research on the internet to give a full definition). In 1936‚ Hans Selye invented the term ‘stress’ and defined it as ‘the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change.’ Stress is a reaction to a stimulus that disturbs our usual physical‚ mental or emotional state. Stressful events are an inevitable aspect of life and they initiate the ‘fight or flight’ response‚ which produces hormones and physical reactions as preparation for violence. Furthermore‚ stress can be external (environmental
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Understand Mental Health Problems Learners Name: CHERYL BISHOP Workplace: AMBERSWOOD OLDER PERSONS DAY CENTRE Start Date: 04/12/12 Completion Date: ……………………………….. Registration Number: ………………………….. Unit code: CMH 302 Unit reference number: J/602/0103 QCF level: 3 Credit value: 3 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
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BACP framework is a living document that is updated regularly‚ this was last updated in 2018. It is divided into Values‚ Ethical Principles and personal moral qualities (Unit 3 section 1). The values inform the principles‚ and are more action orientated (https://www.bacp.co.uk/events-and-resources/ethics-and-standards/ethical-framework-for-the-counselling-professions/). The values express general commitments that underpin the actions and purpose. (BACP‚ 2024).The key values in this framework include:
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Understanding Mental Illness: Means for Lifting the Stigma As a victim of the debilitating mental illness clinical depression‚ I have a first hand knowledge of the terrible stigma attached to seeking medical help for this and similar problems. When the diagnosis was made‚ I told no one that I was seeing a psychologist. I feared what people would think of me and how they would react to one of their friends seeing a "shrink". Because mental illnesses are not well known and even less well understood
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MENTAL RETARDATION Mental Retardation is a major health‚ social and economic problem to the entire nation. Unfortunately‚ it has been cloaked in an aura of myth and stigma that reflect a lack of knowledge and understanding. The primary purpose of this study was to contact an empirical survey identifying the current status of public knowledge about mental retardation. Concomitant objectives were (a) to elicit what attitudes the public has toward mental retardation‚ and (b) to identify and relate
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The UBD fever By NILDA R. SUNGA‚ Ph.D. Director for Academic Affairs‚ Angelicum College‚ Quezon City July 11‚ 2010‚ 12:23pm UBD means Understanding by Design‚ an educational framework whose main objective is to promote quality teaching and learning and whose main goal is to develop enduring understandings that are transferable to life. UBD has‚ indeed‚ taken the country by storm. Everybody seems to be in the know. Teachers have attended UBD seminars conducted by educational entities‚ both public
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types of mental illness some of these illnesses are depression‚ schizophrenia ‚ bi-polar‚ dementia. Signs and symptoms can differ from person to person depending on their age‚ the type of disorder they have to how they behave ( Health Article Mental Illness). History Mental illness dates back to early history when it was thought of as being possessed by demons (Porter 2002). Even through the Middle Ages demonic possession and witchcraft were thought to be the cause of mental illness
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Financial Statements – Understanding the Framework Done by: Yaazdan Katrak Cardiff MBA Feb ‘13 Roll No: 1309 Through this framework we learn how to prepare financial statements by applying accounting standards‚ allows the board to regulate the rules‚ provides detailed information to those interested in accounting and helps financial users to interpret the information. The Scope of this framework is to deal with the objective of financial statements‚ the qualitative characteristic that determines
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SIRS Specific organ dysfunction Respiratory dysfunction The lungs are a common site of injury in MODS. Lung injury may be either primary when the initial insult is to the lungs themselves (eg pulmonary contusions or aspiration pneumonia) or secondary‚ due to a non pulmonary disease process‚ (eg a septic intra-abdominal process or severe pancreatitis). Acute lung injury results in damage to the alveolar epithelium and/or the pulmonary capillary endothelium causing fluid leakage from blood vessels
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Psychopathology looks to better understand the mental disorders that can affect a person by understanding the factors and aspects at work such as genetics‚ social causes‚ biological‚ and even psychological factors. There are a variety of different ways that an individual may develop a mental disorder and the study of psychopathology focuses on these ways so that there is a better understanding of the developing and thus a better idea on how to treat the mental disorders that arise in individuals. Psychopathology
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