practice. In recent years‚ there has been an increasing need for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary as well as multiprofessional and interprofessional perspectives on professional work (Bleakley‚ Boyden‚ Hobbs‚ Walsh‚ & Allard‚ 2006). In health care‚ interprofessional practice means that patient care is a joint effort by professionals‚ whose tasks‚ interaction and collaboration need to be synchronized (Baker‚ Day‚ & Salas‚ 2006). Interprofessional collaboration has also been characterized
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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 et al (2005) explain that the aims
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Discuss how psychological and sociological concepts and theories can inform health promotion in nursing practice. For the purpose of the assignment the contents will discuss Prochaska and DiClemente’s Stages of Change Model in conjunction with empowerment and self-efficacy. To support the assignment a case study will be used to aid the application of the theories and models when applied to nursing practice. The case study used in this assignment is 50 year old woman‚ Alison Stevenson‚ a single
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communities. During the 1980s‚ the cost of health care increased more than any other cost in our national economy. As a result‚ strategic planning has been made to reduce costs. "The political decision made to deinstitutionalize chronic mental patients started with the appearance of phenothiazine medications. Dramatically reducing the instability influenced by psychosis‚ these medications were of great significance to many individuals with serious mental disorders. At both the state and federal
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the study of psychotropic medications‚ which are used for mental disorders that have the ability to alter a person’s behavior and mental state of mind. Because of potentially serious side effects of many of these drugs‚ psychotropic medication should only be prescribed by qualified medical professionals who monitor the effects on patients. The purpose of week seven’s application assignment is to explain the boundaries that mental health counselors have in regards to recommending and prescribing
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biological explanation is that depression is caused by insufficient levels of serotonin‚ dopamine and noradrenalin. Antidepressant drugs are used for the treatment of moderate to severe depression and are usually taken for the medium or long term. The two main types prescribed are Tricylics and Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors. Tricylic drugs prolong the mood-lifting effects of noradrenalin and serotonin by preventing re-absorption after they are released. It also means that the operation of
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Human Rights and Mental Health Are human rights infringed in treatments for mental health? The question of whether human rights are infringed in treatments for mental health has many points to consider. To help answer the question‚ this essay will outline the basic principles of human rights and draw some comparisons against medical treatments and choices in patients who are of sound mind against patients who are mentally ill. Emphasis will also be given to ethics and the application of them
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for public health‚ with environmental threats‚ cultural diversity and an ever aging population. The role of health promotion is as important as ever‚ within this assignment I will look at the issues we face and the techniques used to alter public perception and behaviour. One definition widely highlighted from the World Health Organisation states that health is ‘a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well being’ (WHO 1947). This definition encompasses the indicators of poor health but does
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The World Health Organization considers depression to be a leading cause of disability worldwide. “People routinely say that depression is the worst thing that’s happened to them‚” Coplan says. “And the reason that’s offered is that their brains don’t work properly. They can’t make decisions and they aren’t sure of themselves — everything requires huge mental effort.” (Vann‚ 2017‚ p. 2). Since people claim depression is similar to a tragedy in their life‚ treatment is necessary to overcome this obstacle
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v. Wade was the Supreme Court case that declared that the right to abortion is a constitutional right. While Roe v. Wade has been a very controversial subject‚ it has affected the physical health‚ mental health‚ and safety of women. Ever since the legalization of abortion in 1973‚ the physical health of women has progressed in some ways and regressed in others. Before 1973‚ sixteen states made abortion in the cases of rape and incest‚ and by 1970‚ three states made on demand abortion legal
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