Historical and Current Models of Mental Health and their Application to Victor

The lay model of mental health and the mental health recovery model were applied to effectively address Victor's complex mental health disorders. Recovery skills used included effective patient education and adapting a family-centred approach. Involving the client's girlfriend helped in motivating the client and accelerating the recovery process. Personal recovery included administering self-management strategies to the client in order to empower him to acquire control over his mental-health disorder. The diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder was important in order to educate and empower him about the disease condition.

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Domains
How these apply to
Victor
Which recovery
skills and values
did you use and
how were they
applied?
How did it go? What have you
learnt?
Relevant literature
Historical and
current models of
mental health.
Victor frequently
hallucinated and found
his college mates
bullying him and
harassing him because of
his cultural identity.
Further it was found that
Victor had resorted to
substance-abuse in order
to relieve himself from
the constant fear of being
harassed and claimed to
acquire superpowers on
consuming marijuana. In
order to effectively
address the client’s
problem, the lay model
of mental health would
be applied. This is
because, it would focus
on the analysing the
The recovery skills
used for the
treatment of the
client included,
effective patient
education and
adapting a family-
centred approach to
accelerate the
process of
recovery. Effective
patient education
helped in acquiring
complete
participation of the
client to join the
rehabilitation
support program
against substance
abuse. It should
further be
Effective patient
education helped in
educating the client
about the rationale
of the devised
treatment
interventions. In
addition to this, it
should also be
noted that
involving the
client’s girlfriend
made the process
easier to convince
the client and
encourage him to
participate in the
anti-substance
abuse rehabilitation
program. In
addition to this, it
I learnt that it is
essential to
prioritise issues in
a complex case
management like in
Victor’s case
which involved
physical as well as
mental issues as it
helps in acquiring
positive patient
outcomes.
Vargas-Schaffer, G., &
Cogan, J. (2014).
Patient therapeutic
education: placing
the patient at the
centre of the WHO
analgesic
ladder. Canadian
Family
Physician, 60(3),
235-241.
Goss. (2008).
Involving patients
in decisions during
psychiatric
consultations.
British Journal of
Psychiatry, 193,
416-21.

cultural and ethnic
background of the client
along with the
progression of the
disease and at the same
time also help in
understanding the root
cause of the disorder, In
addition to this, the
mental health recovery
model would help in
effectively treating the
patient by managing the
symptoms.
mentioned that
involving the
girlfriend of the
client in the
recovery process
helped in
motivating the
client and
accelerated the
recovery process.
should further be
noted that the
involvement of
client’s girlfriend
helped in ensuring
the client had an
optimistic belief
towards life and at
the same time
proper care was
taken reinforce a
safe and secure
environment, free
from the risk
factors.
Driving principles
and values of
Recovery
approaches
The driving principles of
the recovery practice was
reinforced within the
client to instil in him the
belief of dignity, respect,
empowerment and
optimism towards life. It
should be noted that the
client was typically
devoid of any motivation
and home-sickness had
made him crave for a
feeling of being wanted
or cherished. The
principles of recovery
practices effectively
helped in rekindling
With the help of
one on one
counselling session,
sharing of success
stories of other
clients with
difficult mental
health disorders and
motivational
interviews, Victor
was motivated to
feel better about his
cultural
background.
The counselling
session and the
motivational
interviews
encouraged Victor
to cooperate with
the allied health
professionals so as
to acquire positive
self-management
strategies and
battle with his
complex mental
illness.
Reinforcing a
positive
environment
equipped with
motivation in
combination with
effective
administration of
self-strategies can
help in effectively
treating a patient
with complex
mental health
disorder. In
addition to this,
adapting a family-
centred approach in
Perkins, R. (2006). First
person: ‘you need
hope to cope’. In
Roberts, Davenport,
Holloway, &Tattan,
Enabling Recovery:
The principles and
practice of
rehabilitation
psychiatry. London:
Gaskell.

these beliefs in the
patient.
the recovery
process can also
help in rendering
an effective
treatment process.
The value of
diagnosis and
experts by
experience
The diagnosis of Bipolar
Disorder in case of
Victor was important in
order to educate and
empower him about the
disease condition. The
mental trauma that had
been going through
because of the negative
experiences of bullying
had taken a toll on his
mental health and as a
result he frequently
hallucinated about
students coming to beat
him up. Effective patient
education about the
mental health problem
helped in acquiring
hundred percent
participation from the
client in order to
accelerate the recovery
process.
Patient-education
helped in
empowering the
client with self-
management
strategies. It further
helped in
explaining to the
client that life was
beyond his mental
health disorder and
had a different
meaning and that
the nature of his
illness was not
permanent and
could be reversed
with his
cooperation.
Although, Victor
initially had found
it extremely bizarre
and difficult to
come to terms with
the fact that he had
Bipolar Disorder.
The subsequent
steps included, him
being terrified of
the disorder and
unable to believe
that it could be
cured. However,
with effective
education the client
showed positive
response towards
the process of
recovery.
It is important to
educate mental
health patients and
calm their
insecurities, in
order to instil a
belief that the
mental health
condition is
reversible and can
be controlled and
that their life is
beyond their
mental health
disorder.
Shepherd, G., Boardman,
J., & Slade, M.
(2008 ). Making
Recovery a Reality.
London: Sainsbury
Centre for Mental
Health.
Tudor, K. (2013). Mental
health promotion:
Paradigms and
practice.
Routledge.
Personal v clinical
recovery.
Clinical recovery was
managed with the
administration of
Evidence based
practice was used
in order to facilitate
Initially, the client
did not cooperate
with the
It is important to
prioritize issues
while treating
Thompson‐Leduc, P.,
Clayman, M. L.,
Turcotte, S., &

medication that included
tranquillisers and mild
sedatives. On the other
hand, personal recovery
included administering
self-management
strategies to the client in
order to empower him to
acquire control over his
mental-health disorder.
the process of
recovery. The
recovery steps
included,
administration of
medication,
psychological
counselling and
participation in
constructive
activities. In
addition to this the
involvement of the
client’s girlfriend
also helped in
making the
recovery process an
effective one.
professionals,
however on sharing
success stories of
other clients who
battles mental
illness and
inclusion of his
girlfriend in the
recovery process,
the client felt more
confident and
positive and
extended complete
participation.
complex mental
health disorders. In
addition to this, the
comfort zone of the
patient should
stringently be
considered in order
to apply an
effective treatment
strategy.
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Shared decision‐
making behaviours
in health
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of studies based on
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754-774.