A critical evaluation of whether mental illness has an inherent link to violent behaviour This essay will aim to explore whether mental illness has an inherent link to violent behaviour. Specifically it will critically evaluate the literature surrounding this contention. A definition of both mental illness and Violence will be offered before outlining the conflicting understanding regarding the inherent link. The essay will conclude that the issue of an inherent link between mental illness and violence
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learning zone CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Page 58 Dementia multiple choice questionnaire Page 59 Read Catherine Gibbs’s practice profile on diabetic ketoacidosis Page 60 Guidelines on how to write a practice profile Promoting positive approaches to dementia care in nursing NS562 Hoe J‚ Thompson R (2010) Promoting positive approaches to dementia care in nursing. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 4‚ 47-56. Date of acceptance: July 27 2010. Summary This article provides an overview of factors
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Mental Health 1. Panic attack Abrupt experience of intense fear and discomfort‚ consumer feels a sudden elevation of fear‚ may occur anytime. Consumer having the attack show’s physical symptoms such as dizzines and palpitation. How it relates to or affects my clinical practice: If the consumer is having panic attack the nurse can calm the consumer and the nurse can assisst the consumer through out the episode
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Title Jensen‚ P 2011‚ ’Why should psychiatrists learn about narrative therapy?’‚ Australian and New Zealand Journal Of Psychiatry‚ vol. 45‚ no.9‚ pp. 709-711. Retrieved June 10‚ 2013‚ from SAGE Premier 2013. Topic This article promotes the addition of Narrative Therapy (NT) to psychiatric practices as tool to help stabilize patients as they begin treatment. Jensen‚ a clinical physiatrist‚ raises awareness of this psychotherapy to other psychiatrists in belief that it creates a respectful
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standards for treatment and qualifications for practitioners. It would professionalize the treatment of the mentally ill as a medical specialty. William C. Menninger In 1946‚ the "Group for the Advancement Psychiatry" was founded by William C. Menninger. This group put out the idea that psychiatry shouldn’t be concerned only with patients and their treatment‚ but with normal people and social action. Funds became available for the Asylum Movement. The National Institute for Mental Health was established
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Abstract Suicide is an act of intentionally ending one’s own life committed out of despair‚ mental disorders and stress. The Filipinos committing suicide is a mind-boggling act and this paper would serve as an awareness to people that some interactions with the community: family‚ friends‚ peers‚ school‚ and network can affect even a teenage Filipino to give in to suicidal thoughts . . . which is rare given the fact that a Filipino at heart is considered as one of the happiest people on earth.
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Teenagers and Tattoos - Misunderstood Youth It seems like everyone has a tattoo or piercing these days. In the past‚ this type of permanent artwork or body ornaments were reserved for outlaws‚ sailors and biker gangs. Now these body decorations can be found on teenagers. In Dr. Andres Martin ’s article "On Teenagers and Tattoos" he explains the significance and function of tattoos and piercings for teenagers. Dr. Martin explains the reasons that teenagers are
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Dr. Glasser is an internationally recognized psychiatrist. William Glasser was born in 1925. He was raised in Cleveland‚ OH. His first profession was a Chemical Engineer but decided to go into psychiatry when it became apparent to him this was his real interest in life. He attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland for medical school. At Veterans Administration Hospital he took his psychiatric training also attending UCLA. He became board certified in 1961. He did private practice from
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formalised psychological tests.[2] The MSE is not to be confused with the mini-mental state examination (MMSE)‚ which is a brief neuro-psychological screening test for dementia. Theoretical foundations[edit] The MSE derives from an approach to psychiatry known as descriptive psychopathology[4] or descriptive phenomenology[5] which developed from the work of the philosopher and psychiatrist Karl Jaspers.[6] From Jaspers’ perspective it was assumed that the only way to comprehend a patient’s experience
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Gained distinction in Pharmacology M.D.‚ (Psychological Medicine) [NIMHANS] Trained (worked as a resident) in the Departments of Psychiatry‚
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