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Mental Health

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ability to cope and bounce back from adversity, to solve problems in everyday life, manage when things are difficult, and cope with everyday stressors.

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Anxiety

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involve excessive feelings of tension, distress, or worry, expressed through psychological and physical symptoms.

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types of anxiety and most common

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Generalised anxiety, OCD, social phobia, panic disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobia, PTSD
Generalized anxiety is most common

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Symptoms of anxiety

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excessive worrying about events or activities, difficulty controlling worry and other symptoms such as restlessness, fatigue, and poor concentration

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Anxiety stats

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affects 14-15% overall NZ/OZ
women 19%
men 11%

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affective conditions

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affective/mood conditions involved a disturbance in mood or a change in affect

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types affective conditions

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major depression, dysthymia, bipolar affective disorder, postnatal depression

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Symptoms of major depression

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depressed mood, low self esteem, reduced NRG or activity at least 2 weeks

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Bipolar symp

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episodes of mania, alone, or with depressive symptoms

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manic episode symp

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period reduced sleep, increased activity, restlessness, and disinhibition behavior

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Postnatal depression symptoms

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worries about leaving home, babys health, or mother ability to care for baby

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Affective conditions stats

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12.7% NZ/OZ
Women 9.5%
Men6.3%

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what is Schizophrenia

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interferes with brain function, affecting ability to think, feel, and act
More common in males usually first episode before age 25
1% of pop

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Key Diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia

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  1. delusion: fixed beliefs not able to be changed in light of evidence to contrary
  2. hallucinations: perception- like experiences that occur w/o external stimulus
  3. disorganized speech
  4. disorganized/ catatonic behavior
  5. negative symp (poor emotion)
  6. impaired functioning in major area of life- work,relationship or self-care
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what is a Eating disorders and what types of

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involve persistent thoughts and disturbances related to eating and eating-related behavior and boy weight

Most common in Young women

Anoxeria, bulimia and over eating

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Anoxeria Diganosis

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  1. restricting food intake
  2. significantly reduce body weight
  3. intense fear of weight gain and persistent behavior to prevent weight gain
  4. disturbances in way weight to shape experienced
  5. undue influence of weight in self evaluation
  6. persistent lack of insight in seriousness of low weight
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Substance Misuse

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depenency or harful use of alcohol or other drugs

Affect overall 5.1% OZ, 3.5% NZ
Female: 2%
Male 5%
common ages 16-24

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are suicide and self-harm a mental illnesses?

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Not mental illness, those with mental illnesses are at risk of this.

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Suicide and self-harm stats

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Avg death in NZ:500
Hospitalizations nz: 3000
rates of suicude higher in males,
self harm higher in women

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Suicide and self-harm signs

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recognize deep distress ppl may be experiencing 
Traits to reduce:
1.compassion
2.empathy
3.collaboration
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Mental ilness def.

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a Clinically diagnosable condition that significanyly interferes with individuals cognitive, emotional, or social abilities

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MH stats NZ

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25% of ppl meet the criteria

40%-50% of ppl with be in the criteria in their lifetime

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Psychotic epsidoes

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when someone is out of touch with reality and is experiencing a psychosis

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what is psychosis

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loses touch with relaity.
-disorg. thoughts and behaviors, hallucinations or delusions
- occurs in disorders like schizophrenia ,drug-induced, depression or mania, brain tumors, epilepsy
3/100 ppl will expience

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what are the steps to to help someone if suicidal

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listen
tell them you care
Acknowledging how they feel
reassure
ask if they have a plan
point out consequences
stay with if high risk
tell someone and professional
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Mental Health (compulsory assessment and treatment) act 1992

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is in relation to any person , means and abnormal state of mind, poses a serious danger to healthy or safety of person or others, seriously diminished ability to care for self

Includes that protect of institutionalizing ppl for

  • political, religious, or cultural beliefs,
  • sexual pref.
  • criminal or delinquency
  • substance abuse
  • intellectual ability
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Stigma of MH

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  • viewed as violent

- discriminiation in community and media,

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Te pou: lets get real

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a frame work of values, beliefs, and attitudes required to work in MH

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MSE (Mental state examination

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a diagnostic instrument for nurses
-systematic clinical assessment provides a picture of what a nurse observes during interactions or interviews 
- develop trust and relation
-explore relevant issues and concerns
identity how their resources may help
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physical treatment

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  • psychotropic or psychoactive medications

Antidepressants,anxiolytics, antipsychotics, mood sabilizers

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Psychological therapiess

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 
Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) 
Narrative Therapy (NT)
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

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To see the links between their moods and their thinking

Objective - To get the client to think in ways that are more positive

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Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)

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aims to help the client identify the current life factors that are leading them to have a mental illness
Want to strengthen the vulnerable parts of the client’s personality

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Narrative Therapy (NT)

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person’s strengths

  • Listen closely to the client’s life story and help the client recognise times when they have positively problem solved
  • And more ‘talking therapies’ such as solution-focused brief intervention, ACT therapy etc

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