Mental Health Nursing

The application of CRC in the case scenario has been used in the provision of the analysis and diagnosis of information on behavioral, emotional and mental conditions of David.

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The application of CRC in the case scenario has been used in the provision of the analysis
and diagnosis of information on behavioral, emotional and mental conditions of David
(Forouzanfar et. al, 2016). This can be seen when Greg, David’s son notices that his father has
become more socially withdrawn and is not attending the bowls club. According to Greg, David
doesn’t seem to be himself, he also reports of having belly ache because of eating too much.
When they comment to David concerning his status, he responds by saying that they are all a
bunch of hangers just after his money. After examining David, Greg concludes that his father has
depression and straight away he commences him on antidepressant. The purpose of CRC in our
scenario helps Greg address the behaviour of his father through family, group, individual, and
marriage counseling and psychotherapy.
In accessing the mental health condition of David, we find that for the period that he has
stayed with Greg and her wife they have noticed that David doesn’t seem to be himself, he goes
to bed late and wakes up early around 4am. They also notice that David has no interest in his
garden and also he doesn’t fix his hobby car anymore. When questioned, David says that his
back aches when under the bonnet and also his legs ache when in the garden. The house of
David is untidy as the dishes are not washed as before and also there is food which is expired in
the fridge, it is also evident that David is socially and has not been attending the bowls club. Due
to these observations, Greg concludes that his father has depression
There exist two pieces of legislations that govern the manner in which the conditions of
mental health receive treatment and care (Haugland, & Reime, 2018). We have the Mental Act as
well as the Mental Capacity Act. The legislative relevant to our scenario is the Mental Capacity
Act. This Act gives chance to someone to decide on the behalf of another person above the age

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of 16 years about their best interests, in scenarios where the person lacks the ability to decide on
themselves. This legislation can be see when Greg decides on behave of his father that his father
needs to undergo medication and thus he directly commences him on medication. These
decisions are in relation to life changing events, restrictions of person’s liberty as well as daily
matters as in our case scenario.
Ethical considerations of mental health legislations that any analysis is supposed to look
at are like the health department, the community care failure, the requirement for new legislation
as well as the realities for new community treatment. In our scenarios here, we find that David is
bad-tempered when he is asked about how he is feeling; he also refuses medical care when the
nurse tries to enter his premises. Barbara his sister also comments that David doesn’t seem to be
himself and had only left the house once.
Results from researches carried out previously reveal that the strengths of an individual
are in relation to the improvement of mental health (Mi, & Masrur, 2017). The strengths have a
potential of bringing positive results in different life aspects such as the status of health,
functional status, satisfaction, as well as helping in recovery of mental health. The recovery-
oriented values of practice of health guarantee health care services for mental are brought in a
manner that sustains the mental health consumers’ recovery. Some of them consist of the
exceptionality of the person which recognizes that recuperation isn’t about treatment but about
the availability of opportunities for choices and living a meaningful, satisfying and purposeful
life. There is also principle of real choices which empower people to make their own choices.
Medication plays a crucial part in the treatment of mental disorders and conditions. This
treatment includes psychotherapy as well as the brain stimulation therapies (Alvares, Quintana,

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Hickie, & Guastella, 2016). Sometimes psychotherapy alone might be the best option of
treatment. On the other hand, there are effects associated with these treatments. The effects of
psychiatric treatment appear to be both common as well as being severe in relation to the
increased number of utilized medication and increased difficult of increase care. We have
polypharmacy regimens consisting of SSRIs or antipsychotics which are associated with
experiencing of side effects within the sample of study.

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