Promoting Mental Health & Wellbeing

Promoting Mental Health &
Wellbeing 1
401013
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Question Answers – Ensure each answer
contains relevant literature and
relates back to the case study.
1a) Using the same case study you
used in the first part of this
assessment, the Analysis of a Case
Study, identify
an urgent risk area. Ensure your
answer details why you have
identified this risk area including
specific information
about the client and support your
risk assessment with evidence from
the current literature.
An urgent risk area identified for Munny
based on the review of the case study is
risk of social isolation because Munny
rarely takes notice of his children and
wants to leave alone all the time. Even
when the nurse was talking to him, he
asked the nurse to leave the room the
room suggesting his social withdrawal.
This is an urgent risk area as this has the
potential to increase self harm behaviour
(Macrynikola, Miranda & Soffer, 2018).
The research literature by Endo et al.
(2017) identifies social isolation and
preference for solitude as a behaviour
that increases risk of suicide ideation and
self harm.
1b) Identify one nursing / midwifery
intervention you would undertake
directly with your client to address
the risk area noted in question 1a
and include a rationale for the
intervention.
Ensure the intervention includes
how, who and when you would
actually carry out the intervention.
Your rationale should state why you
would carry out the particular
intervention. Ensure literature is
To address the risk area of social
isolation and self harm, it will be
necessary for nurse to psychosocial
intervention in therapeutic relation with
patient. Therapeutic communication
techniques like active listening, empathy
and rapport building will be used to help
regulate negative thoughts of Munny.
Then reflective conversation will be
initiated to help patient verbalize their
feelings. Tofthagen, Talseth and
Fagerström (2014) gives the evidence

included.
1a and 1b – 200 words in total
that mental health nurse often seek to
build alliance with patient and develop
restorative coping act to prevent self
harm behaviour in the future. Changing
patient’s coping abilities and supporting
them to adapt positive coping style is
crucial for the recovery and good mental
health.
2a) Using the same case study you
used in the first part of this
assessment, the Analysis of a Case
Study, identify
a mental health concern and use
current evidence from literature to
support your answer.
One mental health concern identified for
Munny is depression as his current
symptoms are similar to the symptom of
depressive disorder. He has lost interest
in activities of pleasure. His children
were his centre of attention. However,
now he does not do anything for them
suggesting persistence of low mood. This
is an immediate mental health concern
because changes in his current
behaviour are the first sign of depression
and it affects the way people eat,
communicate and work. Munny’s
depressivee behaviour had impact on his
work as well as his personal life. Stander
et al. (2016) gives the evidence that
depression is associated with distractions
from work and negative impact on
productivity.