...Name Course College The Best Day in my Psychiatric Career As a specialty, psychiatric nursing has been in practice for over 100yrs. It draws its roots from the mental health reform put forth in the 19th century that sort to re-organize mental health asylums into health institutions throughout the world. It steady progress caught my interest, and coupled with an already developed interest in psychiatry as a career, I comfortably ventured into the profession. I have been a psychiatric nurse for well over 5 years and in all the days I have diligently served in my post only one specific day qualified as the best in my career to date. It was on the17th of December 2015, and on this specific day all the staff at the Grace the Hand Mental Institution got a chance to become part and parcel of a seminar that aimed to both empower and give light to all that practiced psychiatry on the essence of psychiatry. The seminar was to be held in the watch room of the institution and all practitioners were allowed to mingle with the patients during the entire session, however, patients that require special attention had psychiatric nurses assigned to them on a shift to shift basis. The seminar taught and shed light on a lot of things and these I have described as follows. First and foremost is the progression of psychiatry as a career, here, it was brought to our attention that only one key skill forged the foundation of psychiatry to what it is today and this is the one-one therapeutic relationship...
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...This is a critique on the paper Stability and change: an institutional study of management accounting change written by Associate Prof. Dr. Siti Nabiha Abdul Khalid and Proffesor Robert W. Scapens Purpose The purpose of this paper, as stated on the first page, is to explore the relationship between stability and change within the process of accounting change. It focuses on the ceremonial implementation of value-based management and how key performance indicators can become decoupled from day-to-day activities which thereby creates a level of stability which can be ultimately contributed to the accounting change. Theoretical Framework This paper uses the framework set out by Burns and Scapens (2000) which is mainly based in Old Institutional Economics (OIE). In this paper institutions are defined as “The shared taken-for-granted assumptions which identify categories of human actors and their appropriate activities and relationships”. (Siti-Nabiha, A. and Scapens, R. (2005), Stability and change: an institutional study of management accounting change, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol 18, No. 1, pg 46) Burns and Scapens argue that, when a particular management accounting practice is decided on, that over time this practice becomes accepted as “the way things are done”. The behaviour is disassociated from the original reason for the choice of this practice and comes to be applied in a rule-like manner and as a routine activity. The original...
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... Name Institution Affiliation The article seeks to identify the major causes of eating disorders in the U.S. Moreover, this paper investigates the prevalence of eating disorders. The major factors associated with eating disorder are; Impairment, suicidal tendencies and mental disorders among others. The participants were adolescents selected randomly in the U.S. Face to face interviews were used to obtain information form 10123 adolescents between the ages of 13-18 years. Moreover, parents were asked to fill in questionnaires. The parents were required to give information on the adolescents’ mental health of their children. The method of study used is descriptive. It involves taking a group of adolescents and testing a hypothesis. The paper seeks to establish the major causes of eating disorders among adolescents in the U.S. Results from the research that lifetime prevalence of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder were 0.3%, 0.9% and 1.6% respectively. On the other hand, only a minority of adolescents with eating disorders received treatment. The major limitation of this study was, biased information because some students may not recall previous eating disorder symptoms due to mental illness. The objective of the article was to analyze adolescent development among the adolescent eating disorder patents. the types of eating disorder being analyzed in the study where Anorexia Nervosa abbreviated as AN and Bulimia Nervosa abbreviated as BN. the research was also set...
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...Prison Abstract The increase in incarcerated individuals with mental illness in the preceding decades has made the prison system a prevalent mental health provider even though they are not prepared or equipped for such task. Prison life is tough on an individual’s mental health; overcapacity, lack of privacy, violent behavior, lack of activity, inadequate health services, seclusion from family and friends, and the insecurity of what life holds after prison contribute to the inmate’s mental health. Inmates whose judgment is altered or impaired by depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other severe mental illnesses are impacted more severely by the tribulations of prison life. Inadequate mental health services is also something mentally ill inmates face, this absconds them undertreated or mistreated. Numerous prisoners do not receive proper psychotropic medication due to the lack of mental health services and care, further impairing their capability to function. The security mission of prisons tends to overlook mental health considerations. Prison rules and codes of demeanor teach staff about security, safety, supremacy, and power. Coordinating the needs of the mentally ill with prison regulations and goals is almost impractical. Factors of the sources and effects of the concern between prison and mental illness will be observed in this research proposal. Reforms will be provided to improve mental health requirements and defend the rights of the increasing population...
