Therapeutic Modalities

Recreational Therapy is based off of recreational exercises which are meant to aid areas in which a client requires help. These areas can be health related, addiction, motivation, attitudes and social comfort. For all careers to be successful there must be competition which results in ideals being debated and exchanged. This exchange of beliefs and ideas leads to improvement. improvement is key when it comes to the health and wellbeing of a client of a recreational therapist. Information needs to be exchanged in order for the advancement of therapeutic recreation. In this analysis several forums will be discussed, topics are related to motivation, attitudes and social comfort of volunteers during therapeutic recreation programs, benefits of exercise/leisure activities and awareness of social anxiety and other disorders.

(a) Primary care is the most used health system in Australia. It is the first point of care delivered to people living in the community, and is designed to keep people well and out of hospital. Primary care includes many services provided by health professionals. Physiotherapists, practice nurses, general practitioners, community health care workers and psychologists are but a few who are working in the community. The Australian Government is improving primary health care by the introduction of GP Super Clinics, Medicare Locals (primary health care organisations), delivery and treatment of Diabetes in the general practice and making GP after hour services more accessible to the public. 24 hour helplines are also available. A functional primary health care system means health conditions can be managed in the community, freeing up hospital beds for people who need hospital based care. (Primary Healthcare Research &

Returning to therapy can be a deeply emotional choice for many people. However, the decision becomes easier when you view mental health recovery through a more realistic lens. It’s a process with both peaks and valleys. You might decide to go back to therapy if you are experiencing a relapse of mental health symptoms, or if you left treatment prematurely in the past. Make the process easier by spotting the warning signs of relapse, choosing the most effective therapy, and gathering a support system.

Through analysis and evaluation of models and approaches within counselling and psychotherapy therapeutic delivery, explain how models and approaches relate to client need, therapeutic context and aims and objectives of the therapy.

Clinical trials are essential for medical progress. Although new treatments are discovered through trials, participating in research is different from receiving treatment. Yet, some human subjects fail to comprehend the purpose of phase 1 clinical trials and believe that they will benefit from participating in the study. This failure to recognize potential harms is called therapeutic misconception (TM). To reduce TM, focusing on communication is crucial. Understanding the perception that subjects within these trials have, can inform whether or not researchers should change how they communicate with subjects. This essay will illuminate three possible ways to mitigate the risks associated with TM and place responsibility for mitigating these risks on institutional review boards

Anemia is a very clinically common diagnosis, especially in women. From the given case study, one can learn the factors that cause anemia and the common type of anemia in females. In this essay, the author is going to analysis a typical 26-year-old young lady and identify the classification of anemia and explanation of patient diagnosis with rationale.

The term disrespected jumped out of me! You are totally correct, and this is especially so for those in vulnerable situations. Early in my employment, I was contracted to work on a fairly intense sexual abuse case involving four children. I spent nearly forty hours a week providing in-house, therapeutic intervention to children who had been severely abused. It was by far the moment that made me into the professional I would become! Children need to be respected. If I would have entered their house without an understanding that this was "in fact" their house and that they are in control of their emotions, feelings and choices--then nothing would have worked. In fact, I could have made it worse. In this, being respectful to who they are

Molly Hines has potential for enriching lives because of her ability to write - the research proposal paper, for example, stands out. The topic was informative and she was seemingly compassionate about the topic: Treating Mental Disorders vs. Physical Disorders. The paper was genuine and thought provoking, if not moving. The paper has the ability to enrich an opinion or at the least a new view on mental and physical disorders. The argument tools incorporated into the essay were facts, touching statements, and organization. The paper flowed in an order that was not confusing.

Therapeutic Touch is a scientifically based healing method in which the human energy field is re-patterned in order to promote health and healing. Developed in 1972 by Prof. Dolores Kreiger, PHD, RN, and natural healer Dora Kunz, Therapeutic Touch is now practiced in over 90 countries. Treatments last up to 30 minutes and have been shown to lower anxiety, reduce pain, stabilize blood pressure, support the healing process and induce relaxation among many other benefits.

The article “The Three Most Common Therapy Questions” written by Linda Esposito talks about mental depression. Mental depression is the state of mind in which a person loses their interests in activities. This article focuses on how to handle anxiety, transform fears into faith and how to live a satisfying life. This topic is important because I have seen many people stress on days which are supposed to be enjoyed, for example the first day of senior year in high school or the first day of college. The article gives tips on how to be happy while going through stress, believing in yourself and looking at life from a different angle.

The current case study provides a description of a 9-week outpatient intervention protocol that was used to help increase quality of life and decrease symptoms of anxiety and depression in a 16-year old female being treated for cancer. The adolescent and young adult cancer population has been identified as a patient group that is particularly vulnerable to psychosocial distress, due to the arrest of developmental milestones that typically occur during this life phase. As such, the development and dissemination of evidence-based psychosocial supports for this group of cancer patients is needed.

The outrageous increase of prices on staple prescription drugs, that many users need to survive, and resulting in millions, if not billions, of dollars being put into the pocket of distributors is the definition of immorality and greediness. The United States is the only country that is troubled with this situation because it is only here in America where our members of Congress, who are elected to represent us as citizens, chose not to represent the nation as a whole, but chose to represent their appetite for riches instead. European countries are not forced into the same predicament the U.S. is in because they have developed a more acceptable and beneficial approach to healthcare, thus creating an utopia compared to the troublesome Americans.

Delivery of health services to people with complex needs, such as Helen, should demonstrate that they have the right to receive services that are designed to meet their needs and wants in the least restrictive way (ACT Disability Services Act, 1991). It is suggested by Butz, Bowling & Bliss (2000, p46) that a person-centred approach is the best way to deliver a health service to those with complex communication needs, like Helen. Hurley, Pfadt, Tomasulo, and Gardner (1996) extends this idea by recommending that the delivery of services to this population requires adjustment to traditional methods, including simplifying the language used by the practitioner as well as how a therapy session is structured.

When the patient enters the room they are transferred to OR bed and anesthesia along with the nurse help position the patient in the correct position. Once the patient is positioned anesthesia begins administering the patient with general anesthesia. In a minute or two the patient is asleep. The nurse begins prepping the patient with betadine solution from incision site and in a circular motion she extends to the lips and just above the nipple’s the nurse moves her prep tray away the surgeon and surgical technologist (ST) begins to drape the patient. The surgeon begins with one 5 cc syringe by inserting it into the left lobe of thyroid and retracted about 1 cc of fluid from the lobe. Then he smeared some of the biopsy onto two microscope slides.

Dolores Krieger RN and Dora Kunz discovered the nursing technique called therapeutic touch and it emerged in the early 1970s. Therapeutic touch is energy therapy that is said to facilitate healings and reduce any pain or anxiety a person is facing. Therapeutic touch is an interpretation of multiple ancient healing practices that is supposed to reduce a person’s suffering. This is a healing technique is also commonly used as a nursing technique that does not have any type of contact. In the online articled named, Further Notes on Therapeutic Touch, the author Kevin Courcey, R.N., states that, “…the original protocol was based on actual physical touch [3], subsequent research claimed that similar results could be obtained without touching the