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401013 - Psychology and Care Assignment

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Western Sydney University

   

Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing (401013)

   

Added on  2020-03-07

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The below document discusses various questions related to mental health and wellbeing. The various questions which have been described in this document are "Describe the mental health priorities about meeting the needs of individuals in the community", "Explain the principles of risk management in promoting mental health and wellbeing" and many more.

401013 - Psychology and Care Assignment

   

Western Sydney University

   

Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing (401013)

   Added on 2020-03-07

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Running head: PSYCHOLOGY AND CAREPSYCHOLOGY AND CAREName of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note:
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1PSYCHOLOGY AND CARETable of ContentsAnswer 1a...................................................................................................................................2Answer 1b..................................................................................................................................2Answer 2....................................................................................................................................3Answer 3....................................................................................................................................4Answer 4....................................................................................................................................5Answer 5....................................................................................................................................7References..................................................................................................................................9
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2PSYCHOLOGY AND CAREAnswer 1a.Depression is a state of mind which is experienced by some people when they feelmelancholy for long periods of time or for a relatively short time span (Rabadi et al., 2017).Depression can cause serious physical and mental health problems. A huge number of peoplesuffer from depression regularly in Australia. A different type of traumatic life events, familyand abuse by any drugs or alcohol are the cause of depression that one suffers from.Depression occurs most frequently among the young females than the males. Depression hasbecome the main cause many diseases among young females and males. Suicide is the act of ending one’s life intentionally (Douglas, 2015). A high amount ofsuicide cases have been observed in Australia for the past few years. The rate is higheramong the age groups ranging from 15-44 and is approximately higher among males. About1.9 percent of death incidents are occurring from suicide. Alcohol consumption andunemployment are the two among many causes of suicide. Suicide is highly responsible forthe maternal and the late maternal death in Australia and occurs most frequently. It is theoutcome of the depression and the anxiety suffered by the mother during her pregnancyperiod. Answer 1b.Depression is most common among young people particularly female in Australia andis the topic of discussion in this part. It is the primary cause of all the deaths among the youngpeople. Some of the main causes of depression are the negative environment of the family,lack of self-confidence, interpersonal problems, stressful daily life and being tormented byothers (Furnham, Ritchie & Lay, 2016). Depressed young people are found to have a higherrate of anxiety as compared to the normal healthy person. The young people, who belong to
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3PSYCHOLOGY AND CAREthis age group, are often isolated from their family and suffer from depression. The negativeimpact of the society is also responsible for depression.The maternal and post maternal suicide is common and is studied here. These suicidalincidents are mainly the outcome of the perinatal anxiety and depression (Michael, 2016).The main cause of the suicidal incidents after the end of the pregnancy is the psychosocialdistress. The violence starts during pregnancy and that she needs extra support from herpartner. Maternal suicide may happen when their pregnancy is terminated untimely due tomiscarriage or the termination of the pregnancy. The pre-existing mental problem is alsoresponsible of the suicidal incidents among the pregnant women. Answer 2. Scenario B has been discussed and analyzed in this section. The pregnant womannamed Elizabeth is undergoing depression since her child’s birth. She was on a leave prior toher child’s birth from her job. Craig, who is her husband, has started working as a truckdriver and recently he is away home for few days every week. They both had enjoyed sociallife before she got pregnant. These have made her isolated. Her husband could not give herenough time and she has to spend the time alone. She is feeling isolated as she is lacking anykind of social connection during the entire period of her pregnancy. Her husband shouldspend more time with her when she needed him as she is feeling isolated and depressed as aresult of this. The feeling of isolation and the anxiety that she was suffering from the seventh monthof her pregnancy has made her to feel low and lack of energy. The hopelessness feeling dueto the lack of ability to breast feed her baby and giving proper care to her made her morehopeless and depressed (Barrera, Kelman & Muñoz, 2014). Elizabeth is feeling that her babyis not well attached with her after her birth and refuses her attempt to breast feed.
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