Laura’s Resources for Mental Health Illnesses Mood Disorders Disorder Resources Depression http://allpsych.com/disorders/mood/index.html http://www.camh.net/education/Online_courses_webinars/mha101/index.html Signs and Symptoms: lack of energy; oversleeping/not sleeping; drop in grades; regress to childhood fears; self-harm; substance abuse; aggressive; accident prone/clumsy Strategies: connect; allow creative outlets (writing‚ drawing‚ doodling); help with memory and organization
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Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Service Worker Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Service Workers Skills and characteristics are essential in the Human Service Profession to be efficient in helping the clients. The Human Service Professional is a one of a kind individual‚ which requires skills and certain characteristics that very few people have. This paper will discuss the skills and characteristics and the definition of the two which are essential in this
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Mental health is a disease people have experienced since the beginning of time. Mild to severe disturbances in behavior and/or thoughts are the effects of a mental illness. More than 200 forms of mental illnesses have been classified. In the ancient period the Egyptians “documented” disordered states of attention and concentration and emotional distress in the mind or heart‚ which later became known as melancholy and hysteria. Somatic treatments usually involved reciting magic spells and applying
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Name Mental health I had been having periods of anxiety for over eight months which were characterized by sleepless nights and difficulties in concentration. Before then‚ I had been taking care of my father after my mother became ill and passed away two years ago. She had looked after my father and me in a loving manner and always took good care of us. I am a single women aged 26 years. I recently resigned from work in order to be present with my father as I take care of him. The problem got worse
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NSB223 - Case Study This Case Study will be undertaken as a group activity and is designed to deepen your knowledge about mental illnesses‚ and to test your understanding about the nursing care of people suffering from such conditions. It will also assist you to express your ideas through class presentation and in writing. You as a small group of 3-4 students are asked to choose one of the following scenarios and answer the questions listed below. The manner in which you as a group choose to present
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Title: Health Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about why the value of health is dear to me. Central Idea: Today I will discuss the value of health‚ and how not only mentally‚ but also emotionally & physically health are important. Introduction I. Attention: Have you ever wonder what is going on up in your brain? Well I have…roughly over a thousand times. II. Audience connection/credibility: Health begins with our mindsets. One must allow our minds to push our physical limits‚ to be able
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A. Public Health Approach to Mental Health A Public Health Approach to Mental Health contains must focus on a specific group of people‚ stress promotion and prevention‚ and address the determinants of health. A Public Health Approach must also place an emphasis on “assessment‚ policy development‚ and assurance” (Miles et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 40). B. Description of Disorder Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent emotions of sadness and loss of interest‚ it is also called Major Depressive
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Main Question Post: Week 9 Discussion – Case Study # 2 Patient Initials: T. M. Age: 47 Gender: Female SUBJECTIVE DATA: Chief Complaint (CC): Complaint of pain to the right wrist‚ with tingling and numbness in the thumb and index and middle fingers for the past 2 weeks. History of Present Illness (HPI): T. M is a 47-year-old obese African American female who present at the clinic with a complaint of pain to the right wrist‚ with tingling and numbness in the thumb and
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hehehehe i actually only wanted toExamples of Informative Essays The purpose of an informative essay‚ sometimes called an expository essay‚ is to educate on a certain topic. It is not for giving an opinion or convincing someone to do something or change his beliefs. In addition to being informative‚ it needs to be interesting. Structure of an Informative Essay The basic structure of an informative essay is very simple. It needs to have a beginning‚ middle‚ and end. The beginning needs
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Informative Essay: Racism Heather Renfro ENGL 111 Professor Wendy Kruger October 26‚ 2014 Racism is the discrimination of different race/races and is the thought of one race or color of skin has more physical/mental abilities than another. Some perceive different races to be a factor when applying for a job‚ getting an education‚ and living everyday life. It is based on the attitudes of one or more people based on the supposed superiority of one group to the supposed infirmity of another
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