Define your client system. Provide identifying information‚ which may include family composition‚ ages‚ medical history‚ employment‚ education‚ finances‚ income and its sources‚ housing and ethnicity; OR the nature of the group‚ its purpose and composition; OR description of the community demographics and nature of the community problem/issue being addressed. Describe the nature of your contact with the client/client system‚ presenting request/s‚ issues‚ duration of the contact‚ extent of activity
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similar and differences in physical and mental health in different ethnic groups and cultures. The importance of understanding how ethnic groups and culture view mental and physical health can be crucial in therapeutic settings and can be seen as wrong or unusual to us because the lack of understand of their viewpoints. People come from different ethnic groups and the range of diversity varies and varies over time and between different populations‚ the knowledge of knowing the differences of physical
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This essay will demonstrate the relationships between mental health and social problems from both the social and medical point of view. Generally speaking mental illness is defined as‚ the psychological or mental state of an individual‚ who is functioning at a stable level in terms of behaviours and emotions. However the definition and ideology of mental health differs depending on which theory‚ perspective or model we look at it through. The models or influences in this context are of three types
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LO1:Understanding how principles of support are implemented in health & social care practice. Principles of Health & Social Care in Mental Health The Act is underpinned by five key principles (Section 1‚ MCA) Principle 1: A presumption of capacity – every adult has the right to make his or her own decisions and must be assumed to have capacity to do so unless it is proved otherwise. This means that you cannot assume that someone cannot make a decision for themselves just because they have
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With the establishment of the Mental Capacity Act comes the Independent Mental Health Advocacy which was introduced in 2007 under the amendments of the Mental Health Act 1983. An Independent Mental Health Advocate is a specialist advocate with legal rights to the IMHA which is not available to all advocates. What this means exactly is that an Independent Mental Health Advocate may meet with qualifying patients in private; consult with who are professionals concerned with the patient’s care and treatment;
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Andrea Sanchez Professor Amanda Gray & Adrienne Baldwin SWU 171 23 June 2013 Mental Health and the Media Let me start off with what Autism is and how common it is. Autism appears to have its root in very early brain development. The most obvious signs of autism and symptoms come about between 2 and 3 years old. “An estimated 1 out of 54 boys and 1 in 252 girls are diagnosed with autism in the United States.” A person with autism will find it much harder to understand the feelings of other
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************MENTAL HEALTH************ IT’S NOT JUST PHYSICAL •Your body needs at least 8 hours of sleep each night. •Rest allows you to build and repair new cells. •Stress can make you physically sick. •If you’re upset about something don’t hold it all in. •If you want a healthy body‚ you need a healthy mind. HANDLING STRESS •Many teens push themselves too far. •Parents know that everything can get to be too much. •We tend to be more forgetful when we are over stressed. COPING
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Mental health among youths Introduction In this essay‚ the author will discuss the mental health issues among the youths. The mental problems as it relate to the general health and also discuss the mental health promotions. The author will then discuss on how changes in lifestyle could improve mental health. Finally‚ it worth’s mentioning that there are some professional help out there for people experiencing mental problems. Mental illness can be defined as the experiencing of severe and
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Mental health is the balanced development of the individual’s personality and emotional attitudes which enable him to live harmoniously with his fellow men. In 1959 W.H.O. Expert Committee on mental health reviewed the various definitions of mental health and observed that mental health is influenced by both-biological and social factors It is not a static condition but subject to variations and fluctuations in degree‚ It is the capacity in an individual to form harmonious relations with others
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Some students will find it is a standard component of a course they are studying – typically a language degree taken in the UK‚ will feature anything up to one full year of the course‚ which may be 3 or 4 years‚ sometimes more‚ studying abroad in a country or countries where that language is spoken. A student studying english in Sri Lanka may find that as well as the opportunity to study for a year as part of his or her course‚ they can choose to undertake their study’s abroad in an English speaking
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