As mental health nurses‚ we are granted a seemingly disproportionate power and latitude to practise when compared to our colleagues in general nursing. This is due to a number of factors; firstly‚ that mental illness is difficult to define‚ in the eyes of the public it constitutes an intangible wrongness about an individual that cannot be measured or even seen clearly. Due to misrepresentation and scaremongering by the media‚ mental health services are often viewed as taking the role of protecting
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Psychotherapy Approaches within Treatment Lisa Rogers PSY 101 Professor Patricia Addesso March 21‚ 2011 Psychotherapy Approaches within Treatment Overwhelming events are abundantly overflowing in today’s society. Both positive and negative events affect society in numerous ways. Depending on the specific circumstances of an event‚ both personally and socially‚ a person’s emotions can alter from one emotion to another. Many people are able to manage his or her emotions with a support system
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Based on the situations that the three female characters of Othello endure it is clear that Shakespearean society viewed women as lesser beings who existed only to serve the men in their lives‚ and who were supposed to subservient‚ submissive‚ pure and above all else obedient. Obedient to their husbands‚ father‚ brothers and all men. Patriarchal rule justified women’s subordination as the natural order because women were thought to be physiologically and psychologically inferior to men. Although
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and one detained under the Mental Health Act 2009. A voluntary patient is one that makes the decision and is capable of making the decision to seek treatment in a centre‚ and is able to leave if they decide to. A detention and treatment order authorizes the detention of a person in a treatment centre so that psychiatric treatment can be given. People who are subject to detention and treatment orders are required to stay in the center and receive treatment for a mental illness‚ even if they do not
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factual information to Mr. Goodman and in collaborating with him on his defense. Although the exact cause of Mr. Brooks’ psychiatric symptoms is dubious‚ it is clear that his behavior is affected by at least some clinically relevant symptoms of a mental disorder. There has been a considerable degree of fluctuation not only in the diagnostic status and severity of specific symptoms‚ but also in terms of shifts in mood symptoms and possible periods of drug intoxication. According to previous medical
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Name: James E. Roberts Course: CMSW 1313 Date: 11/24/10 Master Treatment Plan Person’s Name: Edward Kojak Date of first visit: 10/15/10 I. Identified Problems: Primary Problem: Bipolar II disorder Secondary Problem: Poly-substance in remission Tertiary Problem: unemployed II. Historical Data: Primary Problem: Bipolar II disorder Symptoms and/or history: : Client stated he began SDTP in 2004 and spent 9 wks on an inpatient psychiatric unit while incarcerated following
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Anorexia (an-oh-REK-see-uh) nervosa is an eating disorder that causes people to obsess about their weight and the food they eat. People with anorexia nervosa attempt to maintain a weight that’s far below normal for their age and height. To prevent weight gain or to continue losing weight‚ people with anorexia nervosa may starve themselves or exercise excessively. (MayoClinic) Anorexia is a severe and possibly life threatening eating disorder. A person with anorexia will have an overwhelming fear
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affect Therapeutic Communication in the Treatment of Mental Health Patients? Donna Turner Bryant & Stratton College Phil 250: Practices in Analytic Reasoning and Critical Thinking Mrs. Lyons June 6‚ 2011 How does Critical Thinking and Ethics affect Therapeutic Communication in the Treatment of Mental Health Patients? An important component of treatment for the mental health patient is knowledgeable‚ therapeutic communication abilities. The mental health patient is not physically sick‚ but
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Topic: Mental Disorders Thesis Statement: Mental disorders can be categorised into organic brain disorders‚ mood and anxiety disorders‚ personality disorders and psychotic disorders. Sub- topics: 1. Organic brain disorders 2. Mood and anxiety 3. Personality 4. Psychotic disorders Topic Sentences: 1. Organic brain disorders are the direct result of physical changes and diseases that affect the brain and is a major contributor of mental disorders. 2. Mood and anxiety arise
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Archives Des Sciences Vol 66‚ No. 5;May 2013 Title: New Toll to Predict Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment Result for Each Patient Ieva Tolmane (Corresponding author) Latvian University‚ Riga‚ Latvia Riga East university hospital‚ Infectology Center of Latvia‚ Riga‚ Latvia Address: Linezera Street 3‚ Riga‚ Latvia‚ LV 1006 Phone: +371 29266740‚ Fax: +371 67014568 E-mail: ieva.tolmane@inbox.lv‚ ieva.tolmane@aslimnica.lv Baiba Rozentale Riga Stradin’s University‚ Infectology and Dermatology
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