The Role of Mental Health Nurse
Introduction
When looking back through the history of nursing it is clear to see the ever changing role of the mental health nurse (MHN), it seems inconceivable people with mental illness in 1845 were treated in lunatic asylums which were compulsory with the passing of the Lunacy Act. In the Asylums there were no nurse’s to be found only attendants who had little or no training other than “The Handbook for the Instruction of Attendants on the Insane” which was published many years later in 1885 (RCN 2013), this compared to current standards where nurses undertake a three year university course approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) appear worlds apart. However that was then and this is now, institutions …show more content…
The measure is set out in four parts to assist people with mental health problems, the first change is to improve the availability of primary mental health services, the second is to improve care co-ordination and treatment planning to those in secondary care, Anybody who has been in contact with services are now able to return for assistance if previously discharged for up to three years, next is every inpatient is now entitled to independent advocacy if wanted. The WAG (2016) report all health boards and authorities are fully compliant however workloads have increased which could expand the role of the mental health …show more content…
Psychosocial intervention is based on the stress-vulnerability model of serious mental illness, the stress-vulnerability model is aware there are numerous factors that can cause mental illness and there is no single cause while its suggested people are just genetically disposed to a condition (Newell and Gournay 2009). Psychosocial intervention is effective due to looking at numerous factors in one’s health and there is evidence to show its effectiveness with schizophrenia, bipolar and depression. The model centres it care on the person and its family where it shares an understanding to recognise the strengths the family may possess, combined with interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy, medication management and family therapy all of which assist in working holistically to discover new ways to manage their illness. A recent systematic review on the evidence for the efficacy of manualized psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder (Salcedo et al 2016) has shown psychotherapy e.g. CBT can assist in the treatment of bipolar when combined with medication management, reviews like this one can be of great help to MHN’s to expand their knowledge which in turn can assist when completing care and treatment
Introduction
When looking back through the history of nursing it is clear to see the ever changing role of the mental health nurse (MHN), it seems inconceivable people with mental illness in 1845 were treated in lunatic asylums which were compulsory with the passing of the Lunacy Act. In the Asylums there were no nurse’s to be found only attendants who had little or no training other than “The Handbook for the Instruction of Attendants on the Insane” which was published many years later in 1885 (RCN 2013), this compared to current standards where nurses undertake a three year university course approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) appear worlds apart. However that was then and this is now, institutions …show more content…
The measure is set out in four parts to assist people with mental health problems, the first change is to improve the availability of primary mental health services, the second is to improve care co-ordination and treatment planning to those in secondary care, Anybody who has been in contact with services are now able to return for assistance if previously discharged for up to three years, next is every inpatient is now entitled to independent advocacy if wanted. The WAG (2016) report all health boards and authorities are fully compliant however workloads have increased which could expand the role of the mental health …show more content…
Psychosocial intervention is based on the stress-vulnerability model of serious mental illness, the stress-vulnerability model is aware there are numerous factors that can cause mental illness and there is no single cause while its suggested people are just genetically disposed to a condition (Newell and Gournay 2009). Psychosocial intervention is effective due to looking at numerous factors in one’s health and there is evidence to show its effectiveness with schizophrenia, bipolar and depression. The model centres it care on the person and its family where it shares an understanding to recognise the strengths the family may possess, combined with interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy, medication management and family therapy all of which assist in working holistically to discover new ways to manage their illness. A recent systematic review on the evidence for the efficacy of manualized psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder (Salcedo et al 2016) has shown psychotherapy e.g. CBT can assist in the treatment of bipolar when combined with medication management, reviews like this one can be of great help to MHN’s to expand their knowledge which in turn can assist when completing care and treatment