Course reflection
Course reflection Crisis Intervention Introduction (8 pts) 8% of total result 8 6 4 You Decide Reflection (80 pts) 80% of total result 80 69 58 Conclusion (4 pts) 4% of total result 4 2 1 Clarity of writing (6 pts) 6% of total result 6 4 2 APA format (2 pts) 2% of total resulttoday 12/14/2020 before 11
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Running head: HOW CAN PTSD BE TREATED
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TREATMENT FOR PTSD
Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Institution
Name Zoraida Seoane
Lecturer Crisis Intervention
Date 09/23/2020
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an ailment triggered by a physical or emotionally tragic event (Foa et al., 2020). The symptoms may include dreams, flashbacks, mental or physical distress cued by situations similar to the event (Acute Stress Disorder). Other symptoms caused by ASD may consist of insomnia, lack of concentration, poor social skills, or lack of appetite. For example, an accident survivor may avoid using vehicles, thus slowing down daily activities like going to work. Though both children and adults can experience PTSD, the most affected people may include post-war veterans, sexual assault victims, and accident survivors.
PTSD treatment comes in many forms like medication, Cognitive Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Out of all these, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) stands as the most effective treatment, in my opinion. CBT is the psycho-social therapy given to patients to battle the malicious thought process that distorts functionality (David et al., 2018). This method can not only be used for PTSD but also for a variety of mental disorders like depression and anxiety. We can further subdivide CBT into various types.
Firstly, Cognitive Processing Therapy is used to help the patient understand and reconceptualize the traumatic event to reduce ongoing negative effects. This method begins by educating the patient about the reasons behind this approach. The patient is then requested to re-manifest the event in detail through writing or verbal explanation. After this, the patient, with the doctors help, come up with modified beliefs regarding the event. This treatment method is only administered to emotionally stable patients as it uses a more head-on approach to resolve the situation.
Another form of CBT is Habit Reversal Training. HBT addresses the unwanted repetitive behaviors or habits developed from the traumatic experience. These may include twitchy neck or biting nails. In this case, patients go through awareness training where a patient tries to identify repetitive habits. The therapist then recommends behaviors that the patient can use to counter bad habits, known as Competing Response Training. The patient is also exposed to motivation, such as listing a set of goals to achieve or being around people who can encourage improvement (Salimi et al., 2016). Relaxation training is also used to reduce stress, which is seen as a major cause of unwanted repetitive behaviors.
Finally, Dialectical Behavioral therapy can be administered to PTSD patients. DBT is used to address patients with extreme emotional regulation and self-destructive behaviors. The first stage of DBT addresses emotional issues such as suicide, which may have dire physical harm. The second stage treats life skills that may have been damaged by trauma, such as socialization and low self-esteem. The last step builds relationships. For example, a victim of rape is taught how to accept men emotionally. DBT depends significantly on the patients ability to take the situation as it is and move on.
This is just the tip of the iceberg when dealing with CBT. This method gives patients multiple ways to deal with trauma, whether it is a head-on approach or a phased approach. This method is all rounded as it deals with self-damaging behaviors while building broken relationships with other people and particular circumstances. Other methods, such as medication, may have physiological side effects (Rizzo & Shilling, 2017). These are the reasons as to why I chose CBT as the most effective method to treat PTSD.
References
Foa, E. B., Keane, T. M., Friedman, M. J., & Cohen, J. A. (2020).Effective treatments for PTSD. Guilford Publications.
David, D., Cristea, I., & Hofmann, S. G. (2018). Why cognitive behavioral therapy is the current gold standard of psychotherapy.Frontiers in psychiatry,9, 4.
Salimi, H., Sabzian, S., & Jozai, S. K. (2016). The effectiveness of habit reversal training on the nail-Biting Disorder.Quarterly Journal of Social Work,4(4), 29-34.
Rizzo, A. S., & Shilling, R. (2017). Clinical virtual reality tools to advance the prevention, assessment, and treatment of PTSD.European Journal of Psychotraumatology,8(sup5), 1414560. 1
Running head: TREATMENT FOR PTSD
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TREATMENT FOR PTSD
Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Institution
Name Zoraida Seoane
Lecturer Crisis Intervention
Date 09/23/2020
Most Effective Treatment for PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder triggered by a physical or emotionally tragic event. (Foa et al., 2020) The symptoms may include dreams, flashbacks, mental or physical distress cued by situations similar to the event (Acute Stress Disorder). Other symptoms caused by ASD may consist of insomnia, lack of concentration, poor social skills, or lack of appetite. For example, an accident survivor may avoid using vehicles, thus slowing down daily activities like going to work. Though both children and adults can experience PTSD, the most affected people may include post-war veterans, sexual assault victims, and accident survivors.
