Self-Injury Awareness Day (SIAD) is March 1, 2012. Read this Nursing 2012 article about recognizing the signs of self-injurious behavior (SIB), and discover steps for intervening effectively.
“[A]bout 50% of people who engage in SIB were sexually abused or were deprived, neglected, or abused in childhood. As many as 90% were restrained from self-expression. For example, after an upsetting life experience in childhood, this person may have been told, ‘Don’t be a baby—don’t cry.’ He or she may have been forbidden to talk about what happened. SIB is seen more often in those who suffer from affective disorders, such as bipolar disorder or depression, and those with personality disorders, specifically borderline personality disorder.”
Read more: Can You Recognize the Signs of Self-Injury?…
If you’re faced with violence in your organization, understanding behaviors is the first step toward knowing how to respond effectively and safely. All behaviors, from discourtesy to retaliation to physical aggression, can have a staggering impact on your workplace culture, whether they’re exhibited by customers or coworkers.
Read more: How Do You Define Workplace Violence?…
If you work with persons with behavioral health conditions, you need to know how extensively traumatic experiences have affected them so you can plan their care effectively.
Join three multidisciplinary practitioners who will help you properly assess trauma, incorporate safe approaches, avoid harmful interventions, and more in the free “Assessing for and Addressing Trauma in Recovery-Oriented Practice” webinar.
Read more: Trauma and Recovery: An Effective Way to Take Action…
A study in Neurology suggests that the size of different areas of the brain could predict the likelihood of symptoms associated with early Alzheimer’s disease.
The findings were based on three years of research conducted with 159 people with an average age of 76 who did not have Alzheimer’s at the beginning of the study. Researchers used brain imaging to measure the thicknesses of different areas of the brain based on other research that already suggests that certain areas of the brain shrink in those with Alzheimer’s disease.
Read more: Brain Size May Offer Clues About Alzheimer’s Disease…
