Mental Health: Caregiver Burden, Family Involvement, Psychiatric Nursing Interventions, and Drug Approval

Mental health part one
Question One
a ). If I were in Mark’s place, my young brother being diagnosed with mental illness will have a
negative effect on me as a caregiver, my life and my studies. The disorder can cause me to be
stressed, confusion, anger, fear or even sadness as a result for my young brothers healthy. As a
primary caregiver to my small brother, I will feel burden since I will have to provide financial
support for his medication. Besides, as a college student, my studies, as well as my goals, will be
negatively affected as a result of absenteeism while caring for my brother.
b) While thinking of a time when one of our family members was suffering from mental illness, I
needed more support from my friends and also required guidance and counseling as I was
stressed and confused. The kind of nursing support that was useful is guidance and counseling;
this could have changed my negative moods and motivated me.
Question two
a). The objective and subjective burden to Sam as a father to Janet is a financial burden as he is
required to provide financial support to Janet’s medication. Joan, as a mother to Janet, will also
be subjected to the burden of the workload as she will be required to take care of Janet. Sam as a
brother and Sarah as a sister to Janet will be subjected to the burden of stress and workload as
they will be required to oversee their sister and provide support to her.
b). The diagnosis will mean Janet’s parents; younger siblings and older siblings will undergo a
lot of stress, confusion and even fear within the family as a result of Janet’s well-being. The
family will require emotional support and counseling for motivation.
Question three
a). Involvement of family in the treatment of a patient is important in a patient’s recovery. This is
because the doctor will provide important information in the initial assessment process and thus
the family members will be aware of changes in the client’s condition and be able to take the
appropriate action. The family members will be able to play a crucial role in the treatment and

recovery of their patient as they can remind the patient about taking drugs, monitoring and
reporting the symptoms
b). Family consultation involves the gathering of important information either from records,
interviews or from a doctor in order to find out possible diagnosis and best treatment. On the
other hand, family therapy is a form of treatment that addresses specific issues affecting the well-
being of the family. It involves cognitive therapy, behavior therapy among other types of
therapy.
c). Some components of a family consultation include the use of questions where the family
seeks answers to diagnosis and best ideas of treatment of a certain health crisis in the family.
d). The role of a nurse as a family consultant is to provide important information on the possible
diagnosis and management of certain health issue to families. The nurse also provides guidance
and counseling to family members in order to motivate them.
Question four
a) Cognitive, affective and behavioral psychiatric nursing interventions involve nursing
assessments of patient’s mood, psychomotor behaviors, appearance among other features that
can give nurses with elements of an in-depth patient assessment in relation to the current
psychological status and advanced behaviors that can be managed before or after the occurrence.
For instance, the patient’s behaviors are assessed by monitoring the patient’s gait, posture or
grooming and mood can be assessed by interpreting the patient’s verbal and nonverbal
communication.
b) The best measures that nurses can apply to prevent patients from inappropriate behaviors are
to prevent these incidences from happening. Examples of such preventive measures include
providing a supportive and safe environment and identifying and removing potential triggers to
inappropriate behaviors. Other examples may include, encouraging stress and relation
techniques, physical exercise, and timely and rapid de-escalation.