Ultrabrief Electroconvulsive Therapy For Manic Episodes

HLT301, Semester 1, 2020
GROUP 2
Assessment Task 1: Nursing, Midwifery and other disciplines
Mental State Examination Workbook
50 Marks (1000-1500 words)
Due Date: Friday, April 10, 2020 (4 pm)
Description
This task provides you with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge of
processes associated with assessing a person’s mental state in different health care
contexts, and supporting the person to navigate to a place of recovery.
Assessment Criteria
The workbook responses will be assessed according to the following criteria:
Use of evidence to interpret and analyse the mental state assessment, including an
assessment of risk
Interpret and use evidence to plan care to support the mental health needs of the
person in diverse health settings
Critical appraisal of principles of equity, rights and access
Information literacy skills: use of sources and citations
Written presentation including structure, grammar, application of referencing protocol
Harvard
Workbook Format
The workbook contains 10 questions about mental health assessment, and
strategies to work with people with mental illness. You must adhere to the word limit
provided for each response.
Workbook Instructions
Nursing and Midwifery students: Watch the video titled “Psychiatric Interviews for
Teaching: Mania” that can be found in the Assessment Folder on Blackboard:
Answer each question in the workbook template. Please ensure that you include
both the question and its accompanying answer.
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You are required to respond to the questions in your own words. You may use direct
quotes from the video (i.e. the person’s statement may be quoted as long as it is
relevant, fits into your word count and helps to explain your application of theoretical
understanding to the practice video).
Each question includes a guide for the maximum number of words expected for the
response. Keep within this word limit, although there is a +/- 10% leeway provided.
Supporting literature to answer the questions:
You need to demonstrate you have used the most appropriate source for your
responses e.g. policy documents, journal article, textbook etc. Not all the answers
require a citation, however you are expected to use a variety of sources eg textbook,
journal articles, credible websites etc.
Academic sources should be published within the last 5 years.
Reference List:
At the end of the paper you need to provide the full reference details of each citation
(reference) you have used in your responses. You are asked to use the Harvard
Referencing style according to the guide provided by USC. You will find the Harvard
guide by going to Portal – USC Community – Academic skills – Referencing.
The completed workbook assignment will contribute to 30% of your overall grade
mark and is due to be submitted through SafeAssign.
HLT301 Assessment Task 1: Workbook 30%
1. Define the mental state assessment, describe when it is to be used and
describe why it is a useful tool for nursing or midwifery practice (max 100
words) 5 marks
A mental state examination (MSE) gives you a snapshot of a patient's emotions,
thoughts, and behavior at the time of observation. Mental state assessment helps
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Nurse identify the presence and the extremity of the mental state of the patient in
conjunction with the risk patient poses to himself or others around him. The main use
of the Mental state assessment is in order to get appropriate data from the patient to
create a suitable diagnosis and assessment of disorder and response to treatment.
Since nurses and midwives are the first people that come in contact with the patient
earlier detection is possible by the behavior that can give you clues about their
mental state.
2. Describe John’s appearance and behaviour during the initial assessment
(100 words) 3 marks
John appears confused and stressed out seeing a psychiatrist and he is upset that
he cannot talk to the GP and GP doesn’t enough time for John. He is confused and
he does not answer the questions that the psychiatrist has put in forward to him.
John is distracted very easily by the surrounding. John isn’t able to answer any
question that has been put forward to him straightly he is chatty and is getting
distracted and is just expressing his feelings with the environment, paper, and the
magazines.
3. Differentiate between mood and affect, and then describe affect as it relates
to John (max 50 -100 words) 3 marks
Ekkekakis (2012) defined affect as a "neurophysiological state consciously
accessible as a simple primitive non-reflective feeling most evident in mood and
emotion but always available to consciousness". In case of mood, it's complicated as
the mood is an emotional state that may last anywhere from a few minutes to several
weeks but mood also varies depending on situation, environment or persons. The
mood can also be associated with feelings such as exhilaration, happiness, terror or
despair (Thagard, 2018). John at the start of the conversation seems to be sad and
anxious that his GP doesn't have time for him but he also showed behaviors
associated with euphoria.
4. Discuss John’s speech (max 50 -100 words) 3 marks
John in the whole duration of the video has been talkative and has been talking for a
wide variety of the topic from the magazine he is holding to curing cancer. He has
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