Some patients were also made to shower with their clothes on. The program un-covered serious abuse within the Hospital and there was a public outcry. Several people wrote to the Prime Minster who was reportedly “appalled” by the findings. The national regulator Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) involvement, Ms Margaret Flynn was asked to investigate what was happening at the Hospital and undertake a Serious Case Review. Whilst investigating she spoke to patients, workers, NHS staff and family members and learnt that there was a high level of physical intervention by the staff and some of the patents very badly hurt with some seen to be self-harming.
On administrative matters, forensic psychiatrists are asked to give testimony at legislative hearings—for instance, prior to the enactment of laws governing the sexual misconduct of professionals and the right of an individual to refuse treatment. As a treating psychiatrist, I see patients with a wellness rather than a litigation agenda. Patients come to us because they are suffering mentally. They are depressed or anxious; they have feelings of panic and unbidden thoughts and actions, as well as personality problems that interfere with their day-to-day functioning and quality of life. Although some of these patients may, from time to time, put their problems into action, in the main their personal difficulties are contained within themselves, manifested only as unpleasant, painful
Alan's fate is different, although tragic in its own right. While in the psychiatric ward, he gains a certain control with the help of therapy and medication. However, he loses his passion for life: "Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created" (108). This is Alan's personal tragedy.
The APS recognized that VOC episodes have been poorly managed as often times these patients arrive at emergency rooms for treatment they receive little consideration for the complexity of their pain. They are classified as drug seekers and manipulators by the medical staff with whom they must entrust their care. This grave injustice within the healthcare system is detrimental to those with SCD, leading to more pain, stress and disabilities in relation to their condition. Search Strategy A literature review was carried out to examine the barriers to adequate pain management of VOC’s in patients with SCD. The databases searched were CINAHL, OVID and EBSCO, using the terms ‘sickle cell’, ‘pain’, ‘barriers’, ‘ethnicity’ and ‘disparities’.
Dissociative Identity Disorder, or DID, is a severe mental disorder that cause the patient to experience severe dissociation from the environment and others around them. Dissociation is kind of like daydreaming, which most of us have experienced. People with DID experience a “lack of connection in a person’s thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity”, according to WebMD, a reputable site that provides health information (Costello). Many doctors and psychiatrists believe that DID starts because of a traumatic experience and victims of this disorder dissociate themselves from certain situations to alleviate pain and anxiety that the situation may cause. Although many doctors believe this, there is no proven cause of Dissociative
There have been so many changes in the area of “caregiving”. Progressing from an uneducated idea that mental illness was a criminal act and that segregation from society, into asylums, the only care they deserved, to years later, where society became more advanced and there was a move away from seclusion and a shift towards reintegration. However, during this period those with disability, mental illness and in most cases just old age were still treated poorly by the government. Care was primitive and such people were seen as “patients” implying a disposition of disease or being unwell and therefore in the need of medical treatment. They were mainly looked after in hospitals and were regarded as second class citizens who were deemed not to have the same rights as those “able bodied” and those of “sound mind”.
Conflicts or battles can be described as a struggle between two or more opposing forces caused by disagreement or dispute. In the novel One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, the author uses conflict to develop themes. Through the eyes of Chief Bromden, a mute Indian, the novel describes a story of a psychiatric hospital and a new patient by the name of Randle McMurphy and his on-going fight with the sinister Nurse Ratched. When McMurphy enters the ward, many of the patients are confused by his out-going and fun-loving attitude and when he tries to get the patients to start being themselves and breaking them out of their comfort zones, McMurphy has a lot of trouble achieving his goal. When the patients start to follow the ways of McMurphy, they start to recognize that he is an excellent guide in attaining individuality.
Becky Howlett PSY 101 Chapter 13 On Being Sane After reading On Being Sane in Insane Places, write a 2-3 page reaction that includes the following: 1) Summary of Rosenhan’s article 2) Argue FOR and/or AGAINST the points made in the article 3) Discuss how are your opinions about abnormal psychology changed and/or solidified as a result of this article 4) Discuss your overall impressions of the work From this article I found it to be clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals. The hospital environment itself poses an environment in which the meaning of behavior can be easily misunderstood. The psycho diagnostic labels given to the patients on their admission question the effectiveness of the treatments they are there to receive. How do we know what behaviors constitutes normal and what does not? This article questions the ability of specially trained professionals to make reasonable and accurate diagnosis of mental illnesses.
Mentally Ill Populations Need for Advocacy As a case manager I encounter many issues trying to help the clients that I serve in the mentally ill population. Financial entitlements are stalled due to case overloads within government agencies or clients are denied disability benefits regardless to mounds of documentation being sent to state claims officers confirming the client’s disability. Medicaid denials cause clients to not have access to the medications they need to treat their illnesses, which in many cases sends them into crisis and back into the hospital for psychiatric stabilization. Supportive housing for mentally ill individuals are far and few. This
Psychology 101 9:00 AM Deinstitutionalization Deinstitutionalization is the release of mental patients from mental hospitals and their return to the community to lead more independent and fulfilling lives. An example of deinstitutionalization is a patient suffering from hallucinations and delusions are given chlorpromazine that reduces those symptoms therefore they release that patient from the hospital back into the community. I do not agree with deinstitutionalization, although the number of mental patients have decreased the actual patients are not being treated completely, and they are placed into terrible situations. A study has been shown that 20%-80%