This critical reflection will analyse a therapy group I attended called ‘hearing voices peer support group’. It enables consumers with schizophrenia to share their experience with hearing voices in a safe and respectful environment. This allows them to access support and advice from each other in coping and work towards gaining greater control over what is happening to them.
The people involved include of two social workers, consumer advocate, one external facilitator, seven consumers and myself. My role is to help co-facilitate sessions, using skills such as writing on the board, icebreaker activities, and getting involved with the group. At the start of the sessions they play icebreaker game. I noticed this was good as it made them feel
This is because person centred approach allows all thinking and actions based upon what is important for the individual from their own perspective and that contributes to their full inclusion in society (British Association for the Person Centred Approach, 2015). This resinated with me because it acknowledges the consumers involved in the group to access support and advice from one another. The social work practice method used is self-directed recovery. From my observations the therapy group incorporates self-help approaches. Self-directed recovery helps consumers as it gives them the opportunity for their voices to be heard and responded to (Glover & Roennfeldt, 2013). This was evident during the session when a consumer shared his coping strategies. The consumer’s voice was heard and responded to by the facilitator and the rest of the group. Barriers of self-directed recovery for individuals include self-stigmatisation and the side effects of medication. Another barrier for consumers as a collective group include when an individual becomes hopeless and passive in their care. Stigma and discrimination also hinder recovery (NSW Consumer Advisory Group, 2009). This is an interesting point, because during the session one of the consumers’ brought up stigma and discrimination in the community. To me this may have been because the consumer might feel like she is struggling with self-directed recovery due to this barrier. This is because many have been at the park for many
Schizophrenia is one of the most well known and surprisingly frequent psychological disorders today. Patients who have this disorder have problems separating reality from fantasy or delusion. Typically, the person with schizophrenia starts off with a small paranoia about something or someone and continues to get more and more problematic until he/she has trouble functioning in the real world because of emotional, physical, mental, or financial reasons. Because of this, most people who end up homeless have Schizophrenia because they are unable to keep a job, Nathaniel Ayes in the book The Soloist. Nathaniel was a cello player attending the Julliard school of music, one of the world’s most prestigious performing art schools, until he developed schizophrenia and was unable to continue. This book shows how much a disorder such as schizophrenia can turn a person’s life upside down in the course of as little as a few weeks.
“Update on Family Psychoeducation for Schizophrenia” was published in the March 2000 issue of the Schizophrenia Bulletin by Oxford Journals. Schizophrenia Bulletin is written for medical academics specialising in the field of Schizophrenia and assumes a background understanding of the field. However it is aimed at “the widest possible audience” (Oxford Journals, para 2, 2012) and thus seeks readership of those involved in the field, in a less medical nature also.
This paper will explore a video Case Study of Gerald who is diagnosed with Schizophrenia; in this film viewers are exposed to the reality of what it is like to live with this debilitating illness, and will explore different therapeutic ways to interact and help a patient like Gerald.
In Me, Myself and Them: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person’s Experience with Schizophrenia (2007), Kurt Snyder provides his personal narrative of living with Schizophrenia with Dr. Raquel Gur and Linda Andrews offering professional insight into the disease. This book gives remarkable insight into the terrifying world of acute psychosis, where reality cannot be distinguished from delusion and recovery is grueling. However, Snyder’s account does offer hope that one may live a content and functional life despite a debilitating, enduring disease.