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...of Prisoners Name SOC120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Instructor: November 20, 2012 The life of prisoners some may never know. There are those who care not to know what goes on behind that wired fence. We find that some people that are convicted of crimes that they did not commit. Some people would rather turn their heads to what actually happens in a prison institution, because they feel it is no concern of theirs. Innocent women and men face a disaster in life when they find their selves incarcerated in such facility as these. The treatment in prison facilities toward prisoners with health issues or those who develop health concerns that head officials should take control over. Prisoners receive neglect in many different ways that may end their lives. In my essay, I will share with you the life of a man in prison and the treatment that he received from correctional officers. Every prison environment makes it hard to assure minimal standards for ethical research and voluntary informed consent and privacy. Privacy for those who are in these facilities has many concerns to family members who are looking in from the outside. Health issues and concerns for inmates and neglect that occurs in correctional facilities have been concerns that continue to go unnoticed. The state seems to under staff in some areas of managing inmate’s health problems. There are many who may go unattended of their health issues...
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...MARKETING RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF GENDER DIFFRENCES ON JOB SATISFACTION, MENTAL HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG BANKING EMPLOYEES (Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the course Marketing Research) Submitted To: | Submitted By: | Dr Shalini Trivedi, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Amity Business School, Amity University. | Disha Arora B-39Harpreet Kaur B-34Mansi Nigam B-30Payal Saxena B 28Shobhna Swati B-32 | | | Amity Business School, Amity University Declaration I hereby declare that the project work entitled “THE IMPACT OF GENDER DIFFRENCES ON JOB SATISFACTION, MENTAL HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG BANKING EMPLOYEES” submitted to the Amity University, NOIDA, is a record of an original work done by me under the guidance of Ms. SHALINI TRIVEDI, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Amity Business School, Amity University, and this project work is submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Business Administration. The results embodied in this thesis have not...
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...Springboard Activity One Quote from book and Warm-Up Students will read this quote on the smart board and answer the following questions: How do you feel about the nurse being a wolf? What do you think about people being wolfs in everyday life? "This world ... belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak. We must face up to this. No more than right that it should be this way. We must learn to accept it as a law of the natural world. The rabbits accept their role in the ritual and recognize the wolf as the strong. In defense, the rabbit becomes sly and frightened and elusive and he digs holes and hides when the wolf is about. And he endures, he goes on. He knows his place. He most certainly doesn't challenge the wolf to combat. Now, would that be wise? Would it?" He [Harding] lets go McMurphy's hand and leans back and crosses his legs, takes another long pull off the cigarette. He pulls the cigarette from his thin crack of a smile, and the laugh starts up again-eee-eee-eee, like a nail coming out of a plank. "Mr. McMurphy ... my friend ... I'm not a chicken, I'm a rabbit. The doctor is a rabbit. Cheswick there is a rabbit. Billy Bibbit is a rabbit. All of us in here are rabbits of varying ages and degrees, hippity-hopping through our Walt Disney world. Oh, don't misunderstand me, we're not in here because we are rabbits-we'd be rabbits wherever we were-we're all in here because we can't adjust...
