Impact of Mental Illness: A Client Centered Perspective

Running head: IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: A CLIENT CENTERED PERSPECTIVE
IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: A CLIENT CENTERED PERSPECTIVE
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IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: A CLIENT CENTERED PERSPECTIVE
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Aim.............................................................................................................................................2
Principles of Recovery...............................................................................................................2
Consumer Participation..............................................................................................................3
The perspectives.........................................................................................................................4
Client’s perspective............................................................................................................4
Family’s and care giver’s perspective................................................................................5
Services and contact...................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

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IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: A CLIENT CENTERED PERSPECTIVE
Introduction
The treatment of mental illness must be based on developing therapeutic and
nurturing relationships with the patient along with gaining the trust and confidence of the
family members and care givers for the proper, comprehensive and speedy improvement of
the situation in addition with elevated chances of permanent cure (Prince et al. 2007). The
recent research states that a major burden of diseases are attributed to disorders which are
neuro-psychiatric in origin and are chronic in nature due to lack of attention to mental health
leading to severe depression, substance abuse, alcohol dependence and so on (Shattell, Starr
and Thomas 2007). The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies the magnitude of
psychosomatic health and its significance by referring to health as the state of absolute
physical, psychological along with social wellness and not only the nonexistence of an
infirmity or a disease (Nickerson et al. 2019). Mental illness not only affects the individual,
but also the members of the immediate and extended family, the care giver and also the
community that houses the mentally ill.
Aim
The purpose of this assignment is to explore the lived experience and personal impact
of mental illness on individuals from a client centered perspective, the principles of recovery
and to explore the services which are available in the local community to support these
individuals who had experienced mental illness.
Principles of Recovery
Although most of the efforts are focused on improving the global mental health for
the individuals with psychosomatic disorders, WHO stresses on the comprehensive mental