Case Study on Mental Health

1NRSG370 Task 2 Case Study on Mental Health
Case Study on Mental Health
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2NRSG370 Task 2 Case Study on Mental Health
1. Introduction
With the advancement of technologies, many diseases which were earlier not curable are
being cured. There are still some types of illnesses, especially mental problems; there is no
standard remedy for those diseases. The illness may be due to physical or mental imbalances.
In either case, the person cannot perform normal activities of life. Most of these diseases are
on account of socio-economic situation presently faced by common man where survival has
become difficult. Most of the cases reported about mental health problems are because of this
economic imbalance existing between people of different income groups (Stein, et al., 2010).
In this essay, the main objective is to study a patient suffering from mental illness which is a
result of socio economic imbalances. I shall be following the clinical reasoning cycle to
explain this case study (Levett-Jones, 2017).
2. Description
The term clinical reasoning (Pinnock and Welch, 2013) is used to explain the process by
which the medical professionals collect signs or symptoms, process the information,
investigate the patient issue or circumstance comprehensively , draw and apply an
appropriate intervention plan , assess the outcome, reflect and gain experience from the
entire cycle (de Beurs, van Borkulo and O'Connor, 2017). The clinical thinking cycle is
influenced by an individual’s attitude, preconception and philosophical point of perspective
(Tietze, 2018).
2.1 Description of facts, context, objects or people.
The admitted patient was a single man of 28 years who came from a rural agriculture
background and because of poverty, he attempted to commit suicide. The patient was
diagnosed with major depressive disorder.
2.2 Revision of the current information

3NRSG370 Task 2 Case Study on Mental Health
As indicated by the clinical thinking cycle, I need to analyse the present information
which includes delivery reports, history information of the patient, patient charts, results of
clinical tests and medicines applied recently and compile new information. Next, I have
applied my insight on pharmacology physiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology,
therapeutics, culture, attention setting, law and ethics to support the case (Lambert and
Hemingway, 2016). The patient was still in a condition of acute depression which was
evident from the fact that he avoided the morning breakfast and went to lunch reluctantly
when he was compelled to have it, yet he didn't eat anything and came back to bed quickly.
The patient did not take part in any of the activities like games within a small group or
individual activity. The patient had a rope mark on the neck. The rope was used by the patient
to hang himself. The rope got snapped because of the body weight of the patient and he fell
down in the process causing a few injuries and broken skin on the arms and legs. When I
went to introduce myself to the patient, I found him lying in bed with the raised lids. The
patient seemed reluctant to talk to me and was unhappy to survive from the attempted suicide.
2.3 Interpretation and analysis
The vital signs listed were blood pressure 125/75; Temperature: 36.30 C; Pulse 66 bpm;
Breathing 18/min. Venlafaxine and a multivitamin were given on admission.
Symptoms of depression The patient admitted with a mental disorder had the following
symptoms: hopelessness, frustration, loss of interest, tiredness and lack of energy, reduction
of appetite, feelings of uselessness, suicidal thoughts or attempts of suicide etc. (Cha et al.,
2017).
Cause of depression: It is very difficult to know the exact reason for the mental depression,
but it is a mental disorder and can occur due to the reasons mentioned below.