...Evidence Based Practice for Group Therapy Over the years’ professionals have wondered how to develop and maintain multicultural competence while incorporating evidence based practice. This article’s purpose is to “examine the intersection of MC and EBP in group therapy practice. Second, we outline guiding principles in effective groups with racial-cultural minority clients” (Chen 2008). Both purposes are important since group therapy is one of the main ways to help intervene with inpatient psychiatric patients. Group therapy has been proven to be very effective but it is also important to take into consideration the patients culture just like you would when you are taking care of a patient in the ICU. This article discussed two case studies....
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...morals are applied. An individual’s “moral code” is usually unchanging while the ethics they practice can be questionable. Ethics point to standards or codes- moreover behavior that is expected of you. Morals consist of conduct that differs in intention and actions, while ethics addresses such questions as is this right or wrong, am I good or bad? What is the difference between moral and ethical issues? Moral issues are those that involve a specific kind of experience, i.e., a special kind of feeling. These feelings differ intuitively from other kinds of feelings such as religious or aesthetic feelings. (Some people think they arise from a conscience.) On this hypothesis, such feelings are a kind of satisfaction, shame, or guilt Sociopaths or psychopaths for example have no such feelings. | | | | "Antisocial personality: A personality disorder characterized by a basic lack of socialization and by behavior patterns that bring the individual repeatedly into conflict with society. People with this disorder are incapable of significant loyalty to individuals, groups, or social values and are grossly selfish, callous, irresponsible, impulsive, and unable to feel guilt or to learn from experience. Frustration tolerance is low. Such individuals tend to blame others or to offer plausible rationalizations for their behavior." (American Psychiatric Association, A Psychiatric Glossary, 4th ed.) | Ethical issues involve the sphere of interpersonal, group, and community...
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...CANADIAN BUSINESS LAW “REASONABLE PERSON” Assignment # 2 GBMP 511-02 Dated: 18-04-2012 REASONABLE PERSON Question: What is the concept of “Reasonable Person” mean? What is the test that determines whether someone has met that test in law? The Concept: A Reasonable person is a hypothetical person who exercises qualities of attention, knowledge, intelligence, and judgment that society requires of its members for the protection of their own interest and the interests of others. Defining "Reasonable" Being "reasonable" means having the faculty of reason, acting rationally governed by reason. The behavior can be called "reasonable" if the activities can be valued as fair, just, or equitable. The person must be honest, moderate, sane, sensible, and tolerable. "Reasonable" implies a certain standard of valuation. It is a standard for guiding conduct. Reasonable Person This phrase is a personification of the description of "reasonable". Thus, the "reasonable man or person" can be understood as a phrase used to denote a suppositional person who exercises those mentioned qualities which society demands as stated above. Applying the Reasonable Person Standard: The reasonable person does not always appear in the Process of evaluating human behavior. There are several judicial patterns demanding a judgment of reasonableness without expressly mentioning the reasonable man as a personification, such as: reasonable aids, care, diligence, doubt, compensation, (market) value...
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...Introduction 3 Population of Mentally Ill Inmates in the Correctional Facilities 3 Mentally ill inmates: The Cost 4 The Treatment of Mentally Ill Inmates 6 Selection Process for Mentally Ill Inmates 7 Isolation and Restraints 9 Conclusion 11 References 12 Introduction When a person thinks about a correction facility many only think that there is only regular criminals that are perfectly well, but what they neglect to know is that it is also housed with mentally ill inmates as well. Many of the people has been brained washed by media and movies that prisoners are to be normal criminals who have done things wrong in which has lead into a correction facility but what the fail to publicize is that they are also house by people who are not mentally stable, and who may receive different treatment from regular inmates. Correctional facilities have many types of inmates and undergo various dilemmas therefore they must try to deal with the cost of the inmates, provide different treatment and must undergo special screening in order to determine if they are ill or not. Population of Mentally Ill Inmates in the Correctional Facilities The country that has the greatest rate of adult imprisonment is the United States; it has 2.2 million presently in the correctional facilities (Annaceri, 2007). Individuals with psychological problems have been progressively more imprisoned within the last three decades, most likely the consequence of the deinstitutionalization of the state psychological...
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...Module #1 – Case: How taking a socio-technical perspective can be more productive in helping organizations manage information overload than either technical solutions or organizational solutions alone. The current workplace environment presents a constant reevaluation for businesses and organizations. Downsizing has become status quo for these same businesses, organizations and US military alike. At the same time they are expected to remain competitive, relevant and effective. The term,” doing more with less comes to mind.” The one common expectancy with these businesses and organizations is that workloads will increase instead of decrease. These groups need to “generate value from their intellectual and knowledge based assets. Generating value from such assets involves codifying what employees, partners and customers know and sharing that information among employees, departments and even with other companies in an effort to devise best practices.” (Levinson) The developing relationships between socio and technical elements can lead productivity and wellbeing of all involved. On a daily basis the information age continues to move forward. There is a constant battle within businesses and organizations in this information age to control “information overload.” The individuals entrusted to guide their workers to the end product are subject to failure if information overload is not controlled. Sociotechnical theory looks to streamline the organizational world, redefine how an...
