Mental Health Treatment

Running head: MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
Mental Health Treatment
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Psychosocial Issues in Mental Health
In the case study of Mark, it is reported that he is an excellent student throughout his
school life and he was very good in sports too. In his school he was the captain of his school
cricket team and not only this he was also very popular in his friend group. Moreover, his
teacher also liked him. However, from the last year, it was reported that, his academic
performances started to decline and this condition was also reflecting in his grades. Mark
reported that, he was unable to concentrate in his study. After visiting the GP, the he was
prescribed an antidepressant. It was reported by Mark’s mother that, the Mark had a few odd
thoughts and he could hear a few sounds and other persons cannot hear such things as well. In
addition to this, it is also reported that, Mark had stopped to go out with his friends and most
of the time he was in the room. Mark’s mother also reported that, sometimes he was very
excited about the science project and he did not want to talk about them with others. He had
fear about stealing of those ideas by others. He was puzzled about those ideas and he could
not even express those ideas. According to the study of Frith (2014), it can be said that, the
hallucinating behaviour of patient is one of the key signage of schizophrenia among the
patients. In addition to this, in various other studies, it is also observed that, the patients with
the problem of schizophrenia also showed symptoms like depression, social withdrawal, lack
of attention, suspiciousness and hallucination are the characteristics of schizophrenia (Howes
and Murray 2014). From the case study of Mark, it is observed that, Mark had all the
symptoms. So, it can be said that, the Mark may had social isolation, anxiety and as
psychosocial problem of Mark.
Informal Support to the Patient
According to the study of Brown et al. (2014), it is reported that persons with any
kind of mental health problems generally requires support in a form of formal and informal

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ways. In this study, it is reported that only a few amount of people seek help for their
condition. In various condition it is reported that, the mental health patient needs both type of
support in order to get rid of from this condition. In this study, it is reported that most of the
mental health patient does not seek formal help from the professionals. So, in that case, the
role of the informal help is very vital. In case of mental health patients, family members,
friends, non-health professionals can provide informal help to the patient (Brown et al. 2014).
So, it can be said that, in case of Mark only his mother can provide informal help to Mark as
most of the time he kept himself inside his room. Moreover, he did not go out with his friend
and as a result he could not get any support from his friend. From the case study, it is evident
that, in the family of Mark, only his mother is present. So, Mark would not have any support
from his family members apart from his mother.
Professionals involved in the Care Process
In the care process of Mark a few individual must be included in order to provide the
best care to Mark. In the care process of such patients, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a social
worker, an occupational therapist and a primary care doctor. According to the study of
Lavelle et al. (2015), it is reported that, a psychiatrist can address the problems of the mental
health patient easily as he can understand the mental condition of the patient in a well
manner. It is reported that a specialist that is a psychiatrist can treat the patient medically and
this professional can also prescribe the patients adequate medicine to the patient. As it is
suspected that Mark is suffering from mental health disease, so a psychiatrist can be included
in the treatment team of Mark. Along with this, a psychologist may also be included in the
treatment process of Mark. According to the study of Ong et al. (2016), it is reported that, the
psychologist can help the patients of schizophrenia in developing various skills that is