Unit 18: working in the health sector P6: Explain two examples of multi-disciplinary working in the health service provision. GP Surgery Practise Manager A practise manager is responsible for the whole surgery and the way it runs. Some of the roles include dealing with complaints‚ paying the bills and expenses of the practise and staff organisation. Data Input Clerk A data input clerk has little or no contact with the patients‚ practises and surgeries have data input clerks to ensure paperwork
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Caregiver Marcia Angell‚ the writer of The Crazy State of Psychiatry‚ states that America is suffering a mental illness epidemic. In a survey conducted on American adults‚ forty-six percent met criteria for having at least one mental illness. The most popular disorders were anxiety‚ post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)‚ and bipolar disorders (Angell). For children‚ mental illness is the leading cause of disability over‚ cerebral palsy or down syndrome. Doctors usually treat these patients with
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Psychiatric Survivors Challenges to Psychiatry by Gabriella Coleman In this article‚ Gabriella Coleman will go over cases in which survivors have challenged psychiatric facilities and practices. The consumer‚ survivors‚ and ex-patient movement also known as c/s/x was where these consumers‚ survivors‚ and ex-patients got together to practice their right to self help/advocacy from psychiatry. During this movement‚ c/s/x wanted everyone to hear about their survival from these psychiatric facilities
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PsyD vs MD Most people go their entire lives without knowing that psychology and psychiatry are two different professional fields. Although they sound very similar‚ there are some defining characteristics that separate the two. Both professions treat patients with illnesses ranging from anxiety to schizophrenia. The most obvious difference between the two is their credentials. Psychologists are Doctors of Psychology (PsyD); psychiatrists‚ on the other hand‚ are Doctors of Medicine (MD). The names
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Abstract This paper provides an overview of the study conducted by A.J Macdonald (1994) on Brief therapy in adult psychiatry. With thorough analysis‚ it expresses concerns about the structure and lack of focus in controlling the research. It outlines strengths and limitations within its core assumptions to the research model in the context of the findings and the outcome of the research. Through considering multiculturalism‚ family socioeconomic status and other extraneous variables‚ it will lead
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enables clinicians to administer an accurate diagnosis and effective treatments that has a well-established homogeneity and validity amongst clinicians internationally. In an attempt to establish itself within the field of contemporary medicine‚ psychiatry also attempted to adopt this reductionist approach. In fact‚ several attempts have been made to identify these distinctive boundaries between psychiatric disorders as well ‘normality’ and mental illness‚ all of which have ultimately ended as failures
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Psychology vs. Psychiatry 1 Psychology vs. Psychiatry Rebecca Fargo English Composition 121 Linda O’Connor December 8‚ 2009 Psychology vs. Psychiatry 2 Psychology and Psychiatry are two areas that can be easily confused to the uneducated person. There is a main point that separates the two and that is the fact that Psychiatry is more along the medical field‚ being that Psychiatrists are able to prescribe medication. In the Psychology field‚ they are
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1.1 Analyse the Principal functions of a Mental Health Worker A Mental Health Worker is someone who contributes to the treatment‚ recovery and normalising the life of someone with a Mental health condition. A team of Mental Health Workers will work with a person in primary care settings to help them in all aspects of which their illness has affected‚ including housing‚ employment‚ relationships and general wellbeing. Mental Health Workers may be assigned to people experiencing mild
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excited curiosity in the field of psychiatry. I have the hopes of pursuing my MD and using this platform to create a non-profit foundation aimed at providing people in need with psychiatric care and counseling. To achieve this goal I have decided to major in biology and minor in psychology as well as participate in undergraduate research. These topics‚ as a foundation for both my academic and professional career‚ will allow me to pursue my passion for psychiatry and achieve the high goals I have
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Throughout history‚ the use of psychiatry has been found in political‚ justice and community based forums. Psychiatry has a level of controversy surrounding it‚ and as such the 1960s provided an up swell of change regarded today as “deinstitutionalization”. The movie we reviewed‚ “Nuts”‚ starring Barbara Streisand‚ was made in 1987 and based on a true story. In this drama‚ Streisand plays the real life character of Claudia Draper‚ who was charged with a major crime‚ yet was eventually found innocent
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