Mental Health Nursing Principles

Running head: MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRINCIPLES (MEETING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH
ALTERED MENTAL HEALTH STATUS IN HOSPITAL/INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRINCIPLES (MEETING THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH ALTERED MENTAL HEALTH
STATUS IN HOSPITAL/INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY
SETTINGS

MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRINCIPLES (MEETING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH ALTERED
MENTAL HEALTH STATUS IN HOSPITAL/INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS 2
Table of contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Mental health and patho- physiology...........................................................................................3
Management plans on health issues.............................................................................................4
Knowledge gained on the role of service provider......................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
Reference list...................................................................................................................................8

MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRINCIPLES (MEETING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH ALTERED
MENTAL HEALTH STATUS IN HOSPITAL/INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS 3
Introduction
Mental illness is caused due to the severe environmental stress, genetic factors as well
hormonal misbalance or the collaboration of these factors. Moreover, severe childhood trauma
isolation or loneliness, as well as bereavement, are also contributors to mental disorders. The
significant role of service provider is to convey potential support to as well as nursing care to the
service user suffering from mental health issues. In addition to that, they support the service user
suffering from a wide range of anxiety, depression or other mental disorders. This assignment
will shed light on the causal factors of mental health disorder as well as management plans
regarding health issues.
Mental health and pathophysiology
Mental illness is also referred to as the mental disorders which encompass a wide range
of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety or schizophrenia. Brijnath et al. (2014),
illuminated that, in Australia work-related mental stress is the second leading cause of the mental
disorder. Moreover, such stress factor can have a drastic on the individual's physical as well as
psychological health issues. Prolonged mental health disorder can lead to developing severe
mental illness such as anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. This can also
enhance the blood pressure of an individual which can lead to other cardiac problems. Most
significant physiological factors that affect the mental illness is trauma experienced in childhood
or emotional, sexual or physical abuse. In addition to that, the loss of important people also
develops different mental disorders.
Along with that, poor capability to communicate with other leads to isolation which can
also lead to mental disorder. On a wider note, Goodyear (2015), highlighted that the effects of
mental health for many families is a challenge in terms of social means well as economic factor
that involves homelessness, lack of education as well as enhanced risk of family violence. On a
similar note, Corrigan, Druss & Perlick (2014), stated that serious mental disorders often lead to
important distress as well as disability that lowers the quality of life. In addition to that,
dysfunction that generally arises from the mental disorders can affect the four important spheres
of human psychology such as perception, motivation and behaviour as well as interpersonal
functioning and cognition. Moreover, individuals with serious mental illness affect their