As mental health nurses‚ we are granted a seemingly disproportionate power and latitude to practise when compared to our colleagues in general nursing. This is due to a number of factors; firstly‚ that mental illness is difficult to define‚ in the eyes of the public it constitutes an intangible wrongness about an individual that cannot be measured or even seen clearly. Due to misrepresentation and scaremongering by the media‚ mental health services are often viewed as taking the role of protecting
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Fortinash: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing‚ 5th Edition Chapter 08: Culture‚ Ethnicity and Spirituality Case Studies - Critical Thinking Answer Guidelines CASE STUDY: HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT The patient is a 66-year-old woman who has been hospitalized for an extensive period (approximately 6 weeks). The initial problems were major depression‚ anxiety‚ and a degenerative spinal condition that required several surgeries. The spinal condition is treatable‚ but the process will leave her with
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"Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration" (2009)‚ “more than 45 million adults or 26% of the adult population reported experiencing a mental illness in the past year. Of those who reported experiencing mental illness‚ also reported they are not under the care of a mental health or medical professional‚ in other words the mental illness is going untreated” (Mental Illness and Mental Health Service) . Additionally‚ almost half of the people suffering with a chronic health condition suffer
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of three parts: ID: This is the part of the personality that is instinctive and follows the needs of the body i.e a baby crying for feeding because they need to be fed‚ no matter how tiring or annoying the caregiver may be. Ego: This is the ‘planning’ part of a personality‚ the part that works out what is needed and how to get it. A child waiting to be given a biscuit rather than just taking one for example‚ has worked out that his needs are going to be met either way but if he waits‚ he will probably
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Three barriers to receiving mental health care The stigma of mental illness is one of the foremost barriers that is affecting individuals who need treatment from seeking it.About two-thirds of people with mental disorders do not receive treatment. Stigma discredits individuals diagnosis or condition which becomes an enduring label.On the other end‚ the very real risk of facing discrimination in social and professional circles creates a huge barrier. People may fear that family and friends will avoid
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Title Page Mentally Ill Criminals and Mental Health Court LaToya Bruns DeVry University Part One: Introduction to Mentally Ill Criminals Are the mentally ill consider criminals? Are all criminals mentally ill to some extent? I wouldn’t say all but I think that it depends on the extent of the crime when comes to someone that has already been diagnosed as mentally ill. Committing a crime without actually knowing that you are doing it would be a different case for a mentally ill person. In discussing
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certain way‚ and cognitive‚ which has to do with attributions that explain the causes of behavior and how we interpret our own or others actions. The third type of motivation‚ biopsychosocial‚ deals with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs‚ where lower needs‚ like hunger and safety must be satisfied before proceeding to higher needs like love needs or self-actualization. 2. Describe the roots of the hunger motivation‚ and how eating disorders may possibly develop. The first root of hunger motivation is biological
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The Mental Health Act The mental health act is an act design to protect people with mental illness. It was originally written in 1983 and reformed in 2007. It sets out clear guidance for a health professional when a person may need to be taken into compulsorily detained in a hospital. This is known as sectioning. This helps carers who are unable to cope without help. People can be sectioned if the health care profession thinks they are a danger to themselves‚ they are a danger to another person
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different types of mental health illnesses. In this section I am going to be explaining three mental health illnesses in detail. The three mental health illnesses that I have chosen to write about are; obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ phobias and eating disorders. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Definition Obsessive compulsive disorder is a mental health condition and a serious anxiety-related condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviour. An obsession is
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************MENTAL HEALTH************ IT’S NOT JUST PHYSICAL •Your body needs at least 8 hours of sleep each night. •Rest allows you to build and repair new cells. •Stress can make you physically sick. •If you’re upset about something don’t hold it all in. •If you want a healthy body‚ you need a healthy mind. HANDLING STRESS •Many teens push themselves too far. •Parents know that everything can get to be too much. •We tend to be more forgetful when we are over stressed. COPING
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