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Categories of Psychiatric or Mental Disorders
There are two (2) major groups of mental illness; Neurosis/Psychoneurosis and Psychosis. NEUROSES/PSYCHONEUROSISM Neurosis is a general term referring to a reactive behavior to environmental stressors such as financial problems, separation, loss of property, failure to achieve set goals, and loss of job characterized by minimal symptoms that reduce efficiency in the day-to-day activities of…
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Overview of Psychiatric or Mental Disorders (Mental Illness)
A Psychiatric disorder or Mental disorder, popularly mental illness is defined as Maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are incongruent with the individual’s social, occupational, and/ or physical functioning (Townsend, 2003). The American Psychiatric Association on the other hand defines it as an illness…
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Overview of Mental Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Mental health as a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to his or her community (WHO 2001). On the regular, each and…
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The Untold Tales Episode 13
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, I guess I’m probably the first Psychiatric Nurse sharing a tale with your page (obviously). We do have a lot of tales but we hardly share though. Now concerning the issue of spirituality interfering with healthcare delivery, I guess one field that is experiencing the most interference is the psychiatric…
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The Untold Tales Episode 12
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, I also am a patient relative and my personal experience concerning this spirituality issue is what makes me believe that sometimes it isn’t the fault of some of these patients and patient relations to boycott the health facility and seek for healthcare else where. Besides, no matter what we all…
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The Untold Tales Episode 11
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, permit me to also put my thoughts on the spirituality interference across board even though I do not fall in the category of a healthcare worker. About 5 months ago, my aunty was sent to the hospital after about two months of roaming around from pastor to pastor and prayers…
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The Untold Tales Episode 10
Dear the Nursing Student Diary, kindly share my untold tale on your platform. Honestly, the excessive spirituality is a great obstacle to efficient healthcare delivery as much as it can ever be and it’s a really good thing you’ve decided to campaign on that. Only problem is, possibly most of those that need to see…
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The Untold Tales Episode 9
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, kindly share my experience concerning the interference of spirituality in healthcare delivery. I’m a Community nurse in a CHPS facility (CHPS are the smaller healthcare facilities in our areas) in a remote area here in Ghana, and it will amaze you to know that in this current era where we…
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The Untold Tales Episode 8
Dear the Nursing Student Diary, with regards to your episode 7 of the untold tales, I would like to also share my experience on it. I am a General Nurse to begin with and the situation my colleague midwife talked of is experienced also in the general nursing field. Just recently, we had a cellulitis…
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The Untold Tales episode 6
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, I’m a student nurse in my final year currently and I’m sharing with your readers my first night shift experience on the ward. I practically do not know how many people prefer night shifts to day shifts but I know most people enjoy the night shifts much more. well my…
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