Max Henderson
... (ii) the decision is in the person’s best interests Reasonable use of restraint may be lawful to effect necessary treatment. Advance directives refusing treatment – now have legal power except where a patient is subject to compulsory treatment under the Mental Health Act ...
... (ii) the decision is in the person’s best interests Reasonable use of restraint may be lawful to effect necessary treatment. Advance directives refusing treatment – now have legal power except where a patient is subject to compulsory treatment under the Mental Health Act ...
Choices Alternative to Detention OUR SERVICES OUR
... at home with their families and in their schools and communities during the pendency of the Family Court matter. Since opening its doors in 2008, Choices ATD has established itself as a vibrant hub of learning and youth development for some of the borough’s most at-risk young people. ...
... at home with their families and in their schools and communities during the pendency of the Family Court matter. Since opening its doors in 2008, Choices ATD has established itself as a vibrant hub of learning and youth development for some of the borough’s most at-risk young people. ...
focus on 2010 - Ozark Guidance
... Jennifer is a three year old girl that was referred to Ozark Guidance from the Department of Human Services. Jennifer’s mother, Kathy, is a single parent who is unable to hold a job because of her substance abuse; her live-in boyfriend is an alcoholic. One day Jennifer got off the pre-school bus at ...
... Jennifer is a three year old girl that was referred to Ozark Guidance from the Department of Human Services. Jennifer’s mother, Kathy, is a single parent who is unable to hold a job because of her substance abuse; her live-in boyfriend is an alcoholic. One day Jennifer got off the pre-school bus at ...
Three Legs of the Stool - Mental Health and Recovery Board
... • Holistic: Recovery encompasses an individual’s whole life, including mind, body, spirit, and community. Recovery embraces all aspects of life, including housing, employment, education, mental health and healthcare treatment and family supports as determined by the person. • Non-Linear: Recovery ...
... • Holistic: Recovery encompasses an individual’s whole life, including mind, body, spirit, and community. Recovery embraces all aspects of life, including housing, employment, education, mental health and healthcare treatment and family supports as determined by the person. • Non-Linear: Recovery ...
The use of Covert Medication - Care Advice Buckinghamshire
... Article 5 ‘Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person’ Article 6 ‘Everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable period of time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law’ Article 8 ‘Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family li ...
... Article 5 ‘Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person’ Article 6 ‘Everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable period of time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law’ Article 8 ‘Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family li ...
Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
... • This definition of insanity combines the M’Naghten rule and the irresistible impulse test, although it softens the requirements somewhat with the term substantial capacity. • The American Law Institute’s model statute also excluded a history of criminal behavior from the definition of “mental dise ...
... • This definition of insanity combines the M’Naghten rule and the irresistible impulse test, although it softens the requirements somewhat with the term substantial capacity. • The American Law Institute’s model statute also excluded a history of criminal behavior from the definition of “mental dise ...
mental health screening tool
... to release to the Youth Alliance and San Benito County Behavioral Health the information list below. Records may be copied and/or faxed, and shall be limited to (check all that apply) requesting releasing the following types of information (check all applicable items): Mental health informatio ...
... to release to the Youth Alliance and San Benito County Behavioral Health the information list below. Records may be copied and/or faxed, and shall be limited to (check all that apply) requesting releasing the following types of information (check all applicable items): Mental health informatio ...
Chapter 4 - University of Iowa College of Public Health
... The Zung scale was designed to be self-administered. Patients could answer the questions on their own prior to completing the diagnostic interview. However, we recommend that the Zung Anxiety Scale be administered by the qualified mental health care provider or someone working under his supervision. ...
... The Zung scale was designed to be self-administered. Patients could answer the questions on their own prior to completing the diagnostic interview. However, we recommend that the Zung Anxiety Scale be administered by the qualified mental health care provider or someone working under his supervision. ...
