Psychiatric and mental health nursing

New Zealanders will experience a diagnosable mental condition in any given year (Ministry of Health and Health Promotion Agency, 2014). Contrary to this, despite the commonality of mental illness it is incredibly stigmatised. This can have extremely adverse implications on a person’s recovery. Ill mental health can be described as a condition that causes serious disorders in a person’s behaviour or thinking (Szabo, 2014). Schizophrenia is one mental illness in particular that has a serious…

Social Media Effects on Teenage Mental Health Assignment 1 Question B The effect of social media on today’s youth is a subject of much debate. This essay will analyse an article from the CNN website, which presents statistics from a range of surveys, as well as a qualitative case study of a young boy’s road to recovery due to social media, and one from CBS Atlanta which, in contrast, focuses on quantitative statistics and data from the Ottawa Public Health. The comparison of these two articles…

undermine my strengths in a situation, instead focusing on what I didn’t do. Halter (2014) recognized that the “psychiatric nurses maximizes his/her communication skills, understanding of human behaviours, and personal strengths to enhance the patient’s growth” (p.150). Recognizing my strengths in a situation along with other factors will aid in my development as a successful psychiatric nurse; therefore I will incorporate…

According to Julie posselt a professor at university of Michigan says competitiveness matters to mental health. She discovered that 40,000 undergraduates in the health minds student that anxiety can be prevalent in insinuations that are more unlocked towards their policy of admissions rather than being…

Recognised for a number of decades is the high prevalence of physical health disorders and increased mortality in persons with a serious mental illness (SMI) (Scott & Happell, 2011). For people with SMI, physical health promotion does not currently fit easily within the health system as a result of multiple boundaries. The capability of the system to respond is hindered because of these boundaries. In 2007, more than half of Australian adults who had experienced SMI between the ages of 16-85,…

The legal and political challenges to global mental health discussed in this paper include the need for more research on cost-effective remedies and funding available to boost access to mental health services, including bipolar disorders, and the need for constructive strategic dialogue and formulation and implementation of policies. Bipolar disorders poses a significant economic challenge, not only on the individuals with the illness but also on communities, healthcare networks and government…

behavior such as, over excessive yelling, throwing objects, and disagreements with referees. What happens outside of theses games is more significant because coaches will act differently and push athletes over unreasonable limits. This pressure has a mental effect on athletes’ performance and ability to work as a team, which is an essential factor in order to win. There has been a study done that has tested the impact of the coaches coaching style on an athletes’ performance. In this study one…

He prefers a mental institution over the prison because he believes that it will be more comfortable for him. Yet, he faces the reality quickly: Once you are in a mental institution, everything you do becomes a sign of insanity. McMurphy is depicted as a pretty sane person in the beginning of the movie. He dresses up relatively nicer than other…

Hornstein Evan Watters (2010), in his article, ‘The Americanization of Mental Illness’, describes how USA has exported mental illness to the world, he calls it "homogenizing the way the world goes mad” (para.1). Coupled with the constant expansion of the DSM and its diagnostic classifications, the pharmaceutical companies and the medicalization of psychiatry around the world, has greatly impacted how we approach mental health/ illness and its treatment. In Agnes’s Jacket, Psychologist Gail…

Kennedy Ms. Ragan 12B English 3rd 28 March 2016 Beating Mental Illness Imagine a normal day, the sun is out, and there is a pedestrian crossing the street. This pedestrian has to walk in front of a car that is waiting for them to cross. They walk quickly across the street in fear that the driver waiting for them thinks that they are taking too long. This pedestrian starts shaking, suddenly she doesn’t have control of her body or mental state. She is overcome with worry and self doubt.…