Psychiatric treatments

The essential role of the psychiatric nurse is to meet the mental health needs of diverse, vulnerable, and disenfranchised populations, acknowledgement that the vulnerability is relative to being influenced by biological, socio demographic, biological and cultural factors. A commitment to cultural sensitivity and social justice is pivotal role to healthcare, leading the way to addressing the gaps in mental health intervention treatment to serve the under privileged, and underserved…

Personality: Behavior Assessment System for Children, 2nd Edition - Self-Report of Personality (BASC-2 SRP) and Parent Form (BASC-2 PRS) The BASC-2 SRP is designed to measure the adaptive (positive) and clinical (negative) behaviors of a youth at home, in school, and within the community from his/her perspective (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 1998). This examiner administered the BASC-2 SRP to Christine in order to determine whether she was experiencing difficulties within the domains defined and…

event (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In accordance with Criterion B for PTSD (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), he frequently has flashbacks related to the event in which he feels as though he is reliving the trauma of that day. Josh’s recurrent nightmares related to his fiancé’s death and the and the psychological distress that he experiences when he is in close proximity to the area the event occurred in, also fulfill Criterion B for this diagnosis (American Psychiatric…

the American Psychiatric Association’s (2013) DSM-5, Aiden would be assessed to determine diagnosis and his strengths. DSM-5 Diagnosis and Rationale According to the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 (2013), Aiden shows classic signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder (299.00). The DSM-5 clearly states criteria required for the diagnosis…

Principle Diagnosis The Principle diagnosis for Kenda Starnes is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with a Co-Morbidity of Severe Persistent Depressive Disorder with Persistent Major Depressive Episode. Medical contributors include a history of hospitalization in excess of 10 times for depression during her high school years, and her prescription for anti- depressants, which she does not take. V-codes and environmental factors attributing to her diagnosis include a history of incestual child abuse…

often placed straight from secure psychiatric units and had unpleasant, and at times, criminal histories. This is the environment where I first found my strengths. I could easily engage with people without regard for their sordid history and help them work through their own thoughts. This led me to career in substance abuse counseling. I graduated at the age of 22 with an Associate’s Degree in AODA Counseling and immediately began working in a residential treatment facility. I spent the next…

This essay will explore how nurses, specifically those working in mental health, are portrayed by a wide range of different people. It will look at how the perception of nurses has changed over time, evaluating different opinions. These opinions include those of service users, other health care professionals and the general public. The views of the general public link closely with how nurses are portrayed in the media, as the majority of these people haven’t had any firsthand experience with…

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competency in a lifelong learning career. The role of nursing has evidently changed throughout centuries. Mental Health as a profession has significantly changed throughout history, with the profession shaping new regulations and laws, education, treatment and more. ‘The Handbook for the…

Often, authors use literature as a way to explain a concept or subject that one may not have witnessed themselves. In the novel, "Under The Persimmon Tree", Suzanne Fisher Staples writes a historical fiction story about two main characters, Najmah and Nusrat. During the novel, Staples gives countless examples of what life would feel like to be under the control of the Taliban, an Islamic terrorist group. Najmah is a young girl who lives in the Kunduz Province, Northern Afghanistan. Najmah faces…