Mental Health and the Law
... example, the individual who is a “defendant” in a criminal case. If he is in jail, he is also an “inmate.” Alternatively, he may be labeled a “detainee” to indicate he is not a “sentenced inmate.” The sentenced inmate is kept not in a jail (which is for pretrial detention purposes) but in a prison; ...
... example, the individual who is a “defendant” in a criminal case. If he is in jail, he is also an “inmate.” Alternatively, he may be labeled a “detainee” to indicate he is not a “sentenced inmate.” The sentenced inmate is kept not in a jail (which is for pretrial detention purposes) but in a prison; ...
What Families Need to Know About Mental Health
... However, be understanding if they prefer privacy when providing personal information to the staff. (Persons under 18 should be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.) How do family members ensure their access to health information and status while their loved one is a patient in the hospital? If ...
... However, be understanding if they prefer privacy when providing personal information to the staff. (Persons under 18 should be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.) How do family members ensure their access to health information and status while their loved one is a patient in the hospital? If ...
Psychological Disorders
... • A behavior so different from other people’s behavior that it violates a norm • Norms vary from culture to culture ...
... • A behavior so different from other people’s behavior that it violates a norm • Norms vary from culture to culture ...
CONVERSATION GUIDE -- DEATH WITH DIGNITY
... how and when to die, but who is not physically able or currently mentally competent to take a lethal medication on their own. Involuntary Euthanasia – Involuntary euthanasia allows a person to decide when another’s life should not be supported or when affirmative actions are taken to cause a person ...
... how and when to die, but who is not physically able or currently mentally competent to take a lethal medication on their own. Involuntary Euthanasia – Involuntary euthanasia allows a person to decide when another’s life should not be supported or when affirmative actions are taken to cause a person ...
Conceptual Analysis, Theory Construction, and
... claim linking the concept with the alleged referent will not purport to be definitional, but rather “reforming”. Nonetheless, any theoretical or reforming definition might still be subject to the challenge that it has either left something essential out of the proposed reforming definition that is c ...
... claim linking the concept with the alleged referent will not purport to be definitional, but rather “reforming”. Nonetheless, any theoretical or reforming definition might still be subject to the challenge that it has either left something essential out of the proposed reforming definition that is c ...
Bringing Patient-Centered Care to Patients with AUD (JAMA)
... health clinicians should take the lead in incorporating evidence-based AUD treatments into their care. This will require support from addiction medicine colleagues because many general mental health clinicians do not currently provide treatment for AUD. However, with support they can offer both medi ...
... health clinicians should take the lead in incorporating evidence-based AUD treatments into their care. This will require support from addiction medicine colleagues because many general mental health clinicians do not currently provide treatment for AUD. However, with support they can offer both medi ...
An experimental investigation of the impact of personality disorder
... The adoption of diagnostic criteria based on operational definitions (as in DSM III onwards; (APA, 1994)) was intended to diminish stigma. This was particularly welcome in personality disorder (axis II) as historically, personality disorder as a diagnosis tended to be attached to those patients the ...
... The adoption of diagnostic criteria based on operational definitions (as in DSM III onwards; (APA, 1994)) was intended to diminish stigma. This was particularly welcome in personality disorder (axis II) as historically, personality disorder as a diagnosis tended to be attached to those patients the ...
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... his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as ...
... his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as ...
Behavioral Health Barometer New York, 2013
... Mean Age of First Use of Selected Substances among Persons Aged 12-17 in New York (2008-2012)2 Among 12- to 17-year-olds in New York, the mean age of first marijuana use was 14.1 years, and the mean age of first cigarette use was 13.3 years. ...
... Mean Age of First Use of Selected Substances among Persons Aged 12-17 in New York (2008-2012)2 Among 12- to 17-year-olds in New York, the mean age of first marijuana use was 14.1 years, and the mean age of first cigarette use was 13.3 years. ...
Outpatient Mental Health Service Use by Older Adults After Acute
... services.'-^ Female patients are more likely to visit psychiatrists than their male counterparts."' Individuals with high socioeconomic status are more likely to visit a mental health specialist.'^ Patients living in rural areas are less likely to use certain mental health services than their urban ...
