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Derek Blackshaw RGN RMN
NURSE
EXPERT WITNESS
Tessa Gough & Associates98 Belsize LaneHampstead 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
TRAUMA MINDBODY
MINDBODY
DISEASE
TRAUMA
Illustrations of the Influence of the
Mind upon the Body in Health and
Disease, Designed to Elucidate the
Action of the Imagination".
HISTORYLOWER LIMBS & MOBILITY
Does he take sugar?
HISTORYLOWER LIMBS & MOBILITYUPPER LIMBS & DEXTERITYPERSONAL CAREELIMINATIONPAIN
Pain is what the person
feels
Hearing
Smell
Touch
Vision
Taste
HISTORYLOWER LIMBS & MOBILITYUPPER LIMBS & DEXTERITYPERSONAL CAREELIMINATIONPAIN
SKINSENSES
COGNITION&
PERSONALITY
BRAIN INJURY
PAIN
DEPRESSION
DEPRESSION
Poor nutrition
Reduced circulation
Loss of muscle tone
Digestive problems
Poor ventilationSusceptibility to infection
Ischaemic heart disease
Constipation
Sleep disturbance fatigue
Stiffness in joints
Anxiety
Poor nutrition
Digestive problems
Sleep disturbance Fatigue
Raised blood pressureHeart attackCongestive heart failure
StrokeArteriosclerosisKidney malfunction
Self Harm
Unplanned
Planned
