Each short chapter focuses on an aspect of her experience, and these are arranged in kind of chronological order, so as to tell her story of the people she met and the treatment she received. Kaysen's memoir was originally published in 1993, but it portrays events from 1967 to 1969. She signed herself into McLean Hospital at the age of 18, and stayed for nearly two years. Over 20 years after, she hired a lawyer to get access to the medical records giving her diagnosis, and some of these are published in the book. She questions whether she received appropriate treatment, but her answer to her own question is not clear--she certainly does not come out swinging the battle-ax of antipsychiatry.
In her book, she tells how the events in her life were affected - and sometimes created by Manic- Depression. This book deals with a large range of sociological concepts including stigmatizations of mental illnesses and social class. Her expertise on the subject makes the memoir not only understandable, but also credible. Most importantly, this book gives the readers a chance to connect with a survivor of this dark mental illness in a way that promotes understanding and its own form of acceptance. Dr. Jamison, a Professor of Psychiatry, begins her memoir by telling of her childhood.
In addition to working at Harvard Medical School, he also had a private practice in child psychoanalysis. Later on in his life, he held teaching positions at University of California at Berkeley, Yale, San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, Austen Riggs Center, and Center for Advanced Studies of the Behavioral Sciences. Erikson’s psychosocial theory expands the work of Sigmund Freud, developing them beyond adolescence. Freud believed that our personality was shaped by age five. Erikson developed a series of eight psychosocial theories.
Mental health professionals practice active listening and encourage the client to express their feelings. Mental health counselors develop and implement treatment plans based on the client’s physical or mental condition. Client information is collected through interviews, observations or tests which guide counselors in the development of therapeutic information strategies that will help clients deal with their problems by targeting at-risk behaviors which promotes optimum mental and emotional well-being of the client (Erford, 2010). Over the past decade organizations have come to the realization that mental health professionals need to become competent in cross cultural interactions. Competent multicultural mental health professionals play a key role in success of mental health counseling interventions (Connerley & Pederson, 2005).
In many professions, nursing especially, one can find rationale for every action. Rationale can be defined as the fundamental reason to account for something (Potter & Perry, 2006). While rationale may be present in many professions the importance of rationale may only be distinctly evident in a certain few. In nursing, rationales are used in everyday practice as nurses interact with patients (Potter & Perry, 2006). The way in which a nurse practices can greatly affect the outcome of the patient (Potter & Perry, 2006).
Family therapy is useful throughout life and can be especially useful in the treatment of long term illness such as depression. Family therapy usually works within family groups but often includes work with people on an individual basis or, when appropriate, individual sessions within a series of family meetings. Family therapy may also include the social networks around families. The family systems Perspective A family systems perspective holds that individuals are best understood through assessing the interactions between and among family members. The development and behavior of one family member is inextricably interconnected with others in the family.
Cognitive-behavioral family therapy (CBFT) is the extension model of CBT, however, it also focuses on the members of a family, considering them to be parts of a cohesive unit, and looking at such factors as interfamilial relationships, communication patterns, and other familial dynamics (Frey, 1999). CBFT offers the possibility of helping not just to the person with the problem, but also to his or her significant others who are also affected by the addictive behavior. One of the most important thing in CBFT is for the therapist to develop a rapport with the client and the family. Upon the initial appointment the therapist may have the client fill out assessment questionnaires such as the Family Beliefs Inventory (Vicent-Roehling & Robins, 1986). Assessment of cognitions can be done in the interview as the therapist questions family members about "chains of thought" (Dattilio & Padesky, 1990).
In his teaching years in MIT, he met Alicia López-Harrison de Lardé, the couple married in February 1957. In 1958, Nash started to show signs of schizophrenia, and was admitted to the McLean Hospital in 1959. Nash returned to Princeton to seek medical help and to recuperate. From 1959 to 1970, Nash was under intensive treatment and was give insulin shock therapy and antipsychotic treatment. Between the 11 years, he gradually recovered and in 1970, he totally recovered from schizophrenia.
I am sure my keen interest in psychiatric nursing had a lot to do with this decision. Peplau’s theory of interpersonal relations is based on the nurse and patient developing a type of interpersonal relationship, which developed into a type of partnership, where they are both active members in the patient’s care and outcome. The client is the decision maker and the nurse is there to provide guidance and support to help the patient reach their desired goal (Pearson, 2006). Peplau’s nursing background mostly involved psychiatric patients. She became increasingly involved and interested in psychiatric issues when serving in the United States Army and working at the 312th Station Hospital and School for Military Neuropsychiatry for the European Theatre, during World War II.
According to the article, psychotherapy and counseling are terms that are often used interchangeable. It states that even being so similar, there are some elusive differences as well. Technically speaking, a counselor is an advisor working along with another person to solve a problem. The differences or similarities are based on the history of each specialty, and the focus and emphasis of the training they receive. It states that both counseling and clinical psychologists are trained to provide counseling and psychotherapy.