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Researchers Offer New Paradigm for Managing Adult ADHD

Consult QD

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

American Nurse

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

American Nurse

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.

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Body dysmorphic disorder is more common than eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, yet few people are aware of its dangers

American Nurse

We are a team of communication and mental health researchers and clinicians from Colorado State University Global , Hofstra Medical School and the University of Toronto. For comparison, at any point in time, bulimia is seen in roughly 1.5% of women and 0.5% of men in the U.S., and anorexia in 0.35% of women and 0.1%

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Integrative Medicine Relies on Trust, Collaboration to Succeed

Nurse.com

In our current system, we’re not very good at communicating among disciplines, having a plan, having somebody who’s quarterbacking that plan and bringing all the [disciplines] together,” which can lead to the successful collaboration patients need, she said. “We million in 2021) are living with a mental illness.

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How to Get Started as a Nurse Advocate Around Key Issues Like Scope of Practice

Amercan Journal of Nursing

My work as a psychiatric NP had been focused on child and adolescent psychiatry, but moving to Florida in 2013 hindered my ability to continue this practice. Staffers respond to constituent concerns and communicate them to the elected official. Currently, she provides outpatient telepsychiatry services in Washington, D.C. and Virginia.

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