o Monday‚ 10/24/16-7.0 hours: Today‚ I assisted the social worker with a BIMS or also known as a Brief Interview Mental Status. I watched her conduct a few then I was on my own. I enjoyed this. This test can be very helpful in assessing a patient’s mental status and capabilities. It can also allow you to become aware of any health related diseases that may be present. 0 Wednesday‚ 10/26/16-7.0 hours: Today‚ I conducted more BIMS interviews on some of the residents. I was able to learn about Allscripts
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of whom suffer from mental health problems. Many incarcerated persons suffering from mental illness become aware of such conditions only after unfortunate encounters with the legal system. While others undiagnosed individuals continue to be shuffled in and out of various facilities before being labeled as criminals. Depending on the magnitude of an individual’s mental health illness‚ it can severely compromise a person’s ability to function in society. Many of these disorders may be present before
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Jacob Shatarang 5/22/13 Mental stability or mental health is the way humans react to‚ think about‚ and feel about what goes on in their everyday lives. It is a psychosomatic and emotional state of being. Throughout history‚ people with odd or dangerous behaviors were seen as witches or ones possessed by evil spirits. These people were thrown in prisons or institutions to isolate them from others. Not too long ago‚ in the 1950’s with a great deal of research and much more highly developed technology
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and mentally. The client stated he carries a diagnosis of Manic Depression. In addition‚ he believes that the he was diagnosed with other mental health disorders but does not remember specifics related to the diagnoses. He consumes the prescribed psychotropic medications Hydroxyzine 50mg and Quetiapine 150mg. The client carries diagnosis of Cannabis Use Disorder: Severe- F14.20
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Mini-Mental Status Exam JS scored twenty-eight out of thirty possible on the Mini-Mental State Examination. This shows no cognitive impairment without any clinical signs of cognitive impairment present. She received a perfect score on everything except two areas. The first one was only being able to recite only two of the three items to be remembered. Second area was difficulty counting back from one hundred by sevens (Demential Today website‚ n.d.). Fall Prevention Scale JS scored a total of
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MENTAL ILLNESS AND METABOLIC DISORDERS Name of Student Institution affiliation Abstract Objective of the study: To identify the relationship between low income mental patients‚ and metabolic disorders among the 235‚000 patients who have been diagnosed with mental health issues. The study did not target any specific mental health disorder i.e. it conducted a general study of the mentally ill patients in-order to be in a position whereby they could investigate the relationship. Design: Prospective
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1) Using two racial groups [of color]‚ demonstrate how oppositional dichotomies of race define racial stereotypes. Oppositional dichotomies of race is like the idea of polar opposites. It is a unit made up of two parts that compliment each other and are essential to one another. To think about it simply and without race‚ it is like left and right or light and dark. Left and right depend on each other because without one of them‚ the other can’t exist; this same idea can be applied to racial stereotypes
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MENTAL DISORDER AMONGST ADOLESCENTS Importance and relevance According to the World Health Organization (WHO‚2002)‚ mental health disorders are one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Three of the ten leading causes of disability in people between the ages of 15 and 44 are mental disorders‚ and the other causes are often associated with mental disorders. Both retrospective and prospective research has shown that most adulthood mental disorders begin in childhood and adolescence (Kessler
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Mental Disorders Millions and millions of people have been‚ and are‚ plagued by some type of mental disorder. There are many types of disorders such as mood disorders‚ anxiety disorders‚ personality disorders‚ and substance-related disorders. The mental disorders can range from minor cases to very strong‚ extreme cases. Two mental disorders that deal with the shifting of a human’s personality and character are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterized
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Research Proposal: Stigmatization of Mental Disorders Introduction When picturing an individual with a mental disorder‚ what is the first image that pops into your head? I admit‚ for me‚ my first thoughts were of a violent out of control individual with a mission to kill. But then I thought‚ I have family members with mental disorders and I myself have been diagnosed with OCD‚ and this description was completely inaccurate in describing my family and me‚ which must also mean it is inaccurate in
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