PTSD treatment comes in many forms like medication, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, prolonged exposure therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Out of all these, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) stands as the most effective treatment, in my opinion. CBT is the psycho-social therapy given to patients to battle the malicious thought process that distorts functionality (David et al., 2018). This method can not only be used for PTSD but also for a variety of mental disorders like depression and anxiety. We can further subdivide CBT into various types.
Firstly, Cognitive Processing Therapy is used to help the patient understand and reconceptualize the traumatic event to reduce ongoing negative effects. This method begins by educating the patient about the reasons behind this approach. The patient is then requested to re-manifest the event in detail through writing or verbal explanation. After this, the patient, with the doctors help, come up with modified beliefs regarding the event. This treatment method is only administered to emotionally stable patients as it uses a more head-on approach to resolve the situation.
Another form of CBT is Habit Reversal Training. HBT addresses the unwanted repetitive behaviors or habits developed from the traumatic experience. These may include twitchy neck or biting nails. In this case, patients go through awareness training where a patient tries to identify repetitive habits. The therapist then recommends behaviors that the patient can use to counter bad habits, known as Competing Response Training. The patient is also exposed to motivation, such as listing a set of goals to achieve or being around people who can encourage improvement. (Salimi et al., 2016). Relaxation training is also used to reduce stress, which is seen as a major cause of unwanted repetitive behaviors.
Finally, Dialectical Behavioral therapy can be administered to PTSD patients. DBT is used to address patients with extreme emotional regulation and self-destructive behaviors. The first stage of DBT addresses emotional issues such as suicide, which may have dire physical harm. The second stage treats life skills that may have been damaged by trauma, such as socialization and low self-esteem. The last step builds relationships. For example, a victim of rape is taught how to accept men emotionally. DBT depends significantly on the patients ability to take the situation as it is and move on.
This is just the tip of the iceberg when dealing with CBT. This method gives patients multiple ways to deal with trauma, whether it is a head-on approach or a phased approach. This method is all rounded as it deals with self-damaging behaviors while building broken relationships with other people and particular circumstances. Other methods, such as medication, may have physiological side effects. (Rizzo & Shilling, 2017) These are the reasons as to why I chose CBT as the most effective method to treat PTSD.
References
Foa, E. B., Keane, T. M., Friedman, M. J., & Cohen, J. A. (2020).Effective treatments for PTSD. Guilford Publications.
David, D., Cristea, I., & Hofmann, S. G. (2018). Why cognitive behavioral therapy is the current gold standard of psychotherapy.Frontiers in psychiatry,9, 4.
Salimi, H., Sabzian, S., & Jozai, S. K. (2016). The effectiveness of habit reversal training on the nail-Biting Disorder.Quarterly Journal of Social Work,4(4), 29-34.
Rizzo, A. S., & Shilling, R. (2017). Clinical virtual reality tools to advance the prevention, assessment, and treatment of PTSD.European Journal of Psychotraumatology,8(sup5), 1414560. Running Head: IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHOEDUCATION IN COMBATING COVID-19 1
IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHOEDUCATION IN COMBATING COVID-19 6
Discussion Week 2: Crisis Intervention
University Florida National University
Name Zoraida Seoane
Lecturer Crisis Intervention
Date 09/07/2020
Introduction
Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) is a highly infectious disease declared a global health emergency in January 2020 by the World Health Organization (Roser et al., 2020). This pandemic has rapidly spread across the world since the first case was reported in China. The impacts of Covid-19 have caused a considerable degree of fear, concern, and worry, especially among the aged generation and those living with underlying medical conditions (Roser et al., 2020). Since no vaccine or cure was invented against the pandemic, death toll and infection cases rose after the outbreak. This has caused social disruptions by changing the usual ways of life and the worldwide economic crisis.Covid-19 has mentally and psychologically affected the general population regarding cognitive capacity and emotions (Motlova et al., 2017). Authorities around the world have been seeking alternative resolution measures such as Psychoeducation to combat Covid-19. Psychoeducation establishes systematic, broad, relevant, and updated info about a condition or a disease, including its diagnostic and treatment process. The paper discusses how Psycho-education has been used to contribute to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Through Psychoeducation, factual information about Covid-19 has been provided (Motlova et al., 2017). During the initial phases, the pandemic was faced with myths and misconceptions. For example, claims were being spread that 5G network technology caused covid-19, and drinking breaches and disinfectants could cure the pandemic (Okunlola et al., 2020). These unverified claims caused fear among the public, but factual information about the Corona Virus has been relayed through Psychoeducation. For instance, about how Covid-19 spreads and measures to minimize the spread. Gradually, people have learned to avoid physical contact while keeping social distancing.
