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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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Physiologic Basis of Mental Illness
Physiologic Basis of Mental Illness Mental health is a continuum that begins with structure and function of the brain at the physical level. Next is the personal level where each of us cares about ourselves; this leads to the interpersonal level where we interact with others. The continuum ends at the societal level where we […]
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schizophrenia is most characterized by
Schizophrenia is a mental illness characterized by a patient’s abnormal misinterpretation of reality, referred to as psychosis. The patient’s behavior seems bizarre to others because the behavior is inappropriate to reality. However, the behavior is appropriate to the patient based on their misperception of reality. For example, all of us become paranoid when walking down […]
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Effect of perinatal mental illness on the infant and family
Effect of perinatal mental illness on the infant and family As has been discussed in earlier chapters, the infant is extremely dependent on the sensitivity and responsiveness of her primary caregivers. Depression and/or significant social or personal adversity interferes with social functioning and emotional availability, and may make parents less contingent and sensitive in interaction […]
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Mental illness or adjustment difficulties?
Mental illness or adjustment difficulties? The transition to parenthood, which occurs at a biological, psychological and social level, and the range of factors that influence the ability of an individual or couple to adjust to the many changes associated with parenthood, have been discussed (see Chapter 5). Many, but not all, of those who have […]
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Occurrence of perinatal mental illness
Occurrence of perinatal mental illness Studies suggest that up to 40 per cent of women experience psychological distress after having a baby. Not only the mother, but also her partner and children may be affected by this and the effects may be transient or long lasting. This distress does not always fit easily into traditional […]
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stalking behaviors and mental illness
stalking behaviors and mental illness Stalking is a crime involving pursuing an individual in a threatening and potentially dangerous way; state laws vary on legal defi nitions (Meloy, 1998). More broadly defi ned, college students experience stalking as unwanted, repeated attention or harassment that creates fear in a reasonable person. Fisher et al. (2000) found […]
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transgender mental illness study
transgender mental illness study Transgender is an umbrella term for individuals who transcend traditional gender norms—behavior and values that society deems appropriate for one sex or another—and includes transvestites, transsexuals, and gender benders. Many students are content with their biological sex, yet because they do not behave in gender-stereotypical ways consider themselves transgender. Th ey oft […]
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False Allegations of Mental Illness and Undiagnosed Mental Illness
False Allegations of Mental Illness and Undiagnosed Mental Illness Many people believe the myth that mothers make many false allegations of abuse against fathers. However, studies tend to show that fathers more often make false allegations of abuse against mothers rather than vice versa . Often if a mother claims the child’s father abused her, […]
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Cautions when using medicines for mental illness
Cautions when using medicines for mental illness • Many medicines interact with alcohol. In particular, medicines that cause sedation will worsen the drowsiness felt after drinking alcohol. • The doses given in the tables are for adults. Use a third to a half of these doses for people over the age of 60 and for children aged […]
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