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MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE 2 Running Head: Mental Health Nursing Practice Description

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MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE 2 Running Head: MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE1 Mental Health Nursing Practice Name Institutional Affiliation Contents Introduction 2 Biopsychosocial Factors 3 Genetic factors 3 Environmental and Personal Factors 4 Neurochemical factors 5 Nursing Interventions 5 Ethical implications 6 Ethics at work 6 Treatment Preferences 7 Issues with the law 7 Conclusion 8 References 8 Introduction Mental disorders are known to affect the brain functioning and cause the unusual behavior of an individual towards the people around them. Biopsycho

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Running Head: MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE 1Mental Health Nursing PracticeNameInstitutional Affiliation
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MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE 2ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Biopsychosocial Factors..................................................................................................................3Genetic factors.............................................................................................................................3Environmental and Personal Factors............................................................................................4Neurochemical factors.................................................................................................................5Nursing Interventions......................................................................................................................5Ethical implications.........................................................................................................................6Ethics at work...............................................................................................................................6Treatment Preferences..................................................................................................................7Issues with the law.......................................................................................................................7Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8References........................................................................................................................................8
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MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE 3IntroductionMental disorders are known to affect the brain functioning and cause the unusual behavior of an individual towards the people around them. In case study two, Susan experiences a disorder that affects her way of interacting with people and how she manages her own life. She is diagnosed with a Bipolar disorder which affects her mood and energy in her day to day life. The paper seeks to find the main causes of this disease according to research and refer the same informationin Susan’s case. It is also important to identify some of the nursing plans that a patient with this condition should receive from their medical personnel’s. There are also some ethical considerations that can be derived from the case study regarding the medical ways of dealing with the patients on their journey to discovery. A condition that affects the mental activity of an individual requires special medical care to help the patient over come or reduce its impact on their lives. Biopsychosocial FactorsBipolar disorder is a mental condition that causes sudden shifts in an individual’s mood, energy and their way of conducting their daily activities. The disorder is said to affect certain parts of the brain and usually occurs due to malfunctioning of individual body cells[ CITATION Con09 \l 1033 ]. In most cases, the condition is often triggered by genetic, environmental and personal factors. The following are the leading causes of Bipolar disorder:
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MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE 4Genetic factorsBipolar disorder usually comes as a result of an individual’s genes and family ties depending on the biological line they follow. Most cases of the disease occur to people whose a member of their family was once suffering from it or some form of depression. In the case of Susan, her brother had past cases of depression whereby he committed suicide after being diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Such like an occurrence puts Susan and other family members at a 40-70% chance of getting the same mental condition. An experiment conducted in 2001, indicated that identical twins are at a significant risk if one of them has Bipolar and the other one might also be a victim[ CITATION Kat07 \l 1033 ]. The stronger the genetic composition, the more likely it is for individuals to have a similar mental condition. If a parent is suffering from this condition, then their children stand a greater risk of getting the same as compared to their nephews or grandchildren. Another study of adopted twins shows that the child linked to the family bloodline can suffer a genetic disorder while the adopted one is untouched[ CITATION Lic09 \l 1033 ]. All this research indicates that Bipolar disorder travels through ancestral roots and that is also represented by Susan’s case. Environmental and Personal FactorsThese are factors that individuals can control with the way they conduct themselves and also through relating to others. Most people’s lives follow a particular routine, and when it changes, they can end up stressed[ CITATION Tru08 \l 1033 ]. One of the issues that cause Bipolar disorder is depression and stress due to personal issues. An individual’s brain function suddenly shifts and is overworked for some time which now might cause the malfunctioning of certain cells. Personal issues like loss of family members loss of a job, divorce or overworking might
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