Discuss the impact of chronic medical conditions on adolescents and identify ways of promoting resilience or positive development The Australian department of health and aging (2013) defines a chronic medical condition as one that has persisted or is likely to persist for at least 6 months. This essay aims to use developmental theories as a vehicle to discuss a variety of impacts that chronic medical conditions can have on adolescents. It will discuss the fragility of the pubertal stage of development
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As defined on the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)‚ resilience is “the quality or fact of being able to recover quickly or easily from‚ or resist being affected by‚ a misfortune‚ shock‚ illness‚ etc.; robustness; adaptability”; on this basis is easy to understand the importance of supporting resilience in children and young people. By having good resilience skills‚ children and young people will cope better with difficult context and transitions and they will also be more flexible at adapting to
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The word Resilience is using to explain the complexities of individual and group responses to traumatic and challenging situations. (Lindstrom 2001). Current reports of individuals experiencing severe difficulty have led to renewed debate concerning the processes that mediate a person’s ability to withstand excesses of both psychological and physical abuse. The capacity to improve from extremes of trauma and stress is called resilience. This important concept is of key relevance to health professionals
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Nathaniel‚ a teenage boy who has recently moved to the quiet outer suburban town of Cheshunt has developed and used resilience to overcome the challenges and problems that he faces in Isobelle Carmody’s The Gathering. The town is a mysterious place‚ and seems to have a lurking evil which Nathaniel and his friends strive to fight. Nathaniel uses resilience to overcome many challenges thrown at him in the book. Two examples would be his rocky relationship with his mother and when his much loved pet
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Lastly‚ one of the strongest attributes that one can associate with Indigenous peoples is their resilience. Resilience is defined as the ability to return to normal. They have been mistreated time and time again‚ however they continue to fight for themselves and the rights they deserve. In these two relating challenges‚ resilience is clearly illustrated. Firstly‚ with the foster care issue‚ we see the Misipawistik Cree Nation being resilient by approaching abusive households and situations in different
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understand the current theoretical and operational definitions of the concept for use in theory and research (Walker & Avant‚ 2005). The concept resilience was chosen for analysis because of its many uses in the literature today‚ and the need of a central‚ encompassing‚ modernized definition. In wake of the recent tragedies that have been occurring‚ resilience has become more widely used and its definition has been stretched. If this concept is to be used in its entirety‚ a centralized definition will
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for patients facing death and coping with family grief. Many litterature extensively discussed the resilience in childhood‚ adolescence ‚ family crisis and in adulut patients with chronical conditions (Ruth E. Davis‚ 2002‚ M. A. Pickering ‚ Jon H.‚ B. Holliday‚ G.Ulmer ‚ 2010‚ A. Hartmann‚ A. Bonnaud-Antignac‚ A. Cercle‚ G. Dabouis‚ F. Dravet‚ Garmezy‚ Masten‚ and Tellegen‚ 1984). Resilience is an important attribute of an individual facing stressors. Dorothy Jonson theory of stress defines
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Resilience in everyday life personally and professional can be summed up as one’s mental state of mind (Harrington‚ 2012). This mental state of mind comes from different aspects conscientiously and unconscientious‚ from an emotional to physical‚ social to internal private and spiritual strength. Resilience is the cornerstone for success in all aspect of life. In the workplace for one to perform at the 100%‚ as they should‚ they must be in the right mental state of mind as well as have a physical
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separated and sent to different POW camps that were overly abusive and put Louie through a lot of mental and physical pain. In the novel‚ Unbroken‚ Laura Hillenbrand uses Louie’s life experiences to show his two most important traits‚ optimism‚ and resilience. During Louie’s life‚ he had never failed to be resilient. Through the time that he had been struggling to survive at POW camps‚ with everything that the
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Research Paper Advanced Individual and Group Counseling‚ Diagnosis and Assessment of the Addicted Client Instructor: Dr. Ozietta Taylor LCPC Psych 641 Wilber L. Jackson Date Submitted: December 8‚ 2014 Date Due: December 8‚ 2014 Treatment Strategies in Counseling Methadone Clients Using Benzodiazepines And other Licit and Illicit Substance Case Scenario: Michael Doe is a 21 year old methadone patient. He presented at a Methadone Treatment Center with a 3 year history of opioid
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