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Identify the disоrder belоw аnd bullet pоint the symptoms thаt mаde you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. A 68-year old woman with a recurrent disorder showing manic symptoms and hallucinations. She showed these symptoms for the first time at the age of 28 years. She suffered paranoia and had acoustic hallucinations. She was treated in a psychiatric ward. After the in-patient treatment, she retired and partly worked as a teacher. However, the psychotic and manic symptoms reoccurred and she tried suicide several times. She was treated with 100 mg clozapine, and the manic symptoms and hallucinations improved. Ten years ago, she was switched from clozapine to the second-generation antipsychotic drug quetiapine (400 mg). With this medication, the residual symptoms improved very much, and she is still active in a self-help group.
Identify the disоrder belоw аnd bullet pоint the symptoms thаt mаde you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. Billy was taken into Local Authority care when he was 10 years old, due to his mother’s inability to care for him. While in care he was sexually abused by a male worker and suffered bullying at the hands of other children. His behavior subsequently deteriorated, and he became difficult to manage. He frequently tried to run away from the home and was prone to intense aggressive outbursts. During these outbursts he would damage property and, occasionally, also be violent towards other children and staff alike. At this time, he also started to self-harm, by cutting his forearms and torso and punching and head-butting walls. At age 12, he made a suicide attempt by trying to hang himself from the light fitting in his room. He was consistently truanting from school and eventually left care with no formal qualifications. He was then homeless for a time and supported himself by working as a rent boy and selling drugs. He was also a heavy user of alcohol, heroin, and crack cocaine. While in the community, he had never managed to hold down regular employment and had several intense but short-lived relationships with women. These relationships were volatile and characterized by frequent arguments. His offending history started when he was 14 when he received a citation for Criminal Damage. Since then he has received several convictions, mostly for drug-related offenses, but also including a number of more serious offenses. He was convicted of arson after he set fire to his apartment whilst in a state of emotional turmoil and after an argument with his partner. He has two convictions for domestic burglaries. In custody, he was initially volatile and aggressive and was placed on suicide watch, but he then appeared to settle down and worked as a cleaner.