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Strange Heaven by Lynn Coady

In 5 pages the protagonist's learning experiences both in the mental hospital and beyond as presented in this novel by Canadian wr...

An Analysis of a Third Grade Lesson Plan

This paper analyzes a third grade lesson plan for what is known as an Inclusion Class, for students with learning or mental disord...

Mental Metaphors and Imagery in Henry IV by William Shakespeare

In 5 pages this paper examines the importance of imagery and mental metaphors in Shakespeare's historical play in a consideration ...

William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch and Freedom

In 8 pages the ways in which this postmodern novel develops concepts of mental and physical freedom are examined. There are 8 sou...

Development of Middle Childhood Ages Seven to Twelve

In eight pages this stage of child development is examines in a consideration of moral, psychosocial, mental or cognitive, and phy...

Book Review of Sue E. Estroff''s Making it Crazy An Ethnography of Psychiatric Clients in an American Community

In six pages this text that focuses upon the mental health environment and the injustices that occur within are reviewed and discu...

Confidentiality and Mental Health Records

In six pages this paper discusses access to mental health records and confidentiality issues. Five sources are cited in the bibli...

4 Articles on Insanity Defense and Mental Disability

not prison. II. THEME OF THE FOUR ARTICLES The theme of these four articles -- Craziness and Criminal Responsibility, Introducti...

Social Workers in Mental Health Services

would have to provide those benefits in the same way as benefits provided to all other medical and surgical procedures covered by ...

The Common Factors Approach to Psychotherapy

"encouragement of facing probl4ems/fears, support of efforts to master problems/ears, affective experiencing/catharsis" (Coady 15)...

Mental Health Services and the Elderly

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans 65 years or older increased by 74 percent between 1970 and 1999, from roughly 20 mi...

CBT versus family therapy in treating adolescent drug abuse (Article Review/Reaction)

applicable, and service delivery were all the same (Houghton, 2008). Each factor was controlled in this study. The article author ...

Article Analysis: Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

inability to regulate decision-making behavior at such times is critical if relapses are to be avoided (Matto, 2007). In addition,...

Mental Health Counseling: Child Abuse And Neglect

the opposite lessons required for living within a civilized society, which can influence them to the point where they ultimately i...

Creative Intelligence And Mental Models

is the ability to go beyond the traditional by generating new and innovative ideas (Gavarny, 2007). The use of creative intellig...

Nanotechnology and Its' Use in the Human Body; It is Desirable or Ethical?

potentially large number of benefits there are also a wide range of ethical and acceptability issues that need to be considered a...

Why Britney Spears May be Mentally Ill

episodes. While one might say that she is behaving in typical rock star fashion, the truth is that there is a great deal of dark b...

Nursing Management Issue/Medication Error

systems. The following examination of the problem of medication errors focuses on the context of mental health nursing within the ...

Family Systems Theory

in psychoanalytical theory away from a focus on individual and towards a focus on the whole. While psychoanalysts had previously ...

Mental Health Professional: Ethical And Legal Dilemmas

occurs in the counselors life and an appointment must be cancelled, it is expected that other arrangements will be made with anoth...

Mental Health and Dementia

there is a legal definition laid down by the Mental Health Act 1983 which states that a mental disorder is ""means mental illness,...

What Are The Differences Between Managers And Leaders?

of these roles. Management has the task of planning, controlling and putting systems and structures in place (Kotter, 1990). Leade...

The Necessity For Counselors To Work Within The Code Of Ethics And Practice

practitioners. There are no limitations to having such a comprehensive approach to ethics, inasmuch as the industry would cease t...

Divorce in Families w/Special Needs Children

childrens future that parents learn to cope and, hopefully, remain together, or at least learn to act as a team. Research shows ...

Homeless & Mental Illness/A Vulnerable Population

necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). U...

Mental Health of Returning Soldiers

need of treatment following tours in Rwanda, the Balkans and Somalia" (Auld). Mental health problems in regards to soldiers retu...

The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Workplace

that if employers fail to make accommodations, that litigation can occur. In 2004, Armour argues, the Equal Employment Opportunit...

Dorothea Dix, Pioneer of Nursing

Dixs problems with mental health may have inspired her passion for aiding those who were diagnosed as being mentally unstable or i...

What Are The Differences Between Managers And Leaders?

This 9 page paper looks at the differences between managers and leaders, defining the role of managers and leaders and looking at ...

"The Gift Of Therapy" By Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.: Reactionary Report

a wide range of mental illnesses plague a considerable percentage of the general population, the authors apprehension about the le...