...Susquehanna University. When I first arrived at Susquehanna I was a biology major and had dreams of medical school. However, by the end of freshman year, I developed an interest in neuroscience, an area containing the components of biology I loved and wanted to explore, while incorporating psychology and chemistry. My research interests developed from my exposure to the various areas of neuroscience through my internships and courses. My most recent internship was in the division of mental health at the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health. In the eight weeks that I interned there, I worked closely with a mental health and substance abuse counselor and also shadowed the psychiatrist, Dr. Leighmin Lu. Within two weeks, I was able to conduct patient intakes and lead group therapy sessions under the supervision of certified mental health and addiction counselors. I also observed the clinical setting of the psychiatric ward at the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital. While working at the Department of Health I was exposed to the fragilities of the human...
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...“As a Clinical Mental Health Counselor, I understand my rights as a counselor. I vow to be honest, fair, dependable and understanding of the rights of others. I respect the values, diversity and religious facilitations of whom I serve. I will be compassionate in my commitment to helping others and providing guidance; allowing clients to make an informative decision for themselves, relationships in their lives and their future. I expect to make a difference, where they lack the connection, ability or desire to break frustration, hate or anxiety and replace it with love, power and will. As I reflect on where I’ve been and my heritage, I pledge to look at their views, in correspondence to evidence-bases research, theories, and practicums. A dream that will allow me to console someone, provide professional support and treatment to a person who has sustained their discrepancy of their self-awareness, self-worth or identity. With the encouragement of prosperity, I promise to promote positivity and strengthen overpower a challenge. My word of honor, Is to treat others how I want to be treated and live a life that is substantial to others. With this, my goal is to...
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...My past educational experiences and successes have prepared me well for participation and success in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy’s Master of Health Administration program. As an undergraduate student at Carleton University I excelled in my coursework and graduated on the Dean’s List. I did this while balancing a number of volunteer and work responsibilities, meaning I am well prepared to handle the pressures of being a graduate student while working full-time. I also have experience taking courses online: I earned both a Certificate in Case Management from McMaster University and a Certificate in Concurrent Disorders from the University of Toronto and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health through online courses. I...
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...lives have become unmanageable due to alcohol and other drug use and/or whose mental health issues are interfering with leading productive lives. River Community itself is a unique residential treatment program providing recovery services to individuals with concurrent mental health and chemical dependency problems. The current director of River Community is a LCSW and ACSW. Social Model Recovery Systems ascribes to the principles and practices of social rehabilitation. The social rehabilitation approach is one in which addiction is viewed as being centered in the reciprocal relationship between...
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...Building an Ethical Organization Part one Phoebe Edwards HSM/230 Carrie Cooper 5/5/13 Description of the organization: This is a Behavioral Health Center, what services does the organization provide? The Behavioral Health Center services are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Anger and stress Management, Expressive and Cognitive Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Brief long- Term Treatment and Couple/Marital Therapy, Evidence Based Treatment, this is just a few. The clientele are people that need the help at Behavioral Health Center and it is a private group outpatient mental health practice. Evaluation and treatment services are provided to individuals, families, courts, businesses, schools, and individuals that are involved in a civil/ criminal proceedings elderly and disabled people living in long care facilities. The evidence based treatments are a treatment methods that have to do with research that will help the clients to improve functioning control symptoms and their develop recovery. And this is a for profit organization. Mission statement: what is the organization‘s mission statement? It is that the Behavioral Health Center’s mission is to provide the highest quality mental health care to the widest range of issues and ages. This will benefit the community by providing needed and timely access to services and treatments. We strive to utilize treatments with the best evidence of effectiveness. We will treat all clients with dignity and respect and hold...
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...developmental period. Lesbian, gay and bisexual adolescents follow developmental pathways that are both similar to and different from those of heterosexual adolescents. All teenagers face certain developmental challenges, such as developing social skills, thinking about career choices and fitting into a peer group. Like most heterosexual youths, most lesbian, gay and bisexual youths are healthy individuals who have significant attachments to and make contributions to their families, peers, schools and religious institutions. However, lesbian, gay and bisexual youth must also cope with the prejudice, discrimination and violence in society and, in some cases, in their own families, schools and communities. Such marginalization negatively affects the health,...
