NUR4023 Health in Society Depression is an exceedingly common psychological disorder that affects approximately 19% of people over the age of 16 according to The Office for National Statistics. The DSM V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) describes the criterion for MDD (Major Depressive Disorder) as “depressed mood or a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities for more than two weeks” that leads to “impaired function”‚ in one’s occupation‚ education or social life. As
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Contents INTRODUCTION 1 BODY OF ESSAY 1 CONCLUSION 5 REFERENCES 6 INTRODUCTION This assignment is aiming to develop an essay analysing the reason of increasing waiting time in mental health hospitals and causative reasons behind this increase in waiting period. This essay will reflecting on various factors which collectively develop mental health services like psychiatrist‚ mental health nurses‚ mental asylums‚ funding‚ new management approaches‚ availability of rooms etc. This is a secondary
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Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Vulnerability and Healthcare Implications Abstract Those with mental and substance abuse illnesses have often been identified as vulnerable populations. The following essay discusses the physical‚ psychological‚ and social factors that predispose these individuals to vulnerability. In regards to health care‚ potential disparities are then identified based on the theoretical components of Aday’s framework regarding access‚ cost and quality of care.
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Mental Health America HSC 310 David Olsen January 24‚2011 Mental Health America Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) is the country’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives. With more than 320 affiliate nationwide‚ we represent a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well being of the nation‚ every day‚ and in a time of crisis (2007 Mental Health America). As an
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Discrimination in Mental Health Sector Name: Institution: Date: Abstract Discrimination of persons with mental disorders is widespread in New Zealand society. Practice of discrimination in areas such as education‚ court proceedings‚ property ownership‚ medical insurance cover and acquisition of driver’s licence is common. The government working with non-governmental organizations continues to advocate for the rights of this group. The New Zealand government has ratified United Nation’s
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Unit CMH 302 Understand mental health problems Unit aim 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 of this model and look at alternative frameworks for understanding mental distress. The focus of the unit is on understanding the different ways in which mental health problems impact on the individual and others in their social network
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Provide a commonly understood diagnostic category for clinical practice. B) Describe treatment modalities for psychiatric disorders and mental illnesses. C) Identify various etiologies for mental disorders based on family histories. D) Provide optimal outcomes for treatment for individuals with mental illnesses. 2. A nurse is providing care to a patient with a mental disorder classified by the DSM-IV-TR. The nurse understands that although the first three axes appear to contain all the diagnostic information
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In what ways does the concept of risk in mental health policy and practice represent a problem for mental health service users/ survivors. With the closing of the large intuitions in the early 1990s and the rise of smaller units being set up within communities‚ the policy change ideology was for individuals who have a mental illness to live independent lives‚ and to learn skills to function within society. It was deemed that these vulnerable individual’s faced more risk from staff than what small
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Name Course Instructor Date of Submission Mental Health Mental disorders are among the common conditions threatening health care today. Most people with mental disorders can‚ however‚ lead productive lives if proper medication is provided. Mental disorders affect the way individuals think‚ feel or act. Just like other illnesses‚ mental disorders have biological and psychological roots (Gazzaniga and Heatherton 23). Many mental disorders such as‚ Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ panic disorder
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This essay will begin by discussing poverty and the groups who mostly live in poverty and who are affected by it. It will then move on to discuss in depth‚ three different vulnerable/disadvantaged groups‚ and how poverty negatively influences the health of a person in one of these groups. "People are living in poverty if their income and resources (material‚ cultural and social) are so inadequate as to preclude them from having a standard of living which is regarded as acceptable by Irish society
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