Drugs- Psychotropic medications prescribed to relieve anxiety‚ fear‚ or tension. 2. Antidepressant Drugs- Psychotropic medications that relieve depression. 3. Antipsychotic Drugs- Psychotropic medications that are effective in managing psychotic disorders. 4. Client- An individual‚ small group‚ or larger population that needs help. 5. Client Strengths- An approach to human service delivery that incorporates a client’s positive attributes and those of his or her environment. 6. Consumer- A term
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of the mind and are deeply influenced by the environment in which they have been exposed to or by the experiences in which they have lived. Admission The patient of interest is an African American female eighteen years of age with bipolar type I and Asperger’s disorder. She was brought to the hospital by her mother and step-father‚ and she was admitted on a voluntary status to the psychiatric mental health hospital for increasing agitation‚ mood lability‚ self-harm thoughts‚ as well as threats toward
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relate to others and daily functioning‚ serious mental illnesses include major depression‚ schizophrenia‚ bipolar disorder‚ obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ panic disorder‚ posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder. ("‚" p. 1) People who have this disease often find themselves without ant support and nowhere to go. It has been said that schizophrenia and bipolar are the two most popular mental illnesses among homeless people. I first learned of these illnesses while
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DEFENSE MECHANISM Defense mechanisms are the "automatic" mental behaviors all of us employ to protect or defend ourselves from the "threat" of some emotional pain. More specifically‚ ego defense mechanisms are mental behaviors we use to "defend" our self-images from "invitations" to feel ashamed or guilty about something. Defense mechanisms in and of themselves are neither good nor bad; it is only in how appropriately they are used and how adaptive they are that determines if they are problematic
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are one common class. It includes drugs like Celexa (citalopram)‚ Lexapro (escitalopram)‚ Paxil (paroxetine)‚ Prozac (fluoxetine)‚ and Zoloft (sertraline.) Anxiety disorder. A chronic condition that causes anxiety so severe it interferes with your life. Some people with depression also have overlapping anxiety disorders. Bipolar disorder. A type of depression that causes sometimes extreme mood swings between depression and mania (or hypomania.) This condition used to be called manic depression. Dysthymia
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something they can’t handle. For example financial problems‚ family problems‚ self-problems‚ and school problems. (2) Second Cause: Someone that have a mental or emotional disorder. Suicide victims suffer from major depression or bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder. Manic-depressive order is a bipolar affective disorder‚ or mood disorder‚ characterized by dramatic mood swings. (2) First Solution: Suicide victims visit a doctor in the four months before their deaths‚ and half in the month before. Mainly
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Schizoaffective Disorder: Schizoaffective disorder is a mental disease that features both signs of schizophrenia and mood disorder. Because of the varied symptoms and signs‚ patients with schizoaffective disorder is difficult to diagnose and treat. There is no clear pathophysiology of is made exclusively to this disorder. Patients usually are present with cognitive deficits similar to those with schizophrenia and deficits in emotions and mood similar to those with bipolar disorder. If any brain
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Chapter 11 Social Psychology: studies how your thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior are influenced by the presence of other people and by the social and physical environment. Social Cognition: studies how we form impressions of others‚ how we interpret the meaning of other people’s behavior‚ and how our behavior is affected by our attitudes. Person Perception: an active and subjective process that occurs in a interpersonal context; is influenced by subjective perceptions‚ social norms‚ personal goals
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ICM met with Mr. Hogue at Miracles in Progress located at 801 W Girard Ave to complete his activation for BHSI services. Mr. Hogue is a 50 year-old African American male who self-reports using crack cocaine since the age of 23; however he stated it did become a problem for him until later in his life. Mr. Hogue is currently homeless and has been residing in Miracles on Progress for the past six months. Mr. Hogue informed ICM that he completed the program at Miracles in Progress two years ago and
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all mental illness pathology observe symptoms less normal and abnormal cure underlying cause (if there is an underlying problem) Classification and diagnosis until 19th century no clear mention of psychological disorder- all insanity dementia praecox psychotic disorder by rapid conginitive disintegration emil kraepelin- used the term to group together conditions that he believed were all forms symptomsL deulsions‚ negativism‚ inability to focus attention kraepelin detailed records
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