had also faced some form of childhood trauma that aided in this behavior. I chose these articles in the area of self-injury because it is prevalent in adolescents and increasing at an alarming rate. The American academy of child and adolescent psychiatry states that 5%‚ which is roughly 3.4 million children‚ suffer from severe depression. NIMH research suggests that adolescents with a depressive disorder‚ up to 7% may commit suicide. Poor coping skills are directly related to suicide in school
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mental illness is any disease of the mind. By knowing this knowledge the biology of a mental illness must mean it is the study of a living organism with a mental illness. The biology of a mental illness is called Biological Psychiatry. The “technical” definition of Biological Psychiatry is according to dictionary.reference.com is‚ “a school of psychiatric thought concerned with the medical treatment of mental disorders‚ especially through medication‚ and emphasizing the relationship between behavior and
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Psychiatric Rehabilitation lournai Copyright 2007 Trustees of Boston University DOi: 10.2975/31.1.2007.32.37 2007‚ Volume 31‚ No. 1‚ 32-37 ARTICLE Recovery: A Common Vision for the Fields of Mental Health and Addictions V Cheryl Gagne Boston University WiUiam White Chestnut Health Systems‚ Bloomington‚ Illinois William A. Anthony Boston University The vision of recovery is reshaping the fields of mental health and addiction services. This paper reviews how this broad vision
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MENTAL ILLNESS AND METABOLIC DISORDERS Name of Student Institution affiliation Abstract Objective of the study: To identify the relationship between low income mental patients‚ and metabolic disorders among the 235‚000 patients who have been diagnosed with mental health issues. The study did not target any specific mental health disorder i.e. it conducted a general study of the mentally ill patients in-order to be in a position whereby they could investigate the relationship. Design: Prospective
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mental illnesses should be criminally charged. Although it is legally possible for a mentally ill person to be discharged after receiving treatment‚ many people believe it is still a danger to the public. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and
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The mental health problem is global and millions of people are affected. It exists in Nigeria such that it has become a public health issue‚ yet the mental health system in Nigeria appears to be inept in meeting the needs of sufferers of mental illnesses. This paper discusses the increasing importance of mental illness as a public health concern globally with particular emphasis on the Nigerian mental health issue. It is organised into various sections discussing the global mental health problem;
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underlying deviation from normal function such as a pathogen‚ genetic or developmental abnormality‚ or injury. The concept is used in fields such as medicine‚ nursing‚ health psychology and sociology‚ and particularly in more specialist fields such as psychiatry‚ health psychology‚ chiropractic‚ clinical social work‚ and clinical psychology. The biopsychosocial paradigm is also a technical term for the popular
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Research Centre‚ Newcastle General Hospital‚ Westgate Road‚ Newcastle NE4 6BE‚ UK. E-mail: c.g.ballard@ncl.ac.uk) has recently taken up post as Professor of Age Related Disorders at Kings’ College London/Institute of Psychiatry‚ having previously been Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the Univeristy of Newcastle upon Tyne. Ongoing research programmes include forms of dementia‚ psychatric symptoms of dementia and the use of sedative drugs in dementia. Next Section AbstractIt is increasingly recognised
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Needle Nurse! International Journal of Nursing Practice (4): 254-260 Razali S.M Walburn J.‚ Gray R.‚ Gournay K.‚ Quraishi S. and David A.S. (2001) Systematic Review of patient and nurses attitudes to depot antipsychotic medication. British Journal of Psychiatry (179): 300-307 Ward F.M Weiss D.R. (2004) Adherence to pharmacotherapy in patients with alcohol and opiad dependence. Addiction‚ 99: 1382-1392
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Anthony W.‚ Cohen M.‚ & Vitalo‚ R. (1978). The measurement of rehabilitation outcome. Schizophrenia Bulletin‚ 4‚ 365-383. Beck‚ A. (1952). Successful outpatient psychotherapy of a chronic schizophrenic with a delusion based on borrowed guilt. Psychiatry‚ 15‚ 305-312. Beck‚ A. (1984). Cognitive approaches to stress. In R. Woolfolk & P. Lehren (Eds.)‚ Principles and practice of stress management (pp. 125-155). New York: Guilford. Beck‚ A. (1993). Cognitive therapy: Past‚ present‚ and future. Journal
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