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Mental health, mental well-being and mental illness
Many people are used to hearing ‘mental health’ as a euphemism for ‘mental illness’. A real problem in talking about mental health is that very often we are led into a way of thinking based on ideas and assumptions about mental illness – issues like depression, suicide, paranoia, schizophrenia come to the fore. On the […]
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Are Mental Diseases Particularly Problematic?
Often it has been thought that mental disease is more problematic than bodily disease. As my account treats mental and bodily disease together I am under some pressure to provide reasons whydeciding whether someone suffers from a mental disease might appear particularly difficult. I suggest that questions concerning mental disease are especially frequent for rather […]
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SHOULD MENTAL AND BODILY DISORDERS BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER?
The D.S.M.-III definition speaks only of mental disorders, but the D.S.M.-IVincludes a note distancing the A.P.A. from the idea that any meaningful distinctioncan be drawn between disorders that are mental and those that are physical. Thus, byimplication, the current A.P.A. position suggests that mental and bodily disordersare fundamentally similar. One of the main reasons for […]
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What is mental disorder? definition for mental disorder
Since the publication of the D.S.M.-III in 1980, the D.S.M. has included a definition of mental disorder and what is mental disorder? each of the mental disorders is conceptualized as a clinically significant behaviouralor psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is typicallyassociated with either a painful symptom (distress) or impairment […]
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Risk factors and protective factors for mental health
Risk factors and protective factors for mental health, especially in reducing the risk of suicide. The presence of sufficiently strong protective factors may reduce the risk of suicide. Protective factors are related to emotional well-being; social integration through participation in sport, church associations, clubs, etc.; connectedness with family and friends; high self-esteem; physical and environmental […]
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What is mental health nurses?
The problem of articulation of what it is that mental health nurses do is still raised as problematic and the reasons for this remain unclear. The roles that mental health nurses undertake cross the age spectrum from perinatal to older persons and in multiple specialty services. There are mental health nurse practitioners pioneering roles in […]
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Models of mental disorder
In the present context a ‘model’ means a view, or system of beliefs, about what causes mental disorders. Within psychology in general there are several different schools of thought, such as the behaviourist school and the psychodynamic or Freudian school, which offer competing explanations for most forms of behaviour.2 Given the complexity of human behaviour, […]
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Classification of mental disorders
When it comes to the classification of mental disorders, it may quite reasonably be expected that different therapies will be suited to different disorders. Thus it is essential to establish a reliable and valid classification system at the outset, so that we can identify a disorder and then prescribe a suitable treatment. As mentioned in […]
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The Parent’s Mental Illness Presenting Through the Physically Well Infant
Parental Mental Health The review of referrals at RCHIMHG revealed that the majority of infants (75%) had at least one parent with a significant mental health problem. The full spectrum of mental health problems was represented— with parents experiencing mild anxiety or depressive symptoms through to posttraumatic stress disorder and to major psychotic illnesses. The […]
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Routine Perinatal Mental Health Assessment
Evidence indicates that many women fail to identify themselves as depressed or to seek help (Murray, Woolgar, Murray,& Cooper, 2003). Sadly, not all health-care providers will identify their condition.As most women will access obstetric, midwifery, nursing or paediatric care during pregnancy or post natally, an ideal opportunity exists to ensure that mental as well as […]
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