This essay will aim to discuss from the perspective of mental health nurse the assessment skill needed to be carried out to enable effective care planning for Lisa. This assessment will be in partnership with Lisa which will take into consideration her physical‚ emotional‚ psychological‚ social and environmental developments in order to provide appropriate care plan. This discussion will be around dual diagnosis‚ prevalence‚ assessments‚ health promotion and recovery concepts. From the case scenario
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client. It will examine the various assessments used on this client and discuss the holistic needs of the client. My placement area was with a Community Mental Health Team and so the assessment tool used was the Community Mental Health Team Assessment and Progress Record. Carpenito-Moyet (2005‚ p.231) defined an assessment as “the deliberate and systematic collection of data to determine a client’s current and past health status and to evaluate the client’s present and past coping patterns”. Harrison
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Understand Mental Health Problems Learners Name: CHERYL BISHOP Workplace: AMBERSWOOD OLDER PERSONS DAY CENTRE Start Date: 04/12/12 Completion Date: ……………………………….. Registration Number: ………………………….. Unit code: CMH 302 Unit reference number: J/602/0103 QCF level: 3 Credit value: 3 This unit aims to provide the learner with knowledge of the main forms of mental health problems according to the psychiatric classification system. Learners also consider the strengths and limitations
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The Health Fair Presentation project was one of my favorite assignments so far in my college career. I have never really been a fan of group projects because there is rarely an even work distribution; and being the student that I am‚ I usually end up doing the most work. However‚ this was not the case in my groups project. We all did a fairly even amount of work. Our group started out with four people‚ which is already a smaller group compared to some other‚ and one student dropped the course half
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Reflect on how socio-emotional and mental health issues or concerns are crucial to implement or continue a child care health advocate program. Identify challenging behaviors that you may have observed. Remember not to be specific related to confidentiality; please be generic. We need to beware of behavioral warning signs can be anything for hitting‚ biting‚ startled from routines or events‚ extreme mood swings‚ sudden behavior changes‚ withdrawn from playing with their peers are just some of the
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WHO (1946)‚” good health is a state of complete physical‚ social and mental well-being‚ and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Not only physical health is important but also psychological health‚ and they both are regarded as the essential for social stability. However‚ mental health is not like physical health can be simply diagnosed by physical syndromes and it needs more evaluations so mental health is neglected easily. There is not a doubt that mental health is one of upsetting
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Brittany N. McDaniel Mental Health Criminals in Texas Colorado State University Global Campus December 17‚ 2012 Mental Health Criminals in Texas The United States has taken many strides to adequately defend and prosecute mentally ill offenders‚ but some still fall through the cracks of the legal system and do not get the help that they truly need. Mental illness is a serious medical dilemma with severe social implications. Individuals that are mentally ill and
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Mental illness is any disease or condition that influences the way a person thinks‚ feels‚ behaves‚ and/or relates to others and to his or her surroundings. Although the symptoms of mental illness can range from mild to severe and are different depending on the type of mental illness‚ a person with an untreated mental illness often is unable to cope with life’s daily routines and demands. Mental illnesses can be put into two types - Psychoses and Neuroses. Psychoses: symptoms are normally severe
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Understand Mental wellbeing and Mental Health promotion CMH 301 1. Understand the different views on the nature of mental well-being and Mental health and the factors that may influence both across lifespan: It is a well known fact‚ that everyone is one of kind unique if you like. There for there will be always different views on this as well as other matters. ( diet‚ fitness ect) while " this and that " is working for some‚ it may not work for the other. However there is
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Mental health problems: Is it an increased risk factor for violent offending? Adam J. Jetson Griffith University Assessment: Assessment 2 - Essay Due date: September 26th‚ 2014 Course convener: Dr. Louise Porter Tutor: Lara Christensen Campus: Gold Coast Class: Tuesday‚ 2pm – 3pm Word count: 1965 In the past couple of decades‚ many of those who work in the field of forensic psychology have conducted numerous amounts of research to determine the link between violent offending
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