Mental Health Acute Care: Strategies for Depression and Diabetes Management

Mental Health Acute
Care

Assignment 4
INTRODUCTION
The previous report study about patient Mr. A and his medical condition history. He is
diabetes patient and suffering from memory impairment and depression. But he had no family
history of diabetes. Mr A is a retired accountant and widower its hard for him to get a moral
support from his family. Its been 6 months that he is reported more depressed was prescribed for
neuropsychological tests to observe the changes in cognitive behaviour. He suffers with
neuropathy and unpredictable blood glucose level. Most of the time he arrives for his check up
on wrong day. Mr A is conscious about his diet and note down his blood glucose level 6-10
times a day. The main problem was he mistakenly take wrong insulin or sometimes overdose of
insulin and his sleeping habit is main problem only sleeps for 3-4 hours and remain hours he
will be awake till 3:00 AM and he often take long naps in afternoon and he took some treatment
for his sleeping habit but he couldn't manage and tolerate. Mr A accept that he faced challenges
with depression before 40 years. After recommendations of doctor he has been diagnose with
neuropathy and depression and he is patient of type 1 diabetes and memory impairment. This
report contains the details of Mr A condition with depression and how he can tackle his own
situations with support, care, biological treatments and nursing interventions.
The environment in which the person is cared for
Nowadays depression has become normal specially among youngster and aged people
who live by themselves. Mr A is deeply depressed person because he faced a lot of challenges in
is life mainly lost of his wife in accident, death of his brother from blood cancer and his father
death from heart disease. He has lost is important family members. It is really hard for him to
overcome with his loneliness and he is type 1 diabetic patient with memory impairment. Most of
the time he lives all alone and managing by himself. Dealing with depression its really hard
when people don't have mental, emotional support from their family and friends. Positive
environment is necessary for patient who is suffering from depression and anxiety. Otherwise the
depressed person can join support group and take help of counsellor and take is guidance. Its
better for him to take a help it will encourage him to do some create or any activity like planning

day, visiting the support group and sharing the feelings with group and it can improve his social
life, it can inspire each other to do something in extra in life. Counselling can motivate him its
really helpful to take a psychological help to tackle his problems. Mr A is type 1 diabetic patient
its hard for him to manage and sometimes he take wrong insulin that effects his blood glucose
level support from others can inspire him to manage his diabetes and social connection to
encourage him to pursue his interest in photography.
Overcoming depression
 Support group.
 Counselling.
 Social networking.
 Planning the day structure.
 Pursuing dream job.
 Focusing on is priorities
The priorities for care
Depression is serious conditions it drains out the energy, overthinking, suicidal thoughts,
sleeping problems, isolating from the social world, more lazy and hard to explain, feeling of
sadness, short memory time and share the feelings. These are the major drawbacks of the
depressed person. The main priorities that should be taken care for a Mr. A is depressed person
and he is diabetic patient like feeling concerned about him, what help and support he need and
telling about his importance in is own life like you matter for the world. Avoiding sleeping
medicine, focusing on target, visiting the support group, attending different sessions for
depression and diabetes, to be more activity and doing some work to ignore the situations,
avoiding smoking and drinking and stress, positive surrounding and low stress surrounding,
participating in religious practice and medications. It will be very useful for him to interact with
others, joining organization, trying to more social in life, avoiding stress, making plans and
taking appointment from a psychiatrist or psychologist can improve the condition. Taking
therapy, good communication and better diet plan can improve the mental illness and social
condition.
Understanding the priorities
 Avoiding sleeping medicine