Schizophrenia is a deteriorating progressive disease, consequently, it is resistant to treatment for the individual suffering schizophrenia. (Catts & O’Toole, 2016). In most cases the individuals suffering from schizophrenia, are resistive to treatment, in most cases, individuals suffering from schizophrenia, and are resistive in taking antipsychotics. (Catts & O’Toole, 2016). Jeremy doesn’t see himself as a “schizophrenic”, he states that “he’s happy naturally”, and often he’s observed playing the guitar and doing painting in his room. Weekly, he has an intramuscular medication to treat his disorder, crediting the support of his wife. It is indicated that the morality rate, in patients suffering from schizophrenia is higher, despite the considerable resources available, in Australia. New data show that in 20 countries, including Australia, only 13.5% meet the recovery criteria, which means that 1or 2 patients in every 100, will meet this criteria per year. (Catts & O’Toole, 2016). This means that there’s a decline in providing support and services to individuals like Jeremy suffering from a mental illness such as Schizophrenia. Many individuals become severely ill before they realise they need medical treatment, and when receiving treatment it is usually short-term. (Nielssen, McGorry, Castle & Galletly, 2017). The RANZCP guidelines highlights that
Families with a member suffering from any illness may be stressful enough but families with members diagnosed with schizophrenia are often faced with additional challenges such as the “external stressors of social stigma, isolation, and emotional frustration”. Many times, family conflicts arise as members attempt to provide care on an everyday basis (Chien, 2010, pg. xi). “A Beautiful Mind” is a brilliant motion picture directed by Ron Howard that chronicles the life of one John Nash, a prominent mathematician and the challenges he endures throughout his adult life afflicted with a chronic mental illness. “A Beautiful Mind” allows us to gain insight into the stressors that many families undergo when faced with living with a person with schizophrenia. This paper will explore the impact of schizophrenia on the lives of the Nash family as depicted in the aforementioned movie. Exploring the impact of the disease on the Nash family’s life will be followed with a discussion regarding an assessment conducted of the family, through the use of the Calgary Family Assessment model. Conducting the assessment allowed us to determine two nursing priorities, and nursing interventions in relation to them through the use of the Calgary intervention model. Essentially it becomes evident that the challenges faced by the Nash family are in the functional domain. The families inability to effectively communicate and problem solve becomes evident, which is negatively impacting the families ability to function effectively. Our nursing interventions guided by the Calgary Nursing Intervention Model will focus on providing the Nash family with the support needed to bring about change in the affective domain in foster effective communication with the famil...
Group therapy is considered one of the most resourceful forms of therapy. The benefits to group therapy can be both cost-effective and a great means of support (Corey, Corey & Corey, 2014). The process of experiencing ideas and viewpoints expressed by your peers allows group members to become more susceptible to the counseling procedure. Group counseling also helps individuals to feel a sense of belonging due to similar situations and experiences shared by the group. The sense of support from group members can be an excellent means towards developing long-lasting relationships and developing communication skills needed to move forward during the counseling phase. In this paper, I will discuss my experiences throughout the group-counseling phase.
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.... This may push people out of the recovery process before they are ready and it challenges empowerment aspects and structural problems. It has also been argued that the recovery model attempts to hide the dominance of the medical model. This marginalizes those who do not fit into a recovery narrative. Professionals have said that majority of the people who a serious illness, such as schizophrenia, require both psychotropic and psychosocial interventions to help cure their symptoms during a crisis (Rosenson, 1993). Therefore, the recovery model has been criticized for its emphasis away from medicalization. In addition, it can be argued that that while the approach may be a useful for corrective measures, institutional and personal difficulties make it essential that there be sufficient ongoing effective support with stress management and coping in daily life.
In class today I was able to finally able give my presentation. I really wanted to get it completed today because one, I did not want it hanging over my head for another week and two I really enjoyed the topic. It is interesting to see how far we have come within our field, and it also shines a spotlight on how much further we have to go. Reading some of those excerpts of how soldiers with PTSD really got to me. Even while I was presenting I felt my emotions rising and, I’m not sure if it was noticeable but I had to pause at points just to gather myself. I eventually completed the presentation and I was pleased with the amount of questions the other students asked. When I went to sit down, another student said something to the effect of: “great job, presentations are always so much better when the person is passionate about their topic.” I smiled and thanked them of course, and suddenly felt really good about what I was doing. My passion is the other side of my pain. My trauma will always be a part of me, and it is likely that it will continue to affect me for years to come. However, if I focus on channeling my experiences into a passion to learn and help others, at least what I have been through will not be for nothing and I will be able to ascribe some sort of meaning to it. It’s interesting how such a simple gesture can have such an impact. I was able to leave the class feeling good about my choice to study trauma, and honestly I kind of needed that. I have had so many doubts about what I want to do professionally and those doubts begin to really take a toll on me. However, this experience allowed me a chance to move my reservations to the back burner, if only for a few days, and focus on something positive for...
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