Genital Injury in Modern Warfare
... The Social Construction of Genital Injury through “Vulnerable Technologies” Warfare doesn’t exist in a vacuum as a timeless object, but it is rather a man-made phenomenon, which creates a changing body of knowledge throughout time. Although genital injuries may have been prevalent in previous confli ...
... The Social Construction of Genital Injury through “Vulnerable Technologies” Warfare doesn’t exist in a vacuum as a timeless object, but it is rather a man-made phenomenon, which creates a changing body of knowledge throughout time. Although genital injuries may have been prevalent in previous confli ...
A Guide for Implementing Assisted Outpatient Treatment
... prescribed treatment on a voluntary basis. Put another way, AOT is the combination of a court order and community-based psychiatric services. In some locations, AOT is used as a mechanism for preventing decompensation, hospitalization, incarceration, or other negative outcomes of non-treatment. In o ...
... prescribed treatment on a voluntary basis. Put another way, AOT is the combination of a court order and community-based psychiatric services. In some locations, AOT is used as a mechanism for preventing decompensation, hospitalization, incarceration, or other negative outcomes of non-treatment. In o ...
Poster Presentations - International Spinal Cord Society
... patients, 7 have reached a bladder capacity equal or ...
... patients, 7 have reached a bladder capacity equal or ...
GAP-MAP - Alberta Health
... Table 61. Projected number of Alberta adults seeking alcohol treatment services, by service type ...
... Table 61. Projected number of Alberta adults seeking alcohol treatment services, by service type ...
Serious Law LLP The Guide to Spinal Injury
... Injuries causing paraplegia usually require a stay in a specialist spinal hospital for several months. During this time, extensive rehabilitation, skill-building and physiotherapy is undertaken. Upon discharge, people with paraplegia can usually remain fully independent with the ability to provide f ...
... Injuries causing paraplegia usually require a stay in a specialist spinal hospital for several months. During this time, extensive rehabilitation, skill-building and physiotherapy is undertaken. Upon discharge, people with paraplegia can usually remain fully independent with the ability to provide f ...
The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails:
... ill individuals in prisons and jails is critical, especially since such individuals are vulnerable and often abused while incarcerated. Untreated, their psychiatric illness often gets worse, and they leave prison or jail sicker than when they entered. Individuals in prison and jails have a right to ...
... ill individuals in prisons and jails is critical, especially since such individuals are vulnerable and often abused while incarcerated. Untreated, their psychiatric illness often gets worse, and they leave prison or jail sicker than when they entered. Individuals in prison and jails have a right to ...
Violence: the short-term management of disturbed/violent behaviour
... Case-control study: A study in which the effects of a treatment or management approach in a group of patients is compared with the effects of a similar group of people who do not have the clinical condition (the latter is called the control group). Clinical effectiveness: The extent to which an inte ...
... Case-control study: A study in which the effects of a treatment or management approach in a group of patients is compared with the effects of a similar group of people who do not have the clinical condition (the latter is called the control group). Clinical effectiveness: The extent to which an inte ...
Compulsory admission and involuntary treatment of mentally ill
... (Appelbaum 1997). Prior to 1969, most legal frameworks stipulated a given need for treatment as a standard criterion for compulsory admission. At that time, California adopted a new standard stipulating that a person had to be dangerous to her-/himself or to others to be considered for involuntary p ...
... (Appelbaum 1997). Prior to 1969, most legal frameworks stipulated a given need for treatment as a standard criterion for compulsory admission. At that time, California adopted a new standard stipulating that a person had to be dangerous to her-/himself or to others to be considered for involuntary p ...
Notes
... Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) – a widely used strategy for addressing behavior problems among patients with disorders such as mental retardation and traumatic brain injury. It considers environmental factors that appear to trigger unwanted behavior, the behaviors themselves, and consequences tha ...
... Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) – a widely used strategy for addressing behavior problems among patients with disorders such as mental retardation and traumatic brain injury. It considers environmental factors that appear to trigger unwanted behavior, the behaviors themselves, and consequences tha ...
Mental illness in the news and the information media
... by presenting information that is inaccurate about, say, treatment and prognosis). There are differences depending on the type of disorder presented. Undifferentiated mental disorders (where the illness or illnesses is not specified) and schizophrenia appear to receive the poorest treatment in the m ...
... by presenting information that is inaccurate about, say, treatment and prognosis). There are differences depending on the type of disorder presented. Undifferentiated mental disorders (where the illness or illnesses is not specified) and schizophrenia appear to receive the poorest treatment in the m ...
127 SWALLOWING DISORDERS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
... structural deficits of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx or esophagus. Predisposing factors for difficulty in swallowing could be anatomical, psychological, muscular, and many neurological diseases (4). Clinical importance of dysphagia: This symptom affects a person's ability to remain well nourished ...
... structural deficits of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx or esophagus. Predisposing factors for difficulty in swallowing could be anatomical, psychological, muscular, and many neurological diseases (4). Clinical importance of dysphagia: This symptom affects a person's ability to remain well nourished ...
restraint and seclusion – a risk management guide
... “undue bodily restraint” more than 20 years ago, little consensus existed at that time within the legal or clinical communities concerning the appropriate duration, conditions, ...
... “undue bodily restraint” more than 20 years ago, little consensus existed at that time within the legal or clinical communities concerning the appropriate duration, conditions, ...
Explanatory models for the care of outpatients with mood disorders
... disorders are invariably patterned by social and cultural contexts, as argued in the growing field of cross-cultural psychiatry, health care systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries, need to design and deliver culturally relevant interventions that effectively deal with this problem. ...
