Mental Health in an Organization

This report explores the various factors influencing mental health in an organization. It covers legal and ethical considerations, specific mental health legislation, and techniques for communication and counseling.

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Executive Summary
Mental health is vital for human survival. It is the concept of will power which allows a person
to undertake daily activities. This concept of mental health depends on a lot of factors. The
purpose of this report is to look in to the various factors influencing the condition of mental
health in a person.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Legal and ethical considerations to ensure mental health................................................................4
Codes of Practice.........................................................................................................................4
Discrimination..............................................................................................................................4
Dignity of Risk.............................................................................................................................4
Duty of Care.................................................................................................................................4
Human Rights..............................................................................................................................5
Mandatory Reporting...................................................................................................................5
Practice Standards........................................................................................................................5
Privacy, Confidentiality and Disclosure......................................................................................5
Policy Framework........................................................................................................................5
Records Management...................................................................................................................5
Rights and Responsibilities of workers, employers and individuals accessing the service.........5
Specific mental health legislation and its impact on individual workers.....................................6
Work Role boundaries.................................................................................................................6
Work health and safety................................................................................................................6
Values and Principles of Mental Health..........................................................................................6
Recovery......................................................................................................................................6
Recovery oriented practice..........................................................................................................6
Health promotion and prevention and early intervention............................................................6

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Holistic Approach........................................................................................................................7
Empowerment and Disempowerment..........................................................................................7
Access and Equity........................................................................................................................7
Rights...........................................................................................................................................7
Citizenship...................................................................................................................................7
Evidence base for Recovery.............................................................................................................7
Historical, current and emerging models of understanding mental illness in Australia and
internationally..................................................................................................................................8
Outline the techniques for communication and motivational interviewing and counselling...........8
Reflective practice and its role in underpinning ongoing learning, growth and good practice.......8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Mental health is vital for human survival. Human beings have to engage in a lot of
activities in their daily lives. This requires them to exert their physical strength to the maximum.
However, it is the will power of the individuals which allows them to work so hard. This will
power depends on the mental stability of the person concerned (Abuse and Administration 2016).
This concept of mental health depends on a lot of factors. The purpose of this report is to look in
to the various factors influencing the condition of mental health in a person.
Legal and ethical considerations to ensure mental health
Codes of Practice
The stability of mental health of a person is only possible in an environment of rules and
regulations which are adhered to by everyone in the vicinity. The codes of practice needs to be
followed diligently.
Discrimination
Care must be taken to ensure that no discrimination is done amongst the same individuals
in the same circumstances.
Dignity of Risk
Individuals should be allowed to undertake activities by themselves instead of someone
else doing the work for them (Worden 2018).
Duty of Care
Individuals have the ethical consideration of taking care of the people who are suffering
from mental instability.

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Human Rights
An organization has the obligation to ensure that the human rights of the people are not
encroached upon and that they are guaranteed to all without discrimination.
Mandatory Reporting
It is essential that the organization should report all the incidents occurring within its
premises (Clement et al. 2015).
Practice Standards
It Is the legal consideration of the individuals have to follow all the standards of the
organization efficiently.
Privacy, Confidentiality and Disclosure
The information provided by the individuals in a workplace should not be revealed under
any circumstances.
Policy Framework
The policies of the organization needs to be followed diligently (Lanata et al. 2015).
Records Management
The records of the people should be maintained by the office but they should not be
disclosed without prior permission.
Rights and Responsibilities of workers, employers and individuals accessing the
service
The individuals in a workplace have several rights and responsibilities such as meeting
the objectives of the organization.

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Specific mental health legislation and its impact on individual workers
Privacy and Personal Information Act 1998 states that no information of an individual
employed can be revealed without permission (Koslowski et al. 2016).
Work Role boundaries
The individuals need to distinguish between their work responsibilities and their role in
their personal lives.
Work health and safety
The organization needs to maintain a safe environment for the health of the workers.
Values and principles of mental health sector.
Values and Principles of Mental Health
Recovery
It is the duty of a mental health care facility to ensure the recovery of an individual under
its care.
Recovery oriented practice
The mental health care facility should formulate individual friendly practice for their
efficient recovery.
Health promotion and prevention and early intervention
It is the duty of the health care facility to ensure the promotion of mental health in an
individual and to prevent the mental instability from an early stage itself.

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Holistic Approach
The organization should take into consideration all the various methods by which the
mental health of the employee is maintained.
Empowerment and Disempowerment
It is essential for a person to be empowered; to feel as if he or she can undertake the
necessary activities to take care of oneself.
Access and Equity
The individuals should have an equal access to all the resources of the organization
(Townsend and Morgan 2017).
Rights
Every work place provides certain rights to its employees and it is imperative that all the
employees are able to enjoy these rights.
Social Justice and Inclusion
The employees in the organization should not be discriminated against any social
conditions and they should feel part of the organization as a whole.
Citizenship
No employee shall be discriminated against based on their citizenship.
Evidence base for Recovery
The recovery of a person suffering from mental instability needs to be consistent and
patient friendly. This was seen in the case when I was suffering from depression and had to
consult a health professional to help me overcome the problem.

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Historical, current and emerging models of understanding mental illness in
Australia
and internationally
Since historical times people have been affected by mental illness because of which
several importance health initiatives were launched to solve the issue (Townsend and Morgan
2017). It evolved with the deterrence to the abusers in the society and a threat to punish them.
Outline the techniques for communication and motivational interviewing and
counselling
The techniques of communication includes that of training session and holding
impersonal talks with the concerned individual.
Reflective practice and its role in underpinning ongoing learning, growth and
good practice
Learning and practice helps in the personal growth of a human being. A person should try
to self-reflect and see what the various shortcomings in the behavior are (Townsend and Morgan
2017).
Conclusion
In conclusion it is observed that if the mental health of a person is favorable to the
individual then he or she will be able to undertake any work which is assigned. This necessitates
the importance of mental health of an individual.

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Clement, S., Schauman, O., Graham, T., Maggioni, F., Evans-Lacko, S., Bezborodovs, N.,
Morgan, C., Rüsch, N., Brown, J.S.L. and Thornicroft, G., 2015. What is the impact of mental
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Koslowski, N., Klein, K., Arnold, K., Koesters, M., Schützwohl, M., Salize, H.J. and Puschner,
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and mental health problems: systematic review and meta-analysis. The British Journal of
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Lanata, A., Valenza, G., Nardelli, M., Gentili, C. and Scilingo, E.P., 2015. Complexity index
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Townsend, M.C. and Morgan, K.I., 2017. Psychiatric mental health nursing: Concepts of care in
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Worden, J.W., 2018. Grief counseling and grief therapy: A handbook for the mental health
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