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    from a festering pyre. I walk towards the the side table and picked up the heavy glass lamp. The psychiatrist commanded me to take a seat at once. I peered out from under my brow and gave them a look of pure malice. I raised the lamp high above my head but this time I didn’t take any time to decide where to strike... . I brought the lamp crashing down on his head like a freight train. The psychiatrist slumped to the floor with a slight shiver. Red ooze began seeping from the psychiatrist’s…

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    for patients who are unstable. The prescription of antipsychotic drugs has increased greatly in the last few years, which can lead to helpful or harmful results. Psychiatrists of today are over diagnosing mental disorders, meaning people who do not have severe mental issues are being prescribed drugs that they do not actually…

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    The most significant difference between a psychologist and psychiatrist has always been the ability to prescribe medication. This has been the greatest defining difference that most people see between those two professions. Clinical psychologists have recently perused prescription privileges these days. A former president of the American Psychological Association, Patrick H. DeLeon, and many others has also promoted the movement as well (Pomerantz 50). But clinical psychologists still do not…

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    3. The Psychological Biography In the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century Freud carries on Rousseau’s legacy. Freud saw modern individuals as a compulsive biographers of their own life. In The Interpretation of Dreams, published in 1899, Freud portrays himself as a heroic man, who faces the facts of life in an entirely new way. This introspection, seen in Rousseau as well, was given unprecedented scientific legitimacy as Freud’s ideas took hold. To understand ourselves, Freud asserts,…

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    Forensic Psychiatry

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    definition. Forensic psychiatrists also work to aid the mentally ill in navigating three major institutions: mental health, justice, and correctional. This subfield focuses on objective psychological evaluations, where adolescents, adults, and the elderly may be referred to determine any psychiatric, neurologic, and developmental disorders that could potentially conflict these individuals. These evaluations also determine the type and severity of any present disorders. Forensic psychiatrists are…

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    Wendy 12.10.2015 Mode of contact: Home-visit and outreach. Client presentation: Wendy sound lethargy, out of breath and stated to feel emotional and physical exhausted 1. - GP: The writer transported and advocated on behalf of Wendy. * A review of Wendy’s medication was requested, and a summary of current medication was provided. * Dr Peter Williams remained Windy about her sleep apnoea condition and suggested to consider purchasing a Continues Positive Pressure Airways (CPAP) machine. This will…

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    One may argue that Clark’s opinion regarding the opinion in Tarasoff v. Regents is reflective of a utilitarianism, whereby he argues that a duty requiring a breach of confidentiality with regards to the treatment of a patient of a mentally ill patient may reduce the effectiveness of the treatment, thus imposing greater suffering to the patient. Moreover, consider Mill’s interpretation utilitarianism establishes the role of the government, stating that if the government or other institution were…

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    can benefit the defendants, attorneys, psychiatrists, and psychologists. The defendant will be subject to a new and improved administration of the defense. The tests and evaluations will be more fairly accommodated to each individual. The attorneys will have a better method for the usage of the defense. In addition, there will not be major flaws which would others doubt of existence of the insanity defense. The criminal law will make sure that psychiatrists and psychologists will only make a…

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    Prescribing Antidepressants Without Psychiatrists Have you ever taken an antidepressant? If so, did it help? Or perhaps you just felt like you were no longer emotionally connected to anything going on around you? This is a common problem among many Americans. Everyday more and more prescriptions are made with no psychiatric input. Antidepressants are helpful if prescribed correctly, and antidepressants should be available after a period of psychiatric care if the psychiatrist prescribes prozac…

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    sailor enlisted in the U.S Navy who is at risk of receiving a dishonorable discharge due to his actions, several angry outbursts and physical fights. Antwone is mandated to attend therapy with a Navy psychiatrist, Dr. Davenport (Denzel Washington). With the help, guidance and sessions with the psychiatrist, hesitant Antwone starts to feel comfortable and the emotional flood gates began to open, he shared the secrets he has kept inside for most his life; h e reveals the painful…

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