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...opened a human service organization that will focus on the treatment of behavioral and mental health disorders. The organization will provide services to individuals of all ages in the community who have been diagnosed with a behavioral or mental disorder. The organization will help treat some common conditions such as anxiety, mood disorders, dementia, personality disorders, bipolar, trauma issues, obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD), and many other psychiatric disorders. This organization is a for profit organization that will have counselors, psychiatrist, nursing staff, and a social services department who are trained to help individuals with behavioral and mental health disorders. The organization will also work with other human service organization to help clients and families meet their basic needs. The organization will accept private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. This organization will work federal, state, and local governments to receive financial assistance as well as other stakeholders to help the organization to provide care to the community. Mission Statement As the director of this organization it is my mission as well as the organizations mission to help its clients and his or her families to achieve the highest level of functioning and improve the quality life of each client and his or her family. The organization will help individuals with behavioral or mental disorders by assessing each individual and develop goals that will meet the unique needs...
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...between the ages of 27 and 60 years old. My audience is somewhat informed on the topic of mental illness, but not on how mental illness affects the prison population. They are either related to me or are friends of mine. Topic: Mental illness is a serious problem among inmates throughout our prison systems. General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To inform the audience that mental illness is a real problem throughout the prison system and that through a combination of Christian faith-based therapeutic programs, a larger variety of prescription drugs, and their personal...
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...Residential Services for People with Disabilities Health Information and Quality Authority National Quality Standards: Residential Services for People with Disabilities About the Health Information and Quality Authority The Health Information and Quality Authority is the independent Authority which has been established to drive continuous improvement in Ireland’s health and social care services. The Authority was established as part of the Government’s Health Service Reform Programme. The Authority’s mandate extends across the quality and safety of the public, private (within its social care function) and voluntary sectors. Reporting directly to the Minister for Health and Children, the Health Information and Quality Authority has statutory responsibility for: Setting Standards for Health and Social Services — Developing personcentred standards, based on evidence and best international practice, for health and social care services in Ireland (except mental health services) Social Services Inspectorate — Registration and inspection of residential homes for children, older people and people with disabilities. Monitoring dayand pre-school facilities and children’s detention centres; inspecting foster care services Monitoring Healthcare Quality — Monitoring standards of quality and safety in our health services and implementing continuous quality assurance programmes to promote improvements in quality and safety standards in health. As deemed necessary, undertaking investigations...
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...PN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING EDITION . CO NT ASTERY SERI ES TM N E R EV MOD IE W LE U PN Mental Health Nursing Review Module Edition 9.0 CONtriButOrs Sheryl Sommer, PhD, RN, CNE VP Nursing Education & Strategy Janean Johnson, MSN, RN Nursing Education Strategist Sherry L. Roper, PhD, RN Nursing Education Strategist Karin Roberts, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE Nursing Education Coordinator Mendy G. McMichael, DNP, RN Nursing Education Specialist and Content Project Coordinator Marsha S. Barlow, MSN, RN Nursing Education Specialist Norma Jean Henry, MSN/Ed, RN Nursing Education Specialist eDitOrial aND PuBlisHiNg Derek Prater Spring Lenox Michelle Renner Mandy Tallmadge Kelly Von Lunen CONsultaNts Deb Johnson-Schuh, RN, MSN, CNE Loraine White, RN, BSN, MA PN MeNtal HealtH NursiNg i PN MeNtal HealtH NursiNg review Module editioN 9.0 intellectual Property Notice ATI Nursing is a division of Assessment Technologies Institute®, LLC Copyright © 2014 Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC. All rights reserved. The reproduction of this work in any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC. All of the content in this publication, including, for example, the cover, all of the page headers, images, illustrations, graphics, and text, are subject to trademark, service mark, trade dress, copyright, and/or other intellectual property rights or licenses...
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...INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTINE Anxiety Attack Breakdown By Julie Vang Attention Getter: We’ve all had nervous breakdown or feel self-conscious on some occasions, like me now while giving this speech. Thesis Statement: The impact of an Anxiety Disorder is very serious. Preview of Main Points: I will tell you more in depth about anxiety disorders, the 6 main types of anxiety disorders and their symptoms and my personal experience with an anxiety disorder. Now I will begin by sharing: I. Main Point one: What are Anxiety disorders? A. Anxiety is basically our body’s natural response to danger. It is an automatic alarm that would go off when you feel threatened and it usually occurs suddenly and without any warning. It can happen to you anywhere, anytime, and any day. B. Anxiety disorders consist of two type of symptoms: * Emotional Symptoms: if you ever had feelings like panicking, fear, uneasiness, flashbacks of traumatic experiences, have trouble concentrating, and etc. * Physical Symptoms: if you had problems sleeping, have shortness of breath, an inability to be still and calm, dry mouth, numbness or tingling in the hands or feet, pounding heart and etc. II. Main point two: The 6 main type of Anxiety disorders. A. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): involves a person to constantly feel worry has fears that distract you from your day-to-day activities. Shows up symptoms like insomnia, stomach upset, dread, and fatigue. B. Panic...