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...Current Events in Business Research This paper will cover the business research process based on my experience in the workplace. This is a summary of the business research process of my experience as a direct support professional at Tri-County Center. This is a business which allows mentally disabled adults live more independent lives and helps them become more of a part of the community. What is business research? It is the method a company makes to decide the most efficient, productive, and ethical way to make money and generate customers. For example, starting any form of business has a need for research into the goal customer and the competition. Tri-County Center is the leading center for providing assistance to mentally disabled adults in East Tennessee. The clients are able to live in their own homes and earn money by working for factories. Some of the clients are there while their parent or guardian is at work, in which case they still work, just in the ware house of the center. Through research Tri-County Center has taken business of other facilities because of the freedom they offer for the clients. The founder of Tri-County Center wanted a place where he could watch over his younger brother without leaving him in a nursing home or mental institution. He also wanted his brother to be able to make choices on what he wanted, when he wanted. The facility has grown in the past ten years because the center allows the clients to earn money, spend the money on what they...
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...Abstract This paper describes the ways in which declawing a cat does more harm mentally and physically for the cat than good. After describing the declawing procedure, this paper examines the mental and physical harm this procedure can cause to a cat and provides alternative solutions to declawing a cat. Many pet owners believe that declawing their cat is a harmless solution to their natural scratching behaviors, but it has been found that declawing a cat can actually cause more harm than good, as future life-threatening illnesses for the cat, mood swings, and a change in personality. Studies and researchers have tested this theory and found that instead of deciding to declaw their cat, pet owners should look for a safer and better method to prevent them from scratching things up. Declawing It is often believed that there is no serious harm in declawing a cat. Declawing a cat is often seen as a quick fix to stop the scratching that a cat might be doing. It is seen as a way to prevent one’s furniture, and other belongings from being scratched up. What most proponents of declawing do not realize, however, is all of the physical and mental distress that the cat will now suffer for the rest of its life because of this one action. Many people do not realize all of the harm that can come from declawing their cat. Those who believe that it is a quick fix to prevent their cat from scratching things do not realize that declawing their cat can actually cause years of mental and physical...
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...Topic # 1: Causes of Eating Disorders Throughout North America, many continue to suffer from eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Individuals with eating disorders can experience changes in their physical and mental health that may also lead to death. Women are in fact more prone to eating disorders over men. According to the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI), 10.7 out of every 100 000 women suffer from an eating disorder, where as 0.7 per 100 000 males suffer from an eating disorder (Gucciardi et al, 2003). In addition, Statistics Canada notes that 90% or more of all cases pertaining to the diagnosis of an eating disorder are for women (Statistics Canada, n.d.). Furthermore, the Canadian Institution of Health Information states that in the year 2000 , 11.54% of women diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, and 15.36% of women diagnosed with bulimia nervosa, reported suffering from depression. Moreover, these percentages equate to more than double of the 5.7% of women from the general population who have reported suffering from depression (Gucciardi et al, 2003). This paper will explore and address eating disorders through past research papers and as well to propose a possible experiment that may be used to further uncover the underlying causes for eating disorders. In the article “Observations on Human Behaviour in Experimental Semistarvation and Rehabilitation” by Joseph C. Franklin, Burtrum C. Schiele, Josef Brozek, and Ancel...
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...Clinical Psychology Paper The great evangelist D.T. Niles once said, “Christianity is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread” (Niles, 2010). At its most basic level, clinical psychology is the enterprise of one educated, licensed person using their knowledge of human behavior to address, assuage, or otherwise moderate the troubles and concerns of another person’s life—whether they be relational, affective, or physiological. Strictly speaking, clinical psychology is, “the assessment, treatment, and understanding of psychological and behavioral problems and disorders” (Plante, 2005, p. 7). Clinical psychology is a scientific endeavor, utilizing the instrument of the scientific method to inform the practice, procedures, and treatments used to address human problems. There is an interplay that exists between treatment outcome research and psychotherapy in clinical psychology—the science informs the art and the art informs the science (Plante, 2005). The point of this paper is to catalogue and compare the history and evolving nature of clinical psychology as well as to consider the specific case of counseling within the framework of clinical psychology. History Hippocrates—the original author of the Hippocratic Oath—formed the first complete, if naïve, physiological explanation of disease and dysfunction (Plante, 2005). He proposed that imbalances in the mixture and quantity of four fluids: black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood, caused several emotions...
