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Drug Use in Women Generally and During and Immediately Following Pregnancy: Implications for Nursing Practice

The majority of chemicals produced and used by man have proved to be extremely beneficial to the human society and have contributed to a better way of living. However, indiscriminate and improper usage of such chemicals…

Professional Ethics and Potential Conflicts

Bipolar disorder in children: The hidden epidemic -- or the hidden over-Diagnosis epidemic?

Consumer activists are every much a part of modern day life. On the one hand, they attack corporations for deceiving and perverting a simple-minded public; on the other hand, they denounce consumers for their attachment…

In this short essay, the author will support their contention that the clinician-client relationship is not totally critical to the outcome of therapy. Additionally, we will examine the position in detail, as well as the supporting rationale. Finally, the author will show that under the right conditions, clinicians should abandon what have been traditionally thought of as very robust techniques/approaches and "wing it" in their client contacts. This is based upon the patient's welfare. If the clinician thinks that innovative or new methodology is justified to help a client, then others should support their decision about how they decide to treat their patients.

In their study, "Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans With Military-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder," Monson, Schnurr, Resick, Friedman, Young-Xu and Stevens (2006) report that their trial provides some of…

There were a lot of things that were impressive about this video. One of the most impressive scenes is when the counselor is sitting with the inmates having a group therapy session.

This paper is a response to a case study about a specific patient referred for psychological therapy for personal counselling using the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy/REBT approach. It answers the following questions: When you consider the philosophical assumptions underlying the REBT approach, what are its implications for therapeutic practice? What are your basic assumptions about human nature? What do you consider to the most important therapeutic goals? How would you describe your function and role as a counsellor?

¶ … Robert Frost poems, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening." And after reading it, I had the cognition that yes, I too "Have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep" (1923).