Sentences with phrase «needed psychiatric treatment»

This is not to suggest that most AA's need psychiatric treatment.

He has described prophets who engage in such acts as charlatans who need psychiatric treatment.

Dr. Andre Sourander, a professor of child psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland, reported that children who are bullied in early childhood have an increased risk of depressive disorders and need psychiatric treatment later in life.

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The bill would specifically emphasize the need for better evaluation and treatment of psychiatric conditions through the VA and as a result would reduce the suffering of thousands of service members.

«Our hope is that our findings will help other scientists and engineers more precisely capture the emotional states that underlie moods, brain activity and expressive signals, leading to improved psychiatric treatments, an understanding of the brain basis of emotion and technology responsive to our emotional needs,» he added.

These behavioral and neuroimaging markers may be an early indication of pathology and could help identify those who are in need of psychiatric treatment, the authors said.

More than half a million people aged above 65 years die from the use of psychiatric drugs every year in the Western world and the benefits would need to be «colossal» to justify these «immensely harmful» treatments, argues Peter Gøtzsche, professor and director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre, Denmark.

A leader of the recently announced effort describes its goal of helping the world's aging population find desperately needed treatments for psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases

But about 20 percent of those who were bullies as children had a mental health problem that needed medical treatment as a teen or young adult, and 23 percent of the kids who were victims of frequent bullying had sought help for a psychiatric problem before age 30.

Dina's interest in Inner Fire comes out of her years seeing the need for alternatives to conventional mental health care, that people should have a choice in their treatment, and supports Inner Fire's vision to create a place of healing for those who have said «no more» to psychiatric hospitalization and medications.

As a psychiatric nurse, you need to possess knowledge of psychiatric disorders, treatment plans, and medication administration.

VA * Provide supervision to three psychiatric nurses and a customer service representative... Professional Summary Worked as a psychiatric nurse for over twenty years providing therapeutic services... telephonic Access evaluations to determine psychiatric treatment needs.

Charted and recorded information in client files.Tracked client movement on and off the unit by documenting times and destinations of clients.Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.Developed comprehensive treatment plans that focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.Consulted with psychiatrists about client medication changes, issues with medicine compliance and efficacy of medications.Organized treatment projects that focused on problem solving skills and creative thinking.Referred clients to other programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.Created and reviewed master treatment and discharge plans for each client.Guided clients in understanding illnesses and treatment plans.Developed appropriate policies for the identification of medically - related social and emotional needs of clients.Assisted clients in scheduling home visits and phone calls and monitored effectiveness of these activities.Evaluated patients for psychiatric services and psychotropic medications.Monitored patients prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the medications» effectiveness and side effects.Evaluated patients to determine potential need to transfer to specialized inpatient mental health facilities.Administered medication to patients presenting serious risk of danger to themselves and others.Conducted psychiatric evaluations and executed medication management for both inpatient and outpatient facilities.Led patients in individual, family, group and marital therapy sessions.Diagnosed mental health, emotional and substance abuse disorders.Recorded comprehensive patient histories and coordinated treatment plans with multi-disciplinary team members.Consulted with and developed appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans for dually diagnosed patients.Referenced and used various therapy techniques, including psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral and lifespan integration psychotherapy.

Professional Duties & Responsibilities Licensed practical nurse with experience in varied medical specialties Training in geriatric, surgical, psychiatric, pediatric, and obstetric nursing Carried out physician orders in accordance with treatment plan Monitored, recorded, and reported patient condition to physicians and senior nursing staff Administered medications and dietary supplements, inserted tube feeds, and monitored vitals Performed wound care in stage 1 and 2 ulcers and assisted team with more serious stages Assisted with oxygen setup and tracheostomy care Oversaw blood glucose testing and reported abnormal values to medical team Maintained up to date knowledge of medical and surgical standards of care Demonstrated the clinical knowledge and judgment necessary for high quality patient care Provided administrative support to physicians, residents, and nursing staff as needed Managed medical supplies and equipment ensuring adequate and functioning materials Performed all duties in a positive, professional, and timely manner

Professional Duties & Responsibilities Nursing student with more than 1,300 hours of experience in varied clinical areas Significant work in surgical, psychiatric, pediatric, obstetric, and critical care nursing Monitored, recorded, and reported patient condition to physicians and senior nursing staff Administered medications, inserted IV and Foley, changed dressings, and monitored vitals Carried out physician orders in accordance with treatment plan Maintained up to date knowledge of medical, surgical, and sub-specialty standards of care Demonstrated clinical knowledge and judgment necessary for high quality patient care Provided administrative support to physicians, residents, and nursing staff as needed Managed medical supplies and equipment ensuring adequate and functioning materials

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

Upon returning home, many encounter additional stresses and hurdles to obtaining care: specifically, many civilian communities lack military medical / psychiatric facilities; financial, job, home, and relationship stresses have evolved or have been exacerbated during deployment; uncertainty has increased related to future deployment; there is loss of contact with military peers; and there is reluctance to recognize and acknowledge mental health needs that interfere with treatment entry and adherence.

