No. 104 June 2012 Peer Pressure Peers play a large role in the social and emotional development of children and adolescents. Their influence begins at an early age and increases through the teenage years. It is natural‚ healthy and important for children to have and rely on friends as they grow and mature. Peers can be positive and supportive. They can help each other develop new skills‚ or stimulate interest in books‚ music or extracurricular activities. However‚ peers can also have a negative
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frequently likened to holy texts‚ for fear of overstatement or offense‚ and for good reason. This has stopped seemingly few‚ however‚ from lauding a series of technical manuals‚ or criticizing those plaudits‚ with exactly that comparison. The “bible of psychiatry” may have become ultimately more influential than any version of the Christian bible in our nation‚ as a recent Harvard review showed that antidepressant prescriptions had increased 400% between 1988 and 2008(1)‚ and 11% of American children under
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placebo and comparable to antiemetics such as prochlorperazine and ondansetron for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting” (Cotter‚ 2009). Marijuana is also useful for a variety of psychiatric disorders. According to an article from Clinical Psychiatry News‚ “about 75% of respondents said they used marijuana for psychiatric disorders‚ including bipolar disorder‚ posttraumatic stress disorder‚ depression‚ anxiety‚
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Abstract Health professionals treating mentally ill patients often attempt to commit patients to psychiatric hospitals. When the patient will not agree‚ the doctor may consider involuntary commitment. This is generally considered at the insistence of the family. In recent decades‚ the United States Supreme Court has limited the circumstances where a person can be committed to a mental hospital against their will. Despite these rulings‚ the civil rights remain under attack. The public bodies
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Encyclopedia. New York: Morris Publisher. Kolb‚ Lawrence C. and Brodie‚ Kieth H. (1989) Modern Clinical Psychiatry. New York: Kolb-Brodie Companies. Wade TD and Bulik CM (2000) Anorexia Nervosa and major depression: shared genetic and environmental risk factor. New Jersey: American Psychiatry Academy. Kaplan‚ Harold I. and Sadock‚ Benjamin S. (1991) Modern Synopsis of Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. USA: Kaplan Publishing House. Costin‚ Carolyn (1999) The Eating Disorder Sourcebook. Linconwood: Lowell
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Abstract Asylums such as The McLean Asylum for the Insane located in Boston‚ The Worcester Lunatic Asylum‚ and The Northampton Lunatic Hospital have been around for many years. Since the 1800s through the 1950s asylums have drastically changed in appearance‚ treatment‚ diagnosis and many aspects of the asylum such as the food patients are given to eat‚ and what work the patients get to do while being treated. The grounds and buildings of asylums have made significant improvements. Treatment
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still feeling some type of connection with the health care provider. In an article written by Hakak and Szeftel‚ the following was asserted….. There are fewer than 8‚000 child psychiatrist in the United States and a limited number in the child psychiatry fellowship training; the Surgeon General estimates that less than 20% of the 13.7 million children and adolescents in need of treatment for mental illness receive care. Similar to the adult rates‚ 20% of the children and adolescents in the United
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Firstly the "biomedical model of health" (no hyphen) is sort of open to interpretation and not always defined the same way. And generally speaking a biopsychosocial model is almost universally used. But when I think of a biomedical model is it practicing medicine to "fix" things with the view that medical problems are organic (physical) without considering anything else. Some times it is referred (in an insulting way) to as the biomechanical model. To some extent that is true since a biomedical
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1. Historical Perspective of Mental Illnesses in the Philippines Pre-Spanish Regime During this period the Filipinos believed in a world that was equally material and spiritual. The concept of illness was based on the belief in such material and spiritual worlds‚ thus the treatment of both physical and mental illness depended heavily on the valid and authentic rituals and ceremonies aimed at converting the punishment and at the same time maintaining and protecting the psychological well-being and
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psychiatric inpatient settings that focuses on the management of violent and aggressive behaviour when the behaviour compromises the safety of the service user and others. The therapeutic effect of seclusion has always been a controversial issue in psychiatry. Some consider seclusion to be necessary and therapeutic for the control of violent behaviour while others consider it a violation of human rights and a form of punishment. In the DHB inpatient unit it is seen as a necessary evil and is used as
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