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Adult Psychiatric Patients and Reduction of Restraint Usage

seclusion is not new. The American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) reports that as early as the mid-nineteenth century ther...

DSM IV Disorders and the PDSQ

ideation is measured on the basis of six specific components found on the Depression scale. Each disorder is matched with respect...

Cultural Consideration in Psychiatry

can complicate the provision of care for some Moroccan patients. Several more considerations will be outlined in the remainder of...

"O Brother Where Art Thou?"

The film follows the three hapless goofballs as they come across the sirens (three gorgeous women washing clothes in a river); alm...

Avoiding Restraint and Seclusion

design. It is "not grounded in research that supports the therapeutic efficacy of this intervention, but upon the observation tha...

Prevention And Treatment Programs For Alcohol Abuse

prevention of alcohol abuse from a community perspective has made Sacramento, California a precedent setting city whereby extended...

Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy

cause of a childs disease or malady or because they use the accusation of MSBP as a ploy to avoid malpractice suits (Johns, 2007)....

ADHD and the Role of the Psychiatric Nurse

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

ADHD: A Critique of the Research

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

Gender Identity Patient Disorder Diagnosis, Treatment, and the Film Boys Don’t Cry

by persistent discomfort with ones sex" (Meyenburg, 1999, p. 305). This gender identification with the opposite sex typically com...

Hawthorne Studies: Impact

mutually empowering association. The extent to which employee/industrial relations reflect the benefit of Hawthorne studies...

Leadership, Management Experience in 2 Nursing Environments

indicated by Carter, census also frequently plays a vital role in this regard for nursing managers. Other factors that I considere...

Internet Information about Psychiatric Drugs

(Boyles). Moncrieff argues that there is no "real evidence" that the drugs are effective: "We have been treating all comers with a...

Suggestions for a Psychiatric Practicum

imagines that implementation of the practicum could take several different formats. For example, it may consist of formulating a c...

Psychological Research Issues

In six pages this paper discusses various psychological research issues including an assessment of American Psychiatric Associatio...

An Examination of Borderline Personality Disorder

process works. The job of developing a mathematical equation can be quite complex because there has to be some idea of the nature...

A Psychiatric Analysis of Madness and Selected Literary Works

This paper analyzes two psychiatric approaches to addressing madness and insanity. The author utilizes the works of R.D. Laing, D...

DSM and Axes I through Psychological Assessment

In twelve pages this paper considers the diagnostic techniques the American Psychiatric Association uses and the definitions assoc...

Comparison Between PTSD and Other Psychiatric Disorders

In six pages this paper compares various psychiatric maladies including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with 3 hypotheses, a litera...

Carl G. Jung's Mystic Approach to Analytical Psychiatry

collective unconsciousness, the belief that certain psychic structures are shared by all mankind and has shaped the course of huma...

Psychiatric Nursing's Role

In five pages this paper examines how psychiatric nursing's role has developed in this professional literature overview on the top...

General Overview of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

In six pages this psychological disorder is examined in an overview of literature on the subject and also includes American Psychi...

Human Depression and the Borna Virus

In nine pages the central nervous attacking infection known as the Borna virus is examined in terms of its connection to human psy...

Changing Views on Caring for the Mentally Ill

The treatment of the mentally ill has changed drastically since the asylums of the 19th century. This paper examines the historic...

Children and the Prescribing of Psychotropic Drugs

in the past (Goode, 2003). Research reveals pediatricians and child psychiatrists seem to be turning to pharmacological interventi...

Psychiatric Nursing Training and Reflective Practice

Irelands influence in reflective practice is now beginning to be felt around the country. Among other developments, the English N...

Neuman and Rogers Systems Model Application

the realization of the "dehumanizing" of patients that led to them being referred to as "Bed x," "Case x" or some other nameless, ...

Truddi Chase's When Rabbit Howls

the abuse shed suffered - child molestation at the hands of a brutal stepfather, witnessing equally-brutal bestiality (they lived ...

Psychiatric Disorders and Discrimination

are left to their own devices, which are generally not strong enough to deal with "normal" life. Of course, there are also the ...

The Impact of Age on the Reliability of the Psychiatric Interview

advances in research or clinical practice, the interview method has been one of the most fruitful, producing the majority of the b...