MDT- Mental Health Team Flashcards
What is the role of a forensic psychiatrist?
Assessment and treatment of patients with mental disorders who pose a risk of harm to others and those who are/at risk of being known by the criminal justice system
Where is most of the work of a forensic psychiatrist carried out?
Prisons
Secure hospitals
Who tends to lead psychiatric MDT’s?
Forensic Psychiatrist
Summarise the roles of the psychiatric senior charge nurse.
Patient placement
Risk assessments
Staff retention and recruitment
Senior leadership and making decisions
Summarise the role of a psychiatric social worker.
Medication support
Housing support
->anything individuals need support in to maintain their independence e.g. picking up prescriptions
How do other staff members help social workers?
OT can assess what a person can do physically
Nurses can help as see how the patient is on the ward and what they can/can’t manage
Summarise the role of a mental health officer.
Work in the MDT and give a professional opinion on how an individual is doing.
The can formulate if a patient needs to be detained under the Mental Health Act
->employed by council, not NHS, just for interest
Summarise the role of a psychiatric physiotherapist.
Frailty
Mobility
Treatment after injury
Role in exercise and physical health management in mental health settings, especially for those with prolonged hospital stays e.g. forensic patients
Anxiety management
Summarise the role of an occupational therapist in psychiatry.
Assessing whether a person’s mental disorder impacts their day to day functioning
Summarise the role of a community psychiatric nurse.
Assess mental state in the community and support individual living
Order and pickup prescriptions if required
Regular bloods for patients who require them
Assist with housing benefit applications
Summarise the role of a psychologist.
Trained mental health professional
Assesses and treats mental disorders using psychological approaches
