Nursing Assignment: Mental Health Disorder Case Study

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Introduction:
According to Tiller (2013), dealing with mental health disorders is extremely complex
pertaining to the difficulty in diagnosing the problem and accordingly planning an intervention.
Problems related to mental health often remain unnoticed on account of social stigma and
absence of external symptoms (Bennett & Shepherd, 2013; Gilbert, 2014). According to a report
published by the Lin et al. (2013), it has been stated that one in every seven Australians
irrespective of their age experienced a mental health disorder. In addition to this, the report also
revealed that suicide accounted for 10.5% of the mortality rate among Australians (Collins et al.,
2013; Smith, 2014)). The above mentioned statistics suggest that mental health has become a
serious concern within the Australian context. This paper critically intends to investigate the case
study of A who at present is admitted to the inpatient facility because of suffering from a mental
health disorder. The paper would typically discuss the physical, mental as well as the
psychosocial health of the patient and at the same time present details about the vulnerabilities
and strengths of the patient. The paper would further draw on the symptoms of the patient and
devise an intervention strategy for the patient.
Role of Clinician: Admitting Nurse (Adult Inpatient Unit)
Case Presentment:
A is a 26 year old, aboriginal female who was presented to the clinic by her sister B. B
mentioned that A had lately been behaving strangely and experienced sudden mood swings. She
would be normal one moment and the next moment would be shouting at her and their little
brother for trivial things. B mentioned that this had been going for a quite long time when she
talked about this with her boyfriend and he suggested that they should seek professional advice.

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A agreed but was scared to visit the clinic alone and that was the reason her sister had
accompanied her.
Presenting complaint: The Nurse conducts an interview session with A and asks her about the
problem. A mentions, ‘I just don’t like people around me, I know I am mean to my siblings
sometimes but I can’t help it. I am just always irritated and angry.’
Present Life stressors mentioned by A:
 Her recent breakup with her boyfriend Mike after a 7 year of relationship. A reports him
being disloyal and cheating on her with another common friend.
 A’s overtly stressed work-life. She works as an architect designer. She states that she has
hardly had a day off and is always working extremely hard on the projects.
 Her delayed promotion because or organizational politics and bullying. She mentions,
‘they make me do all the hard work and then they never recognize my sincere efforts. I
strongly believe I should have been promoted to the post of assistant manager but they
preferred X, because he is the son the best friend of our Manager.’
 The death of her pet dog, Y. I could count on Y. He had been my best friend always and
he died 6 months ago due to food poisoning and everything just turned upside down.’
History of Present Problem:
 A states that she has been experiencing Dysphoria and anhedonia since about a
month. She has become rude and mean to her siblings and finds it difficult to
understand her own difficult behavior. She is always sad and cries a lot and falls
asleep while crying.