Provide a commonly understood diagnostic category for clinical practice. B) Describe treatment modalities for psychiatric disorders and mental illnesses. C) Identify various etiologies for mental disorders based on family histories. D) Provide optimal outcomes for treatment for individuals with mental illnesses. 2. A nurse is providing care to a patient with a mental disorder classified by the DSM-IV-TR. The nurse understands that although the first three axes appear to contain all the diagnostic information
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Globally‚ there are mounting concerns among people with increasing cases of mental disorders within societies. This has led to the changing lifestyles and advancement in technology and other human activities. As a result‚ people have been engaged in tasks that could result in stress or depression depending on the nature of the matters at hand. It is approximated that thousands of Americans live with various types of mental illness and mental health issues. Some of these include social anxiety‚ OCD (obsessive
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This is a case where Community Care is appropriate and calls for a multi discipline team. How the team would be drawn together is discussed on the basis of the problems highlighted in the scenario and the professional help that might relate. It is of course something of an estimate as only a detailed assessment and continued evaluation can identify the need in detail. Range of health needs and services that may be accessed impact. Rhoda has been referred to the Community Mental Health Team
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a physical cause for mental disorders. Soon Sigmund Freud came along and he and his followers showed that mental illness can be a function of environmental factors. But even after these alternative ways of viewing and understanding mental illness‚ along with the new scientific advances‚ the general public at this time period in the early 1900’s still had no real
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Regeneration Essay Pat Barker sets her novel Regeneration in Craiglockhart War Hospital during the First World War. Craiglockhart is where the traumatised and shell shocked British soldiers are sent to be cured under the watchful eye of army Psychiatrist Dr William Rivers. Not only are the soldiers suffering from shell shock‚ they’re also fighting to save their manliness. Masculinity and gender roles play a massive role in the novel and this essay will show that Barker explores these themes through
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Many people get incarcerated for many reasons‚ some may be for small incidents while others is for major ones. Few cases are not the person’s fault‚ but it can’t be the same for others. Some incarcerated people won’t know they have a mental disability‚ because their families may not notice what is going on until it is too late and they become prisoners. There is a possibility it wasn’t their fault‚ but they wouldn’t know until they are in trial and start rotting in their cell instead of getting the
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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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Introduction Mental disorder is an illness of the mind that is characterized by disorganization and confusion in the mind. Mental disorder is by far not realizable early enough‚ for early realization occurs in very minimal instances. In a survey by Harding‚ De Arango‚ Baltazar‚ Climent‚ Ibrahim ‚ Ladrido-Ignacio‚ and Wig (2009)‚ the existence of the ailment cannot be underestimated for of the 1624 patients who needed mental attention in 4 developing countries‚ 225 cases had psychiatric mobility
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Final Paper: A Prayer for Owen Meany In the novel‚ A Prayer for Owen Meany‚ John Irving uses the religious belief and spread of Christianity. The novel is based on two friends‚ John Wheelwright and Owen Meany‚ who live in a small town in New Hampshire. John goes on to say how he is a Christian because of Owen. From the beginning‚ Owen shows how passionate he is about his religion and his ability to inform others of Christianity. Owen says‚ “I am God’s instrument” (Ryan) and believes that he is doing
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Mental Retardation (MR) Haythem Abdelli‚ L1 G2B Subject: Mentally retarded Person A mentally retarded person has a bad and an abnormal behavior and also insufficiency in his intellectual and psychism. Mental disability (traditionally called mental retardation) is a generalized disorder seen before adulthood‚ characterized by a deficit and cognitive dysfunction in two or more adaptive functioning. It is historically defined as having a score of 70 in intelligence
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