Mental Health Reflection | Essay

Running head: MENTAL HEALTH REFLECTION
MENTAL HEALTH REFLECTION
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Introduction
The provision of mental health is stated to be a state of psychological wellbeing or
absence of mental illness. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), mental health
is reported to be subjective in wellbeing, autonomy, perceived self-efficacy, inter-
generational dependence, competence, and self-actualisation of the intellectual and emotional
ability, among others (Jose and Sruthi 2019). It is also stated that the well-being of a person
who has incorporated the abilities, coping with stress, productivity, and contribution in the
community. The malpractice of the mental health care facility affects the mental health
outcomes of patients and harming the community. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the
malpractice and negligence observed in the mental health centre of Townsville Hospital,
especially in ward 10B, which was the psychiatric department. The use of Gibb’s reflective
model will be used in reflection on the audio-visual evidence to develop an action plan for
mitigating the issues related to the competence of the mental healthcare services.
Description
Evidence from the mental health facility of Townsville Hospital reported several
malpractices occurring in ward number 10B, which is the psychiatry department of the
centre. The highlighted issue that was observed in the audio-visual was the delivery of
inappropriate care to the mental health patients. The evidence of misconduct can be found in
the police record as well as in the records of the patient, which indicates that doctors are the
driving factor and are responsible for such an act. Despite such records, no investigations
were undertaken for thirteen years against such actions; as a result, a prolonged period of
negligence and abuse continued in the ward. The patients were administered with an
excessively high dosage of medications that involve 1000 times more than the normal
dosages that cause sedation and other side effects on the patients. The nurse without any

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permission of the doctor used to administer the drugs and practiced chemical restraint for
controlling and managing the people with a mental health condition. One of the most
prominent abuse behaviour noted from the evidence was the application of physical torture
upon the patient. Coffey et al. (2019) opined that people with a mental health condition, in
some cases, are unable to make decisions; as a result, the consent of family is required. In this
case, a group discussion was used that involves a voting system for either punishing or
rewarding the patients. Moreover, it can be seen that the participation of other patients was
involved whose mental status was not optimal for decision-making. The frightening aspect
was the patients were decided on the treatment and care of the patients, thus, questioning the
role of the doctors. The doctors in the ward, such as Dr. Beven Cane, states that the ward was
a model unit and thus, it is being criticised by the medical committees. In case a doctor
decided to take action against it, it leads to severe action from the medical board of the
hospital. The procedure of care and treatment was inappropriate and however, the hospital
board was unaware of such incidents. In April, Greg William was a psychiatric patient who
had hanged him after 48 hours after arriving the ward 10B. It was observed that he had
doubts about care in the ward, and Coroner’s finding stated that the death was preventable
and eight suicides occurred that could be prevented by staff. Thus, it was reported by the
police that there were serious allegations against the doctor and care that affected the mental
status of the patient rather than offering appropriate care and treatment to improve their
psychological wellbeing.
Feelings and thoughts
I fell that the authorities of the medical committee did not focus on the operations of
the video of ward 10B of the Townsville Hospital for an extended period leading to such a
distressing situation continued to persist. The practice of the care centre was inappropriate,
and restraint-based was used to control the patient without the maintenance of any ethical