I believe in recovery. My grandmother told me once‚ “God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers.” After all I’ve been through I’m proud to say that I’m still standing‚ I’m still strong. Although depression is something I live with everyday‚ I don’t let it control me anymore. There are good days‚ and there are bad days but no matter what I’m grateful for the live that I have. Globally‚ an estimated 350 million people suffer from depression‚ and I am one of them. My depression is the
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condition in 1980” (Souza & Spates‚ 2008). The National Institute of Mental Health states that “PTSD develops after a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm. The person who develops PTSD may have been the one who was harmed‚ the harm may have happened to a loved one‚ or the person may have witnessed a harmful event that happened to loved ones or strangers” (National Institute of Mental Health‚ 2014). One common misconception that society has is that PTSD only
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Project Milestone Two Physical: Bob is short stubby thirty-five year old farmer. Background: Bob has no children and not married. He is from a middle class family. He’s good at what he does. (Being a farmer). Personality: He’s serious about his work. He put his work before anything even helping out the two fools in the story. He’s outspoken‚ clever‚ and sneaky. Supporting Details: He’s good at what he does‚ but he wants to do something more important. One day he meets two fools
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It is fundamental for mental health professionals to demonstrate foundational skills of counselling using an integrative process which is inclusive of a holistic‚ person-centred recovery orientated framework (Commonwealth of Australia 2013; Geldard & Geldard 2016; Muir-Cochrane et al. 2014). This can be achieved by adopting an integrated counselling approach as described by Geldard and Geldard (2016) as well as considering aspects like the physical environment and appropriate communication skills
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Should We Pray About It: Mental Health in the Black Community Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience‚ particularly those of the African American community to seek mental health services when combating traumatic experiences. Central Idea: African Americans are victims of mental enslavement due to the urban community’s taboos and stigmas about mental health and the reliability of family‚ spirituality‚ and community for salvation. Introduction I. Mental health refer to an individual’s psychological
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The Mental Health Act Mental health law is about securing benefits for‚ and protecting the rights of people with mental disorder with the primary objective to make sure individuals can receive effective care and treatment. The Mental Health Act (1983) is a significant statutory framework for anybody working within mental health‚ providing a framework for decision making‚ by providing a logical format in which balances the law and legal values in order for a mental health worker to reach a decision
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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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The three stages that are necessary for recovery are establishment of safety‚ remembrance and mourning‚ and then‚ reconnection with ordinary life. In the second stage of recovery‚ the survivor has to remember the emotion associated with the traumatic event. The purpose of therapy is to provide the “music and words” for the story the survivor has to keep repeating until it becomes integrated in the survivor’s life. When the survivor understands and feels the emotions associated with the traumatic
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MHF Module: Investing In Mental Health Mental Health Worksheet Part 1 Research mental health in a a country other than the United States. An example of a mental heath problem is provided below. ENGLAND The population of England is 52‚234‚000 and the sex ratio (men per hundred women) is 97 (Office of National Statistics‚ UK‚ 2011). The proportion of the population under the age of 18 years is 22% and the proportion above age 60 is 22% (Office of National Statistics‚ UK‚ 2011). The United Kingdom
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Providing mental health services that are both effective and culturally competent for Latino/a American clients has proved to be challenging. Understanding these challenges requires considering the issue from both a systematic level and from an individual level. At the systematic level‚ services for Latino/a American clients are affected by a lack of culturally competent clinicians as well as a lack of culturally sensitive assessment tools and interventions (U.S. Department of Health and Human
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