Task one: Folsteins Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) was first described by Marshall F. Folstein‚ Suzan Folstein‚ & Paul R. McHugh (as cited in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry‚ 2009). Marshall Folstein‚ a neuropsychiatrist‚ created the MMSE overnight because he was not happy with a patients’ cognitive report written by wife Suzan Folstein‚ a psychiatrist. He presented the MMSE to the clinical director Paul R. McHugh who acknowledged the significance of MMSE to clinicians and
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What is normal? Normal‚ like the word love‚ has no true definition and will differ with every person you ask. Defined in the dictionary normal is “to conform to a particular standard” or “desired pattern”. I believe most people will say a normal person is one whom is free from defect‚ handicap and mental illness. Medicalization is a social process through which a previously normal human condition whether is be behavioral‚ physiological or emotional‚ becomes a medical problem in need of treatment
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movement developed into moral treatment. Moral treatment was established by French physician Philippe Pinel and English Quaker William Tuke. Moral Treatment was an approach to mental illness based on psychosocial care and moral discipline that was both psychiatry and religious in nature. Scientific and religious leaders in moral reform “viewed madness as a breakdown of internal‚ rational discipline on the part of the
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Rosenhan experiment The Rosenhan experiment was an experiment into the validity of psychiatric diagnosis‚ conducted by David Rosenhan in 1973. The study is considered an important and influential criticism of psychiatric diagnosis. Rosenhan’s study was done in two parts. The first part involved the use of healthy associates who briefly simulated auditory hallucinations in an attempt to gain admission to 12 different psychiatric hospitals in five different states in various locations in the United
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In a recent qualitative study Zuselo‚ Curran & Zaserman (2012) explored RNs’ and behavioural health associates’ (BHA) responses to violent inpatient interactions‚ more specifically to physical interactions. The authors conducted focus groups to identify nurse-patient behaviours likely to be categorized as physically violent‚ explore thoughts and feelings in response to patient violence‚ and describe team responses to the incidents. The study found that nurses shared information about episodes of
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Cultural Competency A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR M E N TA L H E A LT H S E RV I C E P R O V I D E R S By Delia Saldaña‚ Ph.D. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Cultural Competency A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR M E N TA L H E A LT H S E RV I C E PROVIDERS © 2001 Hogg Foundation for Mental Health The University of Texas at Austin About the Author Delia Saldaña‚ Ph.D.‚ is a clinical associate professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and past director of Health
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Origins and Evolution of Psychopathology and Abnormal Behavior Psychopathology has a long and troublesome history during which little was known about how disordered minds function and how to help individuals suffering from mental disorders. According to Alloy‚ Riskind‚ and Manos (2005)‚ the little knowledge that does exist about how ancient people treated abnormal behavior points to the belief that external‚ spiritual forces caused people to behave erratically. Possession by demons or evil spirits
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10 Leading Causes of Non-fatal injury. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html 9. Luoma JB‚ Pearson JL‚ Martin CE. Contact with mental health and primary care prior to suicide: a review of the evidence. American Journal of Psychiatry‚ 2002; 159: 909-16.
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and nature of the difficulties of the client‚ in the light of their relationships‚ social contexts and the way they make sense of events in their life (Johnstone & Dallos‚ 2013). Formulation is a topic that is growingly attracting professionals in psychiatry‚ and is a defining feature of Clinical Psychology (Division of Clinical
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References: Baker‚ M.(2003) The coincidental treatment of a major mood disorder Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry‚ accessed from www.progressnp.com Carder‚ P.C Faulkner‚ M. (2002) Instrumental passivity: A behavioural theory of dependence Nursing Older People 14(2) 20- 22 Gray‚ R Greenway‚ K. (2004) Using the ventrogluteal site for intramuscular injections
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