Mental Health and Interventions Practices

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Mental Health and Interventions Practices
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Question 1
a) The most urgent area of concern is the suicidal thoughts that Chung has been having for
the last one week. Chung is even aware of a medication that he can take to commit suicide.
Chung’s self-harm thoughts are revealed through having flat moods, repeated withdraw from
family and experiencing inadequate sleep. The self-harm thoughts may be arising from pressure
from work, feeling helplessness and absence of an association in his wife and daughter life. Men
are more probable to terminate their life through suicide since they do view interdependence as
essential and hence less probable to consult family members and friends when in challenging
situations (Ribeiro et al, 2016).
b) Creating a suicide safe environment is the most effective intervention practice that a
nurse can commerce to address Chung’s suicidal thoughts. The nurse should ensure that he/she
communicate and collaborate effectively with the family members of Chung to assist in
identifying any possible hazards around Chung’s environment (Shah et al, 2014). As in the case
study, a nurse should remove the medication that Chung thinks of using to commit suicide and
remove any sharp and hazard object surrounding Chung. Creating a suicide safe environment is
the most effective intervention as it assists in creating a protected and harmless environment for
a client hence decreasing the probability of committing suicide (Batterham et al, 2014).
Question 2
a) Chung has been undergoing through anxiety for the last two months. Anxiety is an area
of concern because it makes a person to feel uncomfortable, helpless and out of control
(Leichsenring & Leweke, 2017). As in the case study, Chung has shown symptoms of anxiety
through the feeling of lack of control and helpless. Chung’s anxiety may be resulting from his

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wife’s health condition, inadequate connection in his daughter’s life and continuous long
working hours. Men have a high chance of experiencing anxiety since they consider themselves
to be tough and self-reliant and hence they are less likely to share or talk about their
circumstances.
b) Psychotherapy that involves non-medication interventions are the best practices to reduce
anxiety. An example of psychotherapy is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), CBT involves
relaxation activities, exposure techniques, and positive self-talk. CBT involves strategies that can
be utilized to teach a client how to manage their anxiety. A nurse can meet for two hours with a
client and by use of a positive language incorporate skill that are necessary to deal with anxiety.
As in the case study, a nurse can meet and share with Chung the necessary techniques that can
assist him in coping with his situations. Especially assisting him in dealing with the way he is
feeling uncomfortable and helpless (Olatunji, Kauffman, Meltzer, Davis, Smits & Powers, 2014).
Question 3
The Mental Health Act necessitates the nurse/midwife to always respect a patient’s
confidentiality. The Nurses have an obligation to always inform patients of the anticipated use of
information collected and ought to consult their patients before sharing the information collected.
The Data Collection Act also entitles a nurse/midwife to hold accurate, up to date and relevant
information about the patient and only allow access of patient’s personal information to those
people who really require access to it. The nurse should ensure conformity to confidentiality
when teaching Chung skills to cope with anxiety.
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) standards entitles every
nurse/midwife to enhance autonomy. A patient is authorized to self-rule and is at freedom from