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  1. Patient Life Stories

    The Minds of Billy Milligan written by Daniel Keyes is a pretty good one about Multiple Personality Disorder. Its a true story and Keyes developed the book from interviews with Billy, state hospitals,...
  2. Teaching psych, what is most important/valuable?

    During my counseling graduate program when we were learning about disorders we did a project that was a combination of what the OP suggested and MissGwen suggested...it was very educational. This is...
  3. How a nurse feels about reporting child abuse

    I saw a thread on here relating to child abuse so I thought Id give some information on the process of reporting child abuse. -As mandated reporters we are required by law to report suspicions of...
  4. i have my masters degree in counseling and am contemplating going back to school for nursing with the next couple years, with the hope of eventually becoming a np. i was just curious to see if anyone...
  5. Automatic Thoughts

    Overgeneralizations are usually broad negative statements (well they can be positive too, but generally are negative because overgeneralizations tend to play into stereotypes that people have about...
  6. ER "One Stop"

    Heres a link to an interesting article I read the other day...just thought Id share :). Its about why people come to the ER for unecessary reasons.
  7. Really stuck.....

    I think it just depends on what kind of lifestyle you hope to have outside of work and what your expectations are as far as what you hope to be doing every day at work. For example, if youre more...
  8. No worker left behind? Im not real familiar...have you recently been laid off a job and recieving unemployment? I know here in Ohio anyone recieving unemployment benefits can go to thier local...
  9. Is this really what psych nursing is like?

    I also feel that a mental health worker with the proper training would be perfectly capable of doing therapy etc with patients/clients just as well if not better than nurses. However, with that said,...
  10. i guess my question to you is is this an elderly patient with dementia etc? or are you working on a psych floor with people with schizophrenia etc?...id help me in my explanation
  11. racing thoughts?

    What you seem to be describing is a person that is in a manic state, which occurs in people that have bipolar disorder (there are also different types of bipolar). However, with that said, it could...
  12. Hallucinogen Persisting Perceptual Disorder

    Im confused about what you are asking?? Treated a patient diagnosed with
  13. Malingering

    Also keep in mind that there are mental illnesses that can appear to patients/clients malingering but are in fact mental illness. For example, many of the Somaform Disorders (hypochondriasis,...
  14. M.Ed to Psych NP ??

    First background info: -BS in Psychology (3.1 GPA) -M.Ed in Community and Rehabilitation Counseling (3.7 GPA) -Worked in residential facilty while in grad school for girls age 12-17 with emotional and...
  15. M.Ed to psych NP??

    First background info: -BS in Psychology (3.1 GPA) -M.Ed in Community and Rehabilitation Counseling (3.7 GPA) -Worked in residential facilty while in grad school for girls age 12-17 with emotional and...
  16. Is this really what psych nursing is like?