Mental health articles
OF mental health care and mentally ill
August, 2013
Psycho-Spiritual Therapy
Spiritual ‘therapy’. In many cultures the mind and spirit are considered to be the same and thetreatment of emotional problems often involve spriests and healers. Even if biomedical treatments are easily available, many people often choose spiritual help for depression, anxiety, family problems and so on. You should try to build bridges with spiritual healers. […]
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Psychotherapy Notes
Psychotherapy. Especially in developed countries and in urban, upper-class areas of developing countries, a number of specialised psychotherapy clinics are now available. Psychotherapy is a more complextype of counselling. The real drawback of thistreatment is that it is not accessible to themajority of people because very few professional spractise it, and it can be expensive […]
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Side Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). This is the technical name forthe much-feared ‘shock’ therapy. There is no doubt that ECT is often given to people who do not need it. It may also sometimes be given without anaesthesia, which is unacceptable,unethical practice. Despite these incidents of bad practice, the fact remains that that ECT is one of […]
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The importance of follow-up in the treatment of mental illness
Proper diagnosis and treatment will cure some health problems. Examples of such curable problems are bacterial infections. However, this is not the case for most mental illnesses. Seeing a person with a mental illness on many occasions is often the keyto ensuring recovery. When you see a person on many occasions you have an opportunity: […]
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Rehabilitation for the mentally ill
Mental illnesses can interfere with the ability of a person to function at home, at work and insocial situations. Severe mental disorders can disable the person for a number of reasons: • ‘feeling’ symptoms can make the person feel there is no point in working or meeting up withfriends; • ‘thinking’ symptoms can make it […]
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Counselling in a crisis
A crisis is a situation when a person feels completely overwhelmed or defeated by the problems heis facing. What one person may see as a crisis would not necessarily be regarded as a crisis bysomeone else. Thus, the definition of a crisis is based on the person’s view of his situation, and onhow the situation […]
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The kinds of problems people face in life
• Relationship problems with a spouse, such as lack of communication, arguments, violence in the family and poor sex life • Relationship problems with others, such as in-laws, children, relatives or friends • Employment problems, such as not having a job or feeling overworked • Financial problems, such as not having enough money, being in […]
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What Causes a Eating Disorder
Causes of binge eating disorder Binge eating disorder was first seen as a disorder in its own right in 1992. As thename suggests, binge eating disorder is when the person has recurrent episodes of bingeing (as seen in bulimia nervosa) but without the weight control behaviour.The person does not tend to use purgatives, excessive exercise […]
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case study on bulimia nervosa
bulimia nervosa Jane is 21 years old. She is just completing her three years at university, whereshe is studying fashion and design. She is expected to achieve a first-classhonours degree and is concerned that her work will not be good enough toachieve this grade. She recently became concerned regarding her weight due to commentsmade to […]
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bulimia nervosa treatment studies
Care and management of bulimia nervosa The person with bulimia is usually cared for as an outpatient. Hospital admissiononly tends to occur if the person has suicidal ideas or physical illnesses or symptoms.Although the person generally is of normal weight, they will require support and understanding by the health care practitioner in order to address […]
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