Involuntary commitment

however, most sensations are linked with another person. Emotions do not have to directly correlate to a relationship between two people. Fredrickson declares, “Love is not sexual desire or the blood ties of kinship. Nor is it a special bond or commitment” (107). Deep emotions, such as love, are based on personal notions and cultural aspects and that has been over romanticized by modern culture. Sex is also an over romanticized concept in Western culture. People’s first impressions of ‘sex’…

mood swings, and a chronic fear of abandonment. Like bipolar, those affected are unstable, impulsive, have anxiety, and often self harm.21 Dissociative Disorders All three of the different types of dissociative disorders are characterized by an involuntary escape from reality through a disconnection between thoughts, identity, consciousness, and memory. Dissociative amnesia is difficulty remembering information about one’s self. What is forgotten may surround a particular event, like 7 combat…

abilities, and learn in the different way (Gardner, 2005). People can maximise their learning experiences based on their interests and abilities. The second characteristic, motivational level, described by Weisberg based on creative individual’s commitment. Creative individuals tend to commit their work. Another factor of motivation in creative individual is concentration. Weisberg said that anecdotal evidence shows that the creative individuals can forget the other things when they engage in…

Nursing Educator Interview I recently had the opportunity to sit with the Nursing Educator at my local hospital to ask her a series of questions regarding her profession. During her 30 years as a nurse she has gained a plethora of knowledge, experience and critical thinking skills. As a nurse holding a masters degree in the science of nursing, she actively uses her clinical abilities within the acute and critical care unit while also successfully functioning as a nursing educator. After 5…

When indigenous youth see their stories, history and traditions ignored, they feel that they are not important in the Canadian fabric. The school system needs to begin to understand the damage they are causing Indigenous children and be willing to change the curriculum to reflect the stories of colonization and its impacts on Aboriginal peoples. Reconciliation needs to be addressed among educators of primary school and they must share the information of the federal and Provincial’s governments…

Co-occurring disorders like substance abuse and psychiatric disease pose major to challenge to public health system. Especially among population that is not required to seek treatment. I have been working with a participant for by the name of Sam. He was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder II over forty years ago. I have a client who is taking medication for hypertension, type II diabetes and take 300gm of Depakote for is bipolar disorder and struggles with alcohol abuse he drinks daily. I am…

Mental health is an important field of social work, and social work is one of the most enduring and widespread fields contributing to the helping of the those with mental disorders: most mental health professionals actually work as part of the social work field. In fact, 60% of mental health professionals are social workers, which are recognized as one of the the five core groups of mental health professionals. Though the general idea of mental health social workers is probably of people working…

The subject of gun control is one of much dispute. Some believe that guns should be more regulated to prevent crimes, while others believe that the laws should not change at all, or that there should be less gun laws. Adding more gun control laws would be too much for the good, honest people to be able to acquire permits. Gun laws should stay as they are; no less or more. They already keep guns legally out of unsafe people’s hands, while good, honest people are still able to access guns.…

Diagnosis In the movie, A Beautiful Mind (Grazer & Howard, 2001), John Nash is a thirty-one-year-old Caucasian male mathematician who works at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an instructor. John is married to his wife, Alicia Larde, who is currently pregnant. Recently John has been having instances of delusions and hallucinations that are severely impacting his relationships and lifestyle. Upon first meeting the client, John is a well-dressed man who wears a suit, because he teaches…

Mental illness has been increasing in prions and jails in the past decade, as shown by, "more than half of all prison and jail inmates have a mental health problem compared with 11 percent of the general population".(Anasseril) The problem is they are not receiving the help necessary to achieve a normalized life. "Yet only one in three prison inmates and one in six jail inmates receive any form of mental health treatment." (Anasseril) . This illustrates that point that an abundance of the…