MH Diagnoses
Ryan and his wife and children want to spend time together as a family by attending the local Festival of the Arts events, which includes a small firework display. He is worried that the fireworks will trigger intrusive thoughts that may cause him to re-experience past trauma. Ryan's diagnosis is most likely this.
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PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Within this FOR, leaders utilize a facilitative or advisory approach. Group structure is determined by the group members. Goals focus on re-establishing roles and developing healthy routines. Activities may include every day tasks that are meaningful to each group member.
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MOHO (Model of Human Occupation)
This is the process of obtaining and interpreting data necessary to create an intervention plan; it may include patient interview, caregiver interview, skilled clinical observation, and/or formal or informal assessment tools.
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Evaluation
This intervention can be used for emotional regulation. When a patient gets "stuck" in an emotion, this technique can help get them unstuck, by being present in the moment. It involves acknowledging one's thoughts, feelings, and sensations, with an intentional, non-judgmental attitude. It may seem like a simple strategy, but it takes practice to do it well.
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Mindfulness
This historical movement began in the late 1700s/early 1800s; it was a response to the inhumane treatment of people with mental illness who were living in asylums within prison-like conditions.
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Moral Treatment
Nora works as a nurse technician. Currently, she has obsessive thoughts about germs and cleanliness. In response to these thoughts, she is washing her hands 50+ times an hour, which is impacting her ability to fulfill the requirements of her job. Nora has likely been diagnoses with this.
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OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)
Within this FOR, leaders utilize a facilitative approach. Group interventions are loosely structured and task-oriented. Goals may be related to emotional and/or spiritual dimensions. Activities are creative and expressive; clients are given freedom to choose tasks/activities within the intervention session.
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Psychodynamic (Psychodynamic Approach)
This standardized self-report tool aids in the assessment and screening of a child's self-constructed beliefs he/she holds about his/herself, to indicate whether there is a need for further assessment, determine changes/adaptation for treatment, or identify progress.
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Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (or Self-Concept Scale/Assessment)
This intervention has clients identify negative messages they tell themselves; then, clients create or select messages to focus on that instead confirm their own worthiness and value as an individual.
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Self-Affirmations (or Positive Self-Talk)
This is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
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NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Sydney worries that she is not doing a good job at work. If she doesn't do well at work, she may lose her job. If she loses her job, she worries that she won't be able to find another one, and if she doesn't have a job, she won't be able to pay her bills. If she can't pay her rent, she will get evicted, and she won't have any place to live. Sydney has likely been diagnosed with this.
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GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)
Within this FOR, leaders utilize a directive approach. Group interventions are highly structured. Goals are specific, observable, and easily measured, with a focus on learning skills. Activities tend to be education-based and provide the opportunity for learning and practice.
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Cognitive Behavioral (Cognitive Behavioral Continuum)
This self-report assessment tool is used to determine a child's responses to academic stress/classroom situations, social situations, and peer/family conflicts, as well as his/her physiological responses to those situations.
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RCMAS-2 (Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale)
This intervention uses a specific program to teach clients how to change their level of arousal to an optimal level in order to do the occupations and activities they need to do or want to do.
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The Alert Program OR Zones of Regulation
This is the reason or reasons a person has for acting or behaving in a particular way; it may be negatively impacted in patients with schizophrenia, and depression, and appear as a disengagement from participation.
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Motivation
Lily is a college student who has difficulty concentrating, problem solving, and recalling what she has learned in class. When she is at home, she knows she should study, but has trouble getting started. She has only been sleeping 3-4 hours a night. She feels like she should have plenty of time to get everything done that she needs to get done, but still has trouble managing her time. Lily has likely been diagnosed with this.
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Bipolar Disorder
This FOR emphasizes the whole person - mind, body and spirit. Occupations, activities, and tasks are performed within different environments. Optimal occupational performance is the result of congruence between the 3 major components of this FOR.
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PEO (Person-Environment-Occupation)
This mental health assessment tool can be completed via self-report or interview. It measures 8 types of coping reactions to stressful life circumstances. It looks at both coping strategies and avoidance coping.
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Coping Responses Inventory
This intervention technique prompts a client to consider thoughts they have that interfere with their ability to accomplish an activity or task and the related cognitive distortions; it also helps facilitate thoughts that can lead to task-oriented actions.
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TIC-TOC Technique
This is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. It's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
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SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Michael has been feeling alienated at work. His co-workers have been whispering about him behind his back, and he has caught them staring at him while he works, watching for him to make mistakes. He just wants to do his job, and do it well, but it has become increasingly difficult for him to get his work done - it is really distracting when all of his co-workers are just out to get him fired. Michael has likely been diagnosed with this.
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Schizophrenia
Within this FOR, leaders utilize a directive approach. Groups are highly structured. Goals focus on problem-solving and building safe environments and habits. Activities may include every day tasks and/or crafts, within a specific, structured environment.
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Allen's Cognitive Disabilities (Cognitive Disabilities)
This mental health assessment tool uses five self-report inventories to assess symptoms of depression, anxiety, disruptive behavior, anger, and self-concept in children and adolescents.
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Beck Youth Inventories
This is a type of interviewing that involves collaboration with the client (partnership); acceptance of the client as he/she is (acceptance); eliciting an understanding of a client's values toward change and his/her own goals (evocation); and a dedication to the client's best interests (compassion).
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Motivational Interviewing (Motivation-Based Interviewing)
This is "a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential." It could be compared in "physical health" terms to "remission."
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Recovery