three symptoms anxiety , tension ,and avoidance are used as targets for pharmacological interventions. Pharmacological treatment is difficult by the fact that PTSD is often associated with other disorders such as depression, alcoholism , and substance abuse . It is also associated with marital ,occupational , financial and other health problems. Research suggests that SSRIs are the first line of treatment for this disorder . There have been a majority of empirical studies with SSRIs ,and although
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Friedman Family Assessment Paper Family Dynamics Family dynamics can be very complicated. “According to Dr. Murray Bowen…families are complex units that are bonded by strong emotional connects. The ways in which members of the family interact with each other and in relation to the group as a whole are often referred to as family dynamics” (Bowles, 2011, para. 1). A following assessment of the BJ & BP’s family was completed using the Friedman Family Assessment Tool. History of Family BJ & BP
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Domestic Violence and Homelessness Among Women: Some of the Causes and Remedies Joel Nwoke Capella University School of Social Work Netto, Pawson and Sharp (2009). Preventing Homelessness due to Domestic Violence: Providing a Safe Space or Closing the Door to New Possibilities? This study looks into the impact of prevention-centered homelessness policy responses to domestic violence, with reference to the 'Sanctuary' model. This model supports women facing homelessness due to domestic
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Numerous changes have occurred that have required our current society to move in a familiar direction to care for children that would in other times have been placed in foster care homes. Research has shown that factors that include substance abuse, illness, child abuse, domestic violence, neglect, and death have put a greater challenge on Grandparents living arrangements. With the increase of divorce, the lack of child care, the demands placed on a single parent to enter the work force to financially
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in a professional, and compassionate manner to promote wellness and improve the quality of life of children/adolescents, young adults, adults and seniors (age 65 or older). The agency offers programs for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, persons with serious mental illness (SMI), those who have experienced trauma, and individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They also provide assertive community treatment (ACT), consumer run (peer-support) services,
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Born Addicted to Drugs Born Addicted to Drugs As prescription drug abuse increases, doctors face many challenges dealing with pregnant women giving birth to newborns addicted to opiates . While many people start out with narcotic pain killers prescribed by a doctor, they become habit-forming and can lead to a road of addiction and destruction in one’s lives. “These infants experience what's called neonatal abstinence syndrome as they undergo withdrawal from the addictive drugs their mothers took
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Running head: CASE STUDY LS Mental Health Case Study LS Nicole Castro College of Southern Nevada Division of Nursing Mental Health Nursing Clinical NURS 243C-S10 Micki Lin Mongogna-Alarcon, MA, BSN, RN October 18, 2010 Mental Health Case Study DM Demographic Data: LS is a 44 year-old female of African and Hispanic decent. She was born in California but moved to Las Vegas as a teenager. She stated that she attended Clark High School and went to a “stewardess college” in
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Caring in nursing Name Professor Institution Course Date Introduction Concept analysis can be referred to as the activity where different concepts, their characteristics as well as their relations with other concepts are brought out clearly and evidently (Fawcett& Desanto, 2012). The creation of a distinct conceptual clarity about the different concepts proves to be of great importance to all the forms as well as the kinds of research. The general outlined guidelines of research
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essay pseudonyms will be used, they will be called Jade and Billy, to protect the client's identity and for confidentiality purposes, this is in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct guidelines (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2008). Every child and young person needs to be protected, feel secure and sheltered from abuse and harm in an environment which is safe and where their needs are met (Oliver and Pitt 2011). How children make sense of the world around them is formed by
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Discussion Question Student’s Name: Institutional Affiliation Course Adolescent pregnancy is considered as a pregnancy in a female who is less than 20 years of age at the end of the pregnancy. It can occur in a fertile female either at puberty before the occurrence of her first menstrual period, or after the first period. The first menstrual period in nourished girls occurs at around 12 or 13 years of age. Pregnant teenagers experience many issues similar to other women
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