Mental Health Act 1983

role of the nurse within the mental health, exploring professional regulations, legal and ethical frameworks within health and social care. Additionally this essay will demonstrate the values and skills to develop personally and professionally within a nursing practice as a result of these regulations, frameworks and experience in order to progress towards competency in a lifelong learning career. The role of nursing has evidently changed throughout centuries. Mental Health as a profession has…

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…

One in four adults in the United States (61.5 million) is affected by a mental illness (McEnaney). Of the 61.5 million adults suffering from a mental illness, only 40% (24.6 million) are getting the proper treatment for it (Nieves). Additionally, 1/3 (250,000) of homeless people in the U.S. suffer from serious mental illness, and that number increases every day (Nieves). While health care for mentally challenged individuals in the United States has improved since colonial times, their care today…

Children and Mental Health Research suggests that family income affects the mental health of children (Kuruvilla, 2007). Children that come from low income families tend to have higher rates of depression, cheating, and anti-social behaviour such as bullying, telling lies and breaking things (Kuruvilla, 2007). If the family is chronically poor, a child has an increased tendency to have a lower cognitive performance (Kuruvilla, 2007). As they reach adolescence they are more likely to engage in…

is being shown to them. The bias in certain media organisation is seen but there is a level of respect and ethics towards certain topics before it is published out to the public. The topics are usually sensitive issues such as suicide, grief, mental health and trauma. These topics needs to be very thoroughly checked before being distribute and published to not trigger the community who have been affected by it. Identification With sensitive topics being not too commonly reported in the media…

book Crazy by Pete Earley showcases the mental health crisis in America. Earley discovered the crisis when his college-aged son, Mike, suffered a breakdown. Earley quickly learned that options to help a mentally ill individual that didn’t recognize they were in need of help was nearly impossible. Crazy tells many stories that grip the reader and give them a good shake. Unethical encounters and research presented throughout the story paint a story of mental illness in America that is unfortunate…

Mental Health policies within Public Health are more prominent today than they were ten years ago, however, there are still a lot of gaps when it comes to children with mental illnesses. “It is estimated that one of every five children and adolescents in the United States has a mental disorder” (Kataoka, 2002). All across the United States, different states have different policies regarding access and availability to mental health professionals. Many states have policies requiring children to…

time of the act, the defendant was impaired by the disease that he was unaware of the nature of the act the he had committing (Lubaszka & Shon, 2013, p. 67). In more resent years the Durham rule has been a standard to follow.The next legal area is Criminal responsibility in which the case chosen was Durham v. United States. This case is also referred to as the Durham rule. In this 1954 case the court ruled that the individual cannot be held criminally responsible for an unlawful act because of…

projected upon those with mental illnesses. Stigmas of being dangerous, constantly suicidal, or overly dramatic are cast about in nearly every environment and not just in the adult community, either. Students are teased beyond general reason for their parents going through divorces or for being a little slower than the rest and therefore being taken out of class. Students are often bullied for being affected by any sort of disorder, though statistically those suffering with a mental disorder are…

Mental health is a state of wellbeing where every individual realises their potential, the ability to cope with the stress of life and can work productively (Who, 2016). In Australia headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation designed to provide early intervention providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds (Headspace, 2016). This has prompted Professor Anthony Jorm to write for The Conversation, Is headspace really improving young people mental health?…