Mental Health Nursing : Assignment
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Mental Health Nursing 21. Depression and Suicide are significant areas of concern in Australia.a.Investigate and outline the incidence of both depression and suicide in Australia.Ensure you address depression and suicide separately.Depression: As per the WHO survey, depression is one of the major causes of death inadolescents and youth, between the age group of 10-19 years of age (Ricci, 2015). Although thissurvey is a worldwide one, these rates are seen prevalent in Australia too, with the adolescentshaving trouble coping up with the distress and ending up giving their lives to get out of thetroubles.The most prevalent reasons that drive most teenagers to this ultimate means are either biologicalreasons, and disorders such as bipolar or psychosis, or the developmental factors, such as troubleat school and college, or problems at home. The study done on the depression rates in Australianwomen, especially, found that there are several reasons for depression, and the most significantamong them is the post-natal mental condition. It is found that around 16% of women go acrossthis phase, where they experience what is called baby blues or the post-natal depression.Although help is provided immediately by the primary care workers, and the constant mentalhealth survey by the Australian government renders new and modified policies, depressionseems to be on the rise, as per the latest predictions (Rich, 2013)Suicide: There has been a considerable increase in the number of deaths due to suicide, between2006 and 2012. The study conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics found that the deathdue to suicide has increased from 10.2 per 100,000 to 12.6 per 100,000 in the year 2012(Suicidein Australia, 2016). This rate is alarming, as is the fact that they are often triggered by the clustereffect. When a suicide happens one particular group of people, (say youth, indigenous
Mental Health Nursing 3population, and so on), it seems to trigger more among the others in the group(Robinson,2016).Although the survey reported presented with the number of suicides gives a collectivenumber of suicides in a year, it has been found that the rates are highest among the youth(Longbottom, 2016)b. Using relevant literature, identify and critically discuss one community group which is atrisk of depression AND one different community group which is considered at risk ofSuicide. Depression:One of the particular concerns today, facing the world (and Australia at large) is the mentalhealth of youth. With the adolescent and teenage population more exposed to social media,online games and news, children face depression at a very young age. It is predicted that theyoung females, at the age group of 12-20 years are twice as much prone to depression andrestlessness than the male (Pearce, 2017). This is especially true with older teenagers, at the agegroup of 18-19 years, where they are more susceptible to peer pressure, stress due to social life,and studies, bullying in the college, and so on. Social media, may also be one of the significantreasons for young girls facing mental health challenges. This depression, as said to be developedat a young age (at adolescent stage) contributes to the mental health in later stages of life.Suicide:A survey conducted in 2015 shows that the suicides in indigenous populations and Torres straitislanders are twice as much as those in non-indigenous people (Armstrong, G., 2017). This trendof suicide is a recent one, and mostly seen in younger members of the group. The average age, aspredicted by the survey, for suicide among the indigenous population is less than 35 years of age
Mental Health Nursing 4Most of these deaths are attributed to depression, substance abuse and also on the influence ofothers in the community, what is called the cluster suicides. Sadly though, many suicides or self-harm symptoms are also seen among females who have been hospitalized and suffering from anillness.2. Critically discuss 2 factors that may have contributed to the development of the client'smental health concerns and risks.In scenario A, Jonathan is a youth of 19 years, with a series of distressing events in his life. Withthe loss of his one parent, (his mother) and a developing distance between the other, he suddenlyfeels isolated and lonely. Jonathan is depressed, and with his mother's anniversary approaching,he feels his only respite would be to end his life. Poor family cohesion, as Grenklo, T. B., et. al(2014) suggests, is one of the reasons for self-destructive behaviour in youth. A close knitfamily, disintegrating within a span of months, and the stress of dealing with sickness might havelead Jonathan into a turmoil. Loss of a close relative here, and who has suffered in front of him,with an illness like cancer, has made Jonathan take the fatal step, and understandably, closer tothe approaching anniversary of his mother's death.Here, two things have happened simultaneously for Jonathan. For one, he has lost his mother,and in an illness which would have lasted for a few months at the most. Second, his father, whomight himself be feeling lost due to his wife's death, is dealing with his grief in his own way, byworking overtime. Although monitory issue is also a concern, the father here might havedistanced himself to deal with both his own grief and also to repay the loans. Hence, father, theone parent alive, is not there to support Jonathan or share his grief.
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