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Psychiatric
Thought Process Disturbance
Mental Status Exam is the basis of a thought process disturbance. One must observe for the general appearance of the client wherein the client’s attitude or behavior (posture, facial expression mannerisms, and personal hygiene) and the characteristics of speech and stream of thought…
Read more →Defense Mechanism
Defense mechanism otherwise known as Ego defense mechanism or Coping mechanism are unconscious psychological strategies employed by different entities to cope with reality and to maintain self-image. It is an unconscious protective barrier to manage one’s instinct.
Read more →Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a group of mental disorders characterized by psychotic features, the inability to trust others, and unordered thought processes. The client also withdraws from reality, shows regressive behavior, has ineffective communication and a reversely impaired inter-personal relationship. Typical onset occurs in early adulthood with diagnosis based on observation and the patient’s experiences.
Read more →Conditions Requiring Crisis Intervention
Crisis intervention is needed to be done when a client is experiencing crisis in his life. This enables the client to work with the crisis, develop a way to overcome the crisis, and obtain the optimum level of functioning. This also allows the client to cope and still live as normally as he or she could while experiencing or after experiencing crisis in his life. There are several states that require crisis intervention but in this article, we would only discuss the two most important.
Read more →Crisis and Crisis Intervention
Crisis is a situation that occurs when the individual’s patterns of functioning is affected. The habitual coping ability is affected. Crisis intervention on the other hand is a way of entering into the life situation of the individual, family, or community. This is done to attain optimum level of functioning.
Read more →Conceptual Framework of Psychiatric Care
Psychiatric care should be systematic and the approach to the client should be rational.
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