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...health of women. Women have unique health issues. And some of the health issues that affect both men and women can affect women differently. Women in the United States can now expect to live almost eight years longer than men, but they suffer greater morbidity and poorer health outcomes. Compared to men of comparable age, women develop more acute and chronic illnesses, resulting in a greater number of short- and long long-term disabilities. For instance: • Heart disease and stroke 42% of women who have heart attack die within a year compare to only 24% of men. • Not counting some kinds of different types of cancer for example: Lung cancer (52.4/100,000), Colorectal cancer (35.4/100,00), breast cancer in the United States is the most common cancer in women, no matter your race or ethnicity (118.7/100,000) In 2010 • 206,966 women and 2,039 men in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer. • 40,996 women and 439 men in the United States died from breast cancer • The differences between men and women are equally pronounced for mental illness. For example: anxiety disorders and major depression affect two to three times as many women as men. • Clinical depression is a major mental health problem for both men and women; however, an estimated 12% of women in the women in the U.S, compared with 7% of men, will suffer from major depression in their lifetime. Eating disorders are among the illnesses that mostly affects women but has relatively little rigorous study...
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...Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder, first appeared in DSM-III as a diagnostic unit (DSM-III; American Psychiatric Association, 1980). Although research on DID has become prevalent in the last 30 years, knowledge and acceptance of this disorder is still far from certain. While there are professionals that believe they regularly see DID in clinical practice, there are still many professionals that believe it does not exist. In order to decide if DID is a valid disorder, it is important to take the concerns of both arguments into account. These concerns include: validity, diagnostic, cultural and conceptual challenges (Dorahy, et al., 2014, pp. 402-417). After examining current research, I believe...
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...It is true that Nursing is a practice discipline that incorporates scientific and nonscientific knowledge originating from scholarly inquiry. To understand nursing one must understand the concepts, theories, and laws that are ever constant and evolving at the same time (Kelly Patricia, 2012). This understanding will inform practice. According to Simpao, A. F. (2013) “The theory framework of nursing science is built in a dynamic process that arises from practice and is reproduced through research, mainly by analysis and development of concepts and theories” (p. 56). Therefore, theory, research, and practice affect each other reciprocally and continuously. A nursing theory is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships, and assumptions or propositions derived from nursing models or from other disciplines and project a purposive, systematic view of phenomena by designing specific inter-relationships among concepts for the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and /or prescribing. Theories as a set of interrelated concepts that give a systematic view of a phenomenon (an observable fact or event) that is explanatory and predictive in nature. Theories are composed of concepts, definitions, models, propositions and are based on assumptions. They are derived through two principal methods; Deductive reasoning and Inductive reasoning. According to Buchanan Ernestine, (2011) “Nursing has come a long way since the days of Florence Nightingale and her pioneering actions that...
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...empirical research by Angst and Perris in the 1960s. The partially overlapping distinctions between psychotic and neurotic depression, and between endogenous and reactive depression, started to generate debate in the 1920s, with considerable multivariate research in the 1960s. The symptom element in endogenous depression currently survives in melancholia or somatic syndrome. Life stress is common in various depressive pictures. Dysthymia, a valuable diagnosis, represents a form of what was regarded earlier as neurotic depression. Other subtypes are also discussed. © 2008, LLS SAS rior to the late 19th century, although detailed systems of classification abounded, the main problem for psychiatric nosology was the establishment of the broad major disorders. Melancholia was recognized as early as the time of Hippocrates, and continued through Galenic medicine and medieval times. The earlier connotation of the term was very wide, and included all forms of quiet insanity. It was linked with the humoral theory of causation, specifically, as the term indicates, with black bile. Most psychiatric terms have changed meaning over their history, and they are always partly dependent on language. Melancholia later became more clearly associated with the more modern idea...
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...Communication and Therapeutic Relationships in Nursing/Midwifery A therapeutic relationship can be described as one that offers support and care without being judgemental and can provide trust and a feeling of safety from threatening situations(Mc Klindon et al1999). In contrast to a social relationship it differs greatly in that a therapeutic relationship consists of collaborated goals which are identified when the relationship is initiated and once these goals are fulfilled the relationship is terminated in a therapeutic way(Nurses Association of New Brunswick2000).There are many communication techniques that can prove to be useful in certain situations for example verbal and nonverbal communication as well as being aware of body language and tone of voice which can benefit the therapeutic relationship. It is essential to learn how to be assertive as it can promote fairness and efficiency at work(Hodgetts 2011). One must learn how to communicate effectively with clients from different cultures who speak different languages in order to ascertain the clients needs and in order to build the therapeutic relationship. Developing a Therapeutic Relationship In order to develop a therapeutic relationship it has been found that a number of skills are required for example conveying empathy and understanding, accepting individuality, providing support, promoting equality, demonstrating respect, maintaining boundaries, self awareness and being there for the client in a genuine manner(Dziopa...
