For my first psychosocial assessment‚ I met with a resident who had just completed an inpatient treatment program for alcohol abuse. Using my interviewing and facilitative skills I engaged him and learned about his life. Before completing treatment at the inpatient program‚ he was homeless‚ my main goal was to find out more about his family‚ and the series of events that led up to him becoming homeless. During our session‚ he shared that he had been using drugs and alcohol for over thirty years as
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He has begun to move into Erik Erikson’s second stage of Psychosocial development: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt. He is exploring greater distances and eager to run back and share things with us. He also made his own goal of becoming potty trained and makes it to the potty about 60% of the time. I am very proud of
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counselling. Recently he came to hospital to carry yearly medical check-up for various tests including HIV test. Results showed all tests carried out are in good condition except the HIV test result is positive. From the counselling intake session‚ I also know that he is sexually active and has not told any of his partners about this. Isn’t it my ethical responsibility to inform someone that he is‚ in effect‚ dangerous to others? Selected Ethical Decision Making Model – Forester-Miller and Davis (1996)
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Psychosocially therapeutic aspects of The old Man and the Sea This exceptional story should be used as a therapeutic aid for hopeless and depressed people who needed a powerful force for continuing struggles of life against fate. They should say as the boy Manolin‚ "I’ll bring the luck by myself." In the story the old man tells us "It is silly not to hope...besides I believe it is a sin." Hemingway draws a distinction between two different types of success: outer-material and inner-spiritual. While
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Topic Name: HIV/AIDS: Issues and Attitudes In this essay I will explain why the following issues are most important to consider and keep in mind when caring for a person identified as being HIV positive or having AIDS. The issues that I consider most important are how this illness impacts on the patient psychologically; how to prevent HIV transmission and the interventions that are effective; what treatment is available; and the issues surrounding medication adherence and its importance.
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(USAID) and United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) and Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) found out that at the end of 2001‚ 13.4million children under the age of 15 had lost one or both parents to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The increase in AIDS‚ which orphans many children‚ is one of the major challenges in many countries. According to HIV/AIDS Perspective (2004)‚ one of the worst consequences of AIDS is the large number of children orphaned as
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attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: Effects of a health education intervention on two nursing groups in Cairo University‚ Egypt Eman Taher and Rehab Abdelhai* Department of Public Health‚ Faculty of Medicine‚ Cairo University‚ Egypt. Accepted 3 April‚ 2011 Information education and communication (IEC) programs are the most effective available approaches for combating the HIV pandemic especially among nurses. The aim of this study is to assess knowledge‚ perceptions and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS before and
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creating long lasing unequal power structures‚ which hurt these nations ability to effectively govern and develop. In the early stages of the HIV/AIDS crisis‚ the effect of the virus was ubiquitously debilitating across the developed and underdeveloped nations‚ yet as they began to find treatments the developed countries have disproportionally benefited from HIV/AIDS treatment.
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HIV Prevention with Positives in Thailand: Ethical Dilemma of HIV Status Disclosure in intimate relationship. Abstract Every year‚ there are about ten thousand new HIV infection cases in Thailand. The majority of new HIV transmissions in Thailand have changed from commercial sex to intimate relationships while HIV prevention generally focuses on self protection and universal precaution. In 2003‚ Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommend to integrate HIV preventive measure into routine
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National Framework For Joint TB/HIV Collaborative Activities October 2009 National AIDS Control Organization And Central TB Division Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India New Delhi 1 2 Acknowledgement The National Framework has been prepared jointly by National AIDS Control Organization and Central TB Division‚ DGHS for the training of programme managers under the guidance of Dr. Damodar Bachani‚ DDG‚ NACO and Dr L. S .Chauhan‚ DDG (TB) CTD‚ DGHS by a writing group
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