Assignment: Case Study {text:bookmark-end} Mental illness is any of various conditions characterized by impairment of an individual’s normal cognitive‚ emotional‚ or behavioral functioning‚ and caused by social‚ psychological‚ biochemical‚ genetic or other factors‚ such as infection or head trauma. Also call emotional illness‚ and mental disease. (www.thefreedictioary.com). No mental illness can not be define as a physical illness such as diabetes‚ because mental illness is that it can not be diagnosed
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Supporting Data: (Include subjective‚ objective‚ lab‚ diagnostic‚ pharmacologic and other data which supports your use of this diagnosis.) Long Term Goal: Short-term goals: Nursing Interventions: Evaluation: Summary of patient progress: Risk for Suicide related to suicide attempt Patient attempted suicide 4x in the last 3 years. Patient states she wants help‚ wants to be sober
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evidently met some of his objectives. It promoted building of partnerships between the health and education sectors with other governmental and nongovernmental sectors‚ United Nations organizations and the community at large. It also led to the development of a supportive environment‚ including empowerment of both students and staff and subordinate staff in being accountable for their health. Health promotion interventions have now become integral to school activities. (Tompa.et al‚ 2008). 5.1 Impact Evaluation
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Care Plan 2 Psychiatric/Mental Health PATIENT CARE PLAN Client Initials: H.C. Admission Date: 01/14/13 Unit: 4 South Age: 28 Sex: Female Race/Culture: Caucasian ASSESSMENT Presenting Problem: This is a 28 year-old Caucasian female who was admitted to Doctors Hospital Psychiatric Unit 4 South due to an overdose on multiple medications. The patient was found by the police on January 13th picking through garbage near
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What is the mission statement? 1. The Mental Health Association’s mission statement states‚ “The Mental Health Association in Greensboro provides leadership in identifying and addressing mental health needs and serves as an advocate for those dealing with mental health challenges by promoting hope and recovery” (http://www.mhag.org/about-us/‚ 2015). This mission statement provides an excellent foundation for the organization‚ and is a good example of a quality mission statement based on guidelines
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Angel Montanez CAS 100A Mrs. Brennan Thursday‚ October 18‚ 2012 Preparation Outline (The Key to Higher Health) (Title) I. The Key to Higher Health (Specific Purpose) II. To inform my audience on the health benefits of medical marijuana. (Central Idea) III. Marijuana has many beneficial medical uses despite its common stigma. (Introduction) IV. A woman goes to the doctor for an annual checkup since she has been feeling quite ill lately‚ but passed it off for
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the internal nature of mental health as well as the negative stigma attached to those who suffer with mental health issues‚ the public may not realize how serious the problem really is. Over one in every five children and adolescents suffers from some kind of mental health disorder (Taras & Young). This is an astounding amount of children who affected by these issues. Given the significant effects these disorders can have on people‚ it is necessary that those with mental health issues receive proper
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History has shown a misunderstanding and fear of the unknown within society when it comes to people diagnosed with mental illnesses. There are many prejudices and stereotypes about mental illnesses and the group of people it affects‚ which can often result in keeping patients from being admitted into a hospital to receive the help they require and withholding treatment. The line and separation between the rights of a patient and the amount of control placed on a patient has become rather blurry.
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Providing mental health services that are both effective and culturally competent for Latino/a American clients has proved to be challenging. Understanding these challenges requires considering the issue from both a systematic level and from an individual level. At the systematic level‚ services for Latino/a American clients are affected by a lack of culturally competent clinicians as well as a lack of culturally sensitive assessment tools and interventions (U.S. Department of Health and Human
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Mental health within childhood is a long standing problem within society. One in ten children suffer with mental health issues (Mentalhealth.org.uk‚ 2015)‚ by adopting different perspectives‚ models and explanations for childhood mental health‚ an evaluation can be made on the best course of prevention. The different views we adopt however have an effect on the way we think about the issue‚ such as the way we assess and identify it‚ how we treat it and most importantly how we try to prevent it (Kearney
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