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Top Nursing Specialties in Demand for 2025

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Skills Required: Advanced clinical skills, strong communication, and the ability to work independently. Mental Health Nurses Mental health nurses, also known as psychiatric nurses, specialize in caring for patients with mental health disorders.

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What is Neurodiversity? Understanding Neurodiversity

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Typically, those with autism experience differences in thinking, movement, sensory processing, socialization and communication. 30 , 31 Speech-Language Pathology (SLP): SLPs are experts in communication, supporting individuals with socialization cues and self-expression. Caroline Miller, What Is Neurodiversity? Kathy Leadbitter, et al.

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What is Autistic Burnout? Symptoms, Causes & Prevention Guide

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They come with mental health challenges. 10 One strategy that occupational therapy may utilize is sensory integration techniques , which can help those with autism cope with their difficulties in processing sensory input and improve their mental health. Depression, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2025, [link].

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Researchers Offer New Paradigm for Managing Adult ADHD

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Further, this transforms the ADHD problem from a perspective of mental health disorder existing inside the skin to a single, functional condition occurring outside the skin, (ie, in the world of manageable action and behavior). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2014; 53(1):34–46.e2. J Clin Psychiatry 2004; 65(suppl 3):8–11.

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Understanding the Silent Crisis: Suicide Among Nurses

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These factors include a lack of awareness of the seriousness of their own mental health issues, guiding values such as selflessness, loyalty to the communities they serve, stoicism, a strong moral code resulting in moral distress, the drive for excellence, and a tendency to underutilize mental health support resources.

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A Guide to Occupational Therapy for Autism | USAHS

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) 1 is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by impaired social communication skills, restricted and repetitive behaviors and isolated areas of interest. OTs often begin the process by communicating directly with the patient and family to understand the patient’s individual needs.

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Broken trust

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li> Trust is innately abstract, but the Reina Three Dimensions of Trust—Trust of Character, Communication, and Capability —can serve as a behavioral-based blueprint that makes trust tangible, practical, and actionable. The crisis of trust that existed in healthcare before the COVID-19 pandemic has become inescapable.