Fundamentally, to ensure Georgia’s condition is addressed adequately to mitigate her symptoms and to reach personal recovery, she firstly must recognise she is having trouble coping and must make the decision to seek help (Commonwealth of Australia 2010; Meadows 2012, p. 60). This concept of recovery places emphasis on personal wellbeing, individual choice, empowerment and self-management through the holistic notion of living well with an ongoing mental illness, having hope and setting goals for the future (Catania et al. 2011; Commonwealth of Australia 2013; Muir-Cochrane et al. 2014, p. 9; Slade 2009). A personal recovery model for Georgia would involve promoting a culture of hope, optimism, self-determination, personal agency and …show more content…
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To ensure Georgia’s mental health needs are met adequately, access to primary mental health care services which promote recovery-oriented approaches such as general medical practitioners, community health centres, emergency departments, telephone services, health promotion services, practice nurses or counsellors is paramount (AIHW 2016, Currid & Horgan 2012; Lloyd 2012; Slade et al. 2009). Here, to make informed judgments about Georgia’s need for care and options for care delivery, comprehensive, timely and accurate assessment through use of the mental state examination to evaluate her developmental, family, social, medical, recreational and employment history is essential (Commonwealth of Australia 2010; Muir-Cochrane et al. 2014, p. 32). In conjunction with this, employing screening tools such as the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale or the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment can be beneficial for a more comprehensive overview of Georgia’s condition (Gask et al. 2009; Hardy & Gray 2012). Successively, these measures would be able to distinguish the severity of Georgia’s anxiety symptoms to ultimately shape a treatment …show more content…
24; Slade 2009). Further, by adopting an outlook extenuating ongoing personal and professional improvement and growth through thinking critically, self-reflection and life-long learning is critical and valuable for the provision of optimal care as a competent health professional (AIHW 2016; NMBA 2016).