The patient is a minor and may not comprehend the severity of her diagnosis. The nurse as an adult needs to tell the parents so that the patient does not experience harm. The principle of autonomy is another principle that I would use to justify my position in this case. Autonomy is the ability of a patient to give informed consent and make their own decisions (University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 2008). Because this patient is a minor she is not mature enough to understand all of the implications of her diagnosis and treatment.
The thing that Hope was protecting Andy from was the voices in her head. She would hear the voices telling her that someone were going to take him or hurt him in some way. Hope had many problems because she did not have the parenting skills that she needed to take care of Andy. Hope needed people in her life to help her care for Andy and to tell her what she was doing right and what she was doing wrong. Social services should have removed Andy from her care because she could not care for him.
An anxiety disorder is diagnosed if the persons response is not appropriate for the situation, if the person cannot control the response, or if the anxiety interferes with their normal functioning. Anxiety disorders include post traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorders, specific phobias, panic disorders, generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder. Psychotic Disorder - Psychotic disorders involve distorted awareness and thinking. Two of the most common symptoms of psychotic disorders are hallucinations - the experience of images and sounds that are not real, such as hearing voices and delusions, which are false beliefs that the ill person accepts as true,
Many disagree with it but I personally believe it should be up to the patient and his/her doctor to decide what is best for their life. I would say it would be considered as ethical egoism. I don’t agree with physician-assisted-suicide being illegal. I understand that someone’s death affects many people but I do believe that at the end it should be the patient’s choice. If I were terminally ill, I would not want to suffer just to suffer.
Personality Disorders Discuss the problems related with identifying and diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder Introduction The term “borderline” means in-between things. Originally, this term was used when the clinician was unsure of the correct personality disorder diagnosis, because the patient manifested a mixture of neurotic and psychotic symptoms. Today there is a hopeful prognosis, but there are still a lot of questions to be answered and things to be learned about Borderline Personality Disorder. What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious psychiatric disorder that is difficult to treat, because of poor patient response and because of the trouble caused to the therapist and the treatment team.
Borderline Personality Disorder Capstone Project Denise Dugan California Baptist University Author Note This paper is being submitted to Dr. Susan Purrington in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Advanced Psychopathology, PSY 535, on December 16, 2013. Borderline Personality Disorder Capstone Project Introduction The presence of mental illness manifests itself in a variety of ways. For some individuals, the lines of reality are difficult to distinguish from their own misperceptions of the world and the environment that surrounds them. They see things in extreme contexts: “always/never” and “all” or “nothing”. Relationships are destined for disaster, there is no satisfactory level in life, and the pain is dark, deep, and
Bipolar II, is characterized by having recurrent episodes of major depression and at least one hypomanic episode that are more extreme than with Bipolar I; mixed episodes are more rare in Bipolar II. Cyclothymia is a variant of Bipolar that involves a recurrent episode of hypomania and two recurrent episodes of depression; that do not meet the criteria to be characterized as a major
Becoming aware of these laws would be ideal, but not knowing the key points of each law where someone may encounter an emergency should be protected if they act reasonably. Keywords: liable, protect Good Samaritan Laws May Vary In her article “How good a Samaritan should you be?” Penny S. Brooke (2003) describes legal ramifications and duties a nurse has when encountering an emergency situation outside of work. Many people refuse involvement during an emergency due to a possible lawsuit. They may be unaware that most states have Good Samaritan laws. These laws are designed to protect an individual from being held liable when volunteering their healthcare skills in an emergency.
In I Know This Much Is True the novel by Wally Lamb, the Mental Health Act was exposed for the hospitalization of the schizophrenic twin Thomas. Doctors wanted the twin to remain in treatment so it was Dominick’s responsibility to get him out. Dominick had been alerted that sexual abuse within the hospital was taking place concerning Thomas and knew this isn’t the way he should be treated. Within this fiction novel there are probably many other cases that occur such as one’s exactly like Thomas’s. But family members don’t know what they should believe, the mentally ill or the treatment centers that probably don’t know what is going
Robyn believes that medication can be helpful, but she does give valid points about how it is over used. There is no one true norm for a human mind. By changing how the brain acts just to mask the troubled area, doesn’t help to find the root of the problem. Sarah says in her paper that pain (a problem) in our life is a response to our life. When experiencing “pain”, one reassesses and rebuilds, or takes a pill to cover it up.