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Restraint Uses in Psychiatric Nursing

Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

a juxtaposition of opposites" (Hannush, 2007, p. 7). II. THERAPEUTIC APPROACH Dialectical behavior therapy utilizes many of the ...

Explanation Two Therapeutic Models

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a very specific type of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy developed by Marsha M. Linehan to...

Stop Smoking in Psychiatric Ward

Numerous articles conclude that people who have mental health disorders are more likely to smoke than people who do not have such ...

Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Major Depressive Disorder

The title identifies the three disorders that are discussed in this paper. This report presents journal entries from a nurse psych...

Adolescent Depression And Cognitive Behavior Therapy

29 percent of the entire group of patients at the beginning of the study (Weeks, 2004; NIMH, 2005). This rate was reduced in all f...

3 Elements of Psychiatric Nursing

cope with ethical situations primarily from experience and only minimally from formal education, which leaves novice nurses with "...

Case Study: Bipolar Disorder, Manic Episode With Psychotic Features

When researchers looked into what might cause this shrinkage, it was found that it could be the result of having loss of glia, whi...

Psychological Disorders: Categorization and Classification

is used to categorize symptoms and disorders to aid in a standardized diagnosis between professionals. This has led to an industry...

Overview and Characteristics of MPD or DID

one of the primary causes of MPD, most especially when the trauma is related to child abuse. Findings over the last two decades i...

Alan Cavaiola and Neil Lavender's 'Toxic Coworkers: How to Deal with Dysfunctional People on the Job'

make a primarily positive impact or a primarily negative impact in the workplace. Workplace productivity is affected by a...

Dissociative Identity Disorder: Behavior Analyst Explanation

in a single multidimensional self" (Stephens, 2005). Key indicators include: * The presence of two or more distinct identities, ...

MPD DID Overview and Treatment

(DID) but the meaning of the disorder is based on the diagnosis that two or more personalities seem to reside within one person. D...

2 Articles on Multiple Personality Disorder Reviewed

In five pages this paper considers 2 articles in a contrast and comparison of dissociative identity disorder and multiple personal...

Description of Dissociative Identity Disorder

In twenty five pages multiple personality disorder or disassociative identity disorder is described in terms of DSM IV classificat...

Alan E. Kazdin's Cognitive and Behavioral Approach to Conduct Disorder

In ten pages DSM IV criteria is employed to define conduct disorder in a paper that distinguishes it from antisocial and border pe...

Self and MPD

In eight pages this research paper considers the self with relation to multiple personality disorder and includes an examination o...

An Overview of Anxiety Disorders

so they change their everyday activities, in some cases there may bouts of anxiety that lead to intense periods of the person bein...

Overview of Multiple Personality Disorder or Dissociative Identity Disorder

sometimes revealing important information about the other identities (DSM-IV, 1994). The causes and signs of the disorder, then, ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Soldiers

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a condition that has always existed but it is only in the last few decades that it has received ...

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 ...

Review and Future Research Regarding Panic Disorder

LITERATURE REVIEW Definitions The University of Texas Harris...

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...

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...

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)....

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...

Excerpt from The Silent Partners by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

for diseases. The workers are constantly fatigued from the long hours, some rooms are too hot, others too cold, some dripping with...

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...

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...