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    ROLE OF NURSE IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH INTRODUCTION The trend in psychiatric care is shifting from that of inpatient hospitalization to a focus of outpatient care within the community. Community mental health services include all those activities in the community connected with mental health other than the institutional or hospitalized setting. The community approach focuses on the total population of defined geographical area rather than individual patient. Emphasis is mainly on preventive services

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    Mental Health Worker The field of mental health counseling is evolving‚ growing‚ and changing. The pioneers of this change brought very important enhancements to the field of mental health counseling. Counselors are professionals who assist individuals and groups with their personal problems in order to help them become more self-sufficient. Individuals that specialize in mental health counseling concentrate on promoting optimum mental health through various programs and services. In this paper

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    Paper: Mental Health December 2nd‚ 2014 Social Policy Radford University Introduction: This paper will discuss the necessity for social policy change in regards to the mental health system (or lack thereof) within the United States as well as internationally. The need for reform is tantamount in order for marginalized groups with mental disabilities to function well-beyond their capacities. An analysis of policy is needed to better understand the challenges that face current social workers

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    Common mental health problems include Psychosis This is a mental health problem that stops the person from thinking clearly‚ telling the difference between reality and their imagination and acting in a normal way. When a person experiences psychosis it is often triggered by other mental health disorders and is referred to as a psychotic episode. The four main symptoms of psychosis are hallucinations‚ delusions‚ disturbed thought and lack of insight. Delusions could be paranoid‚ when a person

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    Patient: Ms. Jane Doe DOB: 2/18/82 Address: Jones‚MS Civil Status: Married Nationality: Caucasian Religion: Baptist Admission: 9/7/12 Discharged: 9/10/12 Unit: Adult Type of Admission: Voluntary Ms. Doe is a 30 year old white female. She is married and lives at home with her husband‚ her four children (ages 11‚ 9‚ 6‚ and 4 yrs). Her youngest brother lives in the home with them‚ also. She is a graduate from Jones High School and is currently

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    hand-in-hand‚ especially when it comes to mental illness. According to the Wisconsin United for Mental Health website‚ “. . . people with a mental illness would rather tell their employers they have committed a petty crime and were in jail than admit to being in a psychiatric hospital.” Herein lays the core effect of stigma associated with mental health issues – discrimination and diminished self-worth. Frequently‚ stigma against people with mental health disorders involves propagation of inaccurate

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    Long Term Care The Continuum of Care What is Long Term Care?  Healthmental healthsocial and residential services provided to temporarily or chronically disabled person over extended period of time Characteristics of LT Care         Physical or mental‚ temporary or permanent Need based on functional disabilities Promotes or maintains health and independence in functional abilities and quality of life To enable us to die peacefully and with dignity Multiple services and multiple

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    collaboration with TISS Community Mental Health African Countries   What is Mental Health? Mental health is the inclusion of emotional‚ social and psychological wellbeing‚ it is a realization of full potential of self‚ absence of any kind of stress and healthy bonding with relationship with friends and family members. Mental health constitutes our action‚ thought process and give cognition to react accordingly with the situation. Thus WHO defines mental health as “a state of wellbeing in which

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    Unit 12: Understand Mental Health Problems 1.1 Describe the main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classification system: mood disorders‚ personality disorders‚ anxiety disorders‚ psychotic disorders‚substance-related disorders‚ eating disorders‚ cognitive disorders The main forms of mental ill health can include clinical depression whereby the main signs and symptoms of this may include: * An unusually sad mood that does not go away * Loss of enjoyment and interest

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    Mental illness is any disease or condition that influences the way a person thinks‚ feels‚ behaves‚ and/or relates to others and to his or her surroundings. Although the symptoms of mental illness can range from mild to severe and are different depending on the type of mental illness‚ a person with an untreated mental illness often is unable to cope with life’s daily routines and demands. Mental illnesses can be put into two types - Psychoses and Neuroses. Psychoses: symptoms are normally severe

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