Different aspects of living with illnesses have been communicated to family members and relatives treated with Covid-19 symptoms through Psychoeducation. Just like during the initial phases of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, patients of Covid-19 and their families faced social stigma (Ho et al., 2020). The social stigma was high among family members, but through Psychoeducation, Covid-19 victims have learned how to manage the infection with intervention from families through isolation.
Psychoeducation seems to reduce the burden in isolation centers by advocating for home-based care where applicable (Banerjee et al., 2020). Authorities all over the world have been overwhelmed by providing isolation centers for suspected Corona Virus cases. Since the disease is manageable, most asymptomatic cases have been managed at home (Banerjee et al., 2020). Through Psychoeducation, Corona Virus patients with no underlying medical condition have recovered through home-based care. Management procedures have been conveyed with the right information on what to eat and how long patients should stay in isolation before re-testing.
Psychosocial education has beneficial effects on a patient’s anxiety and stress (Motlova et al., 2017). Initially, there was a perception that one dies after contracting Covid-19. This caused anxiety and stress to patients and their relatives. The stress levels were worsened by patients being put in isolation and not interacting with their loved ones. Through Psychoeducation, it has been set that Covid-19 is manageable and not a death sentence. Isolation and social distancing measures are now viewed as a form of “love” since it’s a significant way to contain spread to the loved ones.
Depression and boredom have been reported amongst the healthy population (Khan et al., 2020). Regular daily routines have been affected by the imposed lockdown as added measures to contain Covid-19. Students are now studying online rather than going to school while people stay at home instead of going to work (Khan et al., 2020). There is so much uncertainty since there is no assurance of how long this pandemic will last until a vaccine is found. However, through online and television Psychoeducation, people are gradually accepting the new normal. Depression and boredom levels are declining since the imposed curfews and lockdowns are meant to keep them safe (Khan et al., 2020). The majority of the affected are now seeking alternative means like working from home as economic empowerment during the pandemic.
Through Psychoeducation, necessary measures to adhere to has been communicated. Psychoeducation’s primary goal is to reduce patients’ levels of stress and anxiety (Smith et al., 2020). To achieve this, patients have been advised to consume information from trustworthy sources. For example, the Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are among the trusted authorities to get reliable information about Covid-19. Also, psychoeducation experts have advocated that the infected and the affected should reduce media exposure and follow up (Smith et al., 2020). Media acts as a catalyst in pandemic times by continuously reminding people of infection cases and death tolls. Media intake culminates in fear, anxiety, and stress that worsen a patient’s morale to fight a condition.
Finally, psychosocial education is being used to caution the vulnerable groups against Covid-19 (Motlova et al., 2017). According to WHO, vulnerable groups include; the aged population and people with underlying medical illnesses. Their caregivers are requested to share simple facts and give information on reducing the risk of infection. For those with cognitive impairment, psychosocial education directs that simple words should be used when communicating to them to help them understand why visitation from relatives has reduced. Communications to the vulnerable groups with stress and cognitive disadvantages should be concise, clear, and conveyed respectfully.
To conclude, Covid-19 has caused the introduction of quarantine, cessation of movements, lockdowns, and more so it has impacted our social norms. The psychological impacts are wide-ranging, which has been worsened by economic disruption due to the Coronavirus. Through Psychoeducation, experts are reminding the various affected subpopulations to mind about their mental health. More importantly, Psychoeducation has contributed to combating Covid-19 by influencing the acceptance of the “new normal” amongst the affected.
References
Banerjee, D., DCruz, M. M., & Rao, T. S. (2020). Coronavirus disease 2019 and the elderly: Focus on psychosocial well-being, agism, and abuse preventionAn advocacy review.Journal of Geriatric Mental Health,7(1), 4.
