Mental Health Recovery: Importance, Treatment, and Management

MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY
ASSIGNMENT

Introduction
 Mental well-being is a crucial component of the WHO definition of health. Stable
mental health enables individuals to realize their ability, manage normal life stresses,
work productively, and contribute positively to their communities.
 Working in partnership with consumers, new practice techniques are being designed
and delivered that can allow individuals to prosper within society and move towards a
fulfilling life beyond their diagnosis (Tondora, J., Miller, R., Slade, M., Davidson,
2014).
 Nurses are in a unique position to help service users in evaluating their health
condition and making choices about their care plans

Etiology
 Mental health disorders can b e caused by a combination of physiological,
environmental, and biological factors.
 Certain infections, heredity, substance abuse, and poor nutrition can cause mental
illness.
 Different mental disorders have different risk factors.
 Mental illness is associated with disability, social isolation, suffering, family conflicts,
pain, poverty, heart diseases, freedom loss, and death.

Intervention
 Early signs of a patient with a mental disorder include: Bizarre behavior, disorientation,
suicidal attempts, hallucinations (patients can see, taste, feel, and hear things which are
actually not there), and delusions.
 Early intervention in mental well-being is important in prevention of complications and
damage.
 Early intervention can lead to proper diagnosis and management, more timely referrals
to specialists, increased confidence and participation of primary care providers.
 People who suffer from severe and chronic mental disorders require rehabilitation.
 Psychiatric rehabilitation promotes social, emotional, and intellectual skills which are
necessary in life.