Arts Therapy | How creative arts therapy can be used in nursing practice | NRS-433V | Robin Marth | 2/12/2013 | | Creative Arts Therapy A study was performed in the United Kingdom in 2012 to evaluate the usefulness of creative therapy for dementia patients. Creative therapy can include art‚ dance‚ and music‚ and movement. There is a wide range of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions that can be used with dementia. The use of arts or creative therapy has been
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Radiation Therapy What is radiation therapy? According to wikipedia Radiation therapy discovered in 1889 also known as radiotherapy‚ radiation oncology‚ or XRT‚ is the medical use of ionizing radiation as a part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells. Radiotherapy may be used for curative or adjuvant cancer treatment‚ with curative being the cure and adjuvant being additional treatment. Radiation therapy can also be used as palliative treatment‚ which is where a cure is not possible and
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Animal Assisted Therapy Rachel Ann Rodriguez Candidate Number: 00243-014 May 2012 Word Count: 3636 Abstract Animal Assisted Therapy‚ a type of therapy that involves the use of different animals with specific characteristics‚ can be a natural aid in a patient’s treatment‚ as this approach successfully addresses a variety of physical‚ emotional‚ and psychological illnesses. Drug treatments and other means of healing are effective; however‚ they often have negative effects on the patient’s
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Animal-Assisted Therapy Library Research Everybody has come into contact with an animal at one point or another in their life. Whether it is a family’s dog that wanders curiously around the house or a cat brushing up against the cage begging to be adopted at the pet store. Most people take these encounters for granted. They do not see the potential these animals could have and could one day turn somebody’s life around. Animals play a huge role in many people’s lives through animal-assisted therapy and animal-assisted
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Occupational Therapy 1 Occupational Therapy: A Contemporary Career in Psychology Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapy: A Contemporary Career in Psychology U.S. News recently reported that occupational therapy is ranked as one of the 50 best careers of 2010 and ranked at 19 out of the top 100 careers expected to be the most secure and best paying in the next decade (U.S. News Staff‚ 2009). The American Occupational Therapy Association defines 2 occupational therapy as a profession
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Occupational therapy is the treatment of physical and psychiatric conditions by encouraging patients to undertake specific selected activities that will help them to reach their maximum level of function and independence in all aspects of daily life. As science and technology change‚ so does our occupational therapy practice methods. Technology influences our current practice and occasionally they create new tools for intervention. These activities are designed to make the best use of the patient’s
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Throughout my experiences in various physical therapy settings‚ I was fortunate enough to observe therapists who have not only served as my role models‚ but have also taught me what professionalism really means. Not only excelling in their duties as physical therapists‚ every person I’ve been lucky enough to work with has been kind‚ accountable‚ and extremely committed‚ all of which are traits I have tried to emulate in my work as a volunteer and physical therapy technician. While I observed various displays
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Professor Yankee 11/19/12 Music Therapy Why do people use this type of therapy exactly? Well music has been used as medicine for thousands of years and there’s a growing field of health care known as music therapy‚ which uses music to heal. Those who practice music therapy find benefits in using it to help cancer patients‚ children with ADD‚ and others‚ and even hospitals are beginning to use music therapy to help with pain management‚ to help ward off depression‚ to promote movement‚ to
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Interpersonal Therapy Case Study of Susan � Interpersonal therapy is short-term therapy for depression and other problems that looks for solutions and strategies to deal with interpersonal problems rather than spending time on interpretation and analysis. In the initial stages of interpersonal therapy‚ therapeutic goals typically include diagnosis‚ completing the requisite inventories‚ identifying the client ’s major problem areas‚ and creating a treatment contract. PRESENTING PROBLEM This case
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Gestalt Therapy PSYU-501 February 13‚ 2012 Gestalt Therapy Gestalt therapy was founded by Frederick (Fritz) and Laura Perls in the 1940s. It instructs the client on the phenomenological method which is the theory that says behavior is determined by the way the person perceives reality rather than by objective external reality. This therapy method is an influential preference compared to the two chief therapeutic methods‚ psychoanalysis and behavioral therapy. This therapy combines the
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