Psychiatry

the care of others and to address the health problems that the patient had diagnosed with. I may not have particular experience in the field of specialities; although I have express an interest in areas such as psychiatry, paediatrics and pathology. Mainly I am more interested in psychiatry as from my past experiences I had suffered from severe mental health issues and I was admitted in psychiatric hospital. From my stay there, my desire to support people with mental health issues had slowly…

Government started to build facilities used to house individuals that displayed behaviors against societal norms. The homes and hospitals could not house all individuals with a several mental disorder. These facilities converted to institutions. These asylums were a means for the removal of people from society deemed to be abnormal. While meant to provide quality care the facilities became full of people, essentially turning to prisons where patients underwent inhumane treatment. After this…

Ph.D, Strauss,, J. S., M.D., & Breier, A., M.D. (1987, June). The Vermont Longitudinal Study of Persons With Severe Mental Illness, II: Long-Term Outcome of Subjects Who Retrospectively Met DSM-III Criteria for Schizophrenia. American Journal Of Psychiatry, 727-735. Retrieved from http://psychrights.org/research/Digest/Chronicity/vermont2.pdf This article discusses, a follow-up study of 118 patients from Vermont State hospital who were diagnosed with schizophrenia. The people in study, were…

Although Social Cognitive Behavioral Theory (SCBT) does not address how genetics, emotions, and relationships beyond the family may affect us, it is one theory I find to be very helpful to me from personal and work related perspective. SCBT gives an insight into not only understanding individuals, but also offers a practical approach in how APN might be able to apply the theory concepts in real life setting. For example, I work in the psychiatric setting; much of what I do is centered on…

he was incarcerated in Baraga, Michigan, they found out that he had this mental illness. Mr. McManus would cover himself in chewed food and feces according to the prison staff. They also said that he would refuse to eat. The prison did not have a psychiatry department and Mr. McManus only had contact with the psychologist through the cell door. When he became disruptive they would cut his water supply and limit his food and did not allow him to receive the treatment that he needed. Before his…

Stephan Doering, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Munster in Germany, and some of his colleagues. The study had 104 participants, all of which were women between the ages of 18 and 45, who had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The study was supposed to take…

Foucault rightfully regards the appearance of the first asylums a significant step forward for the whole world. It meant that the medical community accepted psychological diseases as a medical problem and basically announced that it was going to try to treat it. Madness did not seem like some kind of curse or other superstitious phenomenon nobody knew what to do with anymore. This point is delivered well by the author in the first part of the article. When Faucault describes how the asylums…

In Amy Brodkey’s article ‘The Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Teaching Psychopharmacology’, she outlines the influence that drug companies have had on psychiatry, with attention to industry-sponsored events, lectures, and research. A medical doctor herself, Brodkey discusses the blurred boundaries between ‘the industry’ and ‘the profession’ that she has witnessed. She discusses how the academic landscape…

Effects of Adult Mental Health on Families: An Annotated Bibliography Goodyear, Melinda, Terri-Lee Hill, Becca Allchin, Francis McCormick, Rochelle Hine, RoseCuff and Brenda O’Hanlon. “Standards of practice for the adult mental health workforce: Meeting the needs of families where a parent has a mental illness” International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (2015) 24, 169-180 This article highlights the standards for mental health practitioners to effectively address what is needed by a family…

2. Anxiety & Cognitive Behavioral Consultation Clinic Psychologists at the CBT clinic specialize in child and adolescent anxiety and other mood issues. The clinic utilizes model of Co-location . Common referral reasons include adherence and compliance issues, behavioral problems, depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances. Children presenting these problems are often seen by physicians, nurses, and social workers prior to being evaluation by psychologists. Mental health is not the only issue…