division of mental health at the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health. While working at the Department of Health I was exposed to the fragilities of the human mind and worked with patients with various disorders from bipolar disorder to schizophrenia. I gained an understanding of the importance of adequate mental health care in my community and the social‚ financial‚ and emotional difficulties faced by those in need of obtaining such care. Like physical dysfunctions‚ mental disorders can deteriorate
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and contrast the Police powers under the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. A discussion will be around the two Acts of Law regarding mental health that Constables should abide by; Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005. The Mental Health Act will be broken down and summarised made to be comprehendible. Followed by a close examination of the Mental Capacity Act‚ before comparing the two in order to weigh out the positives and negatives of both Acts of Law. This
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Introduction “Culture comprises of shared beliefs values‚ and practices that guide a group’s members in patterned ways of thinking and acting. Culture can also be viewed as a blueprint for guiding actions that impact care‚ health‚ and well-being” (Leininger & McFarland‚ 2006). “Culture is more than ethnicity and social norms; it includes religious‚ geographic‚ socio-economic‚ occupational‚ ability-or disability-related‚ and sexual orientation-related beliefs and behaviors. Each group has cultural
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COUNSELLING IN NIGERIA: AN OVERVIEW BY C.N. UGWUEGBULAM‚ Ph.D.‚ JP. ALVAN IKOKU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION‚ OWERRI – IMO STATE‚ NIGERIA AND CUUU KADURUMBA (Ph.D.) COLLEGE OF FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGY‚ MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE‚ UMUDIKE‚ ABIA STATE‚ NIGERIA HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING IN NIGERIA Man from pre-historic times have been having challenges and solving them. Nigerians in the traditional set-up before the advent of formalized guidance and
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HSC 32 ~ Support the health and safety of yourself and individuals (Level 3) 1. There is much legislation dealing with health and safety in the workplace. The health and safety at work act 1974 contains general provisions but it has been supplemented by many regulations and guidelines dealing with specific areas. The main specific regulations important to care workers are: ● ● ● Control of substances hazardous to health 1988 (COSHH) Reporting of injuries‚ diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations
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Previously‚ I never thought much about mental health‚ as I had never had much to do with it. Due to not having confidence in my knowledge of mental health‚ I feel afraid and anxious in relation to my ability to help those that are mentally ill. The stigma that I have experienced within today’s society is that mental health patients are different and stereotyped to have disturbed behaviours. Not only have I seen stigma and stereotypes‚ but I have also seen the discrimination that exists. Because of
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Describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways The way that groups can influence people in positive and negative ways varies due to different factors. The factors include individual involved‚ situation and group that the person is involved with. Group pressure plays a big role in influence and can often cause someone to do something that they wouldn’t normally do. I will discuss the positive and negative influences and different roles within this essay. Roles and groups
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discrimination within health and social care The poster is to publicise an NHS project to help breakdown discrimination within the health service‚ and the winning presentation will be used in their staff training. You need to make your presentation interesting‚ readable and good to look at‚ and
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Chapter 5‚ describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways. Groups influence people in positive and negative ways. Looking at research and studies we will see how the roles we play in groups can influence our behaviour. We will see how groups we gravitate to help raise our self-esteem and give us a sense of belonging but at the same time how conflict is created with other groups. Groups we belong to help to give us a sense of identity but we will see how we can lose this
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