TMA 01 Summarise and discuss the presentations of mental health in the two newspaper articles given in Appendix 1. (1500 words). 1. Summaries of cited media “Tackling Mental Health Problems in a Downturn” (Gill‚ Trevelyan‚ The Times‚ 30th September 2009) This article‚ written by the Head of Good Practice at ACAS‚ suggests that despite the difficulties in accurately diagnosing mental health problems‚ the government has calculated that mental health related sickness is costing the UK
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The Chemistry of Love: Could the first opportunity to fall in love influence our ability to love for a lifetime? There are many different types of love: sexual‚ romantic‚ platonic‚ filial‚ maternal‚ paternal‚ spiritual‚ love of self‚ love of country‚ love of possessions to name a few. Love for our mother‚ our first love‚ could be the pivotal love around which we build our ability to love in every other way. This paper will look at the chemistry that is involved in the baby’s first opportunity
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The purpose of this paper is to critically discuss multidisciplinary team (MDT) working within a Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT)‚ whole systems working and how these impact on the teams efficacy. This will be done by demonstrating knowledge and understanding of influential theoretical concepts and relevant policy drivers. There will be an examination of current practices the author experiences working as a Crisis Practitioner within a CRHTT‚ supported by an analysis of pertinent literature
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Health Promotion Obesity as a side effect in medication World Health Organisation (WHO 2012) states that health promotion is about empowering individuals to take control of their own health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions. The author will be focusing on a lady with a long mental health problems and has recently had medication changed to Clozapine; as a result she has gradually gained a lot of weight. The patient
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Scandalous Industry: When Medicine Goes Wrong The pharmaceutical industry has always held a dichotomous position. Whilst the funding and facilities firms have provided for scientific pharmacists‚ chemists and their ilk have led to many of the most important breakthroughs in twentieth century drug treatments‚ the nature of the product they provide - drugs and by association good-health – has left them open to damning criticism. This essay shall examine one of the primary roots of such criticism;
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Biographical disruption in relation to a chronic illness can be summarised in the way that Michael Bury suggests three concepts that it may impact firstly on a person’s knowledge of self and social world which is disrupted by the illness‚ daily living is also disrupted and the person’s mobilisation can be altered by the specific circumstances (Felde 2011:102). Bury’s suggestion is interesting as it defines biographical disruption as affecting several aspects of the person’s life. Bury’s three aspects
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What is Medicalization and why is professional and public concern about medicalization on the increase? (Conrad 2005) During the 1970’s medicalization first came into light in social scientific literature. “Medicalization consists of defining a problem in medical terms‚ using medical language to describe a problem‚ adopting a medical framework to understand a problem‚ or using a medical intervention to “treat” it.” (Conrad‚ pp.209-232‚ 1992) Sociologists believe medicalization to be a method of social
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The state of our health is very important to us‚ we spend a lot of time and money on trying to stay healthy‚ but what do we mean by "Health"? The world Health Organisation (WHO) describes health as "a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being which is more than just the absence of disease. When we think of health and illness‚ there is a general conception that it involves health habits such as exercise and eating the right food‚ as well as institutions such as hospitals and doctors
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Critically assess the value of the construct ’personality ’ with reference to one specified theory of ’personality ’ in Psychology In order to answer the question and assess the value of the construct ’personality ’‚ this essay will focus on the biological approach to ‘personality’ in particular‚ while weighing up the strengths and weaknesses‚ in order to reach a valid conclusion. When considering to what extent the construct ’personality ’ is valuable‚ it is necessary to define what is
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For the purpose of this essay I will explore the aspects of Type I diabetes mellitus and the effect it has upon a woman and her midwife during the antenatal period. The question I intend to explore and answer is: “What is the role of the midwife in the management of the woman whose pregnancy is complicated by Type I diabetes?” The rationale for concentrating on this question is to address issues and concerns raised during a recent placement in an antenatal clinical setting. I intend to explore
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