Order Description MH Case Study for Summative Assessment You are to write a 3,000 word (+/- 10% excluding reference list) a care study. This can be based on the scenario provided or you may select a patient(s) of interest from your practice experience and relevant to your field of practice. The essay will draw upon relevant theoretical concepts supporting decision […]
Should psychiatrists have a monopoly on the treatment of mental illness? Use peer reviewed sources to support that, no, other professionals such as psychologists, nurses, therapists, social workers and occupational workers play essential roles in the field of mental health care. All are necessary to work cohesively together.
What is the cost of mental health parity? 2 What are the challenges that health plans face relative to the mental health parity law?
JEFFREY DAHMER/ANDREA YATES Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was thought to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia but his bid for a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict failed. Essentially, the jury accepted that he was schizophrenic but that he was still culpable for his behavior. Similarly, Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in the bathtub, was purported to be schizophrenic by one of the courts […]
You have recently been employed by a small rural hospital as a Registered Nurse in the emergency room. The hospital does not provide any mental health services. You are assigned the task of gathering information for your supervisor that would help develop a plan to place the mentally ill in appropriate care. In your report to your supervisor, include your […]
How do problems with validity impact the categorization of mental disorders and the diagnosis of individual clients? Discuss, presenting supporting information and examples.
Carefully read all the instructions associated with this discussion and the assignment for this unit. This discussion may seem to involve a great deal of work. Keep in mind that this work is a preparation for the assignment. The assignment asks you to consider current perspectives on mental health treatment, and to come to conclusions about practical advice you can […]
Dementia and delirium are considered secondary mental disorders. That is, their symptoms occur secondary to a medical condition. What primary mental disorders might delirium and dementia mimic? Describe symptoms and behaviors that might be confused between each of these secondary disorders and other mental illnesses.
