Nursing Assignment 1 – Depression & Suicide

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Nursing Assignment 1 – Depression & Suicide
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Introduction
Mental health has an impact on human life within a community. Mental health
supports the performance of mental functions leading to healthy relationships, productive
actions, and to cope with life challenges (Armstrong et al., 2018). To have a positive
contribution to society, personal and interpersonal family relationships, mental health is
essential. Mental disorder is a common health condition also. Mental disorders are
characterized by conditions that alter thinking and mood behavior. Moreover, distress,
impaired actions, disability, pain, and finally, death are caused by mental illness. Depression
is one of the mental illness which is discussed in this paper.
Suicide is a behavior that is also becoming a world challenge. Like any other behavior result,
suicide originates from the interaction of different individuals, contextual, and historical
backgrounds. Also, it might be associated with social, economic, and personal problems.
Suicide is only the challenge with the health and wellbeing of social and psychological health
in the population (Gynther et al., 2019). Islanders people are affected by both depression and
suicide among the Torres strait and Aboriginals.
Main Body - Causes Associates with Suicide and Mental Health (depression)
Stressful life actions are associated with disadvantages and social exclusion, which
are at a more significant percentage. The popular reported issues about stress full life among
“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander” individuals during the report of 2012 to 2013 are as
indicated. Serous disorders (24%), death of friends and family members (38% according to
the respondents), inability to get employed (25%), and mental illness (15%). These events
result in multiple stress full life among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-
indigenous individuals (Mullins, & Khawaja, 2018). A 2019 research indicates that a high
level of psychological distress is being influenced by suicidal ideation, amongst others. The

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following are a common cause of suicide within all genders and different levels of years
towards the selected population. Include relationship, family and interpersonal conflicts, legal
and criminal matters which have pending history, grief, and social network exposure about
suicide (Temple, Kelaher, & Paradies, 2019). Compared to non-indigenous people, different
conflicts are a successful factor contributing to suicide among Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islanders. An individual is opposing each other, thus causing violence due to the jealousy,
shaming, bullying, family feuding, social exclusion, and physical conflicts. In major cities
and estates, a high level of unemployed is also a determining factor of causing suicide.
Depression is another challenge facing Aboriginal and Torres people compared to
non-indigenous people in the community. Depression is also another independent cause of
suicide. According to depression research, individuals who attempted suicide already are
considered to be with potential risk to commit suicide than any other group in the population.
Isolation, the previous attempts of suicide, and lack of confidence among others are termed to
have an impact on long-term conditions of depression (Ko, Frey, & Harrington, 2019).
Therefore, depression become the most reported mental illness among the population of
selected group of peoples. GPs manage mental health and other related challenges to the
selected community. Allied and GPs are health professionals who offer mental health
services frequently three times to the selected population than non-indigenous individuals.
Lack of primary access to mental health care concerning need has caused overrepresented
psychological problems at a higher percentage (Scott, Thomas, & Erskine, 2019). The report
from the Australian Senate shows that suicide within selected Australian populations is not
due to mental illness. But the primary origin is severe economic and social poverty (60%
Australian Indigenous people live under the poverty range, and 12.6% are homeless).
Therefore, declaring depression is an alternative cause of suicide (Mallon et al., 2019).
Preventive Measures