Identity

Defining Identity

Webster’s Dictionary

Identity

Dimensions of Self

Define yourself

Identity and Health are Dependent on one Another

WHO

Faull et al. Identity

‘Normal’ Identity Development

Actions to Sustain
Self Development

Family

The Family serves to:

Adolescence

“Serendipity”

"“Serendipity”"

Erickson’s components of healthy identity

Race

Abnormalities/ Pathology of Identity Development

Defining Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis

‘Onion Skin’

Challenges to Identity

Teen Parenting

Typical Teen Characteristics

Typical Parent Characteristics

Teens

Foster Care
“Nobody’s Children”

Yancey (1992)

PRIDE

Poor Mental Health

Eating Disorders “Who am I?”

Addictions

Alzheimer’s Disease

Self Maintaining Stance

Self Adjusting Stance

"Is lack of awareness a..."

Other Mental Health Conditions

Gender Identity Disorder

‘Red flag’ associated disorders

Ethics of gender identity disorder?

http://www.jennifer-o.com/

Chronic Illness

Alice Alcott’s Identity Crisis

“Empowerment”

Grief & Loss

Loss as part of natural development

Unexpected Loss

Expected loss

Relationship Loss

Grieving at Times of Change

"“Unacknowledged grief can put..."

In Conclusion

We are born only with a genetic identity

"As nurses and providers of..."