Mental Health: Transgenerational Trauma, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, Nursing Practices, and Stigma

Mental Health

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
1. Role of transgenerational trauma and mental illness for indigenous people...........................3
2 differences and 2 similarities between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder along with 1
pharmacological treatment...........................................................................................................3
3. Least restrictive practice in Victoria........................................................................................4
4. Psychoeducation that nurse provide to people with clozapine along with its side effects,
indication, monitoring and consumer education..........................................................................4
5.a. Nursing actions for alcohol withdrawal for consumer admitted to an inpatient mental
health unit....................................................................................................................................5
5. b. Signs that need to be considered for alcohol withdrawal....................................................6
Some signs and symptoms that need to be considered by nurses for alcohol withdrawal
include: depression, nervousness, mood swings, shakiness and nightmares. All these happen
when people start quitting alcohol and drugs but nurses need to consider this and they need to
take actions accordingly..............................................................................................................6
6. Process for voluntary/non-compulsory and involuntary/compulsory admission to psychotic
patient..........................................................................................................................................6
7. Two non-pharmacological therapies that can be used in anxiety disorder treatment..............6
8. Questions that can be asked for assessing mood with depressive disorder clients..................7
9. Five nursing priorities that need to be implemented for Raj who is admitted on the acute
inpatient unit................................................................................................................................7
10. Two impact of mental illness stigma for consumer as well as their families........................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
When patient is emotionally, psychologically and socially well-being then it is known as
improved mental health (Greenberg, 2020). This study is going to discuss impact of
transgerational trauma on indigeneous people. Further, it will discuss importance of roles of
nurses and case managers in improving mental health problem.
MAIN BODY
1. Role of transgenerational trauma and mental illness for indigenous people
In regard to intergenerational trauma, it can be said that it is a concept that helps out in
understanding years of generational challenges, faced by families. In other words, it can be said
that when experience of parents and their actions affect the development of their children and
grandchildren then it is known as transgenerational trauma. Some causes of this trauma include:
sexual abuse, extreme poverty, sexual abuse and genocide (Isobel and et.al., 2021). It is found
that indigenous people often suffer from transgenerational trauma because they have lack access
to healthcare and other basic services. Extreme poverty and discrimination with such people are
some main reasons of this problem.
International concept of mental health can be discussed as emotional, social and logical
well-being. Poor mental health affects the way people think, act and feel.
There are number of cultural and bio psychological factors that affect mental health and
become reason of transgenerational trauma among indigenous people include: land
dispossession, forced relocation, loss of spiritual practices and culture.
2 differences and 2 similarities between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder along with 1
pharmacological treatment
Similarity 1: One of the main similarity between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia is both can
be characterised as psychiatric disorder as per the mental disorders fifth edition.
Similarity 2: Both require high utilisation of healthcare system (Lomholt and et.al., 2019).
Difference 1: Difference can be identified with its causes and symptoms. In regard to bipolar
disorder, it can be said that it causes extreme mood swings with one episode of mania and
schizophrenia causes hallucination.
Difference 2: Bipolar disorder has cyclical outcome and schizophrenia has poor outcomes.