Treatment
Anxiety can be treated through psychological and pharmaceutical methods. The main psychological treatment is cognitive behavioural therapy (Montgomery 2009, pg. 46). Cognitive behavioural therapy is a talking therapy that manages patient’s problems by influencing and changing the way they think and behave (Muir-Cochrane, Barkway & Nizette 2014, pg. 172). Similar psychological treatments are relaxation therapy and anxiety management (Montgomery 2009, pg. 46). Other therapies are psychodynamic, family, narrative, dialectical behaviour, solution focused, behavioural and acceptance and commitment therapy (Muir-Cochrane, Barkway & Nizette 2014, pg. 119). Behavioural therapy focuses on coping mechanisms such as deep breathing, relaxation, …show more content…
The health professional’s role is to work successfully with their clients (Barkway 2013, pg. 213). This is done through having a therapeutic relationship with a client. A therapeutic relationship is a relationship between a health professional and their patient where the patient’s health is being cared for, goals are met and there is mutual respect, acceptance and trust (Berman et al. 2015, p.523). Some barriers to a therapeutic relationship, care and treatment are a person’s belief and attitudes (Van Dorn et al. 2006, pg. 497). If a patient is unwilling to work with health professionals and care about their road to recovery, then caring for that patient and developing a therapeutic relationship with them will be extremely difficult. This could be an implication when caring for Georgia if she was unwilling to work towards a recovery for her anxiety. Another implication could be that because she is very anxious and on edge she may find it hard to be able to trust health professionals and be unwilling to open up. A way of helping this would be to get Georgia’s family to visit more and be around her to support and help her through her treatment. Not only are family a great support system for mental illness sufferers but they also help in communicating with patients (Pernice-duca 2010, pg. 14). Another implication when caring for someone is a difference in culture. …show more content…
Georgia needs to work with health professionals while being treated to reach a full recovery. Personal recovery is important as it puts the patient in control and the recovery becomes something they can work on by themselves, with family and friends and with medical staff. There are many treatments involved with anxiety. The main one is cognitive behavioural therapy which is a talking therapy where Georgia can talk about her feelings and learn ways to deal with it and change them. She could also use medications and relaxation techniques and keep her family close to her for
Anxiety can be treated through psychological and pharmaceutical methods. The main psychological treatment is cognitive behavioural therapy (Montgomery 2009, pg. 46). Cognitive behavioural therapy is a talking therapy that manages patient’s problems by influencing and changing the way they think and behave (Muir-Cochrane, Barkway & Nizette 2014, pg. 172). Similar psychological treatments are relaxation therapy and anxiety management (Montgomery 2009, pg. 46). Other therapies are psychodynamic, family, narrative, dialectical behaviour, solution focused, behavioural and acceptance and commitment therapy (Muir-Cochrane, Barkway & Nizette 2014, pg. 119). Behavioural therapy focuses on coping mechanisms such as deep breathing, relaxation, …show more content…
The health professional’s role is to work successfully with their clients (Barkway 2013, pg. 213). This is done through having a therapeutic relationship with a client. A therapeutic relationship is a relationship between a health professional and their patient where the patient’s health is being cared for, goals are met and there is mutual respect, acceptance and trust (Berman et al. 2015, p.523). Some barriers to a therapeutic relationship, care and treatment are a person’s belief and attitudes (Van Dorn et al. 2006, pg. 497). If a patient is unwilling to work with health professionals and care about their road to recovery, then caring for that patient and developing a therapeutic relationship with them will be extremely difficult. This could be an implication when caring for Georgia if she was unwilling to work towards a recovery for her anxiety. Another implication could be that because she is very anxious and on edge she may find it hard to be able to trust health professionals and be unwilling to open up. A way of helping this would be to get Georgia’s family to visit more and be around her to support and help her through her treatment. Not only are family a great support system for mental illness sufferers but they also help in communicating with patients (Pernice-duca 2010, pg. 14). Another implication when caring for someone is a difference in culture. …show more content…
Georgia needs to work with health professionals while being treated to reach a full recovery. Personal recovery is important as it puts the patient in control and the recovery becomes something they can work on by themselves, with family and friends and with medical staff. There are many treatments involved with anxiety. The main one is cognitive behavioural therapy which is a talking therapy where Georgia can talk about her feelings and learn ways to deal with it and change them. She could also use medications and relaxation techniques and keep her family close to her for