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World Patient Safety Day: Improving Diagnoses for Depression. Today, let's focus on accurate diagnosis for better patient safety! "Depression" is more than a feeling; it's a complex condition requiring precise diagnosis. _Understanding Depressive Episodes: - Lasts ≥2 weeks - Changes in thinking patterns: - Pessimism - Self-blame - Low self-worth - Feeling burdensome _Important Reminders: 📍 Episodes are part of a larger illness 📍The Depressive illness must be determined to choose an approprate treatment for the Episode The Game-Changer: Healthcare providers MUST investigate: - Current and past changes in other areas 📍Unusual anger, excitement, impulsivity - 📍Physical changes (little sleep, increased activity) These clues can reveal past experince of a "Mania Episode" which would indicate a current "Bipolar Depression." _❗️Why Accuracy Matters:_ Treating the wrong depression type can worsen illness and increase safety risks. _Your Power:💪🏾💪🏻 Advocate for yourself or loved ones: 👇🏾👇 - Share ALL changes, current and past - ❌️Don't wait to be asked - Your life or loved one's may depend on it🙏🏾 _Let's Improve Diagnosis and Patient Safety! in crisis US: Call/Text 988 (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) International: Contact local crisis helplines #WorldPatientSafetyDay #DepressionAwareness #AccurateDiagnosis #PatientSafety #MentalHealthMatters #BipolarDepression

Step into your power as a clinician by mastering your Imposter Syndrome. Our session will provide you with the knowledge and strategies you need. Register now and make a change! #StepIntoPower #ClinicianEmpowerment

Check out this episode where I discuss strategies and best practices for handling agitation and paranoia in patients with dementia. dementia patients. We have practical tips to help you navigate this challenging aspect of patient care with confidence and compassion. #PatientCare #AgitationManagement #PodcastDiscussion #ContinuousLearning#Newtreatmemt

ICU professionals face immense physical and emotional challenges in their demanding roles. Providing comprehensive health and well-being support is crucial to help essential workers cope with stress, prevent burnout, and maintain their own mental and physical health. In our newest article, we explored the health and well-being strategies and resources available to ICU professionals: https://bit.ly/4eI2yN1 #icucare #icunurse #icustaff #icu #posticu #icurecovery #burnout

Here are some important do's and don'ts for adults managing life with epilepsy: ✅Do Prioritize Your Health: Get enough sleep, eat well, and manage stress. ✅Do Have a Seizure Action Plan: Share it with friends and family. ✅Do See Your Healthcare Provider Regularly: Monitor your condition and adjust treatment if needed. ✅Don't Skip Medication: Take it as prescribed to help prevent seizures. ✅Don't Ignore Warning Signs: Pay attention to your body's signals. ✅Don't Isolate Yourself: Stay connected with loved ones for support. Spread the word and share this post to raise awareness about epilepsy! 💜 #CommunityCarePartners #PersonalizedSupport #CompassionateCare #InclusiveCare #DevelopmentalDisability #IntellectualDisability #EmpoweringAbilities #EpilepsyAwareness #Support #ShareToCare #SpreadAwareness #InclusiveCommunity

Personal trauma, and how to respond when it sticks its ugly head in professional settings, is a loaded question that no one wants to deal with. Some behaviors show how grossly unprepared colleagues or higher officials are in handling a potentially alarming situation. These circumstances are often not handled very well, and I'd like to share how I wished my breakdown at work (years ago) was dealt with. In case you come across a co-worker or stranger who looks like they are panicked, distressed, or terrified and hyperventilating, even if you don't understand why. Please do not touch them, you may instead remain calm and talk to them to see if they are aware and responsive. Do not comment about how unprofessional they are being, or that they need to be taken away because it may appear to clients that they are being abused. They are aware it's unprofessional, and already embarrassed about it. You may instead ask if they need assistance reaching a restroom or private area until the panic/anxiety attack passes. If the co-worker is having difficulties regulating, DO NOT be impatient with them during this process. Do ask if they can name 5 objects around them that are blue; 4 things they can feel; 3 things they hear; 2 things they can smell; and one thing they can taste. This process can typically help ground them into their immediate surroundings. These experiences are just as uncomfortable for the individual experiencing a breakdown as it can be for someone witnessing it. Of course, I'm not excusing public tantrums that some individuals use for attention, this is specific for people who struggle with various medical or psychological challenges. To conclude, be kind even if you don't understand. I hope this helps bring some clarity about responding differently to someone in distress in the workplace. Ignite Healthwise, LLC Staff “Helping Someone during a Panic Attack.” Lancastergeneralhealth.org, 24 June 2023, https://lnkd.in/ec8GkKQX. Public Health Scotland. “How to Deal with Panic Attacks.” NHS Inform, 13 June 2024, https://lnkd.in/eB4jj3sr.

