Mental Health Promotion
Mental Health Promotion
Many people’s lives bring them to a place they never thought of being in. This is the case in the life of JE thus far. JE is a thirty year old, Caucasian male, who suffers from bi-polar disorder. JE has a hard time holding a job and has a long history of drug abuse and trouble with the law. His family life growing up was less than perfect living in a broken home mainly with an abusive, alcoholic father who was never satisfied with the accomplishments of his young son. His mother was willing to help but JE did not get along with her or his sister very well. JE completed high school with average grades but excelled at almost every major varsity sport the school offered. JE’s talent level was so high that at one point he was the starting pitcher on the baseball team, the starting center on the basketball team, and the starting quarterback on football team. Oddly, this success put an even greater strain on the relationship with his father who constantly pushed JE to do more or do it better. JE states it was far too much stress for a person his age and caused many arguments and fights. This conflict eventually forced JE to move out of his father’s home and into an apartment of his own. JE points to this time as a turning point in his life and regrets the decision to this day. JE began to miss school and practice and had little or no contact with his family. He spent most days trying to find work and most of his night’s doing drugs and drinking. This lifestyle lead JE to drop out of high school and work full time as a construction worker. He states he used the excuse of having to support himself to justify the decision even though he knew all along that he could live with his mother instead. In this brief period of time, JE missed many opportunities to change his life forever including finishing high school and a scholarship to play football at a division one school. JE is currently getting along all right but has had
Many people’s lives bring them to a place they never thought of being in. This is the case in the life of JE thus far. JE is a thirty year old, Caucasian male, who suffers from bi-polar disorder. JE has a hard time holding a job and has a long history of drug abuse and trouble with the law. His family life growing up was less than perfect living in a broken home mainly with an abusive, alcoholic father who was never satisfied with the accomplishments of his young son. His mother was willing to help but JE did not get along with her or his sister very well. JE completed high school with average grades but excelled at almost every major varsity sport the school offered. JE’s talent level was so high that at one point he was the starting pitcher on the baseball team, the starting center on the basketball team, and the starting quarterback on football team. Oddly, this success put an even greater strain on the relationship with his father who constantly pushed JE to do more or do it better. JE states it was far too much stress for a person his age and caused many arguments and fights. This conflict eventually forced JE to move out of his father’s home and into an apartment of his own. JE points to this time as a turning point in his life and regrets the decision to this day. JE began to miss school and practice and had little or no contact with his family. He spent most days trying to find work and most of his night’s doing drugs and drinking. This lifestyle lead JE to drop out of high school and work full time as a construction worker. He states he used the excuse of having to support himself to justify the decision even though he knew all along that he could live with his mother instead. In this brief period of time, JE missed many opportunities to change his life forever including finishing high school and a scholarship to play football at a division one school. JE is currently getting along all right but has had
References: Townsend, M. C. (2006). Psychiatric mental health nursing: Concepts of care in evidence-based practice. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company. Landers, D. M. (2004). The influence of exercise on mental health. http://www.fitness.gov/mentalhealth.htm (2007, March 12) Q. Ross (personal communication, March 12, 2007) provided information about Trenholm technical college. D. Rayburn R.N. (personal communication, March 12, 2007) provided information regarding services offered at the Meadhaven facilities.