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Mental Health:

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State of well-being in which individuals reach their potential, cope with normal stresses of life, work productivity, and contribute to the community

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World Health Organization (2019) defines health is:

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“a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

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Traits of positive mental health

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rational thinking
communication skills
learning
emotional growth
resilience
self esteem

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Mental Illness

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Psychiatric disorders with definable diagnoses

Significant dysfunction in mental functioning related to:
1) Developmental
2) Biological
3) Physiological disturbances

Culturally defined & always changing

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Mental health vs mental illness

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A real middle ground exists: stress discomft from everyday life

Conceptualized as points along a mental health continuum

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Resilience

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how you bounce back

ability and capacity to secure resources needed to support well-being

characterized by:
1) ability to secure needed resources
2) capacity for regulating one’s own emotions and overcoming negative, self-defeating thoughts

Essential to recovery

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Social and Economic circumstances

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Family

Schools and peer groups

Socioeconomic status

Educational advancement

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Environmental factors

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Political climate & cultural considerations

Social & economic policies

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Stigma

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Refers to the discrediting, devaluing, and shaming of a person because of a person because of characteristics or attributes that they possess

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Stigma involves 3 elements

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A lack of knowledge (ignorance)

Negative attitudes (prejudice)

People behaving in ways that disadvantage the stigmatized person (discrimination)

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Five themes of stigma in mental health nursing;
Four themes are patient-related

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Personal/patients stigma

Public/social stigma

Family stigma

Employment stigma

The fifth theme is related to stigma toward healthcare professionals working with patients with mental illnesses:

  • Professional stigma
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How do we reduce stigma about the mental health population?

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Self-reflection & education

A ‘bottom up’ approach

General public campaigns

Target the media to try and ensure more balanced and accurate coverage of mental health issues

Anti-discrimination policy and legislation

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Perceptions of Mental Health & Mental Illness

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Mental illness versus physical illness:

Root of most mental disorders lies in intercellular abnormalities

Nature versus nurture:

Diathesis-stress model (most accepted explanation for mental illness)

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Diathesis-Stress Model

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Diathesis- biological predisposition

Stress - environmental stress or trauma

Most accepted explanation for mental illness

Combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors

Assertion:

Most psychiatric disorders result from a combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors

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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

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Promoting mental health through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of behavioral and mental disorders

The nurse develops a nursing diagnosis and plan of care, implements the nursing process, and evaluates it for effectiveness

Use nursing, psychosocial, neurobiological theories, and research

Work with people throughout the lifespan

Employed in a variety of settings and among varied populations

Registered nurses work with individuals, families, groups, and communities, assessing their mental health needs

Assessing and providing a therapeutic environment or milieu as a treatment and management modality

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Trends affecting the future

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Educational challenges

Demand for mental health professionals

Aging population

Cultural diversity

Science, technology, electronic healthcare

Advocacy & legislative involvement

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Classical Psychoanalysis

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Purpose is to uncover unconscious conflicts

Seldom used today

Intrapsychic conflict ( at an early age) no longer considered to be the cause of all mental illness:

Free association - freely share whatever thoughts/ words come to mind to access the unconscious

Dream analysis

Defense mechanism recognition

Valid tools & concepts:
Transference
Countertransference

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Transference

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refers to unconscious feelings that the patient has toward a healthcare worker that were originally felt in childhood for a significant other

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Countertransference

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refers to unconscious feelings that the healthcare worker has toward the patient

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Interpersonal therapy is most effective in treating

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Grief & loss
Interpersonal disputes
Role transition

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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Human beings are active participants in life, striving for self-actualization

When lowers needs are met, higher needs are able to emerge

Physiological needs

Safety

Belonging & love needs

Esteem needs

Self-actualization

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Implications for nursing

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Emphasis on human potential & the patient’s strengths

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Prioritizing

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establishes what is most important in the sequencing of nursing actions

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Theory of psychosocial development (Erikson)

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Eight stages of development

Personality continues to develop through old age

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Primary prevention

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Occurs before any problem appears

Seeks to reduce rate of new cases

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Secondary prevention

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Early identification of problems, screening, and prompt, and effective treatment

While it does not stop the actual disorder from beginning, it is intended to delay or avert progression

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Tertiary prevention

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Treatment with a focus on preventing progression to a severe course, disability, or even death

Closely related to rehabilitation

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Inpatient Care Settings

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Crisis Stabilization/Observational Units

General Hospitals & Private Hospitals

State Psychiatric Hospitals

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Entry to Acute Inpatient Care

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Direct admission on referral

Emergency department or crisis service

Voluntary or involuntary

Voluntary: you want to be a in psych inpatient unit

Involuntary: you do NOT want to be in a psych inpatient unit

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Therapeutic Milieu

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“Middle place”

Surroundings and physical environment
- Managing behavioral crisis
- Safety
- Unit design

Goals of unit design
- Promote an environment of safety and empower patients to partner with clinical staff and take ownership of their own health and safety

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Enculturation

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transmission of culture’s worldview, beliefs, values, and practices to its members
-Deviance from cultural expectations can be defined as illness by other members of the group

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Ethnocentrism

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The universal tendency of humans to think their way of thinking and behaving is the only correct and natural way.

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Cultural awareness

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Examine beliefs, values, and practices of own culture

Recognize that during a cultural encounter, three cultures are intersecting:
Culture of the patient, nurse, and setting

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Bioethics

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used in relation to ethical dilemmas surrounding health care

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Ethics

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The study of philosophical beliefs about what is considered right or wrong in a society

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Ethical dilemma

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conflict between two or more courses of action, each with favorable and unfavorable consequences

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Autonomy

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right to make their own decision

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Beneficence

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benefit to the patient

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Nonmaleficence

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do no harm

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Justice

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fairness, equally

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Fiedely

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being faithful

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Veracity

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being truthful

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Seclusion

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involuntary confinement of a patient alone in a room from which the patient is physically prevented from leaving

used for self-destructive or violent behavior

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Physical Restraint

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purposely limiting or obstructing the freedom of a person’s bodily movement

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Mechanical Restraint

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restraint of a person by the application of a device to the person’s body, or a limb of a person, to restrict the person movement

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Chemical Restraint

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the intentional use of any medications to subdue, sedate, or restrain an individual

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Patients Rights Under the Law

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Right to treatment
Right to refuse treatment
Right to informed consent

Patient is informed of risks, benefits, and alternatives

Person must voluntarily accept treatment

Implied Consent

Capacity & competency

Rights regarding psychiatric advance directives

Rights regarding restraint and seclusion:

-Orders and documentation

-In an emergency, a nurse may place a patient in seclusion or restraint but obtains a written or verbal order as soon as possible thereafter

-Orders for restraint or seclusion are never written as an as needed or as a standing order

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Involuntary commitment

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Emergency commitment. ( temporary admission)

Person confused or demented; emergency admission

Used for observation, diagnosis and treatment

Generally for 24 to 96 hours

Court hearing before discharge or next admission

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Mental Status Examination(MSE)

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A component of all medical exams and may be viewed as a psychological equivalent of the physical exam, it is important in neurological and psychiatric evaluations

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Nursing Process

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ADPIE

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SAD PERSONS scale for assessing the risk for suicide:

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Sex
Age
Depression
Previous Attempt
Ethanol Abuse
Rational Thinking loss
Social Supports Lacking
Organized plan
No spouse
Sickness

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