Ho, C. S., Chee, C., & Ho, R. (2020). Mental health strategies to combat the psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) beyond paranoia and panic.Ann Acad Med Singapore,49(3), 1-6.
Khan, S., Siddique, R., Li, H., Ali, A., Shereen, M. A., Bashir, N., & Xue, M. (2020). Impact of coronavirus outbreak on psychological health.Journal of Global Health,10(1).
Motlova, L. B., Balon, R., Beresin, E. V., Brenner, A. M., Coverdale, J. H., Guerrero, A. P., … & Roberts, L. W. (2017). Psychoeducation as an opportunity for patients, psychiatrists, and psychiatric educators: Why do we ignore it?
Okunlola, M. A., Lamptey, E., Senkyire, E. K., Dorcas, S., & Dooshima, B. A. (2020). Perceived Myths and Misconceptions about the Novel COVID-19 Outbreak.SciMedicine Journal,2(3), 108-117.
Roser, M., Ritchie, H., Ortiz-Ospina, E., & Hasell, J. (2020). Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).Our World in Data.
Smith, G., Harman, S., & Brenner, K. (2020). Flattening the curve of distress: A public-facing webinar for psychoeducation during COVID-19.Patient Experience Journal,7(2), 151-155. Running head: PSYCHOLOGY 1
PSYCHOLOGY 2
Family Crisis Intervention
Students Name Zoraida Seoane
Institutional Affiliations FNU
Infidelity
Families go through different problems associated with social and economic factors. One of the problems leading to family crisis and divorce is infidelity. Infidelity is a situation where one of the partners in a relationship marriage is unfaithful. Many people do not take infidelity lightly causing a strain in a relationship (Bahnaru & Runcan, 2019). Infidelity is devastating because one feels betrayed by a person who should be very important. Although infidelity ends relationships, other couples manage to repair the relationship even after unfaithfulness. The partners repair some relationships while others need a therapist to intervene. According to research, relationships that survive infidelity and seek help from a therapist become stronger (Momeni et al. 2018). People regard infidelity differently. Some people may find their partner watching porn and refer to that as cheating, but most of them refer to having sexual affairs outside wedlock as infidelity. Therefore, to solve the issues of unfaithfulness, couples should understand how it hurts a relationship.
Effects of Infidelity on Family
Infidelity has several negative effects on the family. First, both the infidel and the partner lose trust between them, which is fundamental for a long time relationship. Many times cheaters blame their acts on their partner, but their actions cannot be justified. Secondly, people respond differently to emotional pain including property damage (Momeni et al. 2018). In the past, cases of a person burning his or her house after finding out the partner cheated have been common. Property damage can hurt the family. Next, children are the main loser of a family that is struggling with infidelity. As mentioned earlier, infidelity can end a relationship. If a relationship is blessed with children, they will suffer the effects of a broken family (Bahnaru & Runcan, 2019). Sometimes, children blame themselves for family problems, which may harm their psychological and social affairs. Individuals who have gone through a divorce due to infidelity may have an emotional scar that may affect getting into another relationship.
Intervention
Different interventions can be used to address the issue of infidelity in a marriage. First, a couple needs to find time to talk about the problem to decide a way forward. If a meeting is difficult, it is important to use someone close to the victim to intervene (Momeni et al. 2018). If family members or friends are not accessible, a qualified professional could be a good option. However, seeking help from close people or professions does not guarantee success. Some people find it difficult to overcome the dramatic experience of infidelity but heal overtime. Therefore, the best way to avoid the negative effects of infidelity is to stay faithful.
References
Bahnaru, A., & Runcan, R. (2019). Social Work and Family: Treating Infidelity. Social Work Review/Revista de Asistenta Sociala, (2).
Momeni, K., Karami, J., & Hoveyzizadehgan, N. (2018). The Relationship between Sensation Seeking, Positive and Negative Affect, Alexithymia and Marital Infidelity. Journal of Health and Care, 19(4), 221-231. Community Nursing-
Crisis intervention 6
Community Nursing
Zoraida Seoane
Florida National University
Professor Lysis Camacho
Lillian Wald, organizer of the Henry Street Settlement (1893) in New York City, developed the term general wellbeing nursing to put accentuation on the network estimation of the medical attendant whose work was based upon a comprehension of the apparent multitude of issues that perpetually went with the ills of poor people. Wald’s training among the wiped out poor immediately persuaded her that their infections regularly came about because of causes past a person’s control and that therapies should have been recommended in an overall manner with thought for the social, financial, and clinical parts of each case. By seeing nursing practice from the patient’s perspective, empowering individual and open duty, and giving a bringing together structure to the conveyance of thorough, similarly accessible medicinal services, Wald conceptualized another worldview for nursing practice.
