Interventions to Reduce Adolescent Substance Abuse The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the relevant literature to describe current government initiatives for addressing substance abuse by adolescents in the United States. An analysis Continue Reading...
care in the situation of Mr. and Mrs. P would be holistic in nature, grounded in a philosophy of caring. There are serious existential issues at stake, as Mr. P has wondered why God has not "taken him" already, while Mrs. P may be suffering from dep Continue Reading...
g., when there are deaths of several soldiers or emergency workers of a unit). Combat is a stressor that is associated with a relatively high risk of PTSD, and those interventions that can potentially diminish this risk are very important. But what i Continue Reading...
Nursing -- Group Therapy Peer-reviewed literature regarding effective treatments of bipolar I disorder reveals that patients are significantly helped by family-focused or "family skills" therapy, particularly when dealing with depressive symptoms. H Continue Reading...
Running Head: IMPROVING NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IMPROVING NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP 13Improving Nurse-Patient RelationshipIntroductionThe nurses from the major core health personnel in the health care system with their support being appreciated o Continue Reading...
A Nursing Theoretical Premise in Healthcare Delivery: The Neuman Systems ModelIntroductionThe Neuman Systems Model is a conceptual model of nursing developed by Betty Neuman in the late 1960s. This model views individuals as open systems, with a vari Continue Reading...
Psychiatric ClinicMy mission statement for the Psychiatric Clinic is to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to adolescents with mental illness in a safe and secure environment. Our business plan will include a detailed examination of the ass Continue Reading...
Research Database Matrix National Institute of Health's Intramural Database Resources Location: http://intramural.nih.gov/index.tml Description: The stated objective of the NIH Intramural Database is to collect and disseminate data gathered from r Continue Reading...
Establishing an NP Led Wellness and Recovery Center for Deinstitutionalized Individuals Historically, nursing, and medicine professions have been loath to utilize tools commonly linked with mercenary aspects of business, such as market research and Continue Reading...
Lesbian Health Care Lesbian Health Issues in a Heterosexual Society The additional burdens placed on the lives of minorities as a result of social exclusion can lead to health disparities. Social exclusion theory has been used in previous research Continue Reading...
CRHIP: Mental Health in the U.S. especially among African American MenAbstractThis Cultural Relevant Health Intervention Project (CRHIP) addresses the critical issue of mental health among African American men in the United States, a demographic sign Continue Reading...
Family Therapy Treatment of Mental Illness There has been a growing movement towards the use of family therapy methods for the treatment of mental illness in recent years. To determine the facts about this trend, this paper provides a review of the Continue Reading...
Mental Illness from a Counselor's Perspective Alcohol Dependency in Women Symptoms of Alcohol Dependency Alcohol dependency or alcoholism is suspected when persons appear to be preoccupied by the consumption of alcoholic beverages (Johnson, 2003) Continue Reading...
Trauma is considered as 'Mental Agony', distress due to problems internal or personal to the patient's/victim's, undergone by a person during a given period. Even physical or mental distress undergone can also be considered as Trauma.. Trauma means ' Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Programs and Practices in psychological health Introduction Numerous years of research and studies in clinical psychology have illustrated that how individuals process received information, particularly with an attentional bias (AB) to Continue Reading...
Interventions for Mentally-Ill Adolescents Mental illness is a serious health concern in America today. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) estimates that one in every four adults in America, which translates to approximately 61.5 millio Continue Reading...
Role of Spirituality in the Treatment of Depression Over the last thirty years, one of the most interesting paradoxes in the study and treatment of depression has been that increased knowledge about the biomedical and genetic causes of the disease h Continue Reading...
Integrated Behavioral Health in Rural Communities Integrated behavioral health involves working with a primary care physician, a medical specialist and a team of people to bring the best care possible for a patient. This is important when viewed fro Continue Reading...
