There are many different types of chronic illnesses, chronic pain, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and cancer, just to list a few. Chronic illnesses are hard to live with on a daily basis. The Center for Disease Control (COCD) defined chronic illness as a disease that has a long-term effect on our body, but it can be controlled but not cured. The effects that chronic illness does to our body causes more stress on us then if a patient didn’t have a chronic illness (“What is Chronic Disease?” 2011). For example, say a grandmother had chronic back pain and her husband died about a year ago. Her chronic back pain would add stress because she cannot do as much as she wants to do. For intense, she may not be able to pick up her grandchild because it hurts her back too much. This would causes added stress to the grandmother. Chronic illness could also change a person’s way of life because one of the main factors that chronic illness effects is social support. Go back the grandmother, before her chronic back pain set in, she and her best friends would play a game of tennis every Tuesday and Thursday weekly. Because of her chronic back pain the grandmother can no longer go play tennis, but all of her friends still do, and they found someone to replace her. This is an example of how the grandmother lost the social support of her tennis friends. 70% of all deaths in the United States (1.7 million) are caused by chronic illness (“What is Chronic Disease?” 2011). Take into consideration that the top two causes of death in the United States are, heart disease and cancer, which are both chronic illness (“Leading Causes of Death”). Chronic illness covers an array of diseases. Which causes chronic illness to be one of the most pricey and most... ... middle of paper ... ... 14 Apr. 2014. . The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Counseling Center. (n.d.).Individual Therapy. Retrieved April 14, 2014, from http://counseling.tcscenters.org/individual-therapy/ "What Is Chronic Disease?" The Center for Managing Chronic Disease. The Center for Managing Chronic Disease, 2011. Web. 13 Apr. 2014. . "What Is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction?" Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Mindful Living Programs, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. . World Health Organization. Prevention of Mental Disorders. Geneva: WHO; 2004.Effective Interventions and Policy Options. Summary Report 15 June 2010 http://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/en/prevention_of_menta1_disorders_sr.pdf.
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highlighting collaborating of coexisting dimensions between people and their environment. The argument of using diversified interventions is resonated by Hapel (2008). In her mental recovery study she found that different interventions including, social support, spiritual, counselling therapies, and medication all helped patients in their mental health recovery. When considering interventions, I would like to explore mental disorder treatments and consider if treatment without consent while detained in a
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addressed in order for the family to survive the effects of alcoholism. The hope is that if one member of the
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