Psychiatry

“Can you please remove my ear drums for few hours, I do not want to hear these voices anymore.” This was the response a patient on my psychiatry rotation gave when asked about her goal for her hospitalization and it initiated my intrigue in the field. From an early age, I always had a endless curiosity about people; why we do what we do, and the circumstances that cause us to be who we are. Over the years, my interest in the subject merged with my passion for helping others, particularly those…

Care plans are seen in every part of nursing from acute care to psychiatry. Each nursing care plan has a nursing diagnosis, goals, outcomes, and interventions that is individualized each client (Perry & Potter, 2014). Client centered care planning is a collaboration between client, nurse, doctors, and other relevant health care professionals that is based on clients being able to identify their own goals and being able to make decisions on how to reach their goals (Perry & Potter, 2014). With…

I chose to use a career in psychiatry, software developing, and security analytics. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor that is able to prescribe medicine and treat psychological troubles. A software developer is responsible for computer programming and does activities such as designing, installing, and testing software. An information security analyst is responsible for planning and carrying out ways to protect and ensure security for an organization’s computer networks and systems. Each of the…

the anti-psychiatry movement. The fundamental beliefs of anti-psychiatry movement. First, families, institutions, and the state are as much of the cause of illness as a person’s biological functioning or genetic make-up. Second, they oppose the medical. And lastly, they believed that certain religious and ethnic groups were oppressed because they were oppressed because they were seen as abnormal. 2.) What changes to psychiatry do anti-psychiatry advocates call for? The changes to psychiatry that…

jumps. It’ll only be an hour. One hour with her and then I can go. We get up and follow her around a corner, into a room with a couch on one side and a cushioned chair on the other. The pieces move into their assigned places. Here comes the classic psychiatry intro where my answers will always be the same: “Hope Magee. Fifteen. Pine High School. Yes that’s kind of far and I really enjoy my classes and no, nothing’s wrong. I don’t know why I’m here.” She smiles at me, saying I can trust her. How…

One of the most significant discussions taking place in the field of psychiatry is the integration of the holistic approach in treating mental illness. The reason this method is gaining popularity is due to the adverse side-effects that people tend to experience while taking psychoactive drugs. As a result, society has begun to vilify and question the standard use of these medications and have now opened a window of opportunity to consider a different form of treatment relating to one’s mental…

THE FUTURE OF PSYCHIATRILC INJURY CLAIMS- A DEVELOPING AREA OF LAW: The case of W v Essex CC and another2000WLR gives an indication that the house of lords is now prepared to contemplate extending the scope of duty of care in special circumstances and that law in this area is still developing. It is useful to consider this case in detail. The claimants ere appointed specialist adolescent frostier carers by the defendant council and they had explained, when they were approved by the council that…

chapter demonstrated that the field is plastic and ever changing, by discussing the transformation of american psychiatry. In the end, the Maccoby (1994) chapter summed up how early childhood interventions and attachments have implications to tip the whole scale in regards…

Emil Kraepelin, the father of modern western psychiatry, transformed the study of cultural differences in psychopathology. His journey began when his patients were unable to express their symptoms. Mental health has not been acknowledged as a crucial issue in the world until recently; it was assumed that all mental disorders were universal, across cultures. However, non-western methods argue otherwise. Professionals dominate the mental health field, which silenced the voices of those who…

Lidija Petrovic-Dovat MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Petrovic-Dovat completed her psychiatry residency at the UCLA San Fernando Valley Psychiatry Residency Training Program and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program at the University of Wisconsin School Of Medicine. Before psychiatry residency, she did postdoctoral research fellowship at the Penn State Hershey College of…