head: MENTAL ILLNESS Mental Illness Natalie Maxwell March 8‚ 2010 Each year‚ almost 44 million Americans experience a mental disorder. In fact‚ mental illnesses are among the most common conditions affecting health today. The good news is that most people who have mental illnesses‚ even serious ones‚ can lead productive lives with proper treatment (www.yahoo.com). Mental illnesses are some of the most misunderstand afflictions in today’s society. Too many people think of mental illness
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Mental Capacity Act The Mental Capacity Act is designed to protect people who can’t make decisions for themselves or lack the mental capacity to do so. This could be due to a mental health condition‚ a severe learning difficulty‚ a brain injury‚ a stroke or unconsciousness due to an anaesthetic or sudden accident. The act’s purpose is: * To allow adults to make as many decisions as they can for themselves. * To enable adults to make advance decisions about whether they would like future
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Mental Retardation February 14‚ 2013 Mental Retardation I. Set of Class A) Intelligence Quotient below 70 B) All class and Intelligence quotient II. Diagnosis A. Three criterion’s met 1.Iintellegence quotient below 70 2. Adaptive Behaviors a. Communications b. Self Help c. Functional Academic Skills d. Interpersonal Skills III. Genetic Screening A. Prenatal Testing 1. Increase risk of a fetus B. Diagnostic
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population suffer from either a mental disorder or illness” (Wexler). Many americans have been found to have a mental illness. Whether this be OCD or Schizophrenia‚ it is a serious problem. It is important to know about mental illness in case you ever interact with someone who suffers. You may not know a lot about mental illness and how it could affect you. Today‚ that changes. We will look at the basics of mental illness‚ a specific case called mania depression‚ and how mental illness doesn’t necessarily
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Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing (2000) 9‚ 166–176 F EATURE A RTICLE The use of the Liverpool University neuroleptic side-effect rating scale (LUNSERS) in clinical practice Paul Morrison‚1 Deanne Gaskill‚2 Tom Meehan‚2 Paul Lunney‚2 Gayle Lawrence2 and Paul Collings2 1 School of Nursing‚ University of Canberra‚ ACT 2601 and 2Centre for Nursing Research‚ Queensland University of Technology‚ Kelvin Grove Campus‚ Brisbane‚ Qld 4509‚ Australia ABSTRACT: Forty-four mental health clients
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SPED 2: Introduction to Special Education Mental Retardation(intellectual disability) Complex developmental disability It refers to substantial limitation in present functioning. It is characterized by significantly sub-average intellectual functioning‚ existing concurrently with related limitations in two or more of the following adaptive skills area. Substantial limitation in present functioning * Means that the person has difficulty in performing everyday activities. Significantly
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Definition Essay- Mental Freedom It has been said that the mind is a powerful instrument and whatever the mind perceives‚ the body can achieve. Although these statements are used very often‚ the power that the mind holds is still underestimated in my opinion. Mental freedom means being able to express the constructive qualities of the mind easily and more understandably. These qualities include self-expression‚ analysis‚ responsibility‚ patience‚ etc. Though physical freedom is important‚ one should
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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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History of Mental Health Services The topic I chose to write about is Mental Health. I feel like now a day’s mental health is a BIG issue with all these people killing the innocent and themselves. Mental Health has been over looked for so long and now it’s starting its true horrific nature. We have come very far from the practices and services used 10000 years ago. Still with all the technology and medicine there a lot of people that do not get the help they need. This day in age a person is given
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Mental process - the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"‚ "the cognitive operation of remembering". MAJOR MENTAL PROCESSES * Thinking * is a process by which a new mental representation is formed through transformation of information by complex interaction of the mental attributes of judging‚ abstracting‚ reasoning‚ imagining‚ and problem solving. Thinking about our thoughts and feelings‚ about our situations
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