************MENTAL HEALTH************ IT’S NOT JUST PHYSICAL •Your body needs at least 8 hours of sleep each night. •Rest allows you to build and repair new cells. •Stress can make you physically sick. •If you’re upset about something don’t hold it all in. •If you want a healthy body‚ you need a healthy mind. HANDLING STRESS •Many teens push themselves too far. •Parents know that everything can get to be too much. •We tend to be more forgetful when we are over stressed. COPING
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Fortinash: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing‚ 5th Edition Chapter 08: Culture‚ Ethnicity and Spirituality Case Studies - Critical Thinking Answer Guidelines CASE STUDY: HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT The patient is a 66-year-old woman who has been hospitalized for an extensive period (approximately 6 weeks). The initial problems were major depression‚ anxiety‚ and a degenerative spinal condition that required several surgeries. The spinal condition is treatable‚ but the process will leave her with
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antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD)‚ it is necessary to learn what having any personality disorder involves. As defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR‚ 2000)‚ a personality disorder (PD) is a persistent pattern of thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviours that is significantly different from what is considered normal within the person ’s own culture. Antisocial personality disorder is specifically a pervasive pattern of disregarding and violating the rights
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Abnormality is diagnosed by three different symptoms. The first definition is behaviour that deviates from social norms. The common question would be‚ what are social norms? Social norms are something that is socially acceptable in a certain society. So‚ the first diagnosis of someone who is abnormal and falls under the classification of deviation from social norms‚ could be categorised as abnormal in one society‚ but socially accepted and normal in another society (Cardwell et al‚ 2008: p.216).
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Mental health influences many aspects of a person’s life‚ and plays a large role in overall health. Establishing a definition of mental health is important because it informs society of where the line is drawn between when a person displays stable functioning and when a person crosses the threshold into having less than ideal mental health. As a result‚ defining mental health has ignited controversial debate. By having a reliable and consistent definition‚ individuals can better understand when‚
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Unit CMH 302 Understand mental health problems Unit aim This unit aims to provide the learner with knowledge of the main forms of mental health problems according to the psychiatric classification system. Learners also consider the strengths and limitations of this model and look at alternative frameworks for understanding mental distress. The focus of the unit is on understanding the different ways in which mental health problems impact on the individual and others in their social network
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Provide a commonly understood diagnostic category for clinical practice. B) Describe treatment modalities for psychiatric disorders and mental illnesses. C) Identify various etiologies for mental disorders based on family histories. D) Provide optimal outcomes for treatment for individuals with mental illnesses. 2. A nurse is providing care to a patient with a mental disorder classified by the DSM-IV-TR. The nurse understands that although the first three axes appear to contain all the diagnostic information
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The mental health problem is global and millions of people are affected. It exists in Nigeria such that it has become a public health issue‚ yet the mental health system in Nigeria appears to be inept in meeting the needs of sufferers of mental illnesses. This paper discusses the increasing importance of mental illness as a public health concern globally with particular emphasis on the Nigerian mental health issue. It is organised into various sections discussing the global mental health problem;
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Youth Mental Health and Well-Being Survey By Dr Teoh Hsien-Jin Woo Pei Jun Cheong Sau Kuan Department of Psychology School of Health & Natural Sciences Sunway University College Introduction and Literature Review The rates of mental health problems amongst Malaysian teenagers have been noted to be quite high. At present the percentage of emotional problems is 49% and aggressiveness is 41%. These findings were highlighted by the Ministry of Health’s Healthy Life-Style Campaign National Mental Health
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Name Course Instructor Date of Submission Mental Health Mental disorders are among the common conditions threatening health care today. Most people with mental disorders can‚ however‚ lead productive lives if proper medication is provided. Mental disorders affect the way individuals think‚ feel or act. Just like other illnesses‚ mental disorders have biological and psychological roots (Gazzaniga and Heatherton 23). Many mental disorders such as‚ Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ panic disorder
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