Criminal justice issues among individuals with mental health and substance use conditions is a growing problem. This paper examines mental health issues as it relates to the criminal justice system and specifically how mental health and the mentally ill can play a role in the crime. Different factors can become a problem with mental health illness and the criminal justice system. Mental health illness can contribute to jail and prison overcrowding‚ high crime rates‚ drug addiction‚ and many other
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Care Delivery & Management Special Care In Mental Health Nursing Practice Word Count In Total: 5458 Word Count Reflective Practice Paper: 4372 Action Plan: 1086 The purpose of this assignment is to reflect upon my personal and professional development. It will consider the quality of the care I provided‚ the skills I developed in my specialist placement‚ plus my learning since the commencement of my nurse training. Personal learning and self-reflection will be identified. I shall be
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This assignment will discuss and define the role of assessment as a vital tool in the provision of nursing care within the Nursing process. The author will describe sources of information which may inform the assessment process‚ identify a specific assessment tool used in my area of practice and identify ways of developing a positive professional relationship with the client‚ during the assessment process. The assessment process may be defined as the organized and systematic collection and assimilation
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This essay explores what is abnormality with respect to the different ways by which it can be defined such as statistical infrequency‚ deviation from social norms‚ failure to function adequately and deviating from ideal mental health and viewing their limitations and by using different models such as Psychodynamic‚ Cognitive‚ Behavioural and Medical model in identifying what is abnormal and their treatment. But the essay would focus more on the medical model and the different approaches used to define
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Are the laws and services related to mentally disordered offenders adequate and appropriate? Care and treatment for the Mentally Disordered Offender (MDO) has always reflected society’s intolerance and punitive attitude‚ typified by a desire to remove persons with mental illness from public sight (Gostin‚ 1983). Traditionally‚ health care for this population was provided in institutions until the 1950s. De-institutionalisation and large-scale closures of psychiatric institutes in the 1980s resulted
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A01: Knowledge and understanding of the topic addressed by your promotion‚ and a considered and appropriate choice of target group For my health promotion campaign‚ I have decided to promote healthy eating in teenagers to tackle eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia‚ binge eating and eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS) . I have chosen to do this based on several different demographic data‚ needs‚ concerns raised by the media and national‚ local & international targets
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References: Carlton‚ P. & Pyle‚ R. (2007) A program for parents of teens with anorexia nervosa and eating disorders not otherwise specified. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 11(1) 9-15. Colton‚ A. & Pistrong‚ N (2004) Adolescents’ experiences of inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review 12‚ 307-316. Couturier‚ J. & Lock‚ J. (2006) Denial and minimization in adolescents
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PSY 230 OL Lecture Study Guides for Module 1 M1 L1 Respond to the following study guide items from lecture 1. What is the area of study involved in Abnormal psychology? a. Concerned with understanding the nature of causes and treatment of mental disorder b. No universal agreement c. People typically compare others behavior to their own 2. List 7 characteristic often associated with behavior that is considered abnormal. a. Suffering: someone experiences physical or emotional pain and discomfort
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“Mental health nurses must use skills and knowledge to facilitate therapeutic groups with people experiencing mental health problems and their families and carers.” (Nursing and Midwifery council‚ 2010a). Reflection is a skill that can be used to help nurses improve care by having a better understanding of their self and their practice situations (Dolphin‚ 2012). Throughout our nurse training‚ we are encouraged to reflect as much as possible. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC‚ 2010b) essential
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Ethics key words and concepts Ethics 1: truth telling Duty of candour: This is the duty of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech. The moral tension between beneficence and respect for autonomy: The principle of nonmaleficence is translated from ‘first‚ do no harm’ (Hippocratic oath) and what intends to say that if you can not do any good without causing harm then do not do it at all. The principle of beneficence is understood as the first principle of morality and follows
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