Topic
Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Instructions
Write a 1500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point.
- Go to the Healthy People 2020 website and search for Mental Health and Mental Disorders. After reading the Overview section, pick and note 2 objectives/goals from the list that you feel affect your community and explain why these were chosen. As a nurse, what can you do to help the community move towards this goal?
- Explain how physical health and mental health are correlated. What impact does each have on the other? Give at least one detailed example of how either a specific physical ailment leads to a breakdown in mental health or how a specific mental health disorder can lead to physical issues.
- Explain Trauma Informed Care in detail. How you can use Trauma Informed Care to assist a child who has been impacted by trauma?
Answer Preview
As a nurse, there are a few community initiatives that can help reduce the rate of suicides and also reduce the rates of cases of adults with depressive disorders. For starters, suicide identification begins with sensitizing the community that suicide risk is related to biological, psychological and cultural factors. Additionally, people who abuse drugs and alcohol, children who have been abused, the loss of a loved one, and joblessness are the major risks of suicides. If there are people who fit into any of these categories, they should be put under a watch list. As a nurse, I could also work with community leaders to try and find ways to mitigate high rates of alcohol availability within the community, as well as come up with your projects to stem the rate of joblessness. The community can also be encouraged to work on being a close-knit community because social support, which could include close relationships, acts a protective factor. These initiatives will also help the adults who are prone to suffering depressive episodes. Depressive disorder is usually associated with hopelessness which could come as a result of failed relationships and tough economic times.
Word Count: 1600