Keyword Groups: Clients and Needs

The dignity of tiny victories

  An excerpt from Rachel Clarke’s ‘Dear Life‘, as read on radio (BBC Radio 4) by the author, on her work as a doctor in end of life care, at a hospice. Here, Rachel recounts an encounter with one memorable resident at the home. It’s uplifting story of a thoroughly person-centred approach,  going with a […]

other health concerns

The prevalence of gambling addictions is just being recognised; but perhaps not enough to merit a category of its own. But the ‘other’ category may allow us to assess the prevalence of a range other issues, which we can then feed into a research agenda.

other health issues

The prevalence of gambling addictions is just being recognised; but perhaps not enough to merit a category of its own. But the ‘other’ category may allow us to assess the prevalence of a range other issues, which we can then feed into a research agenda.

PTSD

Strictly speaking, post-traumatic stress disorder applies to the consequences of one major stress. It has been suggested that a pattern of accumulated stresses might be called “chronic PTSD”; but we prefer the term “complex trauma”, as it is the enmeshing complexity as much as the duration that is the key issue. (See also ‘complex needs’)

attachment issues

It is arguable that ‘attachment issues’ is not a diagnostic term. But there is now a growing consensus that early attachment issues underlie a range of mental health problems in later life, most obviously ‘personality disorders’ ( or ‘histories of complex trauma’ as we prefer to describe them.),