...personal attributes, values, and organizational roles. 2. differing from one another 3. Leitners definition is “distinction” Disability – 1. definitions of disability evolved from historicity (our history has shaped what we think about disability) 2. disability involves 2 aspects, having an ongoing physical or mental condition that society views as unusual or that discrimination occurs b/c of the difference Ableism – 1. persons who view people with disabilities as inferior Stereotypes of society 1. medical model a. they are broken and need to be fixed 2. moral model b. disability is linked to sin or blessings 3. social model c. page 15 the social set up of our structures disables a person 4. materialist perspective d. people w/ disabilities are discrimination again b/co f economic setup 5. post modern perspective e. we are all connected and disability is another part of human manifestation What are some socially acceptable disabilities: 1. ADHD 2. visual impairment 3. hearing impairment 4. diabetes 5. epilepsy (with medication) 6. MS 7. Depression 8. Aspersers What are some socially unacceptable disabilities 1. alcoholism 2. cerebral palsy 3. HIV Aids 4. severe mental retardation 5. mental illness CHAPTER #3 Page25, even in nations where legally defined civil rights have developed, disability remains at the periphery of society, as the new legal rights have yet to break established social classifications Page 29...
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...model of health Current medical models assume that all illness is secondary to disease. Revision is needed to explain illnesses without disease and improve organisation of health care. Cultural and professional models of illness influence decisions on individual patients and delivery of health care. The biomedical model of illness, which has dominated health care for the past century, cannot fully explain many forms of illness. This failure stems partly from three assumptions: all illness has a single underlying cause, disease (pathology) is always the single cause, and removal or attenuation of the disease will result in a return to health. Currently, most models of illness assume a causal relation between disease and illness—the perceived condition of poor health felt by an individual. Cultural health beliefs and models of illness help determine the perceived importance of symptoms and the subsequent use of medical resources.4 The assumption that a specific disease underlies all illness has led to medicalisation of commonly experienced anomalous sensations and often disbelief of patients who present with illness without any demonstrable disease process. Finally, most biomedical models also seem strongly linked to primitive forms of intuitive mind-body dualism. Health commissioners, budgetary systems, healthcare professionals, and the public all act as if there is some clear, inescapable separation between physical and mental health problems, ignoring evidence that a person's emotional...
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...arthritis to be more concise Rheumatoid Arthritis. Topics to be covered include a brief summary of chronic illness with a concise account of what Rheumatoid Arthritis is and its treatments...
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...individuals are affected by it. It will further examine ‘what is social work’, its tasks and how these address social exclusion. This paper cannot examine all aspects of social exclusion, but will use examples of where social work is relevant in dealing with the issue. This paper looks at social work practice in particular in addressing issues arising from; poverty, unemployment, social policy and social work practice in relation to the social exclusion of people with a mental illness and or learning disability and the conflicting demands for preventative work with statutory responsibilities. Ruth Levitas (2010) quoting Duffy (1995) and the Social Exclusion Unit (1997) argues that the definition of social exclusion is vague but refers to possible definitions as the 'inability to participate effectively in economic, social, political and cultural life, alienation and distance from the mainstream society'. and as 'a shorthand label for what can happen when individuals or areas suffer from a combination of linked problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health and family breakdown'. Banks (1995) states that social work is a difficult occupation to define given that it embraces a number of different employment sectors, which occur in different settings with workers taking on a range of different tasks under the specific heading of social worker and general heading of social care. The ‘International Federation of Social...
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...4222-619 Understand mental health problems (CMH 302) Outcome 1. Know the main forms of mental ill health 1 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association. It is a classification of mental disorders which offers a common language and classification of mental disorders. It is used by the medical profession, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and health insurers. The fifth edition was published in 2013. DSM 4 divided each psychiatric diagnosis into five dimensions or axes, each one relating to different aspects of disorder or disability. AXIS I: Clinical Disorders (all mental disorders except Personality Disorders and Mental Retardation) Axis II: Personality Disorders and Mental Retardation Axis III: General Medical Conditions (must be connected to a Mental Disorder) Axis IV: Psychosocial and Environmental Problems (for example limited social support network) Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning (Psychological, social and job-related functions are evaluated on a continuum between mental health and extreme mental disorder) The fifth edition has simplified this classification into three sections rather than the multiaxial system, but there has been much criticism of the new edition with doubts been thrown as to its impartiality, resulting in a petition calling for an outside review of DSM 5. In Europe there is a tendency to favour the I.C.D. as a means of classifying mental illnesses. The International...
