American Association on Mental Retardation‚ Mental Retardation: Definition‚ Classification‚ and Systems of Support (1992). The definition of mental retardation is the below average level of intellectual functioning‚ usually defined by an IQ of below 70 to 75‚ combined with limitations in the skills necessary for daily living. Daily living skills include such things as communication‚ the ability to care for oneself‚ and the ability to work. The definition of mental retardation has evolved over the
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“What is Mental Health?” Within this essay‚ I will examine the definition of mental health‚ as well as it’s connection in our daily lives. I will be discussing a particular mental health problem which is depression under mood disorder. By examining a scenario of a patient who I have looked after who is suffering from this mental problem‚ and the available treatment options. I am please to focus in this topic that made a real difference to people lives‚ most especially to the patients who are suffering
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Dan don’t want to know about her‚ she made a plan saying she would have a baby so he would take responsibilities about the situation. 2. Describe one (1) perspective(s) of mental illness that best explains the development of the character’s symptoms‚ along with two (2) facts to support your position. One perspective of mental illness that best explain Dan Gallagher and Alexandra symptoms is humanistic perspective. Even though Dan knows that cheating on his wife was wrong‚ he still does it. And Alexandra
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populations consist primarily of undereducated individuals‚ many of whom suffer from mental health problems. Many incarcerated persons suffering from mental illness become aware of such conditions only after unfortunate encounters with the legal system. While others undiagnosed individuals continue to be shuffled in and out of various facilities before being labeled as criminals. Depending on the magnitude of an individual’s mental health illness‚ it can severely compromise a person’s ability to function in
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something different. If one were to look it up in the nearest dictionary‚ they would find that it is defined as “full development”. Full development of what‚ one may ask? This leads to different types of maturity branching out; physical‚ emotional and social‚ each with its own definition. Physical maturity is perhaps the most obvious type. At a certain stage in every person’s life‚ they will suddenly experience sudden changes that lead to them blossoming into an adult body. For girls‚ to their dismay
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As mental health nurses‚ we are granted a seemingly disproportionate power and latitude to practise when compared to our colleagues in general nursing. This is due to a number of factors; firstly‚ that mental illness is difficult to define‚ in the eyes of the public it constitutes an intangible wrongness about an individual that cannot be measured or even seen clearly. Due to misrepresentation and scaremongering by the media‚ mental health services are often viewed as taking the role of protecting
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Evaluating Mental Retardation The history of mental retardation originated during the era of therapeutic papyri of Thebes‚ Egypt (Biasini‚ Bray‚ Grupe‚ & Huffman). Although the concept was unclear‚ because of complications in translation‚ these documents evidently refer to psychological and biological disabilities due to damages of the brain (Biasini). Those assumed to posses these developmental disabilities were habitually victims of infanticide and homicide. The se outcasts were often sold
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February 2013 Mental Health Awareness People tampering on social networking sites are unaware of the effect it has on their mental health. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ social media is “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information‚ ideas‚ personal messages‚ and other content (as videos)” The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) strongly differentiates mental illness from
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and one detained under the Mental Health Act 2009. A voluntary patient is one that makes the decision and is capable of making the decision to seek treatment in a centre‚ and is able to leave if they decide to. A detention and treatment order authorizes the detention of a person in a treatment centre so that psychiatric treatment can be given. People who are subject to detention and treatment orders are required to stay in the center and receive treatment for a mental illness‚ even if they do not
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Columbia Mental Maturity Scale-Third Edition The Columbia Mental Maturity Scale (CMMS) was written by Bessie Burgemeister‚ Lucille H. Blum‚ and Irving Lorge. Among the different websites used to find information‚ there were two publisher companies named. First publisher named was by Psychological Corporation. The Second publisher named was Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. I am not sure if one company decided to take the publishing over‚ or if the websites were wrong. It has three editions with the
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