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    around the mouth and/or neck. Also‚ TD is commonly referred to as a tick ranging from mild to severe cases. It is just one of many negative effects obtained when taking psychotropic or psychiatric medications for long term. Not until recently‚ these side effects occurred mostly in the elderly because they began taking these medications as fully matured adults. Now these potentially life threatening‚ life altering‚ drugs are being given to our children without the proper studies done to avoid or acknowledge

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    promoting use of the drugs for pain relief. Silverstein believes that nurses should be able to give patients pain medication. Although there is a large disparity in available pain medication between rich and poor countries‚ the disparity is due to lack of education and frequent government intervention. Middle income to low income countries receive significantly more amounts of pan medication than do the richer countries in the world. “Though nearly 50% of the world’s cancer patients and 90% of the world’s

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    Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)‚ Oppositional Defiant Disorder‚ and Mild Retardation‚ according to court service’s records. He has received services from the Churchland Psychiatric Associates and Christian Psychotherapy. He has been prescribed psychotropic medication in the past. Rodrigues and his mother

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    Though at one point in time clinical scientists believed in only one model of abnormality‚ we now have six very different models. The original model of abnormality was‚ unfortunately‚ the product of cultural beliefs. But because no one model can be deemed complete on its own‚ competing models have since developed to strive for the comprehensive means for treatment. For example‚ the biological model and the psychodynamic model take very different approaches on understanding thoughts and emotions.

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    treatment. Particularly in the case of schizophrenia‚ the burden of stigma often leads to chronic social impairment (Jackowska‚ 2009). Cross-Cultural Perspective Schizophrenia affects approximately 2.4 million Americans. Taking antipsychotic medication consistently is essential to the long-term treatment of this severe‚ disabling disorder and

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    Final Project: Interview‚ Day in the Life of a Counselor‚ and Reflection The purpose of this paper is to introduce an interview with a Marriage Family Therapists‚ since in the state of California we do not have as yet Mental Health Counselor. The interview is about the viewpoint of the therapist regarding certain questions. The paper will be formatted in APA style Section I: Summary of Mental Health Counselor Interview Juliet Velarde Betita‚ MFT who is located in Santa Barbara California. Ms

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    today. There is a pill that cures almost every aliment one may have‚ but at what price? Why do we in the U.S. have such a high rate for taking prescription drugs? According to the CDC antidepressants were the second most commonly prescribed medications‚ right after drugs to lower cholesterol. About 254 million prescriptions were written for them‚ resulting in nearly $10 billion in costs. According to NIH every 1 in 10 Americans ages 12 and older report taking an antidepressant

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    G- CM met with client for a weekly case management‚ to continue assisting with his housing goals‚ and update his ISP goals. I- CM inquired if client obtained his psychotropic medications from the VA. CM continued to assess client’s mental health and medication compliance. CM informed client that his assessment appointment with Laurie Garza‚ from LAMP VASH‚ was changed from 3/25 to 3/24. CM inquired if client attended all of his medical appointments at the VA. CM informed client that his six

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    Santagata et al. explain that the psychotropics used to assist patients with dementia can adversely affect them by increasing mortality and decreasing the patients’ physical and cognitive abilities (Santagata‚ Massaia‚ & D’Amelio 2021). Licensed social worker Esther Heerema‚ details doll therapy

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    The understanding of mental illness today since the early 1900s has changed significantly. In the 1900s‚ people still had no real understanding of what caused mental illnesses‚ let alone how to treat the disease. The disease was feared and was seen as incurable. Mentally ill patients would be sent to asylums‚ and as a form of treatment they were tortured. Until in the later 1900s‚ it was discovered that certain factors and drug therapy could be a treatment to cure the mentally ill. Today there are

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