Download - Idea of emotional wellness and ailment
Concept of Mental Health and illness
Valvetta McGee-Hudson
Valvetta Mc-Hudson| Mental Health
Psychological wellness is a condition of prosperity where a man can understand his or her abilities to adapt to ordinary hassles of life
and work.
Mental Health/Illness ContinuumStress
Mental Health Mental Illness
ADAPTIVE MALADAPTIVE
Healthy Neurosis Psychosis* Reality Oriented *Denies Reality*Positive self-concept*Emotional stable•
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VALVETTA MCGEE-HUDSON-FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
Satisfying interpersonal relationshipsEffective behavior and coping
Positive self-conceptEmotional stability
Self-awareness
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Valvetta Mcgee-hudson -Who Has Mental Health
We all miss the mark to some degree.
Along these lines, backers of psychological well-being trust that a wide scope of emotional wellness administrations ought to be accessible to all inclusive community, not simply truly rationally sick.
Valvetta Mcgee-hudson -Mental Illness
A mental disorder or condition manifested by disorganization and impairment of functions that arises from various causes such as psychological, neurobiological and genetic factors.
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The Classification of Mental Illness:
The Neuroses usually the patient retains insight and orientation; they experience deep distress and may commit suicide as depression
The Psychoses(the patient is disorientated, deluded, and lacking in insight ) e.g. Schizophrenia, puerperal psychosis
The DementiasProgressive deterioration with loss of recent memory and deterioration of a normal personality,
They may be primary or more commonly secondary to another condition e.g. alcohol, stroke
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Etiology mental illnessInheritance-Genetics/Intra-uterine environment Schizophrenia,Huntington’s
Infections-HIV,Syphilis,CJD
Drug Abuse
Alcohol,Heroin etc
Trauma/head injury
Biochemistry/metabolic
Porphyria,DiabetesVascular-
CVA
Neurological diseases
MS,Brain tumour
Upbringing
Mothering,education,parenting
Nutrition/PCM
Classification of Mental Illnesses
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR).
Diagnostic criteria are listed for each of the psychiatric disorders.
A multiaxial system- people are evaluated from multiple aspects or points of function.
Population at Risk for Mental Illness
1. Familiar or genetic predisposition to mental illness
2. Poor access to health care3. Misusing substance4. Undergoing lifestyle changes5. Victims of violence6. Elderly poor
Valvetta Mcgee-hudson | Community Mental
Health Services
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Valvetta Mcgee-hudson - > Treatment and Care
Hospital Care
Community Care
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Preventive NetworksChurch, Family, Home, Friends,
Work
Psychiatric Nursing
Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is the specialty of nursing that cares for people of all ages with mental illness or mental distress.
An interpersonal process that promotes and maintains behavior that contributes to integrated functioning
What do psychiatric nurses do? Ensure safety and security Care for biophysical needs
ADL’s Nutrition, exercise Medication management
Assist in creating a healthy social world increase self-awareness by:
* Discussion,*Experience* Role play
Common terminology used in psychiatric and mental therapy
Dynamics of Human Behavior Behavior – the way an individual reacts to a certain
stimulus Conflict – situation arising from the presence of two
opposing drives Need - organismic condition that requires a certain
activity Stress – life events in which a demanding situation
taxes a person’s resources as coping mechanisms Adaptation – process of interacting with the
environment to maintain homeostatic equilibrium Maladaptation – ineffective coping
Dynamics of Human Behavior cont.
Personality – integration of systems and habits representing an individuals characteristic and adjustment to his environment expressed through behavior
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Personality
Every person is special
We all have distinctive identities
My identity reflects hereditary legacy and Environment
3 divisions of the mind Conscious – focused on awareness
Subconscious – recalled at will
Unconscious – never recalled / largest part
Learning – change in behavior through – insight , relearning and remotivation
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Valvetta Mcgee-hudson | Behavior
SUPER-EGO
EGO
ID
The Parent
The Adult
The Child
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Valvetta Mcgee-hudson | The Subconscious Mind
The Conscious
The Subconscious