Psychiatric and mental health nursing

technological advances are pleasurable for a short amount of time, they cause considerable disconnect with nature and the outside world. This principle points out the importance getting back to nature as being outdoors can affect one’s mental and spiritual health. A series of studies published in June 2010 found that people feel more alive when they are outside and feel a greater sense of vitality simply by going outside rather than exercising or socially interacting with others (University of…

Psychological Issues Impacting on Health Needs (Niven, 1994 pp.118-119.) stated “although psychological well-being is difficult to define, one condition that contributes, in a negative way, to well-being is depression”. Marjory’s low mood has taken an impact on her family, self identity and self esteem. Marjory is displaying Becks cognitive theory of depression where she is exaggerating negative events and minimising the positives, she also has selective abstraction, only thinking about the…

police must assist the individual to a place of safety (Mental Health Act 1983, s. 136 (1)). To ensure the safety of the individual and the public, until an assessment can be conducted and future treatment has been decided upon (House of Commons 2015). A place of safety, is defined by law, as residential accommodation provided by a local authority (Lynch et al 2002; Borschmann et al 2010), such as: A&E departments, police stations and psychiatric units (Lynch et al 2002). However, it is debated…

The Care Workshop is similar to an orientation, first meeting in mental health services, and to some comparisons, a single session. Among the literature, the specific program has not be evaluated and analyzed, but satisfaction and its importance among mental health has. Specific mental health programs have been assessed for service satisfaction for reasons of satisfaction being linked to “maintaining appointments,” “positive health outcomes,” “success in goal obtainment,” and “improving…

“terminal” (I dislike that word because it means deadly, and I am not going anywhere anytime soon) illness that could easily progress by experiencing prolonged stress. Learning to manage this stress is of the utmost importance in regards to my emotional, mental, and physical well-being because without being emotionally, mentally, or physically healthy I cannot accomplish anything that I set out to do. It is a simple concept really, and it is all dependent on my ability to appraise and cope with…

She suffered from a mental condition called schizo-affective disorder also known as schizophrenia, which caused her to hear non-existent voices in her head consequently always drove her to suicidal tendencies. The schizophrenia started in 1976 when Lori was 17 years old during…

that. I am sure that our future technology could diagnose them with a mental illness, but they won’t be able to help them through their problems and give them advice (Top 10 Careers For The Future). While technology is improving everyday, it could possibly help with my patients. It could help with diagnosing the patients. For example, it could give more information about a mental illness or new information about a new or rare mental illness that some people might not be aware of. There are new…

In the Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls writes about her early childhood struggles, which included some of her mom’s crazy episodes. Jeannette knows that her mom has some degree of mental illness that had caused her emotional breakdowns, bipolar behavior, compulsive lying, and lack of responsibility. It was also clear that Mrs. Walls lacked common sense and reason when she had possession of a million dollar property but refused to use the money to pay for the family’s needs. In the end, the…

variety of individuals who interact with mentally ill criminals on a daily basis to make the rehabilitation process as speedy as possible. Police teams initially diagnose mentally ill criminals and send them to hospitals or jails and prisons; mental health professionals and correctional officers spend countless hours with them on the inside; parole and probation teams continue the process if those…

alternatives for mental health access. Research has confirmed evidence-based practice for rendering mental health services in the rural areas. In the rural areas, local primary care providers are usually part of the community and well respected. The proposed project is for one local primary care provider to implement mental health assessment with each primary care visit compared to current practice may have an impact on identifying mental health patients and ensuring follow-up care for mental…