to • Help the patient to identify and
depression feelings that may trigger self-
harm
Follow the 2 4
• Help the patient to identify more
treatment
appropriate coping strategies and
regimen
their consequences
Set realistic 2 5 • Contract with patient not to hurt
goals yourself
• Formulate a treatment plan with
the patient that includes goals to
Report changes 2 5
prevent unwanted self-harming
in symptoms
behavior
Note:
• Involve patients in individual
1 = Never show
and group therapy, as
2 = Rarely shows
appropriate
3 = Sometimes shows
• Give medication to reduce
4 = Often shows
anxiety, stabilize mood / mood
5 = Consistently shows
and reduce self-stimulation in an
appropriate way
• Hope (NOC: 1201)
Despair 2 4
Low self- 2 4
esteem
Note:
1 = Weight
2 = Quite heavy
3 = Medium
4 = Light
5 = None
Differentiate 2 4
yourself from
others
Acknowledge 2 4
personal
physical,
mental and
emotional
abilities
Recognizing 2 4
personal values
Accept your 2 4
own feelings
Note:
1 = Never show
2 = Rarely shows
3 = Sometimes shows
4 = Often shows
5 = Consistently shows
CHAPTER III. CONCLUSION
A. Conclusion
Schizophrenia is a very severe mental disorder and this disorder is characterized by
typical symptoms such as disorganized speech, delusions, hallucinations, cognitive
disturbances, and disorders that cause low self-esteem. After we made observations on the
theory and carried out direct mental nursing care by identifying cases with hallucinations,
we can draw the following conclusions:
The assessment is carried out on the client based on the main complaint, the client
shows signs and symptoms of auditory hallucinations, the client often says he often hears
whispers that seem to threaten him. Clients are always suspicious of others and have low
visibility. The diagnosis that appears in the client in this case is sensory perception
disorder: delusions, auditory hallucinations, low self-esteem, social isolation and the risk of
suicide. Priority diagnoses are delusional. The nursing care plan carried out on the client
uses a standard approach to nursing care according to the diagnosis to assist the client in
controlling and pharmacological therapy.
B. Suggestions
In the case of a schizophrenic client, the nurse provides not only clinical or medical
support but also in other ways. For example, facilitating clients in spiritual matters. Then
provide therapeutic therapy and positive support that can increase the client's self-
awareness. Can also teach clients to learn to introduce themselves in order to start getting
along with people.
The motivation for the client to take medicine frequently and what will happen if the
client does not take medicine, this also needs to be known by the family. Also on actions
that have not been resolved so that nurses can continue and take the recommended actions
with home visits.
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