by living in poverty are stress‚ isolation and shame (understanding poverty‚ 2008). Vulnerability is when a person can be easily hurt or taken advantage off‚ the groups considered most vulnerable in society are the elderly‚ people who suffer from mental health illnesses‚ special needs and children. The reason being that they made need some form of care be it a care home or a carer to help them in their own home‚ this leaves them dependent on these people. In the U.S the estimated percentage of
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to fall back down to his sides and he mumbled to himself “still not big enough Mark”. This‚ of course‚ is a ludicrous statement. How could a man with such large‚ muscular arms think that they were “not big enough”? The fact is Mark suffers from a mental disorder called Muscle dysmorphia‚ popularly coined “Bigorexia”‚ which is a “form of body dysmorphic disorder in which individuals develop a pathological preoccupation with their muscularity” (Olivardia‚ Pope & Hudson‚ 2000). In other words‚ those
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within a room where the door is shut and the freedom to exit is decided by staff. Isolation – the person is in the room alone. Reduction of sensory input – the room is reasonably bare‚ often containing no more than a bed and sometimes a toilet” (Mental Health Commission‚ 2004) History Because of its intrusive nature and the potential for misuse‚ interventions such as seclusion or physical restraints are always been a controversial issue in psychiatric history. In 18th century patients who proved
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Laura’s Resources for Mental Health Illnesses Mood Disorders Disorder Resources Depression http://allpsych.com/disorders/mood/index.html http://www.camh.net/education/Online_courses_webinars/mha101/index.html Signs and Symptoms: lack of energy; oversleeping/not sleeping; drop in grades; regress to childhood fears; self-harm; substance abuse; aggressive; accident prone/clumsy Strategies: connect; allow creative outlets (writing‚ drawing‚ doodling); help with memory and organization
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to us other than a survivor. A survivor endured the greatest hardships just to remain alive two great survivors which had to fight for their lives are Pi Patel a young indian boy and Chuck Noland a middle aged Fed Ex intern. Their entire life flashed in front of their very own eyes as they had to fight the environment‚ the giant deathly ocean‚ and their very own fears. Pi as a young boy was always interested in Religion and loving God. Even with his father
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NU 306 Mental Health Nursing *Reflections: Clinical Experiences in Community - Gero 1. Describe characteristics of clients served by this program. The clients at Shoals Hospital in the geriatric psyc. Unit were obviously old. I think the youngest person was a 60 year old female. All had psychiatric disorders but the disorder that seemed to be most prevalent was Major Depressive Disorder. I also got to talk to the oldest living person with Huntington’s disease which was very cool. 2
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in our country has undergone a sea change in the last decade and a half. The lucky doctors of the past were treated like God and people revered and respected them. We witness today a fast pace of commercialization and globalization on all spheres of life and the medical profession is no exception to these phenomena. As a result‚ the doctor-patients relationship has deteriorated considerably. Earlier too‚ doctors were covered by various laws‚ i.e. the Law of Torts‚ IPC etc.‚ but since the passing of
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INITIAL MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION I.APPEARANCE The client appears to be at her age. She wears blouse with shorts‚ sometimes with short pajama. For me‚ she is neat. She has a long and shiny hair. She has clean fingernails and always combing her hair. She brings a comb with her every time we had an activity. II.MOOD AND AFFECT The client facial expression appears to be appropriate. She is energetic and you will observe that she is enjoying our activity because she was happy. III.BEHAVIOR
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come to my office wanting something* Desire the need to be heard * Have someone who will listen * Point them in a positive direction | * I want to be the person in SH who can offer support* The one who can proudly say: * “I saved that kids life‚ I rescued her out of depression”* But the fact is L and G‚ I cannot do this by myself* I plead for you to get beside me and help save lives* We need some more physical resources such as:- Bigger offices and more staff. | * Introduce story of Aaron
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Being a police officer has often been known as a boring job. Because police work can go to extreme measures at any time‚ it is important to reinforce collective and impersonal nature of the job‚ in order to gain cultural characteristics. Personality and behavior is influenced by culture and structure; thus‚ social organization has cultural characteristics that are distinct from structural institutions. Much of Structural institutional comes from social science; thus‚ the way they influence awareness
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