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...gotten into an argument and he pushed her. His ex-wife stated OG’s depression had gotten worse over the past week. The patient said he suffered from blackouts and he couldn’t remember things that had happened. On September 21, 2011 he was arrested while working in Las Vegas for using technology to lure a minor and was in jail for 11 days. The patient said he blacks out and did not remember the incident and woke up in jail. In October of 2011 his physician NP Brantman, prescribed him trazodone, Abilify and Seroquel. He was admitted for suicidal ideation and major depression. Hispanics for the most part believe that health is a gift from God. The majority of Hispanics practice some form of Catholicism, with an increasing percentage of Pentecostalism as a diverse and complex movement within Christianity and illness is seen as a wrong doing or punishment from God. Some Hispanics believe that the prevention and treatment of illness is accomplished with prayer or wearing religious medals, others believe that evil...
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...The Hippocratic Oath is one of the oldest documents that lays out the moral ethics and practices of doctors and nurses. This document was made to better help doctors and nurses in their practice. It would also help them value each life they could save or cure to the best of their ability. The Hippocratic Oath states that “ I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect” (N.A., Definition of the Hippocratic Oath, www.medicinenet.com). The Death with Dignity act allows the killing of the terminally disabled or ill seeking to end their life. This act is accomplished through lethal injection or other means.This is in violation of what doctors and nurses are supposed to do, to help save people's lives rather than take it. The Hippocratic Oath entails that doctors and nurses never seek to end a patient's life, even when it seems...
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...Why? When referring to the Code of Ethics, it will help me as the social worker to maintain a professional relationship with clients. It is essential to remember the code of conduct, and to act as such. In this case, I would make sure to refer sections 2.01 and 4.02 of the NASW Code of Ethics. Section 2.01 Respect of the NASW Code of Ethics states the following; social workers should treat colleagues with respect and should represent accurately and fairly the qualifications, views, and obligations, of colleagues. Section 4.02 Discrimination of the NASW Code of Ethics is as follows; social workers should not practice, condone, facilitate, or collaborate with any form of discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, or mental or physical disability. Understanding these concepts and applying them as I enter the field will help me to become not only a professional social worker, but also a good social worker that follows the policies and...
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...Mentally Ill in Prison PSCH/610 Mentally Ill in Prison Abstract The increase in incarcerated individuals with mental illness in the preceding decades has made the prison system a prevalent mental health provider even though they are not prepared or equipped for such task. Prison life is tough on an individual’s mental health; overcapacity, lack of privacy, violent behavior, lack of activity, inadequate health services, seclusion from family and friends, and the insecurity of what life holds after prison contribute to the inmate’s mental health. Inmates whose judgment is altered or impaired by depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other severe mental illnesses are impacted more severely by the tribulations of prison life. Inadequate mental health services is also something mentally ill inmates face, this absconds them undertreated or mistreated. Numerous prisoners do not receive proper psychotropic medication due to the lack of mental health services and care, further impairing their capability to function. The security mission of prisons tends to overlook mental health considerations. Prison rules and codes of demeanor teach staff about security, safety, supremacy, and power. Coordinating the needs of the mentally ill with prison regulations and goals is almost impractical. Factors of the sources and effects of the concern between prison and mental illness will be observed in this research proposal. Reforms will be provided to improve mental health...
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...An overview of Dementia will be explored first followed by Jim’s care. Analysis of risk assessment and management will be incorporated in the delivery of Jim and Mrs Blake’s care. Different psychosocial interventions will be applied in the care of the two couples. Throughout the assignment government directives will be used in support of these interventions. Lastly implications for clinical practice will be analysed prior to conclusion. Cantley (2001), Bates et al (2004) defines dementia as a deterioration in intellectual performance from a previous level accompanied by a significant decline in personal and social function. Dementia usually starts with relatively slight impairment but can progress to a point where all skills of communication and self care are lost (Whaley & Breitner, 2002). According to Wilbourn & Prosser (2003), Cantley (2001) dementia is caused by the cortical atrophy, enlarged ventricles and softening of brain tissues. There are different types of dementia which are vascular disease, lewy bodies, Krentzfedlt-Jacob disease and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). AD is most common form of dementia in later life and it accounts for 40-50% of all cases. Souder & O’Sullivan (2003) suggest that people with AD experience a gradual decline in their ability to remember, communicate and understand. Jim who is suffering from AD was reluctantly sent to a...
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