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Adult Psychiatrist Perspective
Adult Psychiatrist Perspective Children are “invisible” to mental health professionals who provide care to adults. Adult psychiatrists feel unsure and untrained and therefore vulnerable that they may miss problems and incompetent to intervene. Additionally, adult psychiatric clinics are usually not set up to interface with child clinics and may lack a smooth referral process. For […]
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child psychiatrist perspective
child psychiatrist perspective Over 50 % of children who have a parent with affective illness experience psychological symptoms (Beardslee et al. 1998), with three times the rates of mood or anxiety disorders reported . Beardslee published a book for families and lay caregivers about the process of dealing with depression in families. It is important […]
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Mothers will benefit from advocacy
It is extremely likely that mothers living with mental illnesses and their families will deal with a cast of characters in the community, and will benefit from advocacy role modeling and support. Most mothers have relationships with healthcare providers (e.g., pediatricians, dentists), day care or school personnel (e.g., babysitters, teachers, the school nurse, the school […]
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Mothers living with mental illnesses
Mothers living with mental illnesses are likely to benefit from a flexible array of services, supports, or providers who are characterized by their availability and accessibility. Mothers’ needs may well extend beyond the routine treatment session; they may benefit from access to “warm line” telephone or web-based supports at odd hours to avert bigger crises. […]
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Engagement and Relationship Building
Engagement and Relationship Building The process of engagement and relationship building with mothers is undoubtedly influenced by their past relationship experiences.Mothersmay have been disappointed or abused in relationships, personal or professional, and be quite cautious about developing a new relationship with someone who offers help. Their psychiatric diagnoses may have been used against them by […]
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Trauma Informed
Trauma Informed In a trauma-informed approach, the impact of women’s previous experiences on their current well-being and functioning are recognized and respected. Experiences of violence and trauma may have lifelong effects on how women feel about themselves and in their relationships with others, including their children. Past experiences may shape a mother’s expectations for current and new experiences, […]
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recovery issues in treatment
recovery issues in treatment Recovery has been defined in a variety of ways by numerous authors and is considered to mean more than simply the alleviation of symptoms . Superordinate dimensions of recovery proposed by authors—clinical, existential, functional, physical, and social—provide a broad framework for considering more focused components of recovery. An ecological model of […]
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Recovery Is a Family Process for Mothers with Mental Illnesses
Recovery Is a Family Process for Mothers with Mental Illnesses The course of mental illness—the emergence of symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery—is rarely linear, and prognosis and outcomes may vary depending on a variety of factors, such as gender, race, and ethnicity. Our contention is that, in addition to the most commonly studied factors (e.g., […]
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mythopoetic definition
mythopoetic definition Synonyms Myth-making; Mythologizing Definition The term mythopoetic refers to a tendency to reduce the mythoi or cosmic stories of a people or culture into paradigms of human psychological functioning. Myths were once used by societies to relate experiences to the functioning of the whole and often hierarchical world order of a created world […]
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myofascial pain dysfunction
myofascial pain dysfunction Definition Myofascial pain is characterized by discomfort or pain in the muscles that control jaw function and the neck and shoulder muscles. From Mental health articles, post myofascial pain dysfunction Post Footer automatically generated by wp-posturl plugin for wordpress.
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