This is a reflective essay based on my attendance at a multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting whilst on my two-week placement at a local mental health day hospital. The aim of this essay is to discuss the importance of the multidisciplinary team within the mental health environment and discuss factors that can influence the success or failure of multidisciplinary teams. Mental health teams generally comprise of psychiatrists‚ clinical psychologists‚ nurses‚ occupational therapists and social workers
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Placement Reflection Pembroke Residential Home‚ Saltburn 10/02/14 Today was my first day on placement at Pembroke Residential home in Saltburn. When I first arrived I was a little nervous as I didn’t know anybody and I wasn’t sure on what to do because I didn’t know their routine. The pressure eased off a bit after the first hour because another student came in as she was doing her block placement and I was told to just follow what she did as she had been before and knew what she was doing. Firstly
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I have not been directly involved in any situation in my field placement in which the ethical‚ legal‚ or values issues were challenged. However‚ I have had the opportunity to be a part of supervision in which the team discusses such ethical‚ legal and value issues workers might be experiencing. Most of the discussion are around how to approach certain clients and finding the best practice strategies. From hearing the individual client-worker stories‚ it has become evident of how frequent it is for
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“What is Mental Health?” Within this essay‚ I will examine the definition of mental health‚ as well as it’s connection in our daily lives. I will be discussing a particular mental health problem which is depression under mood disorder. By examining a scenario of a patient who I have looked after who is suffering from this mental problem‚ and the available treatment options. I am please to focus in this topic that made a real difference to people lives‚ most especially to the patients who are suffering
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The previous week in my practicum placement has been very rewarding. I have been able to start the fixed interval reinforcement schedule with my student. The increase in attentive listening skills during instruction over the last three weeks has resulted in increased learning. Discrete Trial Training (DTT) has been used with the student to teach colors and letter names‚ and the reinforcement used after each trail has been verbal praise. The student has struggled to learn colors and letters with traditional
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At my field placement‚ I am interning at an elementary school‚ grades Kindergarten to 5th grade. My duty at the school‚ by my supervisor is to conduct individual and group counseling sessions‚ crisis management‚ participate as part of the Intervention & Referral Service Team (I&RS Meetings)‚ and other required interventions of service there is and to be known. For this issue that I come across every week when conducting a group counseling session is that I have a student who is interested in attending
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that by bringing tourists into the country‚ not only the health sector‚ but other sectors‚ like the tourism and hospitality sectors will also benefit and through this flow on effect the people of the host country will benefit. For example India’s health care market is expected to expand from 5.2%GDP to 8.5% GDP by the end of 2012 because of Medical tourism. (2) This is taking a superficial look at the problem. It also effects on the health care of people of the host country‚ the standard of care
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working in this placement area. You should consider what you have learned about the specific practice area‚ for example whether it is forensic‚ community nursing speciality‚ what you have learned about yourself and the complexity of the Learning Disability nurse’s role within it. You are expected to apply a reflective framework of your choice and support your reflection with appropriate references. This piece of reflection will focus on my experiences whilst on practice placement; I will be using
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The view of mental illness has changed over the centuries‚ as a supernatural problem‚ to an actual medical condition. Mental disorder is defined under the Mental Health Act 2007‚ as “any disorder or disability of the mind” (Rethink Mental Illness 2011). As stated by the Mind for Better Mental Health (2012) “mixed anxiety and depression is the most common mental disorder in Britain” .This essay will examine‚ through the contribution of social science‚ whether people with mental disorders‚ such
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This essay will demonstrate the relationships between mental health and social problems from both the social and medical point of view. Generally speaking mental illness is defined as‚ the psychological or mental state of an individual‚ who is functioning at a stable level in terms of behaviours and emotions. However the definition and ideology of mental health differs depending on which theory‚ perspective or model we look at it through. The models or influences in this context are of three types
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