Critically ill children hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) are especially vulnerable to a multitude of short - and long - term, negative emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes, including a higher risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a greater need for psychiatric treatment, compared with matched hospitalized children who do not require intensive care.3 In addition, the parents of these children are at risk for the development of PTSD, as well as other negative emotional outcomes (eg, depression and anxiety disorders).4 — 6

The juvenile justice system is not equipped to provide adequate mental health services for the large numbers of detainees with psychiatric disorders.115, 116 Although the mental health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system have been given much attention recently, 10,117,118 there are still few empirical studies of the effectiveness of treatment and outcomes.10 This omission is critical.

Welfare reform has disrupted Medicaid benefits for millions of children who need treatment.97, 98 Medicaid enables many youth to receive psychiatric treatment.99 Many parents who left welfare to go to work found their new jobs did not provide insurance or, when available, they could not afford copayments.100, 101 The State Children's Health Insurance Program, designed to offset the loss of Medicaid, did not fulfill its intended purpose.98, 102 Moreover, welfare reform has not substantially decreased poverty103; many poor children have become even poorer.104 Poor children are vulnerable to poor outcomes, 105 including involvement with the juvenile justice system.

These children are especially vulnerable to a multitude of short - and long - term negative emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes, including a higher risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a greater need for psychiatric treatment, compared with matched hospitalized children who do not require intensive care.

Like adult detainees, juvenile detainees with serious mental disorders have a constitutional right (under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments) to receive needed treatment.5 Mental health professionals believe that providing psychiatric services to juvenile detainees could improve their quality of life and help reduce recidivism.6 - 8 Until we have better data, we can not know how best to use the system's scarce mental health resources.9, 10

Gunn, J., Maden, A. and Swinton, M. (1991) Treatment needs of prisoners with psychiatric disorder.

PTSD is a severe psychiatric illness characterised by four core symptom clusters: re-experiencing, avoidance, negative cognition and mood and hyperarousal.1 With an estimated lifetime prevalence in community samples of up to 8 %, PTSD results in a great deal of personal suffering and escalating social and economic costs.2 Unfortunately, current evidence - based treatments for PTSD leave a high percentage with a significant symptom burden, highlighting the urgent need for novel treatments.

CONCLUSIONS: Individual characteristics that predict employment search and success outcomes for psychiatric survivors include aspects related to treatment and living circumstances, which stands in contrast to predictors of employment for the general population, suggesting that employment support services may need to be tailored to psychiatric survivors specifically.

In addition to the services offered above, we also work with clients and area providers to make sure the clients pursue additional treatments as needed, such as psychiatric or case management services.

A child placed in Treatment Foster Care Services might need counseling (both individual and family), psychiatric services, special accommodations at school, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, etc..

Services include the following examples: expenses incurred in transporting the child to medical care, special education, and psychological treatment; psychological / psychiatric testing and treatment, special education necessary to meet psychological or emotional needs preexisting adoption finalization; and family training or education needed to address the child's special needs or to provide for their care.

Target Population: Families with members at imminent risk of placement into, or needing intensive services to return from, treatment facilities, foster care, group or residential treatment, psychiatric hospitals, or juvenile justice facilities

Patients were excluded if they (a) were currently receiving psychotherapy or antidepressant drugs (unless they had been taking the same dose for at least three months without improvement); (b) were unwilling to accept randomisation or were unavailable for follow up; (c) met criteria for severe depression (melancholia) or had a history of bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, or substance misuse (as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition, revised (DSM - III - R) 18); or (d) were at significant risk of suicide or in need of urgent psychiatric treatment.

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I refer for medical and / or psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment first, then focus on potential detox and rehab needs with consistent therapeutic emphasis on management of mental health during abuse recovery.

At times, people with BPD may need more intense treatment in a psychiatric hospital or clinic.

At Tacoma Christian Counseling, we provide faith - based psychiatric care services for all who need trusted psychological evaluations and treatment.

DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION The aims of a general psychiatric evaluation are 1) to establish a psychiatric diagnosis, 2) to collect data sufficient to permit a case formulation, and 3) to develop an initial treatment plan, with particular consideration of any immediate interventions that may be needed to ensure the patient's safety, or, if the evaluation is a reassessment of a patient in long - term treatment, to revise the plan of treatment in accord with new perspectives gained from the evaluation.

-- Demonstrate ability to appropriately counsel women with psychiatric illness who are planning pregnancies and will need treatment, whether pharmacological or not