Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With Dementia Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With Dementia The Alzheimer’s Association defines dementia as “a general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life” (Alzheimer’s Association, 2016). This…
Discussion: Influencing Social Change Discussion: Influencing Social Change Individuals with psychiatric mental health disorders are frequently stigmatized not only by society as a whole, but also by their friends, family, and sometimes healthcare providers. In your role, however, you have…
Week 10: Therapy for Clients with Dementia Week 10: Therapy for Clients with Dementia In so many countries, to be old is shameful; to be mentally ill as well as old is doubly shameful. In so many countries, people with…
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With ADHD Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With ADHD Not only do children and adults have different presentations for ADHD, but males and females may also have vastly different clinical presentations. They may also respond…
Discussion: Presentations of ADHD Discussion: Presentations of ADHD Although ADHD is often associated with children, this disorder is diagnosed in clients across the lifespan. While many individuals are properly diagnosed and treated during childhood, some individuals who have ADHD only…
Week 9: Therapy for Clients with ADHD Week 9: Therapy for Clients with ADHD Tyler, a 9-year-old third grader, had always been an energetic child with a short attention span. For years, his mother attributed his behaviors to him being…
Assessing and Treating Clients With Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction Assessing and Treating Clients With Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction Impulsivity, compulsivity, and addiction are challenging disorders for clients across the lifespan. These disorders often manifest as negative behaviors, resulting in adverse…
Therapy for Clients With Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction Therapy for Clients With Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction Impulsivity and compulsivity have a wide range of clinical presentations and often overlap with many other psychiatric disorders. Some individuals act without forethought and…
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With Pain Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With Pain Pain can greatly influence an individual’s quality of life, as uncontrolled pain negatively impacts mood, concentration, and the overall physical and mental well-being of clients. Although…
Therapy for Clients With Pain and Sleep/Wake Disorders Therapy for Clients With Pain and Sleep/Wake Disorders From negative changes in mood to problems concentrating, pain and sleep/wake disorders can have a tremendous impact on clients’ lives. When clients suffer from…