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...The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 Post University Community mental health center act of 1963 was a significant milestone in America’s record of mental health rights. On 31st October 1963, the act was signed into a regulation by President John F. Kennedy. The law was the pioneer among other many federal policy alterations that helped ignite a significant transformation of the communal mental health arrangement by shifting resources outside huge organization toward community-based mental health action line up. The act lead to the increased improvement in the rights and treatment options for youth, children and adults living with mental sickness, though full guarantee of community-base concern has not been fully captured. This paper seeks to explain the rationale of community mental health center act of 1963. President Kennedy referred to the law as a bold new approach and it was the first federal bylaw to promote community-based mental health care. The Act offered donations to state for the building of (CMHC) community mental health centers, special facilities designed for treatment, diagnosis and delivery of mental health prevention to persons living in the community. The centers were built to provide the following indispensable services: inpatient services, emergency services, education and consultation on mental health, outpatient services, partial hospitalization and emergency response. The donations were projected to provide 1500 more community mental health centers...
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...“Insanity” Plea A criminal defendant who is found to have been legally insane in the course of committing a crime is relieved the criminal responsibility by the virtue of suffering from a mental disease (Findlaw, 2015). In some cases, the accused may be sentenced to a less severe sentence or punishment after being found on the wrong side of the law because of the mental impairment. Many nations allow the insanity defense in their legal systems. However, the accused must prove to the court that they were not on their senses or acted upon uncontrolled impulse or some variety of these factors when doing the wrongful doings. The general sense of insanity plea is to provide the alleged perpetrator of the criminal offense a fair trial. The society is even in agreement with this principle in extreme cases. Nonetheless, the major challenge falls on where to draw the line. That is, the circumstances where one can be considered insane and instances when he or she is not. It is worth noting that, no matter how appealing the crime itself is, it doesn’t demonstrate the level of insanity. Today, the legal systems use way too much of the insanity defenses. While there are many questionable defense tactics, insanity plea targets to protect the rights of the accused and further the course of justice. This paper discusses the insanity plea as used in the legal systems in the present times. What is the main purpose of insanity plea? How did it find its way past the corridors of justice to the courtrooms...
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...Stellenbosch Tertiary institutions internationally are faced with the question of how to determine prospective students' real academic potential. This is particularly true for South African institutions where many students had inferior (poor and inadequate) schooling.Furthermore, conventional measures of abilities and achievement are orientated primarily toward assessing memory skills, and secondarily, toward assessing analytical skills. They rarely tap creative or practical skills in any meaningful way. However, prospective students from alternative backgrounds may have developed creative and practical skills to a greater extent than they have developed analytical ones. Particularly if their upbringing has been under difficult circumstances, being creative has become a prerequisite for survival. Conventional assessments of intelligence are not relevant in a multicultural context and fail to include other integral parts of intelligence in order to represent the whole of intelligence.( Thus, it is incumbent on researchers to develop broader predictive frameworks that take into account the diversity of skills likely to be found in populations.This paper describes the design and implementation of such a broader predictive framework at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), based on the Triarchic Theory of Intellectual Abilities (Sternberg, 1985, 1996) and the Theory of Mental Self-Government (1997a). The hypothesis of this underlying research is that triarchic abilities...
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...This paper will review research and policies that set up from Department of Defense (DoD) agencies and civilian nonprofit institutions addressing gender dysphoria (GD) effects and limitations of affected individuals by GD on the readiness in an operational environment. The material will discuss concepts, definitions, and restrictions shown in the policies of DoD and TRICARE policy manuals (2017). Current policy recommendations written by Secretary of Defense (SecDef), the Honorable James Mattis (2018) shows criteria set up in a DoD report (2018) for individuals with a history or diagnosis GD. Research from the Rand Corporation (2016) will illustrate the implications of individuals affected by GD and the impact of the military service....
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