Mental health professionals

The fundamental elements of nursing are caring for the health of human beings, assisting them in identifying and meeting their needs, and providing education that is adapted sensitively to the individual, their families, and the community. Pillars of this relationship are trust, respect, and compassion. In my opinion one of the most important roles that a nurse plays is that of the patient 's advocate. Nurses spend more time with our patients than anybody else in the medical field; it is our…

Mental illness is a matter of is it real or not. Many people say yes because they have seen the effects it has on loved ones while other say no because there is no scientific evidence. However, there is plenty of physical evidence it is just hard to find out what is going on. Mental illness is not know as someone getting sad every once in awhile. It is supposed to represent the extreme cases. If someone believes that mental illness is not real. It would probably be thought that mental health is…

Guns and Mental Health The mentally ill teenager sits in his room for hours in a row while thoughts saturate his mind like a tidal wave beating at the shore of a deserted island. He has no medicine, but he reaches for the gun his dad gave him for his seventeenth birthday. He hides the gun in his backpack and goes to school. The only recognition he receives is in tomorrow 's newspaper as a "cold-blooded killer." In light of recent school shootings executed by mentally ill people, gun control…

from a young age. Either that or the hearts of the parents who begin to push their children from a young age. But what is it really like for these young and aspiring athletes? What is it like to become professional? Sport is something that can prove to be costly when one decides to undergo a professional career. For example, some of the most expensive sports to invest in are ice hockey, lacrosse, and football. Costs for sports include the purchasing and repairment of equipment, coaching,…

lost from potential professional contracts. I would highlight Mike’s exceptional athleticism which culminated with him receiving a full scholarship to a “well-known” university along with expectations of playing professionally but now are all but gone due to gross negligence from the head coach and university. 2. Another point would be that Mike was not given full disclosure of his injuries; therefore, mitigating the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding his health. 3. I would…

providing a community collaboration effort to keep all parties involved (“NPBEA”, 2007). Louise Rowling described school-based programs in the following way: School-based programs that promote mental health are effective, particularly if developed and implemented using approaches common to the health promoting schools approach: involvement of the whole school, changes to the school psychosocial environment, personal skill development, involvement of parents and the wider community and…

Mental Illness and How it Should be Treated “These ‘harmless’ antidepressants have recently been linked to violent behavior, loss of impulse control, and suicidal thoughts” (Eakman). One thing that is real important is the over-prescribing of patients. That also leads into doctors not caring what they do to their patients, just observe them, diagnose them, and give them unneeded prescriptions for no reason inset for the money the doctors are making. People may think mental illness is somebody…

Search engines, books, and mental health professionals can all use this label in this manner to effectively connect knowledge seekers to knowledge providers. Without the X label it would be virtually impossible to connect and individual with a certain struggle to someone who had a possible solution to that struggle. In addition, the general public can learn about problem X and develop sympathy for people with it. Of course, these labels are the names of specific mental illnesses and by knowing…

women with mental health issues. As hysteria describes the historical aspect of female madness, such as its ‘supposed’ link to the female reproductive cycle, “crazy” describes the cultural side. This side deals with the stigma attached to the word crazy, such as how society has viewed those labeled “crazy” then and now. Stigma is considered one of the biggest barriers to mental health care because it “manifests particularly in a phenomenon known as social distancing, whereby people with mental…

I know it isn’t easy to make it as a professional athlete but in the long run who are they really benefiting? The rigorous training before the war tests all men and women and pushes them to their limit just to see if they're ready for the real thing. If you do happen succeed in making it to the…