Smart Change: Durable Outcomes

By Fred S. Morris

About the Book:

An ecological view of the human mental condition is that our mind is capable of producing spirals of joyful success and or career of failures. This book offers the reader a view of how life circumstances can change a person's opportunity for "normalcy" and success to a career of abnormal and deviant behaviors.
Experiential abstracts encountered by the author are included to provide the reader examples of mental changes that evolve to defend against overwhelming pain of anxiety.
The author contends that to achieve positive and durable change from irrational to rational behavior; a "bundle" of relevant psychological theories can be used to explore and deal with forces of: root cause, psychosocial needs, and dependence.
Behavior Health students and treatment planners skilled in "Smart Change" strategies will have a leg up on addressing forces of "set back" as part of the plan.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 21, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483631363

Fred S. Morris

Fred Morris, age 76, is a native of Battle Creek, Michigan, He received an Associate Degree, Nursing 1965 from Kellogg Community College, Bachelor of Arts Degree, General University Studies and Master of Arts, Counseling from Western Michigan University. His career in mental health began after high school in 1955. Two years of military nursing provided a wealth of experience in acute mental pathology. State and local community nursing provided experience with pathology from the walking worried to persistent and severe mental illness. He offers historical reflections of mental health treatment and advocacy over the years. Pathological encounters are presented to highlight mental changes of people attempting to void the excruciating and debilitating pain of anxiety.

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Copyright © 2013 by Fred S. Morris RN, MA.

ISBN:            Ebook            978-1-4836-3136-3

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Rev. date: 05/15/2013

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CONTENTS

PART I

PART II

PART III

PART IV

PART V

PART VI

PART VII

PART VIII

CONCLUSION

PROLOGUE

Mental Changes and Anxiety

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The exhibits below are presented to offer the reader an experiential view of the mental gymnastics, (observed by the author), a person is capable of when trying to avoid the excruciating pain of anxiety.

Exhibit 1: Mac was a young med-evac patient in a state side army hospital. When I met him, he was reporting to his psychiatrist, on rounds, that he saw head lights at night. His records revealed that he was observed by the Medical Officer Of the Day, at bed side, with a black substance on him and his bedding. He was asked what the substance was? He said he drank a half a quart of motor oil. Why he was asked? He told the M.O.D. beep beep I am a truck. During his course of treatment at the hospital he eloped from the psychiatric unit and was found at the motor pool. His pre military records revealed that Mac was placed in a boarding school during his child hood. During his young adult years he learned to operate heavy equipment in a federal program. He joined the military and was assigned transport supply duty in Vietnam. His truck, which was a big part of his identity, was shot repeatedly during his supply route and created overwhelming stress. His need to be safe was severely