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The Royal College of Nursing in the UK is making a renewed effort to ensure that veterans with psychological problems can access appropriate mental health services. Derek Blackshaw, an expert nurse, supports this campaign.
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Derek Blackshaw RGN RMN NURSE EXPERT WITNESS
Tessa Gough & Associates 98 Belsize Lane Hampstead London NW3 5BB http://www.tessagough.co.uk/
Royal College of Nursing The voice of Nursing in the UK
make renewed effort to campaign to ensure that ex-members of the armed forces, who suffer psychological problems relating to their service time, can access appropriately skilled and knowledgeable mental health services
Physical and psychological. You can't have one without the other
MIND BODY DISEASE TRAUMA MIND BODY BODY TRAUMA MIND
DISEASE MIND BODY TRAUMA
Illustrations of the Influence of the Mind upon the Body in Health and Disease, Designed to Elucidate the Action of the Imagination".
HISTORY LOWER LIMBS & MOBILITY
HISTORY LOWER LIMBS & MOBILITY UPPER LIMBS & DEXTERITY PERSONAL CARE ELIMINATION PAIN
Pain is what the person feels
Taste Smell Touch Vision Hearing
HISTORY LOWER LIMBS & MOBILITY UPPER LIMBS & DEXTERITY PERSONAL CARE ELIMINATION PAIN SENSES SKIN
BRAIN INJURY COGNITION & PERSONALITY
PAIN DEPRESSION
DEPRESSION Loss of muscle tone Stiffness in joints Constipation Ischaemic heart disease Reduced circulation Poor ventilation Susceptibility to infection Poor nutrition Digestive problems fatigue Sleep disturbance
Anxiety Poor nutrition Digestive problems Fatigue Sleep disturbance Raised blood pressure Heart attack Congestive heart failure Stroke Arteriosclerosis Kidney malfunction
Self Harm Unplanned Planned
derek@expert-nurse.co.uk Derek Blackshaw RGN RMN