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November, 2015

how to ease stress in the workplace

Ways to Ease the Stress • Talk with someone about your feelings—anger, sorrow, and other emotions— even though it may be difficult. • Don’t hold yourself responsible for the disastrous event or be frustrated because you feel that you cannot help directly in the rescue work. • Take steps to promote your own physical and […]

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Signs That Adults Need Stress Management Assistance

Signs That Adults Need Stress Management Assistance • Difficulty communicating thoughts • Difficulty sleeping • Difficulty maintaining balance • Easily frustrated • Increased use of drugs/alcohol • Limited attention span • Poor work performance • Headaches/stomach problems • Tunnel vision/muffled hearing • Colds or flu-like symptoms • Disorientation or confusion • Difficulty concentrating • Reluctance […]

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Indicators for Posttraumatic Stress DisorderIndicators for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Indicators for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder • Dissociation • Depersonalization • Arousal of the sympathetic nervous system • Panic or mania • Psychotic processes • Suicidality • Homicidality • Violent inclinations • Inability to function • Event-related belief that the individual was going to die • Negative appraisal of acute symptoms • Severe depression • A […]

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case example mental health consultative approach

A nursing home director contacts you about a resident at her facility who has become more withdrawn and resistant. At your initial meeting with the director, the resident is described as an 80-year-old woman, Ruby, who has been at the nursing home for 2 years. She was previously more involved with others and had a […]

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Foundational Assertions of Mental Health Consultation

Foundational Assertions of Mental Health Consultation • The consultative relationship is triadic between the consultant, consultee(s) and client(s). • The consultant and consultee relate collegially rather than the consultee being subordinate to the consultant. The consultant and the consultee are seen as experts in their own areas. • The content of discussions between the consultant […]

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brief history of consultation

BRIEF HISTORY OF CONSULTATION The impetus for mental health services to move beyond the clinic setting to improve treatment outcomes fueled movements to develop methods of consultation. These early efforts at consulting began as a means of offering an alternate response to meeting the community’s mental health needs when scarce professional resources meant that many […]

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Twelve Easy Steps for Failure as a Mental Health Consultant

Twelve Easy Steps for Failure as a Mental Health Consultant 1. Know it all. 2. Learn nothing about the consultee. 3. Be unaware of your own motives. 4. Be definite, dogmatic, unyielding. 5. Sulk when your advice is not taken. 6. Use ambiguity to your own advantage. 7. Avoid feedback mechanisms. 8. Keep professional status […]

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Benefits to Patient Car

Benefits to Patient Care This example illustrates the importance of seeking consultation with other professionals to effectively meet the needs of people served in therapeutic settings. The psychologist was technically asked to consult with the psychiatrist when asked to offer treatment services and assist in providing more thorough care to the children. The feedback regarding […]

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