Mental Health Assessment 2022

Running head: MENTAL HEALTH
Mental health
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1MENTAL HEALTH
What?
During one of my workshop, I had to take interview of Chris Mitrevski, a registered
nurse with substance abuse disorder. The details that I got regarding the client before the
interview was that the nurse has been referred to to the Drug and Alcohol Services for
assessment regarding alcohol abuse and its impact on her professional performance. Several
occasions were reported where the nurse was found to come to the hospital smelling of alcohol.
During the interview, I was involved in inquiring regarding the alcohol misuse, the time since the
nurse started drinking, the cause behind it, its impact on performance and the extent to which the
client was dependent on alcohol. On reflecting on the overall interview process, I found that he
was a heavily addicted consuming about 4-5 glasses of wine every night. I also became aware
about the motivation behind consuming excess amount of alcohol. His consumption of alcohol
occurred after his partner died in a vehicle accident and as he was finding difficult in sleeping, he
used alcohol to go to sleep. Throughout the interview, the client was inattentive occasionally.
However, he was giving clear responses. However, I gave the client time so that he reveals all to
understand the overall impact of alcohol misuse on his overall health. In addition, the most
difficult was to convince client to quit drinking and taking counselling regarding it.
So what?
Based on collection response regarding the cause of excess alcohol consumption, I could
relate the nurse’s alcohol drinking with his life stressors. As he had to go through the death of his
partner, the rationale behind drinking became clear. Keyes et al. (2014) defines that unexpected
death of loved ones is a traumatic experience that is most commonly associated with substance
use and psychiatric disorders and alcohol is often used as a strategy to cope with loneliness and