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A Mental Health Technician may perform some or all the following - ANS Care for mentally
impaired or emotionally disturbed people , Hygiene of patients , Patients pulse, temperature
and respiration, Issue medications from dispensary and maintain records , Lead prescribed
individual or group therapy sessions as part of therapeutic procedures, Assist patients with daily
living activities , Recognizing the need for continuing education and staying current in
healthcare mandates
Dorothea Dix - ANS after visiting Tukes's institution in England. She advocated adequate
shelter, nutritious food, and warm clothing.
Benjamin Rush - ANS took the philosophy of Pinel and Tuke and realized that more
progressive treatments were needed.
Eugene Bleuler, Sigmund Freud and Emil Kraepelin - ANS with these men the study of
psychiatry, the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness started.
Adolf Meyer - ANS promoted the establishment of psychiatric research center.
Dependency - ANS The reliance on something for well-being, or perceived well being
Alcohol - ANS Prolonged use can cause dementia and severe liver damage and can lead to
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, Data - ANS information about the patient that you observe and hear.
Action - ANS treatment administered to the patient.
Response - ANS Patient's response to treatment and the Mental Health Worker's conclusions
Drugs most encountered - ANS Amphetamines, Marijuana, Cocaine, Hallucinogens, Opiates,
Phencyclidine (PCP) , Sedatives, hypnotics, and anxiolytics
Amphetamines - ANS Commonly named speed. Used for therapeutic uses such as diet
suppression.
Signs and symptoms of withdrawal include - ANS depression, irritability, anxiety, fatigue,
insomnia, psychomotor agitation, paranoia, tactile hallucinations, olfactory hallucinations,
suicidal ideation, violent, or aggressive behavior.
A plant containing THC (tetrahydrocannabinol - ANS It is the chemical that creates the high,
can be smoked in a cigarette or in a pipe, hashish, purified THC, or even ingested
Cocaine, a feeling of well-being or elation, extreme happiness. - ANS It can be snorted
through the nose, smoked as freebase or crack cocaine, injected intravenously, or even chewed
Hallucinogens - ANS Taken orally and usually has effect in 1 hr. Feeling is usually referred to
as tripping, peak in 4 hours and lasts 8-12 hours
Opiates and Opioids - ANS Range from morphine to heroin.These drugs can be abused in
every consumable way.
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