... disorders are invariably patterned by social and cultural contexts, as argued in the growing field of cross-cultural psychiatry, health care systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries, need to design and deliver culturally relevant interventions that effectively deal with this problem. ...
An Official American Thoracic Society/European
... the current Task Force members to make a new definition of pulmonary rehabilitation. This decision was made on the basis of recent advances in our understanding of the science and process of pulmonary rehabilitation. For example, some parts of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program are bas ...
... the current Task Force members to make a new definition of pulmonary rehabilitation. This decision was made on the basis of recent advances in our understanding of the science and process of pulmonary rehabilitation. For example, some parts of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program are bas ...
American Thoracic Society Documents
... the current Task Force members to make a new definition of pulmonary rehabilitation. This decision was made on the basis of recent advances in our understanding of the science and process of pulmonary rehabilitation. For example, some parts of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program are ba ...
... the current Task Force members to make a new definition of pulmonary rehabilitation. This decision was made on the basis of recent advances in our understanding of the science and process of pulmonary rehabilitation. For example, some parts of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program are ba ...
Cancer And Work- A Canadian Perspective
... evaluation be done, it is beyond the scope of this review and likely premature given the limited results of Cochrane’s review (deBoer et al, 2010). The primary purpose was to gain a broad understanding of the work-life experience, services and needs of persons with cancer in Canada in order to discu ...
... evaluation be done, it is beyond the scope of this review and likely premature given the limited results of Cochrane’s review (deBoer et al, 2010). The primary purpose was to gain a broad understanding of the work-life experience, services and needs of persons with cancer in Canada in order to discu ...
Ankle Sprains - Performance Health Academy
... Several clinical tests for syndesmotic instability have been described (Table 1). Each test is designed to apply stress to the connective tissues of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis through manual loading or by having the patient perform a task that results in similar loading patterns. Beumer and ...
... Several clinical tests for syndesmotic instability have been described (Table 1). Each test is designed to apply stress to the connective tissues of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis through manual loading or by having the patient perform a task that results in similar loading patterns. Beumer and ...
The Monster in the Closet: Misperception of Mental Illness
... The Monster 9 and maintained. Consequently, the realization that genes can cause mental illness may increase undeserved stigma and intolerance toward the sufferer. Other research has found different conclusions regarding the influence of biological mechanisms on stigma. Research finds that Americans ...
... The Monster 9 and maintained. Consequently, the realization that genes can cause mental illness may increase undeserved stigma and intolerance toward the sufferer. Other research has found different conclusions regarding the influence of biological mechanisms on stigma. Research finds that Americans ...
Forensic Assessment - American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
... Weinstock and colleagues38 noted that the conflicting values of law and medicine make balancing these roles a formidable task. They argued that traditional medical ethics remains the ideal goal and that the individual practitioner must attempt to resolve the ethics-related problems that arise. Griff ...
... Weinstock and colleagues38 noted that the conflicting values of law and medicine make balancing these roles a formidable task. They argued that traditional medical ethics remains the ideal goal and that the individual practitioner must attempt to resolve the ethics-related problems that arise. Griff ...
WCNR 2012 Poster Abstracts
... Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia Background and aim: In the early 1980s experiments on spinalized cats showed exercise could enhance functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI). The aim of this review was summarize the evidence for the ...
... Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia Background and aim: In the early 1980s experiments on spinalized cats showed exercise could enhance functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI). The aim of this review was summarize the evidence for the ...
Appendix B: Types of mental illness
... Most workers successfully manage their illness without it impacting on their work. Some may require workplace support for a short period of time, while a minority will require ongoing workplace strategies. It is often presumed that a worker’s mental illness develops outside of the workplace. However ...
... Most workers successfully manage their illness without it impacting on their work. Some may require workplace support for a short period of time, while a minority will require ongoing workplace strategies. It is often presumed that a worker’s mental illness develops outside of the workplace. However ...
2010 Workers with Mental Illness: a Practical Guide for Managers
... Most workers successfully manage their illness without it impacting on their work. Some may require workplace support for a short period of time, while a minority will require ongoing workplace strategies. It is often presumed that a worker’s mental illness develops outside of the workplace. However ...
... Most workers successfully manage their illness without it impacting on their work. Some may require workplace support for a short period of time, while a minority will require ongoing workplace strategies. It is often presumed that a worker’s mental illness develops outside of the workplace. However ...
ministry of labour, social
... of persons with disabilities. From the structural point of view, the new law contains eleven chapters, which provide ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities equally with the roghts of other citizens to: social security, health care, rehabilitation, education, employment, public life, physic ...
... of persons with disabilities. From the structural point of view, the new law contains eleven chapters, which provide ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities equally with the roghts of other citizens to: social security, health care, rehabilitation, education, employment, public life, physic ...
Competences and skills needs in services for the elderly
... An anticipation group was set up to examine the future competences and skills needs in services for the elderly. The National Education and Training Committees for social care, health care, rehabilitation and sports sectors, as well as other experts of the field, were invited to participate in the g ...
... An anticipation group was set up to examine the future competences and skills needs in services for the elderly. The National Education and Training Committees for social care, health care, rehabilitation and sports sectors, as well as other experts of the field, were invited to participate in the g ...
the evidence for stigma change
... or 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs during their lifetimes. In 2014, nearly 44 million Americans aged 12 and older experienced a mental health problem, and for almost 10 million adults this was a serious mental illness that met standard diagnos ...
... or 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs during their lifetimes. In 2014, nearly 44 million Americans aged 12 and older experienced a mental health problem, and for almost 10 million adults this was a serious mental illness that met standard diagnos ...