Mental Health: Codes of Practice, Recovery, Services and Approaches

Running head: MENTAL HEALTH
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Question 1:
Codes of practice:
Code of practice in mental health work refers to the set of rules that explains the
behaviour that a health professional should maintain during professional practice (Russell 2012).
Discrimination:
Discrimination refers to making distance or distinction to a person on the basis of age,
gender, social status, culture, ethnicity and physical or mental disabilities (Russell 2012).
Dignity of risk:
Dignity of risk is defined as the idea of self determination and the right to take
appropriate risks which is important for self-esteem. It should not be hampered by the caregivers
that are concerned about their responsibilities (Russell 2012).
Duty of care human rights:
The balance between the duty of care and human rights is important in health care
service. It is legal obligation that is implemented for individual that require adherence to
standard care while involving in the act that could cause harm to others (Russell 2012).
Informed consent mandatory reporting practice standards:
Informed consent is defined as the process of getting permission before introducing any
intervention for a person related to the health care service (Russell 2012).
Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure policy frameworks:

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The process of maintaining privacy and confidentiality is mandatory in case of mental
health care service. They should not disclose such confidential matter as it could consider as the
violation of nursing ethics and patient safety (Russell 2012).
Records management:
Records management make the nursing practice more successful. It helps to understand
the previous health history of the patient and the progress in the treatment process and monitor
improvement or deteriorate in the health condition of the patient (Russell 2012).
Rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and individual:
It is the right of the individual people with mental illness to access effective care service
in the community. The duty of the health professionals and other staffs of the health care
organization is to provide equal care service to individual. (Russell 2012).
Work role boundaries-responsibilities and limitation work health safety:
There are some boundaries in the health care service that need to follow by the health
professionals. Such regulations help to understand the limitation of each staff and roles of the
individual in an effective manner (Russell 2012).
Question 2:
Recovery:
Recovery in terms of mental health does not refer to the complete cure of illness. In some
cases it is defined as the controlling life in an effective manner despite of suffering from mental
disorders (Jorm 2012).