Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers BSHS/471 Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers Growing up, we as humans learn to have compassion for others and we learn that we can offer our help to whatever individuals may be going through. We may offer help to our friends, families, or we even may be kind enough to help out individuals that we do not even know. One particular issue that this world is faced with today, especially America, is mental health. Today, there are professional service workers who fight for, assist, and counsel these mental health patients. These professionals possess great skills and characteristics required to offer assistance to the patients to help them be better and function in society.
Numerous professionals within the team are trained in CBT, and use CBT to treat a wide range of issues including self-harm; this is where my interest derives. Through involvement it proved CBT to be efficacious in treating depression and problem solving ability among others thus I have decided to research further into the effectiveness of CBT in the treatment of self-harm. Through research it is evident that self-harming behaviour is frequent among adolescents and young adults and these behaviours are not only challenging on their own but are major risk factors for future suicide (Robinson et al, 2011). “Deliberate self-harm among young people is an important focus of policy and practice internationally. Nonetheless, there is little reliable comparative international information on its extent or characteristics” (Madge et al, 2008:667).
Bowlby's aim was to discover the consequences of difficulties in forming attachments in childhood, and the effects this would have on an infant's later development. Drawing on much work in the psychoanalytic literature, such as that of Freud and Harlow, Bowlby formulated the idea that infants develop a close emotional bond with an attachment figure early in life, and that the success or failure of this earliest of relationships lead the infant to form a mental representation that would have profound effects on their later relationships and their own success as a
Great strides were made in the effective treatment of mental disorders. Are we going to be able to do without all psychiatric institutions, probably not, but we have learned that we need to educate the professionals who are dedicated to the treatment of these individuals. We need to continue to effectively study the environment and what effect it has on why people act and react in the ways they do. This article has opened my eyes as to how the study of psychology has changed over the years and will continue to grow to meet the needs of an ever changing
A key part of the prognosis of any disorder or disease is early detection; known risk factors help provide an avenue for early diagnosis and treatment, and therefore an improved prognosis. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a behavioral issue that is well-represented by its name. In the general population, there is a balance between a person’s activity level and his/her ability to concentrate. In a person with ADHD, this relationship is not well-balanced. ADHD is a disorder most common in children, and requires that the symptoms be present by age seven in order to qualify for a diagnosis (Amer.
In its programme, IAPT focuses on Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for treating depression and anxiety as first-line evidence-based treatment. This report will discuss the aims of CBT, its merits and limitations, and professional competencies required for effective delivery of CBT. CBT is a psychological therapy
Treatment planning includes a balance of both trauma and behavioral focal point, working on ongoing behavioral problems and behavioral crises, modify distorted thinking so that families could have the knowledge to transfer, and children can learn how to talk through their experiences. Results: Cognitive therapy also incorporated with behavioral therapy practice to manage the behavioral regulation problems that commonly happens in traumatized children. Conclusions: Treating trauma related behavioral problems is a crucial part of trauma-focused treatment and is achievable if practice is done accordingly. This practice is important due to the common nature of behavioral dilemma in traumatized children (Cohen, 2007). CBT 3 Cognitive behavioral therapy is generally psychotherapy and behavioral therapy combined.
Psychiatric-mental health nurses are a rich resource as providers of psychiatric-mental health services and patient care partners for the consumers of those services. (Nurse Source, 2012) The clinical practice of psychiatric nursing occurs at two levels - basic and advanced. At the basic level, registered nurses work with individuals, families, groups, and communities to assess mental health needs, develop diagnoses, and plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care. Basic level nursing practices characterized by interventions that promote and foster health, assess dysfunction, assist clients to regain or improve their coping abilities, and prevent further disability. These interventions focus on psychiatric-mental health clients and include health promotion, preventive management of a therapeutic environment; assisting client with self-care activities; administering
Case Study Reflective Supervision Report Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For An Individual With Early Onset Psychosis Word Count 2700 Introduction This assignment will focus on the interaction between clinical supervision and the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with a young person experiencing early onset psychosis. The study will demonstrate the knowledge and the critical application of theory to practice, analysing how the clinical supervision process informed and influenced my thinking, planning, interventions and evaluations of care. The names and any identifying information of those people included in this report have been changed in order to maintain confidentiality. The young person will be referred to as James. Psychological interventions for the management of psychotic symptoms have been available for over thirty years, though it is only since the 1990’s that recognition and acceptance of the value of these treatment approaches were acknowledged (Garety et al 2008).
These clinicians began to develop a variety of theories about the nature and functioning of a family. Family therapy began with the concept of treating the entire family unit for psychological problems instead of just the individual. The earliest attempts at modifying basic practices begin with the idea that the best way to treat an individual was through the success of the patient-therapist relationship. Early therapists such as Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers believed that client’s family life does influence the client’s personality and therefore remains an integral part of the therapeutic process. The beliefs taught within this family unit remain one of the most influential forces that shape and control human behavior.