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...Personal Responsibility and College Success Cody Murphy GEN/200 October 16, 2012 Alyse Stone Personal Responsibility and College Success Thesis Statement Some people believe that they can keep their same routines and successfully complete a college degree. Students must analyze and adjust their personal responsibilities to be successful while attending college. College success depends on the ability to balance personal responsibilities and academic requirements. Some students do not change current routines while attending college. A student must change routines in daily life to be successful in college. Personal responsibility is the responsibilities and obligations people have to themselves and others. Personal responsibility is the ability for a student to make a positive impact on lives. Personal responsibilities include; physical and mental health awareness, stress management, and maintaining financial obligations. It takes a high level of fitness and determination to succeed in an ever-changing academic world. The students will experience many stressors that will influence their academic outcome. The students need to make financial arrangements to ensure a degree completion. In a recent study published in The Journal of College Admission scholars suggested: Students drop out of college for a variety of reasons, such as academic failures, personal problems, or changes in career plan. Those who fail to attain a college degree have fewer career opportunities...
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...Care Home South Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Daphanie Caldwell American InterContinental Abstract As people age, more are faced with the outlook of moving either ourselves or an older family member into an assisted living environment, nursing or convalescent home. It may be from a decision that happens suddenly following hospitalization, or progressively as needs of one become more difficult to meet, and may require other types of housing. When making a decision to move in to a new place it can be stressful and have effects on everyone involved. People have different views when it comes to these various environments this can be due to misconceptions about these facilities. To make a decision that’s right for you and your loved ones, it’s important to learn all you can about the different facilities. Care Home South Rehabilitation and Assisted living offers the best to all involved. The care of the resident’s, clients and the staff that the company has to offer is unbeatable by any other company. The residents who stay in the assisted living quarters get the best living around. The clients that we serve in the rehabilitation get the best care and service around. The holistic approach of being able to touch everyone needs in all aspects is part of unique culture and care at Care Home South Rehabilitation and Assisted living. Care Home South Rehabilitation and Assisted living Care Home South Rehabilitation and Assisted living helps those...
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...and psychology along with the daily battles faced by Christian counselors in their personal and professional lives. In the book McMinn went into the most important components in the life of a Christian being prayer, scripture, confession, sin, forgiveness, and redemption and broke down in all the ways we are affected during our counseling sessions. In the book we are left with personal experiences from the author in which prayer and scripture should be used and in how much we should use them when dealing with each component in the life of a Christian. Many counselors are faced with regular struggles on knowing and deciding when it is the appropriate time to use scripture and the various biblical readings in there sessions because of various reasons such as not wanting to offend their clients, not wanting to have the client feel as if they are being judged, and not wanting to puncture another wound in an already broken individuals situation (McMinn 2011). The book began to open me up when McMinn stated that “Christian counseling is more complex than other forms of counseling because our goals are multifaceted” (McMinn 2011 pg. 39). He opened readers up to the fact that as Christian counselors we are more so concerned with spiritual growth and mental health and not just healing a puncture in the life of the client. With the focus of Christian counseling being on spiritual growth and mental health McMinn introduces us to the fact that counselors follow a theoretical map, but often...
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...The impact of Social Media Addiction on an Individual’s Social Life & Mental Health and the factors that causes Social Media Addiction Anku Sherpa ACADEMIC YEAR 2014 Data Driven Decision Making Stamford International University ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to understand the factors that causes Social media addiction and the impacts of Social media addiction on the social life and mental health of its users. The research will be conducted amongst users of Social media in Thailand and will highlight whether Socio Demographic factors such as age, gender, level of education and marital status influence Social media addiction. The respondents for the study will be chosen through non probability – convenience sampling and the research will focus on only quantitative approach. Lastly, the research study will also attempt to illustrate whether there is a relationship between Social media addiction and Human interaction and Mental health. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Thesis would not have been completed with the continual support of our facilitator Dr. Apitep Saekow and we would like to thank him for his continued support and guidance throughout the writing of this research study. Our sincere gratitude also towards the Stamford International University for providing us with an opportunity to conduct this research and providing us with the necessary resources through the Stamford Library. Our Special thanks also goes out to all our friends who helped us...
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