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    Mental health involves a complete state of social‚ psychological‚ and emotional wellbeing. Mental health is vital for interpersonal relationships and leading a productive life (Healthy People 2020‚ 2016). Mental health promotes physical health and when out of balance it contributes to mental disorder‚ cancer among other chronic conditions. Mental illnesses are the commonly reported illnesses and leading causes of disability in America. Statistics have revealed that one in every four American adults

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    stress and alcohol/substance abuse addiction often find themselves closely related due to the vast amount of individuals who use alcohol or other substances to treat the symptoms of PTSD. When a patient takes on substance abuse‚ they no longer have one disorder to deal with‚ they have two. Patients and counselors alike have many different methods for trying to help those who have dual disorders. Each case is different and no case can be compared to any other. Post-traumatic stress disorder has a unique

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    Hoàng Hồng Thủy – LQT40A THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH ENGLISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH INTRODUCTION Those people who complain about the difficulties of learning German‚ don’t know how lucky they really are - they only have one language to master. Admittedly‚ there are regional differences of dialect in German-speaking countries‚ but the non-native speaker who has learned Hochdeutsch (high or standard German) should have no problems in making himself understood by citizens of Germany‚ Austria or Switzerland

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    Stigma is one of the biggest barriers to accessing mental health services. The media and Hollywood movies have cultivated stigma by falsely representing people with mental health disorders. For example‚ movies often portray characters with mental health problems in institutions smoking incessantly‚ with volatile outbreaks‚ and a Thorazine shuffle. In addition‚ when a mass shooting occurs the media declares the perpetrator mentally ill. For this reason‚ the misconceptions surrounding mental illness

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    Care Plan 2 Psychiatric/Mental Health PATIENT CARE PLAN Client Initials: H.C. Admission Date: 01/14/13 Unit: 4 South Age: 28 Sex: Female Race/Culture: Caucasian ASSESSMENT Presenting Problem: This is a 28 year-old Caucasian female who was admitted to Doctors Hospital Psychiatric Unit 4 South due to an overdose on multiple medications. The patient was found by the police on January 13th picking through garbage near

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    The Difference between Choice and Addiction By: Michael Chorba Jr. COM 220 June 30‚ 2010 Nicole Mclnnes Doctors believe that addiction or alcoholism isn’t a choice but believe that it is a disease. The definition of disease is “A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts‚ and its etiology‚ pathology‚ and prognosis may be known or unknown” (MDO‚ 2010). Addiction and alcoholism is more of a disease than

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    It is fundamental for mental health professionals to demonstrate foundational skills of counselling using an integrative process which is inclusive of a holistic‚ person-centred recovery orientated framework (Commonwealth of Australia 2013; Geldard & Geldard 2016; Muir-Cochrane et al. 2014). This can be achieved by adopting an integrated counselling approach as described by Geldard and Geldard (2016) as well as considering aspects like the physical environment and appropriate communication skills

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    Gardening as a therapeutic intervention in mental health 11 November‚ 2008 ABSTRACT Page‚ M. (2008) Gardening as a therapeutic intervention in mental health. Nursing Times; 104: 45‚ 28–30 This article describes why one low-secure unit chose to initiate a horticultural therapy project and organize it as a ‘workers’ cooperative’. The therapeutic benefits of gardening are explored‚ particularly focusing on the social benefits. The article also discusses the issue of hope‚ which is an intrinsic requirement

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    SWOK 534- Fall 2012 Mental Health in Texas prisons and jails October 13‚ 2012 University of Southern California A. Introduction: Issue‚ Policy‚ Problem: Texas has approximately 24.3 million residents according to 2010 state statistics from the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Close to 833‚000 adults live with a serious mental illness. Within these 24.3 million residents of Texas in 2008‚ approximately 37‚700 adults with a mental illness were incarcerated (NAMI.org). Additionally‚ there

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    Mental Health Care Needs Prisons have a great amount of mentally ill inmates and there is a risk that other inmates could developmental disabilities as well. The increase of mentally ill inmates in the prisons is because they are in danger to the public and also that there is a shortage of mental illness facilities. The issue of all of these mental cases in our prisons could all be easily eliminated if the community had sufficient resourceful treatment programs and other possible community programs

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