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mental health in children and adolescents
mental health in Childhood and Adolescent Mental Illness The US Surgeon General reports that about 5 million children and adolescents in the United States have a serious mental illness. A serious mental illness is a diagnosable mental disorder that impairs the child’s daily life. A challenge the practitioner faces is to differentiate between normal growth […]
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Foundation of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Mental illness is a psychological or behavioral disorder that alters thinking, mood, and the ability to perform activities of daily living and to relate to others. There is no medical test used to diagnose a mental disorder. Instead, practitioners use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) published by the American Psychiatric Association […]
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Theoretical models of human behavior of psychiatric and mental health nursing
The foundation of psychiatric and mental health nursing is based on theoretical models of human behavior. These models provide a basis for understanding a patient and diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions. Models of human behavior are used collectively in caring for a patient rather than basing care on a particular model. The psychiatric nurse […]
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Abandoning holiday does damage to physical and mental health
Abandoning holiday does damage to physical and mental health According to the report delivered in England ‘s “daily mail” on September 17, there is a fact showing that although the holiday is of great benefit to both physical and mental health, there still exists a considerable number of people giving up the chance of vacation. […]
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Effect of high-risk environments on infant mental health
Effect of high-risk environments on infant mental health Babies and infants in high-risk environments are at risk of forming disturbed attachments with their primary caregivers because of the unavailability of a consistently nurturing parent. Infants with insecure and disorganised attachments struggle to develop emotional self-regulation, as it is within a secure attachment that the neural […]
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Effect of parental disorder on infant mental health
Effect of parental disorder on infant mental health Disturbances in early relationships, and interaction between parents with borderline personality disorder and their children, begin in infancy, because of inappropriate reading of infant cues. Some mothers describe feeling estranged, anxious, overwhelmed or even angry with infants from birth. Mothers who have experienced early abuse may be […]
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Effects on infant and parent mental health
Effects on infant and parent mental health As noted previously, there is little evidence available on the effects of disability or delay in an infant on infant mental health. It is clear, however, that there is a process of grief that parents go through and there are possible effects on the establishment of the attachment […]
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Effect of ante-natal mental health problems
Effect of ante-natal mental health problems Stressful life events in the ante-natal period affect parental physical and mental well-being. This can impact on foetal and therefore infant development and mental health in a number of ways. There are the possible effects of maternal mental health on obstetric outcomes, and potentially on the neurobiological development of […]
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Psychological factors that may affect infant mental health
Psychological factors that may affect infant mental health include imaginings about the unborn baby and changes to the parent’s identity. This requires a reworking of experiences and attitudes about one’s family of origin experiences. It involves intra-psychic changes as well as actual changes in the relationships with parents and other family members. One aspect of […]
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Approaches to intervention in infant mental health
Approaches to intervention in infant mental health Interventions in the infant period have the core aim of promoting infant development and motivating infant potential. Interventions may occur or be targeted at multiple levels of the individual, family and social system. For example the focus may be the infant individually, the infant–parent relationship, the family, the […]
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