" (Tyson, 1) The participants in the program has responded universally in favor of the program and have described it as a way of gaining access to critical support services which are inaccessible due to age, travel restriction and disability. Though Continue Reading...
Sexual Assault Treatment Center Describe the social problem for the community Sexual assault is a criminal sexual act, either physical or otherwise, committed by a perpetrator against a victim (usually a child) using physical, intimidation/force, o Continue Reading...
Introduction Sexual abuse and assault is a fundamental public health and social issue in the United States and across the globe. The longstanding adverse consequences more often than not linked with sexual abuse mandate that effective treatment and p Continue Reading...
Psychiatric Disorders There is a high correlation between youth with substance abuse problems and youth with mental illness. Often, the substance abuse is a means of self-medicating. There are a lot of potential underlying factors for this high como Continue Reading...
Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction in Military Men who are Survivors of Sexual Abuse The therapeutic definition of sexual abuse is based on varied parameters. For a therapist, the perception of a patient that they were abused sexually is the basis of Continue Reading...
Anorexia Criteria for Diagnosis Physical and Mental Signs and Repercussions Different Treatments of Anorexia Personal Reflection Anorexia Nervosa, a type of eating disorder, continues to plague some of the world's population, particularly white Continue Reading...
COUNSELING Counseling: OpioidsOpioids are synthetic chemicals that are harmful to the body if taken in an unrestricted manner as they react with the nerve and body cells, creating an adverse impact on the brain. On the contrary, a small amount of opi Continue Reading...
ELECTROSHOCK vs. ADEPRESSANTS Electroshock vs. Antidepressants Use of Electroshock Therapy vs. Antidepressants for Postpartum Psychosis Literature on postpartum psychiatric diagnosis leans heavily toward trying to understand postpartum depression, Continue Reading...
In particular, the attorneys working on this issue claim that the VA is "structurally unsuitable" for dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which is "a signature problem" veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are suffering from (Wei Continue Reading...
One aspect of a goal attainment program researched within the content of an article by Ng & Tsang, is group therapy work, where individuals are offered the opportunity to self-reflect through the group process to help assimilate "normal" behavio Continue Reading...
Access to Health Services is one of the main objectives of Healthy People 2020. As the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP, 2017) notes, acces to quality health care services is essential for sustaining and promoting healthy comm Continue Reading...
Bipolar Disorder: Causes, Symptoms, And Prevention Every human being is susceptible to mood changes, sometimes feeling happy and energetic, and other times feeling melancholic and miserable. However, a persistent feeling of sadness and hopelessness Continue Reading...
PTSD & SPIRITUALITY PTSD/Spirituality Health care and spirituality have long been linked and involved with each other. This involvement and linkage goes far beyond the stereotypical "faith healers" that have become the butt of many jokes. Indee Continue Reading...
Medical Ethics Ethics Interview Medical Ethics Interview Healthcare providers include nurses, doctors, social workers and a number of other professions that seem to exist on the periphery of the helping field. One of those on the outside, that man Continue Reading...
Schizophrenia While all mental illnesses continue to carry some sort of stigma, perhaps no mental illness is more widely misunderstood than schizophrenia. In fact, prior to the introduction of some of the more modern medications, it was virtually i Continue Reading...
Mentally ill in U.S. As the world becomes a more complex entity and technology and speed increase, mental illness is also on the rise. Mental illness can range from slight situational depression to more serious diseases such as schizophrenia and bip Continue Reading...
Changing the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorder is crucial for psychiatry. The importance of such manual, assists psychiatrist classify mental disorder and in diagnosis o Continue Reading...
Providing more effective and less painful treatments would indeed be a very large step in the right direction. The study results indicated by the above authors provide significant hope in this direction. References Jaffee, S.R. And Price, T.S. (20 Continue Reading...
Self-management is the goal of the client and the therapist works with the client to aid him or her in recognizing self-defeating thoughts or actions that will give negative results, and developing positive thoughts that will have positive results ( Continue Reading...