Regardless of whether a patient’s issues were separated and surprising or basic to numerous was, as indicated by Wald, imperative to know in light of the fact that the way toward discovering the response to this inquiry frequently drove sensibly to ID of a suitable cure. Wald’s vision brought about nursing practice that went past just thinking about patients and their families during disease to include a plan of change in social insurance, industry, instruction, diversion, and lodging.
What Wald called “our venture of general wellbeing nursing” was not a disconnected endeavor, nor was she a solitary American champion. Her worldview for nursing practice depended on information picked up during twenty years of involvement with visiting nursing and owed a lot to Progressive change and the general wellbeing development of the turn of the century. Despite the fact that Wald encapsulated the professionalization of visiting nursing, due credit should likewise be concurred the large number of medical caretakers the nation over who legitimated the act of nursing in the network.
References
C.-E.A. Winslow. The Untilled Fields of Public Health. Science, 51 (9 January, 1920): 23-33. Karen Buhler-Wilkerson, Bringing Care to the People: Lillian Walds Legacy to Public Health Nursing, American Journal of Public Health, 83 (December 1993): 177886.
Karen Buhler-Wilkerson, Public Health Nursing: In Sickness or in Health? American Journal of Public Health, 75 (October 1985): 115561.
1 Running head: HEALTHCARE 1
HEALTHCARE 2
Social Determinants Obstacle to Home-Based Care
Students Name Zoraida Seoane
Institutional Affiliations FNU
Social Determinants
Health is one of the most expensive elements of human beings. People try to ensure that there is good health in their environments such as homes, workplace, schools, neighborhoods and communities. Individuals make effort to remain healthy such as not smoking, eating a balanced diet and exercise among others (Healthy people, 2020). However, it is not possible to prevent oneself from all the risk factors in a given environment. Natural calamities are examples of situations when unhealthy circumstance cannot be avoided. Thus, it is important to understand social determinants and ways they affect home care, case and case management. According to healthy people 2020, the five areas covering social determinant include Economic stability, education, social and community context, health and health care as well as neighborhood and built environment (Healthy people, 2020). However, determinants that direct limit home care, case and case management are economic stability, neighborhood and built environment as well as community context.
Economic stability
The economic status of a person determines the ability to pay for home care, case and case management. People that have good jobs can pay for themselves or their family members under home-based care. Food security is achieved when a person has a well-paying job and it is only after affording food that one can pay for other health-related services (Healthy people, 2020). Homeless people due to their economic status do not have a place where home care, case and case management can happen. Nurses who are in the frontline in home-based care need to be paid and poverty can be a barrier to home care, case and case management.
Social and Community Context
The social and community context makes up the external environment of a person. People have been facing various problems dealing with society, where they live. Issues such as discrimination have been affecting home care, case and case management for the minorities in the given community (Healthy people, 2020). Therefore, a minority may suffer when an organization refuse to offer their services or when they are not offered quality healthcare services. Social cohesion also affects peoples ability to get home care, case and case management. Communities have been failing to ensure social and health welfare for all the members.
Neighborhood and Built Environment
A neighborhood represents the environment that one sleeps and wakes up almost every day. Neighborhoods have been barriers to quality healthcare leave alone home-based care. Insecure neighborhoods due to crimes and violence are characterized by the killing of young, healthy and innocent people. A neighborhood with a high crime rate is uncertain and home care, case and case management is challenged (Healthy people, 2020). Nurses responsible for home care, case and case management would fear offering services in a neighborhood they believe is not safe. Other factors limiting home care, case and case management in relations to a built environment include access to healthy food, quality of housing among others.
Reference
Healthy people. gov. (2020). Social Determinants of Health | Healthy People 2020. Healthypeople.gov. Retrieved 9 October 2020, from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/social-determinants-of- health. Running head: EPIDEMIOLOGY 1
EPIDEMIOLOGY 4
Epidemiology
Authors Name: Zoraida Seoane
Institutional Affiliation: Florida National University
Course : Community Nurse
i) Is Jeff at risk? If so, for what?
