Introduction A guide to taking a patient’s health history is an article published in Nursing Standard in the August 2007 issue‚ written by Hiliary Lloyd and Stephen Craig. In this article Lloyd and Craig outlines the process and rationale for taking a health history. Also‚ this article provides different methods to taking a comprehensive history. Summary of Article Taking a successful history includes preparing the environment‚ effective communication skills‚ and order. It is the most important
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Examination of Clinical Psychology PSY/480 September 23‚ 2013 Amy McCall Examination of Clinical Psychology History of Clinical Psychology Early conceptions of psychology derived from the Greeks. The ancient Greek way of understanding disease transported thought outside the control of the Gods and toward social‚ biological and psychological effects exchanged between the mind and body (Plante‚ 2011‚ p. 33). Aristotle‚ Hippocrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle each believed that the "spirit or
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Importance of Case History Taking and Mental Status Examination Case history is the record of patient’s life. The history is a patient’s life story told to the psychiatrist in the patient’s own words from his or her own point o view. It allows the psychiatrist to understand the patient and also helps in prognosis of the case. The history also includes information about the patient obtain from other sources such as parents or spouse. Getting the comprehensive history from a patient or from other
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TOPIC 2 TUTORIAL SOLUTIONS Albrecht et al Chapter 2 Discussion Questions 2. People can be motivated to commit fraud because of financial pressures‚ vices‚ or because of work-related pressures. As well‚ perpetrators of fraud can be motivated by a perceived opportunity to commit fraud and the ability to rationalize that what they are doing is not wrong. Their motivations are usually combined into the fraud triangle of perceived pressure‚ perceived opportunity‚ and rationalization. 3
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FROM: Dr. Norton POTENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM: PART A. A N S W E R QUESTIONS I . A N D I I . THEORY QUESTION: I. Y o u have been assigned a 25 year-old male clHent for counseling who says he is seeking counseling because he is feeling anxiety. He has a d i f f i c u l t time getting to work in the morning and says he has no appetite. Since his new j o b and move to a new city‚ he reports to feelings o f low self-esteem. Select three (3) d i f f e r e n t counseling theories
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H 1 Due on Feb 3 in class 1. Dello is a world-class PC company. Management believes that they understand their products and customers better than any outsourcing company; therefore Dello should provide customer service in-house. Ideally‚ Dello’s customer service department wants to handle all the customer phone calls. During peak hours‚ however‚ Dello receives so many customer calls that they ask an outsourcing company‚ Telemate‚ to help handle incoming calls. Dello’s switchboard system is programmed
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Examination of Clinical Psychology PSY/480 April 22‚ 2013 Examination of Clinical Psychology Clinical Psychology has been a part of history from the Greek philosophers to Sigmund Freud. It is still being updated today using science to draw information from along with the philosophical aspects. With the exploration of new scientific data‚ there have been clinical interventions in psychology and how to treat the human condition. There are distinct differences between clinical psychology and
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Technological advances have altered clinical practice and the way individuals view human research. While these advancements have the potential to be beneficial for the scientific community‚ individuals and society as a whole‚ with great benefits‚ also comes great risks. One risk of returning individual results in research‚ is psychological trauma to the participant. In this essay‚ I argue that individual research results should not be returned‚ until certain conditions are met. Before explaining
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518 Assess the individual in a health and social care setting Compare and contrast the range and purpose of different forms of assessment The assessment process is the back bone to any package of care and it is vital that it is personal and appropriate to the individual concerned. Although studies have found that there is no singular theory or understanding as to what the purpose of assessment is‚ there are different approaches and forms of assessment carried out in health and social care
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Assess the individual in a health and social care setting 1. Understand assessment processes 1.1 Compare and contrast the range and purpose of different forms of assessment There are many forms I use to assess an individual’s needs. The first bit of the information comes from Derby City Council‚ which is called a outcome based support assessment. This is what they use to identify someone’s needs and how much care they require. The information on this document is great for Derby City to use‚ but
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