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Picking up on mental health problems
Picking up on mental health problems People with mild intellectual disabilities will generally show the same signs and symptoms as the rest of the population, but they may need help to describe these. It is more difficult for people with severe intellectual disabilities as some of them have great difficulty in communicating in words. We […]
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Challenging behaviour
Challenging behaviour This includes behaviours such as aggression, self-injury and being anti-social. They can occur for many different reasons such as communicating the need for attention, to escape from stressful situations or relieve boredom. However, sometimes challenging behaviour can happen because of mental health problems. This is generally where the behaviour is new or starts […]
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types of delusions
DELUSIONS types of delusions These are false beliefs and it is generally very difficult, if not impossible, to change the person’s mind about their belief. The beliefs tend to be quite strange, often bizarre and out of character. Delusions can be persecutory, for example people might think spies are following them or that everybody is […]
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Psychotic symptoms
Psychotic symptoms In some severe mental health problems the person can experience psychotic symptoms. This means the person loses touch with reality. These symptoms include hallucinations and delusions. Psychotic symptoms can occur in schizophrenia, severe depression, bipolar affective disorder, delirium and dementia. From Mental health articles, post Psychotic symptoms Post Footer automatically generated by wp-posturl […]
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hallucinations definition
hallucinations definition This is when a person has an experience through one of their senses,which is not happening. It is imaginary. They can happen in every sense. Examples include: Hearing voices when no one else can Smelling odours when no one else can Seeing things that are not really there Feeling […]
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psychotic symptoms definition
Psychotic symptoms In some severe mental health problems the person can experience psychotic symptoms. This means the person loses touch with reality. These symptoms include hallucinations and delusions. Psychotic symptoms can occur in schizophrenia, severe depression, bipolar affective disorder, delirium and dementia. From Mental health articles, post psychotic symptoms definition Post Footer automatically generated by […]
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How do mental health problems affect people?
How do mental health problems affect people? Mental health problems can affect people in many different ways. Areas of a person’s life that can be affected by a mental health problem include: Biological changes in sleep pattern, appetite and weight Reduction or loss of skills, inability to learn new skills Increase in ritualistic movements, such […]
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List of Mental Health Problems
List of Mental Health Problems A mental health problem means that people experience changes in: The way they think and understand the world around them The way they behave The emotions and feelings they have These changes will usually have some impact on the way the person deals with day-to-day life. Sometimes […]
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Job Satisfaction and Retention
Job Satisfaction and Retention Both effective recruitment and effective retention are essential to maintain a strong fighting force. During periods when traditional recruiting efforts have not been adequate to reach recruitment targets, the military has sometimes had to lower standards for admission. Issues such as minimum scores on the Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT) and […]
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Problems in Reintegration
Problems in Reintegration Another area that has received increasing attention is the tremendous strain of readjustment to returning to civilian life following combat deployment. In prior conflicts, service members were deployed to forward combat areas, returning to relatively safe rear bases to restock, receive new instructions, and rest and recuperate. Following their combat deployment, service […]
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