Task 2 PDHPE Assessment Task 2 Mental Health The nature of the problem. Mental health is the state of emotional and social wellbeing. Mental health problems and issues relate to a broad range of conditions that can alter people’s perceptions and emotions. They can range from short term issues such as anxiety and stress through to more extreme clinical problems and psychosis. Most individuals will experience some mental health issues at some time. Examples of mental health problems and illnesses
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Mental Health : An Introduction Mental disorders are malfunctions of the brain. These malfunctions create changes in thought‚ emotions and perceptions in the patient. Mental disorders are mainly caused by the imbalance of chemicals in the brain. Having a mental disorder does not suggest that the patient is ‘crazy’ or ‘a lunatic’. One of four families will have at least one member suffering from a mental disorder. Four hundred and fifty million out of the world population are currently affected
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Madeline Robbins People with mental and physical disabilities have been ridiculed and treated as though they are not equal to the rest of society. Many people in our society have Down syndrome and have struggled to gain rights to go to school‚ have a job‚ and live a normal life. Down syndrome is when one is born with an extra chromosome. He or she has 3 copies of the 21 chromosome and 47 total chromosomes instead of 46. This extra chromosome can cause many physical health issues. People with Down
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that I will be discussing is the group of the mentally ill in prisons. Mentally ill offenders are individuals with mental disorders‚ according to NAMI.org (National Alliance on Mental Illness)‚ a mental illness is “...a medical condition that disrupts a person’s thinking‚ feeling‚ mood‚ ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas‚ mental illnesses are medical conditions that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands
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Amber August 30‚ 2012 Comp 112 03 Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient In “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient” by Norman Cousins‚ the author discusses an illness he caught from a trip he took abroad‚ called malaise‚ a serious collagen disease of the connective tissue. This made it difficult for him to move his neck‚ and limbs. Norman discusses what type of treatment and tests they ran on him while in the hospital‚ commenting on how they sent four different departments
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Mental health influences many aspects of a person’s life‚ and plays a large role in overall health. Establishing a definition of mental health is important because it informs society of where the line is drawn between when a person displays stable functioning and when a person crosses the threshold into having less than ideal mental health. As a result‚ defining mental health has ignited controversial debate. By having a reliable and consistent definition‚ individuals can better understand when‚
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References: | |"Schizophrenia Facts and Statistics." (1996): n |“The National Council for Behavioral Healthcare.” National Mental Health Association. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2013. | | | |"The Long View." Home : Clinical Psychiatry News. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 08 Mar. 2013. . | |Versola-Russo‚ J |Bernheim‚ K.F. & Lewine‚ R.R (1979). Schizophrenia: Symptoms‚ Treatment‚ Causes. New
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that suffer from physical illness‚ have negative perceptions on mental health nurses‚ viewing it as less desirable‚ requiring little knowledge and giving no opportunity for professional progression. (Ng‚ et al. 2010) This is because mental health problems are harder to portray and understand than physical health problems‚ along with the fact it is easier to sympathise with someone who has a visible illness. (Angermeyer & Schulze. 2003) Students looking to move into a mental health nursing career are
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Mental Health and Recidivism I. Introduction II. Deinstituionalization a. Refers to the discharge of over 85% of patients from state operated psychiatric hospitals b. State mental hospitals began releasing thousands of patients with chronic and severe psychiatric disorders into communities that lacked resources to provide an alternative. 1. Persons with mental illness were left unable to access appropriate treatment and social support services which led them to become homeless‚ impoverished
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Chief Complaint: “The voices told me to do it.” History of Present Illness (tell us also whether this is inpatient or outpatient setting): MJ a 23-year-old African American male brought to the Emergency Department by family member after he was found sitting in the middle of the street. The patient states‚ “The voices told me to do it.” The patient states that‚ for the past 7-8 months that people are not who they say they are so; he began to isolate himself in his room‚ dropped out of school‚ and
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