Mental Health: Nursing Interventions and Ethical Concerns

Running Head: MENTAL HEALTH 0
Mental health
9/25/2018

MENTAL HEALTH 1
Question 1 (a)
In context to the case study, after visiting the Chung’s family, it has found that he has
been feeling low in mood, past six years, leading to a number of symptoms of poor health.
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing. Therefore, with the case
of Chung, it can be analysed that he was in the poor state of physical, mental, social, and
emotional wellbeing. Identified symptoms included sleeplessness, usually waking up at 3am
in the morning showing submissive behaviour. In addition, lack of confidence, failing at work
led to the major impact on his safety as he developed thoughts of committing suicide. Thus,
the issue or urgent risk area is the poor health condition as Chung represented the symptoms
of low mood, which needs to be, resolved (Bruce et al., 2015).
Question 1 (b)
Nursing interventions with the case of Chung can be an approach to ensure
maintenance of safe environment. Developing a therapeutic relationship and recovery-based
language with the patient, will help in improving his health by identifying and understanding
patient’s behaviour. This can take place as a 30-minute exercise, engaging him in other
activities, helping him focus and gain confidence in his work and social relationships.
Building trust and sense of mutual understanding with the patient will help him recover with
positive outcomes. In addition, interventions such as undertaking self-harm/suicide risk
assessment will also play an effective role in improving his thought-process, and becoming
positive towards life. These interventions carried out by the nurse involve rationale (purpose)
to implement them. Rationale to follow recovery-based language in the approach is used as it
helps in understanding patient’s perspective towards life and stress (Segal, Williams &
Teasdale, 2018).
Question 2 (a)
With respect to the Chung’s health condition, safety issues of his life, there is an
identified mental concern or issues that affect the wellbeing of the patient. Suicide ideation
and feelings of hopelessness and worthless raised the safety concern which are the resulted
impacts of the low mood or anxiety, i.e. mental health concern. Chung represented the signs
of low-esteem or lack of self-confidence. He felt being worthless for undertaking the
responsibility of his family, losing interest in improving his life. Men and women both