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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Common Problems of Adolescence: Concept Analysis There are several problems that adolescence encounter on a daily basis that are part of life and growing up. These problems can range anywhere from anger‚ anxiety‚ and attitude to sex‚ homosexuality‚ or violence. Almost everyone at some point and time of their adolescence‚ experience situations in their lives that are common to several others in their age range. The things that we go through during this time period help mold us into young
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Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Service Worker Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Service Workers Skills and characteristics are essential in the Human Service Profession to be efficient in helping the clients. The Human Service Professional is a one of a kind individual‚ which requires skills and certain characteristics that very few people have. This paper will discuss the skills and characteristics and the definition of the two which are essential in this
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Understand Mental wellbeing and Mental Health promotion CMH 301 1. Understand the different views on the nature of mental well-being and Mental health and the factors that may influence both across lifespan: It is a well known fact‚ that everyone is one of kind unique if you like. There for there will be always different views on this as well as other matters. ( diet‚ fitness ect) while " this and that " is working for some‚ it may not work for the other. However there is
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level to reduce seclusion use and there are strict guidelines both in law and policy determining how it is to be used. Definition The New Zealand Health and Disability Service standards define seclusion as “where a consumer is placed alone in a room or area‚ at any time and for any duration‚ from which they cannot freely exit”. (Ministry of Health‚ 2008) “Seclusion involves: Containment – a person is contained within a room where the door is shut and the freedom to exit is decided by staff.
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Community mental health is a vast concept with various initiatives and programmes under its umbrella. The area chosen for the purpose of the assignment is to address community mental health initiative addressing psychosocial needs of the people who have experienced massive forced displacement and/or identify as refugees. People migrate due to economic crisis‚ natural disasters‚ construction of dams and various others reasons that lead them into search for other opportunities‚ away from conflict and
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NU 306 Mental Health Nursing *Reflections: Clinical Experiences in Community - Gero 1. Describe characteristics of clients served by this program. The clients at Shoals Hospital in the geriatric psyc. Unit were obviously old. I think the youngest person was a 60 year old female. All had psychiatric disorders but the disorder that seemed to be most prevalent was Major Depressive Disorder. I also got to talk to the oldest living person with Huntington’s disease which was very cool. 2
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Physical and Mental Health Exercise and nutrition has never really been a priority for me. Most of my life I have been thin so I never had to watch my weight. Now as I get older I notice that because of my schedule‚ and the things I eat‚ I am retaining more weight than usual. I have attempted to incorporate an exercise regimen for my family‚ but it doesn’t seem to stick. I have joined gyms‚ walked in my neighborhood and watch workout videos and none of these practices stay around too long. I understand
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Mental health is a disease people have experienced since the beginning of time. Mild to severe disturbances in behavior and/or thoughts are the effects of a mental illness. More than 200 forms of mental illnesses have been classified. In the ancient period the Egyptians “documented” disordered states of attention and concentration and emotional distress in the mind or heart‚ which later became known as melancholy and hysteria. Somatic treatments usually involved reciting magic spells and applying
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A. Public Health Approach to Mental Health A Public Health Approach to Mental Health contains must focus on a specific group of people‚ stress promotion and prevention‚ and address the determinants of health. A Public Health Approach must also place an emphasis on “assessment‚ policy development‚ and assurance” (Miles et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 40). B. Description of Disorder Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent emotions of sadness and loss of interest‚ it is also called Major Depressive
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