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. It occurs in about 4% of the community, but as
Malpractice can be increasing because of a severe shortage of trained nurses, and it happened because of a few factors: nurses are required to work longer shifts; they can lead to fatigue and increase the risk for an error; also short Nursing courses providing degrees with no sufficient time to train nurses results in malpractice. Nurses who lack the experience and knowledge fail their duty, and when it happen not only them but also the hospital in which they work bear the consequences. Because most nurses are employees of hospitals, hospitals are frequently defendant in nursing malpractice cases. Another factor that contributes to nurse malpractice is miscommunication. Even though it is unintentional it can lead to tragedy.
Some resigned to the fact they were committed, while others resisted, some were desperate, some were hopeful. Some attempted to keep active while others retreated to silence and a world of their own. I do believe that psychiatric hospital treatment is better today than in the past due to laws and regulations imposed upon facilities. Unfortunately suffering is still universal, people are still isolated from communities, and there is an overall stigma regarding psychiatric disorders or any other shift away from what our society deems as “normal”. These persons suffer a high unemployment rate related to discrimination or disability, crippling them from being
Champion equality ,diversity, and inclusion Explain the models of practice that underpin equality, diversity and inclusion in your own area of responsibility In my area of responsibility I would like to pin point two specifics models of practice the first one is the social model of mental health, many patients have been suffering with discrimination and prejudice demonstrated in today’s society, in which the need for each other has not been taken seriously or the environment where they live. The stigma of mental health patients still plays a very difficult role in power of those who need to be looked after and by their relatives. The social model focuses on whom is the mental health person as a individual, not to their diagnosis and lack of understanding of the world , it also focuses on how to support and empower the individual to have a better life and lead an independent life , supported by a society that understands the patients with mental health needs. The second is the medical model of care, that views adults with mental health with difficulties or lacking in some ways, this model focuses in acknowledging ways to give better treatment and therapy, to also focus on identifying, diagnosing and controlling the condition in the best way possible with a strong medical and clinical support. I have
She was struggling with what I interpreted as post-partum depression. To this day physicians are highly regarded members of the community. Since her husband and her brother were physicians Jane was regarded as even lower on the class system. She was afraid to tell him things she was feeling because John disregards what she thinks about things. She was held in that room and forced to try to work through her “state of mind” basically
Mental Illness Too many people today don’t know what mental illness is and how it affects people. The rising cases of mental illness have brought attention to the public. The public needs to help find a way to properly treat and cure mental illness, and help people going through its struggles. When people think of mental illness, many people have different thoughts of its definition. Mental illness has no simple down right explanation.
Chronically Mentally Ill and the Population Robyn Torgrimson BSHS/302 May 26, 2012 Kimberly Tarshis Chronically Mentally Ill and the Population Mental illness has affected people since the beginning of time, but the way it is handled has changed dramatically. Mental illness is no longer a sin or demonic possession, but a real illness that affects many different races, ages and classes of people including the upper echelon of wage earners to the homeless. The stages of treating people with mental illness have evolved but many feel that there are still barriers that prevent them from accessing the help they require. Human services workers are on the front lines when it comes to clients that may be dealing with mental
Throughout the years society has encounter many debilitating mental disease that have impacted individuals and families’ living style. Alzheimer’s is one of the most common mental diseases that it is seen among the orderly community. The disease is so debilitating that it almost takes control over them, taking away something as basic as their personalities. Until today there is still not a cure for this illness, however there are new studies that may help eradicate it. The worst part of the disease falls on the family trying to assimilate to the changes caused on their loved one.
Origins of Abnormal Psychology The deinstitutionalization movement began in the 1960s where the number of psychiatric hospitals radically decreased and conditions for patients improved drastically (Hansell & Damour, 2008). “The blunt realities of mental illness shatter our most deeply held convictions about the nature of human consciousness and behavior. The mentally ill are more different than us than we can imagine and more like us than we care to admit” (Bosco, p. 131). Past methods of treatment used to help the mentally ill has faced a great deal of controversy in society and was clear during this era the methods previously used had negative results on both society and the patients. While in the early stages of the deinstitutionalization the methods were radical and released patients from hospitals most programs were not well thought out or implemented.
“Individuals who become addicted to psychoactive substances typically experience relatively less pleasure in response to drug use over time, but their craving for and loss of control over drugs increase” (Durrant, Adamson, Todd, & Sellman, 2009, p. 1050). As a beginning nurse in the emergency department it was difficult to deal with patients who were addicted to mind altering drugs and alcohol. Feeling that these individuals were the scum of the earth was very much the norm. In the past nurses treated patients with less respect when the patients