Mental Disorders

After reading the section in chapter 13 about schizophrenia, the part about paranoid schizophrenia caught my attention. My grandmother was diagnosed with dementia a few years ago, and she has always had a problem with anxiety and depression. She is never able to remember anything, which can be a sign of dissociative amnesia. Recently, she was able to acquire medicine to help treat her mental diseases, but she has become paranoid that my grandfather is not giving her the proper doses and is trying to prevent her from getting better. According to the book, this is a symptom of paranoid schizophrenia. She also believes that she is the only one in the family trying to help herself, which is a sign of a delusion of grandeur. By continuously taking her medications and seeking therapy, I hope that her condition will improve, and she can live at peace with herself and the people around her.