Mental health articles
OF mental health care and mentally ill
February, 2013
Clinical conditions associated with drug misuse
Acute intoxication: may be uncomplicated or associated with bodily injury, delirium, convulsions or coma. Includes ‘bad trips’ due to hallucinogenic drugs Harmful use: a pattern of drug misuse resulting in physical harm (such as hepatitis) or mental harm (such as depression) to the user. These consequences often elicit negative reactions from other people and result […]
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Sexual variations and deviations
Sexual variations and deviations Paraphilias are problems arising from sexual preferences that are unwelcome to the patients, to others or to society at large. They represent modifi cations of the capacity for erotic response to another adult and can be understood as a disconnection between sex and affection. Most paraphilias involve behaviours that play a […]
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Behaviour therapy for paedophilia
Behaviour therapy for paedophilia Both aversion therapy and masturbatory reconditioning methods have been used in the treatment of paedophilia. In aversion therapy, an inappropriate sexual stimulus is paired with an aversive event such as mild electric shock or strong aversive odour. This process is thought to condition a negative emotional state to the presence of […]
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Relapse prevention for paedophilia
Relapse prevention for paedophilia Relapse prevention involves teaching the individual to do the following: identify situations in which they are at high risk of offending behaviour get out of the risky situation consider lapses as something to be learned from identify factors that led to relapse and plan how these could be avoided in the […]
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Case for paedophilia
Case for paedophilia Mr J was a 30-year-old man, admitted to hospital as a result of a period of severe depression. Prior to his depression he had been a teacher in a school in the north of England. Although there was no evidence that he had engaged in paedophile acts with any children, his name […]
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What if the person does not improve?
If the person’s condition does not improve, consider the following possible reasons for this: • Poor compliance. Make sure the person has understood thedosage and reason for the prescription. Poor compliance with medicines may occur because the person feels better and decides that there is no more need for medicines. Another reason may be that […]
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What if there are side-effects?
First, make sure that the complaints really are side-effects. For example, someone may say that shehas felt tired since starting the medicine, but sympathetic questioning may show that thesymptoms were present even before the medicine was started and are therefore likely to be a resultof the illness. In such cases, reassure the person by pointing […]
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When are injections needed in the treatment of mental illness?
Injections have a very limited role in the treatment of mental illness. Besides thesesituations, it is advisable not to use injections in the treatment of mental illness. Avoid usingunnecessary injections such as vitamins for complaints of tiredness and weakness, which areoften the result of a common mental disorder rather than a vitamin deficiency. The diagrams […]
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