CU2624 1.1 Identify current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication. The Medicines Act 1968 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It governs the control of medicines for human use and for veterinary use‚ which includes the manufacture and supply of medicines. The Act defines three categories of medicine: prescription only medicines)‚ which are available only from a pharmacist if prescribed by an appropriate practitioner; pharmacy medicines
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Stephanie Zavala Agustin Cardenas PR 102- Psychology October 18‚ 2012 Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum One of the cases that had the greatest impact on us is psychiatric rape. Many people seek for help‚ and reach out to professionals known as psychiatrist or psychologist. Most woman and children believe that “professionals” are able to help them with their emotional instability‚ however‚ psychiatrist cause scars that are unforgivable. Woman and children are referred to a psychiatrist
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children can have contact with the family member and have communication with them. This is good and bad for the child. Some governments are considering the use of medication for the foster children. Eighteen percent of the foster children that are taking psychotropic medications they were prescribed taking 4.5 times the medications to non-foster children. 48% of the children are taking medicine because of drugs and traumatic issues. Most states are looking to keep the foster kids in foster care
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Hands of Hope in the Human Services Professions The Human Services profession is an occupation where one is not limited to do just one job or one sense of duty. I discovered the profession is a more of a mission rather an occupation where one who is pursuing this career must be caring‚ patient‚ willing to set aside one own personal viewpoint and must be able to work with a wide range of diversity. More importantly‚ able to perform on a professional level‚ with the client’s best interest‚ despite
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antidepressants‚ anticonvulsants and antipsychotic medicine‚ there can be severe adverse reactions. The most common pills prescribed for bipolar in teens are lithium‚ Depakote‚ Lamectil‚ Prozac‚ Risperdal and Abilify. The side effects from these medications range from lethargy‚ mood swings‚ dizziness‚ diarrhea‚ rashes‚ increased risk of suicidal thoughts and the possibility of lithium poisoning. On top of all the negative side effects the FDA warns‚ although rare‚ long-term use of antipsychotics may
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Throughout my research process I have learned much about my topic. My research of foster parenting was successful because I was able to answer all my research questions‚ and I found a lot about foster parenting. From all of my research‚ the three most important ideas I learned are the role of how to ba foster parent‚ not right to fail the children in the foster care system‚ and most of the children in foster care are getting abused. The first thing I learned is about is a foster parents role.
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It was quite a joy to re familiarize myself with the varying models of abnormality as I read through chapter three in all its glory. When I first considered the question for discussion‚ I was momentarily puzzled. Actually‚ I suppose puzzled is not the precise choice of wording‚ more like torn. Yes‚ I was torn between the different models of abnormality; for each one of them came equipped with their own set of good and bad ideals. After wrestling with this question in my mind‚ I eventually settled
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Changes In psychiatric Treatment Psychiatric treatment is an ancient practice that dates back to around 5000 BCE as evidenced by the location of skulls that showed signs of trepanning. In ancient world cultures‚ trepanning was a renowned method for treating mental illnesses‚ which the early man believed to arise due supernatural influences such as sorcery and demons. This method employed a procedure whereby the psychiatrist used a stone to make an opening (trephine) in the patient’s skull
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panic attacks. His initial presenting diagnosis at the Sacred Heart Facility was major depressive disorder‚ generalized anxiety disorder‚ panic disorder‚ social phobia‚ and social anxiety disorder. He is taking Prozac‚ which is his only outpatient psychotropic
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your depression.””(Grohol PsyD‚ 2009). The deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill began with the introduction of the use of psychotropic drugs for mental health treatment in the 1950’s. It was embraced as a way of saving money because the patients would be able to be treated on an outpatient basis and in theory also be able to function in the world while on medications. This has not been as successful of a plan as originally intended. Crystal Riberio makes this point by stating‚ “The programs thought
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