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Child and adolescent illness falsification. Pediatrics‚ 105(2)‚ 336-342. Mart‚ E.G. (2004). Factitious Disorder by proxy: A call for the abandonment of an outmoded diagnosis. The Journal of Psychiatry & Law‚ 32‚ 297-313. O’Shea‚ B. (2003). Factitious Disorders: the Baron’s legacy. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice‚ 7‚ 33-39. Precey‚ G. (1998). Assessment issues in working with mothers who induce illness in the children. Child and Family Social Work‚ 3‚ 227-237. Schreier‚ H. (2002)
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The first service user to be examined is Mr Winston Johnson. He is a 74 years old retired lorry driver and a native of Guyana. His GP has diagnosed him as having the early signs of a dementia type illness with intermittent mental capacity. His wife‚ Pearl worries about leaving Winston on his own because of his forgetfulness. Winston’s two older children‚ Deborah and Anthony have expressed their opinion that Winston may be better off in a residential home to lessen the pressure on Pearl. ‘Dementia
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Dementia-----In older people Public Awareness and Early diagnosis in Leicester (Word Count:5103 words) Submitted in part fulfilment for the award Of Masters in Public Health Submission date: 3rd February 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. Abstract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chapter
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Do Prison Inmates Suffer from Mental Illness in Significant Numbers? Approximately 24% of males and 42.1% of the female population were incarnated in the mid 2000’s (Steadman et al.‚ 2009‚ 761). How many of these inmates suffer from mental illness? According to Blitz‚ Wolff‚ and Shi (2008)‚ approximately half of these inmates are known to suffer from a mental disorder (386). The assertion to be examined in this paper is that today’s prison inmates do not suffer from mental illness in significant
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“The policy of diversion of mentally disordered offenders is sound. The problems are in the detail of its scope and application.” Discuss. Diversion is a ‘decision- making process at various stages of the criminal justice system’[1] which enables offenders to avoid being prosecuted‚ imprisoned and punished but alternatively identified and treated in a different way. The treatment of mentally disordered offenders is a controversial area which provokes differences in opinion as to whether they should
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Retrieved on 15th March‚ 2013‚ from http://www.ceuschool.com/librarydocs/SOC222.pdf Dombeck‚ M.‚ Hoermann‚ S.‚ Zupanick‚ E.C Flanagan‚ E.‚ Davidson‚ L. & Strauss‚ J. (2007). “Issues for DSM-V: Incorporating Patients’ Subjective Experiences.” Am. J. Psychiatry‚ 164(3)‚ 391 – 392. Kleinplatz‚ P.J.‚ Moser. C. (2005). DSM-IV-TR and the Paraphilias: An Argument for Removal. Retrieved on 14th March‚ 2013‚ from http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/MoserKleinplatz.htm Kronemyer‚ D American Psychiatric
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socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.asp (2012). In Mental health. Retrieved November 5‚ 2012‚ from http://www.socialworkers.org/pressroom/features/issue/mental.asp Breakey‚ W. R. (Ed.). (1996). Integrated mental health services: modern community psychiatry (pp. 3-10). New York‚ NY: Oxford University Press. Gibelman‚ M. (1995). What social workers do (4th ed.). Washington‚ DC: NASW Press. Paulson‚ G. W. (2012). Closing the asylums: causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement (pp
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Introduction Counsellors and psychotherapists play a significant role in alleviating mental disorders in society. The definition‚ organisation‚ and intervention of mental health are dependent upon the present context of a culture and society. There are various professional roles in the mental health sector such as psychiatrists and psychologist who are responsible for different aspects of alleviating mental health; however psychotherapists and counsellors mainly take on the professional helper role
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Case Management Model Assignment – GERO 3450 The scope of social work practice is remarkably wide. Social workers practice not only in the traditional social service agency‚ but also in elementary schools; in the military; in business‚ factories‚ and offices‚ in federal‚ state‚ and local government agencies and legislative bodies; in private practice as individual‚ family‚ and marriage therapists; in hospitals and in mental health facilities; in courts and correctional settings; in home health
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