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| US social activist who was a leader in advocating for more compassionate treatment of the mentally ill in insane assylums. |
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| those members of society whose behavior is considered outside what is normal and appropriate. |
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| National Mental Health Act (Truman's Act) |
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| allowed for the creation of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in 1949 |
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| Community Mental Health Center Act |
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| enabled finding of a new national mental health care system focusing on prevention and community-based care , rather than on institutionalized custodial based care. |
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| Manual used to diagnose mental disorders. It categorizes mental disorders in a manner similar to physical disorders. Certain criteria must be met to diagnose someone with a particular mental or emotional disorder. First two axes of it are the ones most commonly used by clinicians in diagnosing clients. |
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| brain disorder: Brain chemistry, brain damage, genetically caused, borna virus |
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| What are the symptoms of schizophrenia? |
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delusions: false perceptions of reality
Hallucinations: seeing or hearing things.
Disorganized thinking and speach: word salad
Negative symptoms: lack of emotion |
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| At what age does schizophrenia normally present? |
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| include a number of illnesses where contact with reality is severely impaired. Common symptoms of a psychotic disorder include hallucinations, delusions, and generally bizarre and eccentric behavior. |
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| include disorders of one's mood and emotions and include depression and bipolar disorder. |
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| used to be called manic depression. It is cycling between racing energy/depression. |
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| it is an intervention strategy that encourages the practitioner to recognize and promote a client's strengths, rather than focus on deficits. Also presumes a client's ability to solve his or her own problems through the development of self-sufficiency and self-determination |
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| What are two ways we help? |
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| counseling and rehabilitiation |
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| Where might we find a job? |
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| Community Mental Health centers, Inpatient/acute hospital settings, full-service Human Service Agency, Day Treatment/partial hospitalization, Outreach programs, probation and parole, job training programs, government agencies, prison system |
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