Essay on Mental Health Disorder - Schizophrenia
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Added on 2020-09-14
Essay on Mental Health Disorder - Schizophrenia
Added on 2020-09-14
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Mental Health IssuesDiscussion: Mental health problems can have adramatic effect on both the individual and theirfamily.WriterDate
Page | 2Executive SummaryThere is growing evidence of the global impact of mental illness among elder. Mental healthdisorders have been established as the most important contributors, among others, to the burdenof disease and disability worldwide. These disorders can affect teh caregivers how they think,feel and behave. Mental health disorders affect around one in four people in Britain, and rangefrom common mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, to more rare issues suchas schizophrenia, dementia and bipolar disorder. This assignment is all about a comprehensive discussion of a mental health disorder,schizophrenia, suffered by John’s parents, and thus John has to care for them. As an informalcarer John’s life is impacted dramatically. This paper has explored the needs of John as aninformal carer and his parents living with schizophrenia. The types of support John mightprovide to his parents living with schizophrenia and the impact on the carer’s life were alsoexplored and analysed. The range of support available in United Kingdom and the most pertinentpolicy and legislation have been addressed. Informal carers are integral to make sure quality of life of their loved ones in the family orcommunity living with schizophrenia. There are well-documented high burden levels andpsychological morbidity, as are determinants predicting which carers are at great risk of these.Nevertheless, there are suitable policies, legislations and even interventions with the strongpotential to ameliorate these effects and hence enhance the quality of the life of bothschizophrenic people and their carers.
Page | 3Table of ContentsExecutive Summary.....................................................................................................................................21.Introduction.........................................................................................................................................42.Mental Health Disorders......................................................................................................................42.1.Mental health problems or disorders have many types including the following:.........................43.The Needs of John and His Parents with Schizophrenia......................................................................44.The Types of Support for Schizophrenic People and Their Impact on Young Informal Carers...........65.The Support Available for the Informal Carers and the Schizophrenic People....................................66.The Impacts of Policy and Legislation................................................................................................77.Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................8References...................................................................................................................................................9Appendix...................................................................................................................................................11Case Study.............................................................................................................................................11
Page | 41.IntroductionThis assignment aims to discuss mental health disorder with parents of John, an informal carer,(case study appendix 1) who are living with schizophrenia. This paper will explore the needs ofJohn as an informal carer and his parents. The types of support John might provide to his parentsliving with schizophrenia and the impact on the carer’s life will then be explored. The range ofsupport available for both and the relevant policy and legislation will be addressed. 2.Mental Health Disorders2.1. Mental health problems or disorders have many types including the following:Depression: This condition refers to a low mood feeling lasting extensively and affectingeveryday life of both the patient and carer. It can make an individual feel desperate, culpable,valueless, unmotivated and shattered, affecting the aspects of self-esteem, sexual relationships,appetite, physical health and sleep.Anxiety: This mental health condition is what individuals feel they are worried, nervous or afraid,specifically regarding things that are on the way.Phobia: This condition is a severe form of fear or anxiety sparked by a specific situation orobject, even when it is very unlikely to be hazardous. When the fear is out of proportion to thedanger it is converted into a phobia, lasting for at least six months. Phobias have a major impacton the ways individuals live their routine lives.Schizophrenia: It refers to any of various mental health disorders defined by distortions of truthand turbulence of thought and language and extraction from social contact. Symptoms of thisdisorder include hallucinations or delusions (psychosis), lack of order and illogical thinking,feeling isolated and even disconnected from own, difficulty concentrating and not wanting totake care of self.3. The Needs of John and His Parents with SchizophreniaThe research has established that informal carers, such as John in this case, provide a personliving with schizophrenia in their family with practical, emotional and social support (Nolan,Davies and Grant, 2001). John has to provide care and support to his parents with schizophrenia
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