Mental Health Case Study

This Case Study will be undertaken as a group activity and is designed to deepen your knowledge about mental illnesses, and to test your understanding about the nursing care of people suffering from such conditions. It will also assist you to express your ideas through class presentation and in writing.

Millie had expressed concerns of joint pain, financial difficulties and being incontinence that plays upon her having a negative body image. These concerns placed a toll on her health and this require immediate

D-The patient requested to see this writer, at which this writer agreed. The patient appears worrisome. The patient asked for assistance by this writer to help fill out an application for the probate court to file a custody petition for her grandson. This writer asked the patient if she had asked her DCF worker for help and the patient response was yes. The patient inform this writer that her DCF worker does not help her with anything or even have the answers to her questions regarding to her grandson care. This writer agreed to help the patient as much as possible and struggling urges the patient to have someone at the Probate Court to view the application to file a petition. The patient asked questions to this writer about receving financial assistance for her grandson since the patient needs help with the child basic needs. The patient been using her benefits from the state to care the child and is only

Objectives/Progress: Pt. has discontinued her use of opiates according to the last quarter UDS results, Pt. is now eligible to receive phase 1 take home privileges if she maintain her abstinence. Pt. demonstrated a improvement on her commitments to maintain regular dosing attendance. Also P During this upcoming quater, this writer will meet with pt. to establish rapport and trust. This writer will reinforce the importance of remaining in recovery and to resolve her current legal issues by the next month. Pt. identified her children as a motivational factor to change and to . The counselor told Pt. that he needs to be free from drugs (cocaine) in order for his prescribed medications to work and be more effective. Counselor will help patient understand the importance of restitution to self worth and then help in developing a plan to provide restitution.

Robbins and Judge define "attitudes" as “evaluative statements or judgments concerning objects, people, or events.” Jessica’s attitudes towards her job switched from favorable to unfavorable after a change in policy. Henceforth, she was less productive in her job and expressed signs of low job satisfaction. After leaving her Mental Health Technician position for a job in Counseling, she was able to return to her normal, happy and productive self. This case study illuminates the direct correlation between job performance, job satisfaction, and attitude.

The report of the grand jury in Dade County, Florida had several recommendations for dealing with the mentally ill who find themselves incarcerated. What this jury concluded was that far too much tax dollars is being spent on trying to temporarily control the issues associated with the mentally ill and too much focus is on reacting to crisis care. This panel of jurors believes that shifting the focus to long-term care would not only save costs, but also prevent the predicament we face by incarcerating the mentally ill.

On 12/27/16 I was faxed 26 pages of the initial evaluations and treatment plans, from the Lighthouse, speech, physically therapy and counseling all provided reports.

A review of the records reveals the member to be an adult female with a birth date of 12/31/1952. The member has a diagnosis of increased weakness and decreased conditioning and a history of multiple falls over the past couple of months. The member’s treating provider, Marianne Nikas, MD has recommended that the member be admitted to a skilled inpatient facility from home.

She was found to be on her back in a semi – fowler’s position at 35°. She has full bilateral chest expansion on ventilator assisted breaths. Her ventilator settings were SIMV – PRVC, set rate of 18, tidal volume of 320, PEEP of +6, pressure support of +10, and FiO2 of 60%. Upon auscultation bilateral rhonchi was heard throughout all anterior lobes; bilateral chest tubes are in place. HEENT showed bloody secretions coming from the mouth. Lower extremities showed increased pitting edema with no signs of deep vein thrombosis in the

Nearly half of Americans facing mental health conditions go without essential support and services – while many others only get minimal care. I urge you to take and stand and vote “yes” to S. 2860, the Mental Health Reform Act of 2016.

Monica is forty-eight years old white female who has experienced mental health concern for the last eight years. Monica also reported that she had nine years sober at the onset of her diagnosis of Bipolar disorder and had a professional job as a legal secretary. Monica report being in a committed relationship with her partner of three years. Monica report being bisexual and had been married and had been divorced from husband about seven years. Monica said she was going through a lot of change and highly stressed, with her family about her lifestyle and them being not accepting of her choices.

Chapter 1 opens with a case report about a Freshman college student named Rebecca with symptoms of depressed mood, insomnia, and difficulty concentrating on schoolwork. Psychotherapy is prescribed to help improve her mood and allow her to talk about the changes that have contributed to her depressed mood. There is a fine line when determining abnormal and normal behavior. Most people think that bad things only happen to other people. People develop negative notions about friends, releatives and acquantances that have psychological disorders whereas medical diagnoses are more socially acceptable. Social attitudes associated with psychological disorders affects how the patient perceives himself. It's very difficult to make the distinction between normal and abnormal, so the mental health community uses 5 criteria to identify abnormality. The 5 criteria is clinical significance;

The Neolithic era details the earliest treatment of mental illnesses (dating back as far as 10,200 BC). Men, women, and children alike from all parts of the world (the greatest evidence found in ancient Peru) underwent an invasive surgery, which involved physicians drilling a hole into the skull to reveal the Dura mater. This hole was supposedly an exit pathway for demonic spirits to leave the human body. This treatment of mental illness was know as trephination, and was the most widely accepted form of medical care for mentally ill patients (Feldman, 2001).

The National Committee for Mental Hygiene (NCMH) expanded the research into mental hospitals and their treatment of patients. Before the organization started most diagnosis of patients was attributed to genetics. Moreover, they furthered the studies to look into environmental causes, early detection and more training for social workers. They learned that being poor did not cause mental problems due to the men coming home from World War I. Currently, the organization is called Mental Health America.

Q. What are changes you would like to see in healthcare? In particular your facility.