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...If creativity is about imagination and original ideas, defining the word creativity is not creative. So how do we ‘define’ creativity? In modern society people tend to have systems, structures, organizations and definitions for everything. There are too many definitions of creativity due to the nature of it. According to Gomez in his article, What Do We Know About Creativity? He proposed that we can separate them in three basic categories; First the artistic creativity, focusing on being a creator and reflecting ‘’inner needs, perceptions and motivations’’. Second the scientific/technological creativity, more about environmental sustainability and innovations. Last the hybrid creativity found in fields for example architecture, which ‘’exhibits both a novel problem solution and the personality of the creator’’(32). Creativity is often misunderstood or misinterpreted when discussing its presence in modern society. People make the argument that 50-hour workweeks, and living life continuously on the hamster wheel, an average human doesn’t have time to be creative. This argument is further developed by referencing the current American public education system as aiding in undermining and undervaluing the creative process, and creative people. Similarly, other systems are guilty of the same behavior, for example low-status corporate jobs, the labor force, and even the military/police. However, these are jobs where creativity has little tangible value. Where is creativity valued? Obviously...
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...nursing is concerned with today (Edelman and Mandle, 2010). Today much of the nursing role is involved in health teaching as a form of health promotion. However, we will look at the three levels of health promotion prevention, describe the purpose of health promotion in nursing practice, explore nursing roles and responsibilities evolving in health promotion, and explore implementation methods for health promotion that incorporates areas of nursing. Three Levels of Health Promotion Primary Prevention Level According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health promotion can be defined as “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.” (WHO, 2009). Health is reaching a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, by an individual or group. In the primary prevention level, health promotion is focused on preventing or delaying onset of chronic disease (Edelman and Mandle, 2010). Interventions at this level precede disease or dysfunction in order to try and enhance health, aiming to decrease vulnerability to disease. An article by Kristen L. Fessele discuss wellness programs for oncology nurses. Primary preventions include what everyone should already know by now and concepts we preach as nurses, such as the importance of following a healthy...
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...Webster University Integrated Studies 6000 Title: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Submitted to Meet the Requirements of Integrated Studies 6000 Submitted by: Kirk L. Williams Jr. On Sunday, July 19, 2015 To Dr. Ronald J. Hunady Table of Contents Topics Page I. Introduction 3 II. Project Purpose 3 III. Project Methodology 3 IV. Body of the Paper 4 V. Conclusions 13 VI. References 14 I. Introduction I am a retired Army combat Veteran diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In addition, I am a survivor of Renal Cell Carcinoma commonly known as kidney cancer. Transitioning into the civilian sector made me curious about how civilians deal with American with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a civil rights law that protects employees with disabilities. The law prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals with physical and mental disabilities and the chronically ill. The Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was the first law to prohibit the discrimination of disabled in federally funded activities. This law did not protect the disabled under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Therefore, in 1990 Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act to protect this class of citizens. II. Project Purpose To learn the applicable laws and protections afforded employees under the ADA. III. Project Methodology I will research the...
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...University of Phoenix BSHS 402 Many populations in and outside of human services can utilize the skills and services of a case manager, however, there are many special populations in the realm of human services that require a case manager. Populations that were determined to need a case manager were the elderly, poverty stricken, mental/emotional disabilities, speech pathology, and drug exposed infants. Though each of these populations needs a multitude of services and a case manager, those with mental and emotional disabilities can benefit exponentially with the aid and expertise of a case manager to ensure that needs are met for those clients that cannot or do not understand what needs should be met. How and why have you selected this population? How was this area of interest formed? My interest in the human service field and case management of mental and emotional disabilities was nurtured through personal experience. Throughout my adolescence and early adulthood as I watched two sisters struggle with Bipolar Disorder (BD), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and Manic Depressive Disorder (MDD). My younger brother also battled with mental and emotional disorders such as Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and various other disorders that prevented learning at an average pace or milestone achievements. Watching my siblings battle these obstacles and the upheaval that each episode brought into our family life made for a constant...
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...whether drug addiction is a choice or if it is truly a disease. Addiction is a sickness because it is common among people who suffer from mental illness, it is an actual brain disease due to the lack of dopamine in certain individuals and, it is damaging the body without the abuser even knowing. however, most people believe it is a choice because the first time somebody agrees to just try it once they are hooked for life. People who suffer from drug addictions brains are severely affected. Drug “ addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use” (Is...
