Laura’s Resources for Mental Health Illnesses Mood Disorders Disorder Resources Depression http://allpsych.com/disorders/mood/index.html http://www.camh.net/education/Online_courses_webinars/mha101/index.html Signs and Symptoms: lack of energy; oversleeping/not sleeping; drop in grades; regress to childhood fears; self-harm; substance abuse; aggressive; accident prone/clumsy Strategies: connect; allow creative outlets (writing‚ drawing‚ doodling); help with memory and organization
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Name Mental health I had been having periods of anxiety for over eight months which were characterized by sleepless nights and difficulties in concentration. Before then‚ I had been taking care of my father after my mother became ill and passed away two years ago. She had looked after my father and me in a loving manner and always took good care of us. I am a single women aged 26 years. I recently resigned from work in order to be present with my father as I take care of him. The problem got worse
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Psychology and systems: Abnormal Behavior and Mental Health Morgan Bley West Chester University Summary: Abnormal psychology is the study of abnormal or atypical behavior in people. There are many things group into the category of atypical behavior. For example mental illness but being left handed is also considered atypical but is not an abnormality. Sometimes it is hard to use one definition to describe what abnormal psychology is. According to Saul McLeod (2008) abnormal psychology
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Understand Mental Health Problems Learners Name: CHERYL BISHOP Workplace: AMBERSWOOD OLDER PERSONS DAY CENTRE Start Date: 04/12/12 Completion Date: ……………………………….. Registration Number: ………………………….. Unit code: CMH 302 Unit reference number: J/602/0103 QCF level: 3 Credit value: 3 This unit aims to provide the learner with knowledge of the main forms of mental health problems according to the psychiatric classification system. Learners also consider the strengths and limitations
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Child development refers to the intricate biological‚ psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence‚ as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy. These changes are strongly influenced by family and cultural backgrounds‚ genetic‚ physical development‚ environmental influences‚ health‚ poverty‚ personal choices‚ parents‚ divorce‚ demise‚ foster care ‚ school‚ siblings‚ peer pressure and related experiences and most of
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Mental health is a state of the well-being in where a person realizes what their abilities are. It determines what how a person handles the stress‚ work and how to take part in the society. The main factors are how a person thinks‚ emote‚ interacts with one another. The determinants of mental health are multiple social‚ psychological and biological factors. These factors help determine the mental health of a person. Examples are a persistent socio economic are pressured into risks of mental health
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I think that two of the most important environmental factors that helped to play a part to the development and expansion of the United States were the potato famine in Ireland and the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s. These two major events helped to shape our country into the one we know today and are more closely linked then some people believe. The Irish Potato Famine began in September of 1845 with the first death from starvation being recorded the fall of the following year and lasted another three
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Singapore where government control over businesses is high. b) Economic Fluctuations in interest rates‚ exchange rates and money value greatly affect activities and operations of General Electric. Factors such as deflation and inflation as well as government spending in different countries in which General Electric has ventured often influence business productivity and profitability. The economic impacts caused by the current economic crisis are being felt all over the world. General Electric has
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I remember hearing stories when I was a child of how my mothers’ mind was possessed by demons. In this day of age some people still believe these old folk tales. I also remember a story of how my father would take my mother to a “curandera” where they would perform rituals in order to have the demons leave her mind and soul. The passing of my father when I was 5 years old triggered my mothers’ bipolar disorder to go into full effect. Thanks to medical advances she was diagnosed correctly by a true
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In the study conducted by Dr. Tanzi‚ he found out the biological factors that cause Alzheimer’s disease. This disease affects mainly older people‚ late 50’s to early 60’s‚ and it is one that does not go away with time‚ but‚ instead‚ gets worse. There are three stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The first stage of the disease attacks the hippocampus in the brain‚ which deals with memory. With this‚ a person affected by the disease will start forgetting things. The second stage affects their emotions
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