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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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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.

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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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Biomarkers as Predictors to Suicidal Risk in Adolescents: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study

Consult QD

The challenge is further complicated by the fact that nearly 80% of suicidal patients who subsequently died by suicide denied suicide ideation during their last communication with a hospital. Adolescents admitted to an inpatient psychiatry unit secondary to deliberate self-harm are one of the highest-risk populations. Epub 2017 Nov 1.

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Renewed Interest in Psychedelic Treatment for Behavioral Health Conditions (Podcast)

Consult QD

Dr. Barnett: In psychiatry in general, we don’t know a lot about how many of our treatments work. They peel back the thalamus’s control over sensory input data, allowing more sensory data to come in, which overloads the brain and causes different areas that normally don’t talk to each other to communicate and connect.

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My Patients Taught Me Why Empathy Is an Asset

Nurse.com

She offered me a job, but I declined, saying I had no interest in psychiatry. My empathy grew while working in psychiatry, and I learned so much from my patients about communication, coping skills, and what it truly means to be patient focused. It’s where I figured out why my nursing school professor said I couldn’t quit.

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A Guide to Occupational Therapy for Autism

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.