Importance of Case History Taking and Mental Status Examination Case history is the record of patient’s life. The history is a patient’s life story told to the psychiatrist in the patient’s own words from his or her own point o view. It allows the psychiatrist to understand the patient and also helps in prognosis of the case. The history also includes information about the patient obtain from other sources such as parents or spouse. Getting the comprehensive history from a patient or from other
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“Mental disorder is a prison where you are both suffering prison and the cruel jailer.”-Dorothy Rowe The correction system is a home to many individuals with disabilities.These individuals are setup to help them in their daily lives behind bars. Mental disorders is a wide range of conditions that can affect mood‚ thinking and also behavior. There are many different kind of mental disability some of these are… Major depression‚ anxiety‚ schizophrenia‚ bipolar disorder ‚autism ‚ post traumatic
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Mild Mental Retardation Speech and Language Disorders Introduction: Mild mental retardation is a lifelong disability that limits both the intellectual function and the adaptive behavior during the period of development. It first appears in children under the age of 18 and occurs in 2.5-3% of the population. There are a number of factors that cause mental retardation and most of the causes are chromosomal‚ metabolic and environmental. Symptoms appear once the child is born and later in childhood
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The Relationship of Mental Illness and Homicide The reasons for individuals to take the life of another human being seem to be endless. Whether it is in self defense‚ revenge‚ a crime of opportunity‚ or just because the suspect wanted to know how it felt to kill‚ there is usually an explanation for the act. When it comes to mental illness though‚ that is not always the case. Some individuals with mental illnesses do not in fact know why they commit the crimes they do. Some may claim that the
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associated with mental illness. The mentally ill population frequently experience challenges to their ability to function and align their behavior consistent with the social norms. Due to the high volume of individuals that suffer from mental health disorders‚ often these people lack sufficient advocacy and rehabilitation facilities that specialize in providing them the life skills and coping modalities that are essential to their ability to function appropriately in society. Mental illness is becoming
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suicide (Suicide: 2016 Facts & Figures). Mental illness is the cluster of symptoms that interfere with a person’s ability to function normally every day. Mental illness affects at least 50% of people at some point in their life (McNally 1). It is important to be educated on the effects of these disorders on people. People should be taught about mental illness early on in order to educate about potential treatments‚ increase awareness about prevalent mental disorders in age groups‚ especially in teens
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problem within the world‚ which affects the rich‚ the poor‚ the old and the young; day in and day out. A problem that can strike anyone down‚ at anytime. And a problem that blights millions of lives all around the world. Of course I am talking about Mental Health‚ with a wide range of people suffering from the likes of people living with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to those fighting bouts of depression and panic attacks. Now‚ you would think a widespread and important problem like this would
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issue of mental disorders arise. Some types of extreme mental illness increase the risk that a person will execute a vicious wrongdoing. The risks vary based on various factors. Different mental disorders have different effects criminal behavior in different ways. It is important to understand how individual mental health disorders may affect this involvement so that early intervention and prevention measures can be implemented. This research paper will talk about the effect that mental disorder
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three mental health professionals outlined in this course and their effectiveness. Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) Community psychiatric nurses have a vast amount of responsibilities and roles within the mental health sector. They are a registered nurse that have undergone specialised training in mental health who work within the community. Some can be attached to general doctor surgeries‚ within the prison system‚ mental health units‚ homes and even the homeless and/or community mental health
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Essay 9 When might a physical or mental examination be requested? Demonstrate these possibilities in a small fact pattern for each way. (This essay needs to be 2+ pages long) First‚ we all know that physical and mental examinations are often used in personal injury cases. In some cases the physical or mental condition of a party can be very important in establishing the personal liability of the defendant or in determining the extent of the injuries suffered by the plaintiff. I will later provide
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