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                                                                                         Service · Integrity · Compassion

	Problems:
	Delusions of persecution, referential, somatic, religious or grandiosity		Catatonia of stupor, rigidity, negativism, posturing, excitement and mutism
	Hallucinations of any sensory modality such as auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory, or tactile		Affective flattening characterized by immobile, unresponsive face, poor eye contact, reduced body language
	Disorganized thinking such as looseness of association, tangentiality, illogic, incoherence, etc...		Alogia manifest by brief, laconic empty replies
	Disorganized behavior demonstrated by poor self care, unpredictable agitation, poor ADL’s, bizarre behavior		Avolition characterized by inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activities

	Goals:
	Reduce psychotic symptoms such that patient is able to function with greater relative autonomy		Maintain and motivate compliance with medications
	Significantly reduce or eliminate hallucinations and/or delusions		Reduce stressors that may have contributed to exacerbation of symptoms
	Develop insight into his/her illness
	Objectives:
	Patient and family/friends will provide detailed history of signs and symptoms		Patient will demonstrate more organized, coherent thought processes
	Patient will express increased insight into mental illness and understanding of the need for medications and comply with prescription		Patient will demonstrate greater degree of independent living and ADL’s
	Patient will comply with follow up appointments		Family members will demonstrate greater understanding of mental illness and increase positive support of patient and his struggles
	Patient will understand relationships between stressors and psychosis