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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question that emotional health has a “good” and “bad” effect‚ and yes it is true‚ but they are never able to distinguish the difference. That difference is how severe “bad” emotional health is‚ also what it could lead to‚ and what results come with mental or emotional illness‚ which is the main focus. Moreover a good definition for emotional health is your overall psychological well-being. It includes the way you feel about yourself‚ the quality of your relationships‚ and your ability to manage your
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Paper Approximately 6.7 percent of the American adult population suffer from major depression disorder and around 350 million worldwide‚ making it important for us to be informed of the possible dangers‚ symptoms and treatments involved with this mental disorder. There are different factors that may be a trigger for depression some of which include economic issues‚ divorce‚ death of a loved one and illness. Depression is mistakenly thought of as just feeling sad or down however‚ we will see that
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is a major problem for many people with Down syndrome. Why? They develop their skills at a later age. They are similar to other children‚ it’s just they are slower than others. Tom often stuttered‚ but he could hold a conversation with someone. Mental retardation is a big effect on children with this condition‚ but they are still allowed to attend school. Schools have special programs that these students are able to attend. Those programs help them with
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He described his current relationship as "horrible"‚ and stated his wife abuses him physically‚ emotionally‚ and mentally. The client stated he carries a diagnosis of Manic Depression. In addition‚ he believes that the he was diagnosed with other mental health disorders but does not remember specifics related to the diagnoses. He consumes the prescribed psychotropic medications Hydroxyzine 50mg and Quetiapine 150mg. The client carries diagnosis of Cannabis Use Disorder: Severe- F14.20
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Emily Grierson behavior. The behaviors she display can be recognize as an insane person. Even though‚ Emily’s community never thought of her as “crazy”‚ but she indeed showed symptoms of an ill person. Miss Emily was never evaluated‚ or treated by a mental health professional‚ so a psychological analysis of Miss Emily is definitely needed. The story tells us that Miss Emily was a women that stayed in her house and had very little contact with the outside world. She was trapped in the world of delusion
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Movies and Mental Illness Paper - Primal Fear “ I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that notion because I choose to believe in the basic goodness of people.” The film Primal Fear depicts a defense attorney who takes up the case of an altar boy‚ Aaron‚ accused of murdering the Archbishop. As the film progresses‚ the defendant exhibits Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) which causes serious challenges to the case for the defense. In this paper
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Many people over look mental health issues and it’s kind of crazy when this has such a big role for problems in the world. I don’t believe in prescribing medications to people to try to fix their problems but‚ I think talking about problems is beneficial. Counseling has way more benefits to getting at an individual’s deepest core. Face it‚ we all deal with a bunch of shit throughout our lives. We need friends and family to talk to but‚ we also need someone that has no biased opinion or connection
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History has shown a misunderstanding and fear of the unknown within society when it comes to people diagnosed with mental illnesses. There are many prejudices and stereotypes about mental illnesses and the group of people it affects‚ which can often result in keeping patients from being admitted into a hospital to receive the help they require and withholding treatment. The line and separation between the rights of a patient and the amount of control placed on a patient has become rather blurry.
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mental status examination The mental status examination or mental state examination‚ abbreviated MSE‚ is an important part of the clinical assessment process in psychiatric practice. It is a structured way of observing and describing a patient’s current state of mind‚ under the domains of appearance‚ attitude‚ behavior‚ mood and affect‚ speech‚ thought process‚ thought content‚ perception‚ cognition‚ insight and judgment.[1] There are some minor variations in the subdivision of the MSE and the
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