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...Schizophrenia, referred to as a split personality disorder, is a chronic, severe, devastating mental illness that affects approximately 1% of the population, equivalent to more than 2 million people in the United States. Statistics indicates schizophrenia affects men about 1½ times more frequently than women. (National Comorbidity Survey, 1994) It is a psychotic mental disorders characterized by symptoms of thought, behavior, and social problems. The thought problems linked with schizophrenia described as psychosis, in that the individual thinking is totally out of touch with reality. The individual with this disorder may also have disorganized speech, and behavior, physically or careless behavior, extensively decreased behaviors or feelings, as well as delusions, which are ideas about themselves or others that have no basis in reality. The term schizophrenia first introduced in 1911. In 1887, Emil Kraepelin deemed it a separate mental illness. Regardless of recent history, (Addington, Bouchard, Goldberg, 2005) described throughout written history. Ancient Egyptian, Hindu, Chinese, Greek, and Roman writings described symptoms comparable to the positive symptoms of schizophrenia. During medieval times, schizophrenia, like other illnesses, often viewed as evidence of the sufferer possessed by spirits or evil powers. Schizophrenia is a multifaceted illness. Experts in the field are somewhat baffled as to what causes it. Some doctors believe that the brain may not be able to process...
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...social policies and social determinants than with health services and disease outcomes’ (Graham, 2004). The World Health Organisation (WHO) sees ‘inequalities in health care’ as the differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different population groups. It can be the differences in mobility between elderly people and younger populations or differences in mortality rates between people from different social classes. Some inequalities in health are attributable to biological variations or free choice and others are attributable to the external environment and conditions mainly outside the control of the individuals concerned. The group of people I work with are people with ‘Learning disabilities’ (LD): “Learning disabilities is a state of arrested or incomplete development of the mind” (DH, 1995). A person with LD is usually diagnosed to have an intelligent quotient (IQ) of 70 or lower, that means the person will have a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills (impaired intelligence), with a reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning);which started before adulthood with a lasting effect on development. I am particularly going to...
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...a PCP, and are more likely to skip routine medical care due to costs, increasing their risk for serious and disabling health conditions. When they do access health services, they are often burdened with large medical bills and out-of-pocket expenses. Clinical preventive services, such as routine disease screening and scheduled immunizations, are key to reducing death and disability and improving the Nation’s health. These services both prevent and detect illnesses and diseases—from flu to cancer—in their earlier, more treatable stages, significantly reducing the risk of illness, disability, early death, and medical care costs. Motor vehicle crashes, homicide, domestic and school violence, child abuse and neglect, suicide, and unintentional drug overdoses are important public health concerns in the United States. In addition to their immediate health impact, the effects of injuries and violence extend well beyond the injured person or victim of violence, affecting family members, friends, coworkers, employers, and communities. Witnessing or being a victim of violence is linked to lifelong negative physical, emotional, and social consequences Identify one Healthy People 2020 health indicator that applies to your specialty area in of your field of experience or a specialty of one of the Neighborhood nurses Karen. Karen Williams is the gerontology nurse in the Neighborhood, and is very active with the senior...
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...What I want to do as a profession? 1a) - Psychologists are scientists who specialise in the evaluating and treating of behaviour and mental processing. They constantly discover knew treatments and evidence linking social and biological factors to problems such as mental illness. - ‘Child health problems linked to fathers age’ BBC NEWS - Modern foundations of psychology came from G Stanley Hall, 1878, who was interested in recapitulation. - There are many different fields, which can lead from a degree in psychology such as social, cognitive and neuroscience. Although my main interest is clinical psychology, which involves reducing psychological distress and improve psychological well-being. - NHS QUOTE on what they deal with. - COLLEGE OF ST JOHNS how psychologists should behave. - Issues facing psychology today: Prescription power, negative stigma, client-to-patient relationship and confidentiality - How you must behave and what is expected of you. Am I insightful, its not something which can be taught but its difficult to see reasons for another persons problems, if you cant understand you own quirks. - SHRINK TALK QUOTE 1b) – Psychology is competitive and you should have a full understanding of whether this is the right career for you and what will be expected of you once you’ve become a psychologist. * UNIVERSITY QUOTE what they are looking for in a student in order to gain a place on a BSc psychology course. * What you need to do an MSc such as determination...
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...2015 Critically discuss how people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia are able to live positively with their disorder Student No: 47851449 Due date: June 17th 2015 Assignment 3 PYC4802 Psychopathology Fatima-H TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction.............................................................................................. 3 2. Definition of Schizophrenia...................................................................... 3 3. Diagnostic criteria of Schizophrenia......................................................... 4 4. Hallmark features of Schizophrenia......................................................... 5 5. Living positively with Schizophrenia......................................................... 7 5.1 Pharmacological Intervention................................................................. 8 5.2 Cognitive- Behavioural Therapy............................................................. 9 5.3 Psychosocial treatments........................................................................ 9 5.4 Positive psychological interventions...................................................... 10 5.5 Community-based rehabilitation for people with schizophrenia............. 11 5.6 Occupational Therapy............................................................................ 12 5.7 Living a healthy lifestyle.............................................................
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