I remember feeling fear when I saw patients with certain diagnoses. Anything with the word “chronic” “complex” or “multiple” had me questioning my skill set. The imposter syndrome would kick in ... “what possibly could I do to help this person?” I didn’t feel I had the appropriate tools for the problems my clients were coming to me with. I could help, but I didn’t feel I was truly getting to the root cause. But I came to realise there was often something underneath the presenting complaint. Someone came to me with a sore back, but it was intricately tied to their stress. Someone came to me with fatigue, but they were stuck in fight or flight. Someone came to me with chronic pain, but there was unaddressed emotional distress. I didn’t want to help my clients manage their symptoms. I wanted to help them get better. I didn’t want my clients to rely on me. I wanted to empower them to take control. I didn’t want to tell my clients what to do. I wanted them to understand why they should be doing it. I began to teach what had worked so well for me in my life. The breath. I am 10 x the practitioner I was 5 years ago, and I attribute much of that to simply helping people restore their breathing to its optimal state.... I don’t do anything magic, I help someone’s body do that. We’ve had therapists, doctors, teachers, physios, health coaches and coaches tell us that this training changed their perspective on health and how they work with their clients. As health practitioners, what most of us want is confidence, competence and clarity. Knowing what to do, how to do it, and who to help. That is what my course ‘Functional and Therapeutic Breathwork’ offers. Not just a method, but a framework. Not just a tool, but an outlook. DM me “TRAINING” for more information

According to the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety (2016), strangulation is the most common method of #suicide in psychiatric wards - with the ligature points on doors presenting a dangerous risk. It is vital that staff providing care to those who are facing the challenges of self-harm are alerted to potential suicide risks as early as possible. In doing so, staff can efficiently respond and feel secure in the knowledge that robust measures are in place to maintain patient safety. Pinpoint's advanced door top alarm interface is triggered when a ligature event takes place. Not only does it notify the Pinpoint display with location of the incident, but also lights up the top of the door to guide staff to the correct area as quickly as possible. Learn more about how we are improving patient safety here: https://buff.ly/4g8Hq3V #healthcare #patientsafety #mentalhealth #suicideprevention #antiligature

I am a patient who watched her primary care physician burn out in real-time. I saw her empathy dry up in front of my very eyes. I saw her get short and irritable. I saw the unmistakable physical manifestations of exhaustion and depletion. The same compassionate doctor who helped me navigate out of the depths of postpartum depression became stone cold and started dismissing me for simple requests such as HgbA1c check (diabetes screening) at my annual physical (for full context, at that time I was a morbidly obese female of South Asian descent putting me at an extremely high risk for diabetes). Had I not known her “before”, I would have said she had a terrible bedside manner and would have had a natural urge to give her a poor review/patient satisfaction survey. During one of my visits, I leaned in and asked her, “What happened to you?”  She looked at me with such pain and frank exhaustion- “Amna I am so tired. It never ends.” It crushed me to witness her journey like a Timelapse video.  She left that practice in the months following. I hope wherever she is, she has found rest and renewed strength because the community needs her. As for me, I have not set foot for another routine visit in that practice since. They definitely lost me as a patient. This is not a story unique to me. This is how burnout and moral injury in the traditional healthcare system are wreaking havoc. Our patients deserve better. Our clinicians deserve better. And we should all be very worried about this. ❤️🩹My primary request is to practice compassion for all, including your clinicians and yourself. Sharing some further thoughts, data, and insights in this week's newsletter inspired by Dr. Michael Hersh, MD's post from last week. Full article link in comments👇🏽

Milton A. Bearden was asking me about how I do Healing sessions (this is false, Milton never asked me) and so, I get an audio or video recording then send energy, sometimes shamanic journey, I record myself sending etc. then send the person the recording or do by zoom. Trying for myself with ? Something. Maybe it’s for the election. Mark S. Zaid, P.C. Babylon Telecommunications, Inc. 🕵️♀️ Christopher Burgess I feel I can’t share it still, the moment has passed. But, I have no pain and fatigue still, and I do so much for this, #chronicpain #Fibromyalgia, and I was just talking to my psychiatric nurse practitioner about medication and about this and also about #ketamine, and I still wonder for me I just feel like honestly because I’ve taken ketamine injections before, if I could somehow access this with consciousness and heal myself, which she pointed out know that your whole life maybe part of it is accepting you have chronic pain, which is also the reason I’m not sure about the treatments because I think OK well that I know that part of myself that keeps trying. I was just thinking about that. I don’t really know if anyone has looked at that for #Havanasyndrome. I don’t know how you even would, I did have the injections when I had Lyme disease, which has some symptoms that are similar to what people are describing, and 💙 TLDR: he helps you with a feeling of Peace, and I am on a budget and have also had the injections before, and just wonder if I can just be at peace or even even feel like I should be at peace. That’s probably why I have #chronicpain. #EMDR does help in the moment and I think carrying through, and I have what we actually are going over it in a week in my schoolwork, but you also would have a specific training if it’s something you do as a therapist, and I have worked with the therapist on it before, and didn’t really feel anything. But, am enjoying/feeling better with the app! https://lnkd.in/ewkdvdfT