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

This supervision log explores the historical and current models of mental health and how they apply to Victor. It discusses the recovery skills and values used in his treatment and what was learned. Relevant literature is included.

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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.
The Lay
model
helps to
understa
nd the
physiolo
gical
and
mental
factor
which is
responsi
ble for
the
illness in
First of
all the
wounds
and cuts
present in
his body
were
provided
with
dressing.
Further
his
abilities
and
compet
Victor
was
highly
discrimin
ated in
his
educatio
nal
institute
in UK
and the
discrimin
ation was
in
several
I learnt
that prior
to imply
any
helathcare
interventi
on, it is
important
to learn
the past
history of
the
patient as
in the
absence
Slade, M., Amering, M., Farkas, M., Hamilton, B.,
O'Hagan, M., Panther, G., ... & Whitley, R. (2014). Uses
and abuses of recovery: implementing recovery‐oriented
practices in mental health systems. World
Psychiatry, 13(1), 12-20.
Drake, R. E., & Whitley, R. (2014). Recovery and severe
mental illness: description and analysis. The Canadian
Journal of Psychiatry, 59(5), 236-242.

the
patient.
In case
of
Victor,
the Lay
framewo
rk
emphasi
sed
primaril
y on the
diagnosi
s and
treatmen
t when
he was
admitted
to the
healthca
re
facility
with
multiple
suicide
attempts
and
encies
were
recogni
sed so
that
consent
about
his
medicat
ion
could
be
achieve
d.
Howeve
r, in
case of
inability
, his
friend
was
asked
to
provide
consent
as he
had no
ways
such as
racial,
commun
al and so
on.
Therefor
e, he had
trust
issues
and he
isolated
himself
from
others.
So, the
helathcar
e
physician
s tried to
develop
a trust
based
interpers
onal
relations
hip was
of history
knowledg
e of the
patient, I
would not
be able to
identify
the
underlyin
g causes
of
patient’s
current
mental
and
physical
health
condition.

bipolar
disorder.
The
recovery
model
for the
recovery
of his
mental
health
on the
other
hand,
focuses
on
creating
a
peaceful
,
purposef
ul and
satisfyin
g life as
defined
by
Victor
himself
capacit
y of
decision
-making
capacit
y.
develope
d to
make
him feel
positive
and
provide
him
educatio
nal
training
about
combatin
g his
mental
illness.
He was
educated
as per his
previous
history,
life
experien
ces and
his
personal
needs. he

when he
used to
live in
his
country
china,
without
any
mental
health.
was
asked to
be calm
and
relaxed
so that
interventi
ons
could
work
properly.
Driving
principles
and values
of Recovery
approaches
Self-
manage
ment
Person-
centred
care
To
facilitate
self-
managem
ent in
Victor,
constructi
ve
activities
and
education
al
sessions
were
involved
in the
Victor
was
unconvin
ced and
guarded
his
thinking
in the
primary
portion
of his
treatment
.
However
, during
his
From this
experienc
e, I leant
that
during the
healthcare
service
provision,
its
essential
to
develop a
personal
connectio
n with the
patient so
Sturmberg, J. P., O’Halloran, D. M., & Martin, C. M.
(2013). Healthcare Reform: The Need for a Complex
Adaptive Systems Approach. In Handbook of systems
and complexity in health (pp. 827-853). Springer, New
York, NY.

interventi
on. Victor
was also
counselle
d about
the
importanc
e of
independe
nt living
in
personal
sessions
and in-
ward
meetings
so that
making
him
understan
d the
importanc
e of
independe
nt living
and
healthy
treatment
he was
leaving
behind
his
previous
difficult
life
experien
ces
which
made
him
reserved.
This was
the
gradual
effect of
the
empathet
ic
attitude
of the
helathcar
e
physician
.
that they
can trust
the
professio
nals and
open up
to them
which
also helps
in
understan
ding their
mental
picture
more
clearly.

life could
be
understoo
d.
Further,
the
Patient-
centred
care was
delivered
to Victor
by
involving
in
empathy
related
communi
cation and
making
him feel
Good.
The value
of diagnosis
and experts
by
experience
It was
ensured
that
Victor
and his
diagnosi
Proper
communi
cation
skills,
promise
and
Victor
observed
the
healthcar
e
professio
I was able
to learn
that it is
important
to
understan
Perkins, R., Repper, J., Rinaldi, M., & Brown, H.
(2012). Recovery Colleges: Implementing Recovery
Organisational Change. Retrieved from London:
http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/Handlers/Dow
nload.ashx?IDMF=03b39739

s of
Bipolar
disorder
which
led to
self-
harm
and
moderat
e
injuries
to
himself
due to
the
excessiv
e
violence
did not
hide his
personal
.
understan
ding were
practiced
in case of
the care
process of
Victor.
the
communi
cation
skills was
used to
ensure an
appropriat
e use of
language
around
Victor
and build
an
empathy
related
relationsh
ip in
which,
understan
ding and
nals as a
remote
expert.
By
utilising
these
approach
es, this
perceptio
n was
changed.
Victor
was able
to see the
professio
nal as a
committe
d coach
or
personal
trainer
who is
providin
g him
services
as well
as
d the
ability of
verbal
and non-
verbal
communi
cation
while
dealing
with
people
having
mental
health
issues as
they are
highly
vulnerabl
e in such
situation.
Bircher, J., & Kuruvilla, S. (2014). Defining health by
addressing individual, social, and environmental
determinants: new opportunities for health care and
public health. Journal of public health policy, 35(3),
363-386.

commitm
ent forms
a balance.
learning.
Personal v
clinical
recovery.
Clinical
recovery
is the
concept
which is
benefici
al to
recover
the
normal
self by
sympto
m
diminuti
on and
restorati
on of
function
ing in
the
patient.
In
Victor’s
case of
In the
process of
clinical
recovery
of Victor,
the
knowledg
e of best
practice,
as well as
approach
of
motivatio
n and
positive
thinking
were
used.
Symptom
managem
ent for
Victor
was done
using the
Victor’s
unwilling
ness to
treatment
and
recovery
were
mainly
due his
past
experien
ces of
discrimin
ation in
his
college
by his
fellow
classmat
es that
made
him
deprived
of the
From this
process, I
learnt that
it is
important
to not
only
focus on
clinical
recovery
based on
symptom
atic
managem
ent but
also on
the
personal
recovery
which
will help
him to
recover as
a human
Warner, R. (2013). Recovery from schizophrenia:
Psychiatry and political economy. Routledge.
Burns, T., Rugkåsa, J., Molodynski, A., Dawson, J.,
Yeeles, K., Vazquez-Montes, M., ... & Priebe, S. (2013).
Community treatment orders for patients with psychosis
(OCTET): a randomised controlled trial. The
Lancet, 381(9878), 1627-1633.

clinical
recovery
, the
focus
was to
decrease
the
aggressi
ve self-
harming
behavio
ur and
suicidal
thinking.
best
practices.
With
constant
motivatio
n and
positive
thinking.
mental
support.
But with
constant
motivatio
n he was
made to
believe
that he
can
transfor
m into a
more
productiv
e person
and gain
success
in
different
areas of
life.
or person
rather
than just
removing
his
illness.