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But, I do think that there are a number of other tests that a person could take now to determine any number of mental dysfunctions/conditions in an individual.
Also, crazy or psycho aren't terms that would officially be used for a designation as to the mental condition of an individual. Mental illness can involve many factors for which there are many designations and hence symptoms and descriptions for them.
Specifically, what are you trying to find out, please?
I know they aren't medical terms. I'm tired and brain farting right now. I work with developmentally disabled adults. psychological test was the term I was thinking of.
I know they aren't medical terms. I'm tired and brain farting right now. I work with developmentally disabled adults. psychological test was the term I was thinking of.
So, have you come up with the answer to your question?
I know they aren't medical terms. I'm tired and brain farting right now. I work with developmentally disabled adults. psychological test was the term I was thinking of.
hey chihuahuamomma,i also work with disabled adults,who vary in disability,from brain injurys at birth and accidents.
its quite a difficult field and for my i find it mentally exhausting sometimes.
however,however the adults i work with have a team of people behind them..
i recently did a non violent crisis intervention course,and find it invalable working with some of the behaviour challenges i encounter each day.
i have gone off on a tangent here...if this is work related most of the adults will have been assessed by the age of 18.
due to the delicate nature of mental disability we are sometimes not privy to their files,only if they are a risk to the staff and other service users.
No, this has to do with something completely different, a blog I was actually writing. THank you. It's great to hear from other people in the same field. I know that some areas you are not able to know their entire background unless it applicable to your job functions. But honestly I believe their WHOLE history is applicable. Fortunately, we know everything there is to know about their pasts...and it really does help. I mean alot of the time things that happened in their childhood are reasons for their behaviors in the present, and that's imparitive to know.
i agree with you,for example,if you were trying to talk someone down and just simply closed the door for privacy,and because of a tramatic childhood experience of being locked into rooms the service user totally loses control.
had you known the revelant history you would use a different approach.
in saying that the defining line between the service users private history and the carer or trainer is very blurred.
i was interested in your question,is there one defining test that would conclude mental illness,and asked in work.
the answer was,no.
there are often a battery of tests and sessions before anyone is 'labled' with a mental illness.
sometimes people have a breakdown and recover,but one episode does not mean mental illness.
even in 2009,there is still a stigma attached to mental illness.
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