Challenges Experienced By Paid Peer Providers

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FACILITATING MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY
Name of the Student
Name of the university
Author’s note

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DIGITAL NARRATIVE
My digital narrative is based on acute mental health recovery. In order to understand
mental health and the mental health recovery process, I have considered the case of Mr. Pumpin,
who is a 35 years old male, and has been admitted in an acute mental health unit. He had been
diagnosed with anxiety and depression. As per the initial assessment carried out on Mr. Lin, it
has been found out that Mr. Pumpin lacked motivation to carry out daily activities. It was
decided that Mr. Pumpin would work on his motivations and would improve them. A
multidisciplinary team was set up for Mr. Pumpin that consisted of a Psychiatrists, an
occupational therapist, a health care assistant and a student nurse. While during the meeting, the
occupational therapist was delegated for Mr. Pumpin. A detailed intervention was given by the
OT.
I would like to draw your attention towards the fact that lack of motivation in a depressed
person is not similar to laziness. We have to understand the person is not motivated due to
depression. According to studies, people suffering from anxiety and depression, suffer from the
inability to experience pleasure of life. They also experience a decline in the speed of
information processing within brain. Hence people with mental illness often find themselves idle
as their interest in interacting with other people and other strength based activities are decreased
hugely. Although the clinical manifestations and the consequences of depression worsens with
age, the onset of depression among the middle aged adults are not very uncommon. There can be
several reasons behind the onset of depression in the middle age. Workplace related stresses,
disruptive relationships, disturbed family, lack of attachment, unemployment, peer pressure can
be some of the important reason for getting into depression. Apart from this, neurodegenerative
diseases and chronic conditions can lead to depressive symptoms.

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Presence of depression can have negative impact on the quality of life of the patients. It
should be mentioned that depressive symptoms are often masked by cognitive decline.
Neurologic patients might face feeling of sadness and hopelessness. In some of the cases,
prominent symptoms can be anxiety, panic, motor disturbances and anhedonia (Baquero and
Martín 2015). Depression and lack of motivation, not only affects the professional life of the
patients, but can also impact upon their personal relationships.
Every person’s recovery from illness can be different. There are several ways by which
symptoms of depression can be managed (Loonen and Ivanova 2016). We can see from the case
study that Mr. Pumpin is read to collaborate with the health care professionals to chalk out an
appropriate plan of care for the patients.
A recovery framework or a model is required for facilitating recovery in the patient. A
recovery model has to be holistic and it should adopt a person centred approach. I have
mentioned some components of recovery in the slide. Some of the principles of mental health
recovery illness involves:
 Individualised and person centered- Uniqueness of the individual that recognizes that
recovery is just not about cure but getting the opportunities of enjoying a meaning full life.
 Empowerment- Person should be allowed to make their own choices about how they would
lead their life. This approach should support individuals to build on their strengths (Slade and
Longden 2015).
 Strength based - A recovery oriented mental health practice should be able to protect the
legal, and human rights of the patient.