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    Dependency In Counselling

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    The counsellors ’mission was even more difficult ‚as Peter is taking antipsychotic medication that helps him to control the symptoms of psychosis. He experienced the drug’s side effects such drowsiness ‚ tremor or involuntary movements of his lips which is a long -term side effect called Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) This type of medication definitely didn’t help Peter to establish effective relationships

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    Sanity and Insanity

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    psychological definition of insanity which is the state of mind in which the person often changes their behavior‚ thinking and feelings and sometimes they don’t have control over them‚ they also can’t separate fantasy from reality‚ subjected to psychosis and has uncontrollable obsessive behavior due to physical or psychological trauma. Clinically insane people are often irrational and unpredictable. The terms sanity and insanity is based on what the society the person is into accepts and rejects

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    Paranoid Schizophrenia: The Case of Daniel Paul Schreber PSY/410 Paranoid Schizophrenia: The Case of Daniel Paul Schreber Daniel Paul Schreber was the son of a doctor. Dr‚ Schreber believed in pressuring young children as early as possible “to avoid troubles later (Meyer‚ Chapman‚ & Weaver‚ 2009‚ p. 97‚ para. 3).” In one of his books Dr. Schreber also advocated giving children cold baths to “toughen them up (Meyer‚ Chapman‚ & Weaver‚ 2009‚ p. 97‚ para. 3)‚” a technique he used with his

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    word ‘Schizophrenia’ actually means ‘split mind’ or ‘a splitting of the mind’. It comes from the Greek words skhízein (to split) and phren (mind)‚ but Schizophrenia does not mean that the sufferers will have a split personality. Schizophrenia is a psychosis‚ which is a type of mental illness when a person can’t tell what is real from what is imagined. They can also experience hearing negative voices or have false and sometimes strange beliefs. People with schizophrenia often avoid family and friends

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    The Holding Environment

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    The Holding Environment By David Wasdell A critical analysis of D.W. Winnicott’s papers in ‘The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment’‚ with particular attention to Winnicott’s thesis that anxiety originates in the breakdown of the post-natal holding environment. Produced By: Meridian Programme‚ Meridian House‚ 115 Poplar High Street‚ London E14 0AE‚ Hosted By: Unit for Research into Changing Institutions (URCHIN)‚ charity reg. no. 284542 Web-site: www.meridian

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    Rizal Technological University Boni Avenue‚ Mandaluyong City In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in Projective Techniques Compilation of Interpretations of Projective Tests Presented by: Jannine L. Basilio CAS 06 501A Presented to: Dr. Crema T. Basuil October 2011 Table of Contents * Sach Sentence Completion Test (SSCT) p. 3 * Draw A Person Test (DAP) p. 6 * House Tree Person Test (HTP) p. 22 * Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test p. 60 Sach Sentence Completion

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    PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

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    Personalized Handout in NCM 205 for Finals by: Mark Anthony A. Demaguil BSN 3A Schizophrenia & Other Psychosis Schizophrenia – splitting of the mind & cant defined as a single illness Diagnose during late adolescence 15 to 25 for males 25 to 35 in females Categories of Schizophrenia 1. Hard / Negative Signs & Symptoms 1.1. Delusion – fixed false belief & has no basis 1.2. Hallucination – false sensory perception or perception experiences 1.3. Grossly disarrange behavior 2.

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    Cocaine

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    temperature‚ heart rate‚ and blood pressure. Withdrawal Symptoms include fatigue‚ lack of pleasure‚ anxiety‚ irritability‚ sleepiness‚ agitation or extreme suspicion cravings and depression. Also adverse overdose reactions to cocaine are paranoid psychosis‚ auditory hallucinations‚ heart attacks‚ chest pain and repertory failure‚ strokes‚ seizures‚ headaches‚ gastrointestinal complementation’s‚ such as abdominal pain and nausea. The use of Cocaine in adolescence‚ a developmentally critical period

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    The debate on medical marijuana use and legalization generally centers on the potential effect that cannabis may have on the user. Arriving at an answer to the question of‚ “How does medical marijuana affect mental illness?‚” requires an understanding of the research that exists on the issue‚ an assessment of the scientific evidence relevant to the correlation between cannabis and mental illness‚ as well as the possible application of marijuana and CBD as treatment options for varying mental illness

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    The severe mood fluctuations of bipolar or manic-depressive disorders have been around since the 16-century and affect little more than 2% of the population in both sexes‚ all races‚ and all parts of the world (Harmon 3). Researchers think that the cause is genetic‚ but it is still unknown. The one fact of which we are painfully aware of is that bipolar disorder severely undermines its’ victims ability to obtain and maintain social and occupational success. Because the symptoms of bipolar disorder

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