Mental illness assessment in Pottstown‚ PA Located only 20 miles southwest of Reading‚ PA on the Schuylkill River you will find Pottstown is an area densely populated with mental illness. According to the last national census held in 2010‚ Pottstown Borough is composed of about 75 % Caucasians‚ 17 % African American and about 8 % Hispanics. Population in 2014 was about 22‚684 with 10‚988 males and 11‚ 696 females (US Census‚ 2010). The community is mostly composed of lower-middle-class income families
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The population of Latinos in the U.S. continues to increase. In 2014‚ Latinos accounted for 17.4% of the population (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2015). Many Latinos are dealing with mental health disorders‚ such as depression. To help the well-beings of Latinos‚ counselors need to understand treatments based on depression. Additionally‚ one has to understand the cultural factors within the population of Latinos. Recently‚ Kanter et al. (2015) depicts a need for more research in order to improve treatment
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the most common mental illness‚ with an outstanding 6.7 percent million Americans adults‚ 18 and older yearly according to a 2013 study done by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). As a percent it may not appear to be such a significant number in size‚ but taken into the population size‚ this is an immense 15.7 million adult Americans yearly (NIMH). And this was what was found 2 years ago‚ the number may still be increasing. Substance abuse is also a more than common mental illness. According
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2. The Assessment The multidisciplinary team is concerned about the many social complexities that are present in Megara’s life that have a direct impact on Megara’s mental health and wellbeing. Some of these complexities include: her living arrangements‚ her support networks (or lack thereof)‚ and her safety. Furthermore‚ there is also concern about her cognitive functioning since there was evidence that there may be an impairment during the ward admission assessment‚ as well as a concern about
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Content 1. Statement of Problem 2. Problem and Contribution 3. Scope 4. Limitation 5. Methodologies 6. Allocation of Task 7. Time Schedule 8. Content 9. Bibliography 1. Statement of the Problem : Nowadays‚ almost everyone had heard Yakult. In our view‚ Yakult is an extremely famous beverages company. However‚ how can we imagine this small beverage can be an international product at the start? We believed that one of the successful reasons is their marketing strategies‚ say‚ Yakult
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Mini-Mental Status Exam JS scored twenty-eight out of thirty possible on the Mini-Mental State Examination. This shows no cognitive impairment without any clinical signs of cognitive impairment present. She received a perfect score on everything except two areas. The first one was only being able to recite only two of the three items to be remembered. Second area was difficulty counting back from one hundred by sevens (Demential Today website‚ n.d.). Fall Prevention Scale JS scored a total of
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Writer’s Block I have decided to do a topic near and dear to my heart‚ writer’s block. Actually that was such a lie. I struggle with this almost every time I have to write something‚ whether it’s a writing prompt or even just a simple response. Say you have to write a five paragraph essay that is due the next day‚ but you hit a rock and you’re stuck on what to write next. What do you do? How can you get out of this misery? Well‚ it looks like you have come down with a case of writer’s block. Knowing
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The objective of this case study is to provide an understanding of how a Mental State Examination (MSE) is conducted on a patient. The process is gain an initial assessment of the patient’s current mental health. Outlining their cognition‚ perception‚ mood and affect‚ behaviour‚ appearance and the Mandatory Functional Requirements‚ required for communication. For the purpose of this case study an MSE will be conducted on Lucy a twenty year old woman. Lucy was accompanied by her mother when they
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Take a minute to look at Mrs. Svoboda’s chart‚ she’s a textbook case of what we see around here‚ and then let’s talk about it.” Mrs. Svoboda is an 81-year-old woman with congestive heart failure. She had smoked for 60 years‚ but was able to successfully quit when she received her diagnosis four years earlier. She was in the hospital because she had fainted at home. Her EKG pattern had revealed the presence of third-degree heart block and resulting bradycardia. Use the information from this sheet and
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are stuck or where their brains cannot develop any ideas or any new material. A writer’s block they call it which is a condition‚ primarily associated with writing‚ in which an author loses the ability to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown. The condition ranges in difficulty from coming up with original ideas to being unable to produce a work for years. Some writers argue that “writer’s block” isn’t real. It’s just an excuse to use when we’d rather procrastinate than get to work on
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