Collisium
Our topic was Myth and Facts about Mental Illness and we taught 8 people in our group. My patient specifically was to be a part of this group, however chose to rest in her room through most of our lesson, but soon joined us towards the end of our teaching session. In addition to my client, other members also exhibited behaviors which added and subtracted from their learning such as one patient showed symptoms of mania in which she was very engaged an active with us as we asked questions to the group and asked for feedback. In facts she was one of our main talkers, often playing around with fellow group member. Others were quite opposite, such as my patient, as recently stated who in fact was diagnosed with depression and did not …show more content…
Other patient had flat effect, so although they appeared to be listening to us, it was hard to determine their thoughts until (if they chose) to voice them. Overall the group was very open and welcoming to our teaching and most did in deed give us feedback and told us their opinions and as we asked them “what are some myths you heard about mental illness?” you could almost gauge the types of experiences they might have had and the affects it has played and currently plays on them. During our teaching we placed our information in the format of “is this true or not?” followed by “this is actually…T/F”, if I could do this all over again I would also add information that would be fact base and empowering, because I saw how disarming and disheartening these myths were to these clients. I was unable to gain an SBIRT, DAST, or MoCA score from my client, but during our initial rapport we spoke about her current struggles with a hip spasm that has been bothering her for the past three months, how it was driving her to “do something stupid” and what she hopes to gain out of her time at Coliseum. All she hoped and wanted for was her medications looked at and for something to be done about her …show more content…
As I walked in and witnessed the reading of the serenity prayer and the twelve steps, I saw in real time how vital a tool this played in group meetings. As each spoke each would say “hi my name is…. And I’m an alcoholic” before proceeding, not only to introduce themselves, but every single time they wanted to share. As each did so I could tell it wasn't just a mundane ritual to keep things uniformed, but a repetitive acceptance of current state and reality. I looked around the room often at the 9 people I sat with and I heard each one’s story and took a glimpse at all the walks of life infected with addiction. There was old, young, those with family, without family, religious, nonreligious, etc. and there were only 9 people there, but the diversity of the people, from ethnicity to backgrounds was phenomenal. I found myself thinking to myself “no one is safe huh?”. As I looked around at the different faces and realized there was few things about their appearances that would have stuck out to me. I listened and processed all of the struggles they shared within the group I came to the conclusion that, there was no difference between them in their chairs and me in mine. It sounds cliché, but all the experiences and moments of strife they shared within the group, I heard thing such as “I had no coping mechanisms, and work was so stressful” and “I lost person 1,2,3 and 4 in a span of x” and I also heard “all my family is
Our topic was Myth and Facts about Mental Illness and we taught 8 people in our group. My patient specifically was to be a part of this group, however chose to rest in her room through most of our lesson, but soon joined us towards the end of our teaching session. In addition to my client, other members also exhibited behaviors which added and subtracted from their learning such as one patient showed symptoms of mania in which she was very engaged an active with us as we asked questions to the group and asked for feedback. In facts she was one of our main talkers, often playing around with fellow group member. Others were quite opposite, such as my patient, as recently stated who in fact was diagnosed with depression and did not …show more content…
Other patient had flat effect, so although they appeared to be listening to us, it was hard to determine their thoughts until (if they chose) to voice them. Overall the group was very open and welcoming to our teaching and most did in deed give us feedback and told us their opinions and as we asked them “what are some myths you heard about mental illness?” you could almost gauge the types of experiences they might have had and the affects it has played and currently plays on them. During our teaching we placed our information in the format of “is this true or not?” followed by “this is actually…T/F”, if I could do this all over again I would also add information that would be fact base and empowering, because I saw how disarming and disheartening these myths were to these clients. I was unable to gain an SBIRT, DAST, or MoCA score from my client, but during our initial rapport we spoke about her current struggles with a hip spasm that has been bothering her for the past three months, how it was driving her to “do something stupid” and what she hopes to gain out of her time at Coliseum. All she hoped and wanted for was her medications looked at and for something to be done about her …show more content…
As I walked in and witnessed the reading of the serenity prayer and the twelve steps, I saw in real time how vital a tool this played in group meetings. As each spoke each would say “hi my name is…. And I’m an alcoholic” before proceeding, not only to introduce themselves, but every single time they wanted to share. As each did so I could tell it wasn't just a mundane ritual to keep things uniformed, but a repetitive acceptance of current state and reality. I looked around the room often at the 9 people I sat with and I heard each one’s story and took a glimpse at all the walks of life infected with addiction. There was old, young, those with family, without family, religious, nonreligious, etc. and there were only 9 people there, but the diversity of the people, from ethnicity to backgrounds was phenomenal. I found myself thinking to myself “no one is safe huh?”. As I looked around at the different faces and realized there was few things about their appearances that would have stuck out to me. I listened and processed all of the struggles they shared within the group I came to the conclusion that, there was no difference between them in their chairs and me in mine. It sounds cliché, but all the experiences and moments of strife they shared within the group, I heard thing such as “I had no coping mechanisms, and work was so stressful” and “I lost person 1,2,3 and 4 in a span of x” and I also heard “all my family is