Yes- because he has increased rate of obesity, which means he is subjected to obesity and related chronic diseases which is almost familiar to children and youth who live in urban areas. (Corvaln,2008). Jeff has a risk for the number of conditions, including the following: diabetes- type 2 diabetes was mostly known as adult-onset. Diabetes nowadays is a challenge to young children and adolescents research which was done by Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) got an estimation of 1 in 3 children born in 2000 will get diabetes in future. Heart disease mostly atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries) research has shown it begins in the early stage of children and also adolescent with risk factors. These diseases mostly lead to a heart attack which can be a cause of death. High blood pressure, also known as Hypertension, is caused by overweight due to straining of the heart. Metabolic syndrome- between 25 to 40 percent who have overweight are likely to suffer from these diseases, which includes: abnormal lipids, high blood pressure, insulin resistance and obesity.
ii) Utilizing the Guidelines for High Blood Pressure in Adults (American College of Cardiology, 2017), what is Jeffs future risk from adolescence through adulthood?
Jeff has the following risk in adulthood: Hypertension which highly leads to death. The research was done in 2010 by the United States, which gives evidence that high BP is leading to death and disability-adjusted life-years worldwide and also had more CVD death than any other form of CVD risk factor. Even 50 percent of death from coronary heart diseases (CHD) and also stroke occurred to people with Hypertension. In North, Manhattan study has shown that a high number of women (32%) affected to Hypertension compared to men (19%) (Aboyans,2012). Epidemiological studies have also carried out research which shows high levels of both the SBP and DPB are mostly associated with CVD risk but independently.
iii) How do epidemiologic data define Hypertension in a child of Jeff’s age?
Defining blood pressure of a child who is Jeff’s age has been described as the elevation as 95th percentile (Daniels,2016). Use of percentile instead of absolute blood pressure measurement is most important to young children because of blood pressure change with growth and development during childhood, mostly during puberty or adolescents.
iv) Are there health promotion activities that you would recommend?
Physicians and health workers should make sure they promote good healthy living to each family unit by the following: first, they need to act as good role model to the families so that they can emulate them through their active lifestyle. They are inquiring to know about the nutritional intake of the families near them and also calculating and plotting BMI and suggesting healthy eating which includes a balanced diet which is indicated by AAP committee on nutrition (Barness,1981). Determining which physical activities that family have with regular health care visits. Make sure the schools near your home children are given time to have a physical play like work, part of the transportation of goods in the school and also recreation during PE at least 30 minutes a day. Identifying challenges that a child, adolescents or parent might have. These are barrier to their physical activeness which mostly includes lack of time, competing for interest, lack of motor coordination in children and also injuries and also financial and safety measure to the parent, try to give them a solution to their problems and how to overcome these barriers.
Reference
Barness, L. A. (1981). Committee on nutrition and the WHO code of marketing breastmilk substitutes.Paediatrics,68(3), 430-431.
Daniels, S. R. (2016). How to define Hypertension in children and adolescents?
Murray, C. J., Vos, T., Lozano, R., Naghavi, M., Flaxman, A. D., Michaud, C., … & Aboyans, V. (2012). Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 19902010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.The Lancet,380(9859), 2197-2223.
Uauy, R., Kain, J., Mericq, V., Rojas, J., & Corvaln, C. (2008). Nutrition, child growth, and chronic disease prevention.Annals of medicine,40(1), 11-20. Running head: WEEK 11 CRISIS INTERVENTION 1
WEEK 11 CRISIS INTERVENTION 4
Week 11 Crisis Intervention
Student Name Zoraida Seoane
Institution FNU
Violent Behavior in Institutions
The aggression that human service employees face is persistent in the community and it contributes to the rise of crime rates. Violence in the work place may be classified as whichever violent act against property or a person (Abderhalden et al., 2016). Regarding behavior, the aggression frequently leads to harassments, threats, intimidating actions, or other disruptive actions. There are several precipitating factors regarding violent behavior in institutions. These factors allude to particular triggers or events regarding the inception of the present problem. Some of the key factors include substance abuse, deinstitutionalization, and mental illness, among others. Substance abuse is among the main causes of aggressive behaviors against workers. This is particularly so due to the hostile nature regarding substance abusers (Andersen & Teicher, 2015). Drug abuse including alcohol, can interfere with the brain system hence causing an individual on high risk to get involved in violent and aggressive behavior. Narcotics, psychomotor stimulants, alcohol, and hallucinogens, considerably diverge from one another in the manner in which they relat
