Culturally Safe Nursing Intervention and Psychoeducation for Major Depressive Disorder

Project 2

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Culturally safe nursing intervention for a consumer with major depression:..............................3
Psycho education strategy adopted by practitioner with working with depressive illness:.........6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Mental illness is serious issue that highlight instability in brain where patient often feel
less active and less interested in daily activities, depression and anxiety is one of the common
depressive illness that impact patient and their mental process. Mental illness is common but
major issue where patient loss sense of happiness and lead to suicidal thoughts, there are certain
disorder that occur due to mental illness like major depressive disorder (Horwitz, 2020). This is
one of the most common type of depression that allow patient to loss interest and pleasure even
in most interesting things. This study is based on aboriginal culture of Australia where mental
illness is major issue. This report will discuss culturally safe nursing intervention for consumer
with major depressive disorder. At last this report will discuss evidence-based practice for
psycho education strategy which allow practitioner to work with person that have depressive
illness.
MAIN BODY
Culturally safe nursing intervention for a consumer with major depression:
Major depressive disorder is mental disorder in which patient often feel low pleasure and
lack of interest in everyday activity, this type of depression are usually dangerous where patient
even get suicidal thoughts. This depression is characterized by mood, patient not only feel low,
but they loss interest in every joyful activity, symptoms of major depressive disorder can be seen
in disturbed sleep, feeling guilt even if done nothing wrong, wrong and negative thoughts
(Rosenbaum and et.al., 2016). Nursing highlight who to provide intervention with case avoiding
any kind of cultural discrimination, in treatment of MDD, practitioner often show respect and ask
for informed consent. There are certain culturally safe intervention for client with MDD, these
are:
Medication (Antidepressant): Major depressive disorder is serious issue that impact behaviour
and mood of patient, medication is one of the most effective nursing intervention where
practitioner often provide certain types of antidepressant for treatment of patient, these are:
 Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs): This is one of the most effective
treatment for patient with depression, patient often feel low and less active in certain
activities that effect their mood. SSRI that help in increasing level of serotonin in the
brain, serotonin is chemical that carry signal with nerve cell. In medical language, this
often called chemical messenger. While performing SSRI to patient, practitioner have to