Risk assessments are also designed to manage and identify areas of concern, either to the patient or health professional’s involved in the care of the patient. Areas of risk assessment may include suicide or self harm, absconding, aggression or violence, substance use, vulnerabilities and neglect, non adherence or compliance. These areas of assessment may include past risk and current risk factors (Edward, Munro, Robins & Welch, 2011). Risk assessment of the patient is important but also risk towards others. Patients with paranoid schizophrenia are more opportunistic in behaving aggressively or violently towards co-patients and/or staff, which is why implementation of such assessment tools have been put in place (Langan, 2008).
Schizophrenia can be managed, but it requires the assistance of medication and possibly other therapies. The wishful thinking of Elizabeth A. Richter in the thought that a person with schizophrenia can cure themselves is just a dream. The reality for people with schizophrenia is a lifestyle change that requires managing a disease with the aid of medication and therapies. Often times when a person with schizophrenia chooses to go off of medication they fall back into the world of delusions and faltered reality. This can cause upheaval and damage relationships within their life.
Understand Mental Health problems Learning outcome 1- Know the main forms of Mental health. 1.1 Describe the main types of Mental ill health according to the psychiatric classification system. Mood disorders - These disorders, also called affective disorder, involve persistent feelings of sadness or periods of feeling overly happy, or fluctuations from extreme happiness to extreme sadness. The most common mood disorders are depression, mania and bipolar disorder. Personality Disorder - People with personality disorders have extreme and inflexible personality traits that are distressing to the person and/or cause problems in work, school or social relationships.
Anxiety disorders: Is a feeling of unease, such a worry or fear, that can be mild or severe. Psychotic disorders: are mental illnesses that are characterised by psychotic symptoms, which can generally be described as a loss of contact with reality. Substance related disorders: are disorders of dependence, intoxication, abuse, and substance withdrawal caused by various substances, both legal and illegal. Eating disorders: Any of a range of psychological disorders characterised by abnormal or disturbed eating habits such as anorexia nervous. Cognitive disorders: Are a category of mental health disorders that primary affect learning,memory, perception, and problem solving and include; amnesia, dementia and delirium.
TASK 1 (P1/M1) outline biological and psychological explanations for mental disorders. there are many biological and psychological explanations to explain the reasons behind mental disorders. here below are a few reasons/explanations for mental disorders: BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS: · genetics: : Many mental illnesses run in families, suggesting that people who have a family member with a mental illness are more likely to develop one themselves. · infections: Certain infections have been linked to brain damage and the development of mental illness or the worsening of its symptoms[->0]. · brain defects or injury: Defects in or injury to certain areas of the brain have also been linked to some mental illnesses.
In her book, she tells how the events in her life were affected - and sometimes created by Manic- Depression. This book deals with a large range of sociological concepts including stigmatizations of mental illnesses and social class. Her expertise on the subject makes the memoir not only understandable, but also credible. Most importantly, this book gives the readers a chance to connect with a survivor of this dark mental illness in a way that promotes understanding and its own form of acceptance. Dr. Jamison, a Professor of Psychiatry, begins her memoir by telling of her childhood.
However, failure to function adequately is a general sign of a disorder and not itself specific to any condition. Rosenhan and Seligman (1989) have suggested some characteristics of abnormal behaviour that are related to the FFA definition include: observer discomfort, unpredictability, irrationality and maladaptiveness. One limitation of Failure to Function Adequately is Cultural issues. Patterns of behaviour vary from culture to culture, so failing to function adequately may look different depending upon which culture you are in. The FFA criterion is likely to result in different diagnosis when applied to people from different cultures, because the standard of one culture being used to measure another.
Abnormal psychology is a portion of Psychology that involves the study of behaviors that “seem” unusual or inappropriate by society's standards. However, in some cases, these unusual and inappropriate behaviors may be certain disorders or dysfunctions. People with these disorders may not necessarily be able to control their “emotions, drives, or desires.” Dissociative disorders, Sexual disorders, and Schizophrenia delusions lie heavily among the long list of abnormal disorders in the study of psychology. In the next few paragraphs, a thorough explanation of the disorders mentioned above will be discussed. When a person has a dissociative disorders, it usually means that their memory has failed.
Work-setting Problem Stigmatization of the mentally ill impairs their social relations and wellness (Foltz & Logsdon, 2009). Staff and family member should receive education regarding mental health disorders and conditions to decrease the stigmas and stereotypes of patients with mental health disorders or conditions. One in five Americans suffers from mental illnesses or disorders, although they fail to receive effective treatment for fear of negative reactions, stereotypes, discrimination, and stigmatization (Foltz & Logsdon, 2009). Stigma is a collaboration of negative attitudes, beliefs, thoughts and behaviors that influence the general public, to
I am sure my keen interest in psychiatric nursing had a lot to do with this decision. Peplau’s theory of interpersonal relations is based on the nurse and patient developing a type of interpersonal relationship, which developed into a type of partnership, where they are both active members in the patient’s care and outcome. The client is the decision maker and the nurse is there to provide guidance and support to help the patient reach their desired goal (Pearson, 2006). Peplau’s nursing background mostly involved psychiatric patients. She became increasingly involved and interested in psychiatric issues when serving in the United States Army and working at the 312th Station Hospital and School for Military Neuropsychiatry for the European Theatre, during World War II.