... services.'-^ Female patients are more likely to visit psychiatrists than their male counterparts."' Individuals with high socioeconomic status are more likely to visit a mental health specialist.'^ Patients living in rural areas are less likely to use certain mental health services than their urban ...
Swallow – Book Launch, 23 September 2012 Good evening. My
... The fact that regular people can successfully intervene is critical to suicide prevention. Just like any one of us can learn first aid skills, every one of us can learn suicide intervention skills. Neither first aid nor suicide intervention is left to professionals alone; we can all play a role. Thi ...
... The fact that regular people can successfully intervene is critical to suicide prevention. Just like any one of us can learn first aid skills, every one of us can learn suicide intervention skills. Neither first aid nor suicide intervention is left to professionals alone; we can all play a role. Thi ...
67KB - NZQA
... Her friends could start to exclude her from social outings because they don’t know much about depression. They might continue to pick and tease her about her depression, causing Sally more angst and hurt about her situation. Sally might give up on the friendships and not bother to try to explain her ...
... Her friends could start to exclude her from social outings because they don’t know much about depression. They might continue to pick and tease her about her depression, causing Sally more angst and hurt about her situation. Sally might give up on the friendships and not bother to try to explain her ...
this PDF file - Review of Disability Studies
... and express these states of being, are strongly influenced by the length of time one experiences symptoms, pain, difference, and so on. Thus, chronicity makes it “less and less possible to separate one’s self from the stubborn presence of the impairment and resulting altered level of functioning” ( ...
... and express these states of being, are strongly influenced by the length of time one experiences symptoms, pain, difference, and so on. Thus, chronicity makes it “less and less possible to separate one’s self from the stubborn presence of the impairment and resulting altered level of functioning” ( ...
TRENDS IN INSURANCE COVERAGE AND TREATMENT UTILIZATION BY YOUNG ADULTS N Short Report
... In September of 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) extended dependent care coverage to young adults, allowing individuals under the age of 26 to remain on their parents’ insurance regardless of educational, employment, or marital status. Prior to the ACA, individuals were typ ...
... In September of 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) extended dependent care coverage to young adults, allowing individuals under the age of 26 to remain on their parents’ insurance regardless of educational, employment, or marital status. Prior to the ACA, individuals were typ ...
War, Pacificism, and the Fight for Social Justice in America`s Mental
... objectors, entered this situation. COs disagreed with the use of violence and asked to fulfill their national duty through placement in a variety of service positions, one of which became the mental institution. At least fifteen hundred COs worked in mental institutions by the end of 1945. Taylor do ...
... objectors, entered this situation. COs disagreed with the use of violence and asked to fulfill their national duty through placement in a variety of service positions, one of which became the mental institution. At least fifteen hundred COs worked in mental institutions by the end of 1945. Taylor do ...
authorization to disclose protected health information/medical records
... Signing this authorization is voluntary. I understand that generally my treatment, payment, enrollment in a health plan, or eligibility for benefits will not be conditional upon my authorization of this disclosure. However, I do understand that I may be denied treatment in some circumstances if I do ...
... Signing this authorization is voluntary. I understand that generally my treatment, payment, enrollment in a health plan, or eligibility for benefits will not be conditional upon my authorization of this disclosure. However, I do understand that I may be denied treatment in some circumstances if I do ...
Bob Heeney - Stomping Out Stigma
... “Courtesy Stigma” describes the stigma-by-association experienced by those who are closely associated with stigmatized people. Families, friends and mental health professionals – all of whom may experience courtesy stigma – may be seen by the rest of society, as “normal yet different”, by virtue of ...
... “Courtesy Stigma” describes the stigma-by-association experienced by those who are closely associated with stigmatized people. Families, friends and mental health professionals – all of whom may experience courtesy stigma – may be seen by the rest of society, as “normal yet different”, by virtue of ...