Mental Health Workbook: Case Study Analysis on PTSD and Patient Care

This assignment presents a detailed analysis of a case study involving a patient experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The workbook explores various aspects of the patient's condition, including specific risk and protective factors, and the management strategies employed. It delves into the therapies used, evaluating their effectiveness, and identifies key professionals involved in providing care. The assignment also emphasizes the importance of communication skills, the roles and responsibilities of mental health professionals, and the potential benefits of collaboration among them. Furthermore, it examines relevant sections of the Mental Health Act 1983, focusing on patient rights and safeguarding vulnerable adults. The analysis covers practical aspects of patient care, including how to promote welfare, involve family members, and ensure patient safety, providing a comprehensive overview of mental health treatment and support.

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Workbook

Table of Contents
Case .................................................................................................................................................3
Activity 3.........................................................................................................................................3
Find out about the specific risk factors related to person in your care.......................................3
Find out about the protective factors of this person....................................................................3
Find out about how this person's risk level is usually managed.................................................3
What can you do to promote the welfare and safety of this person while in your care?............3
Activity 4.........................................................................................................................................3
Find out the therapies which the person in your care has used/ is using?...................................3
How effective are they?..............................................................................................................4
Activity 5.........................................................................................................................................4
Who might help you to give the best care possible for this person?...........................................4
How could involve the family and/ or carers in the person's care while they are with you?......4
Revisit your basic communication skills.....................................................................................4
Now find about how this person usually communicates?...........................................................4
Find out roles and responsibilities of mental health professionals.............................................5
Find out about how they communicate and collaborate with each other....................................5
What are the potential benefits can this collaboration bring to the person in your care?...........5
Activity 6.........................................................................................................................................5
What are the different sections which may used of Mental Health Act 1983?...........................5
How do we promote the rights of a patient who is detained under the Act?..............................5
Who are the different professionals who may be involved in the process?................................5
How do we 'safeguard' vulnerable adults?..................................................................................6

Case
A person is having problem of post traumatic stress disorder experiencing for more than
five years. He has consistently avoiding thoughts & images of related to witnessing hie fellow
service members being hit by an improvised explosive device.
Activity 3
Find out about the specific risk factors related to person in your care
The risk factor given person consist experiencing intense or long lasting trauma and may
facilitate occurrence of other mental disorders like anxiety & depression. It may results into habit
of substance misuse like alcohol intake or drug abuse which create complications in his
condition.
Find out about the protective factors of this person
The protective factors for this person includes support from family, friends and relatives
which make him morally strong to get proper treatment. It also involves social support and
utilisation of healthy coping strategies to make a patient well being.
Find out about how this person's risk level is usually managed
The risk of post traumatic stress disorders can be managed with the help of providing
certain effective medications to maintain stability of patient. It includes utilisation of selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors antipsychotics, anticonvulsants and prazosin along with trauma
focussed psychological therapies.
What can you do to promote the welfare and safety of this person while in your care?
The promoting safety and welfare of patient can be done through creating healthy and
positive atmosphere for them at care home. It includes to address mental health problems
regardless of cause. Professionals should remain friendly with patient to make them feel
comfortable and secure which is favourable to improve their situation.
Activity 4
Find out the therapies which the person in your care has used/ is using?
The psychotherapies are required to be used for given patients like use of cognitive
worksheet at the beginning for engaging in Socratic dialogue. It involves the use of cognitive
behavioural therapy, eye movement desensitisation & reprocessing and exposure & response

prevention which helps in modifying negative thoughts, behaviours and emotional response
linked with psychological distress.
How effective are they?
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps to improve negative thoughts and behaviours related
to psychological distress. Eye movement desensitisation & reprocessing facilitate to reduce the
stress of traumatic events through eye movements. Exposure & prevention therapy is supportive
to reduce any associated psychological distress.
Activity 5
Who might help you to give the best care possible for this person?
The use of effective therapies like prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive behavioural
therapy and group or family therapy. It consist utilisation of antidepressant medications
including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors like Paxil, Celeva, Luvox, Prozac and Zoloft.
However, best care also involves to consider rights of patient and maintain informed consent.
How could involve the family and/ or carers in the person's care while they are with you?
The family can be involved in care procedure of an individual by regular communicating
with them to gather past information about patient. It includes to provide information to family
members about medications and treatment before conducting clinical practices.
Revisit your basic communication skills
My basic communication skills consist tone of voice, empathy, active listening and body
language. It includes the factor of active listening which helps me to make patient feel
comfortable and secure as they can share every problem easily. Moreover, I have problem in my
words which are difficult for people to understand and required to be improved.
Now find about how this person usually communicates?
The patient use low pitch of voice and mostly prefer body language to share his feelings
and health related problems. He use to use actions and body symbols to express views to me
which can be understand easily. It is required to focus on their actions carefully to realise their
thoughts.

Find out roles and responsibilities of mental health professionals
The mental health professionals consist nursing staff, ward boys and psychiatrist which
deal with different mental patients in order to conduct appropriate diagnosis and treatment
process for their welfare. They have roles including diagnosis, prescribe medications, monitor
patient, establish care plan, therapeutic methods, counselling, consultation and treatment.
Find out about how they communicate and collaborate with each other
The mental health professional can communicate verbally or with the help of
technological equipments or software to provide information to each other while dealing with
particular case of a person. They can collaborate by working as a team and establishing mutual
understanding with cooperation to make patient healthy.
What are the potential benefits can this collaboration bring to the person in your care?
The potential benefits of collaboration includes to avoiding risk factors and complications
which is favourable for achieving better health of given patients with post traumatic stress
disorder. It is helpful to make more accurate decision about treatment and medications which
facilitate to improve patient outcomes.
Activity 6
What are the different sections which may used of Mental Health Act 1983?
Mental health Act 1983 consist number of sections in which Section 3 is a treatment
order and can initially last up to six moths which can be used in given case of patient. It also
consist that doctor should remain clear about diagnosis and proposed treatment plan.
How do we promote the rights of a patient who is detained under the Act?
The Mental Health Act 1983 promote right of patients by the criterion of putting people
first for treating them properly to make them well being.
Who are the different professionals who may be involved in the process?
The pathologist, nurse, physician, psychiatrist and therapist are involves in overall
treatment process. They have their own role to fulfil needs of given patient in respect of
providing desired medications for their wellness.

How do we 'safeguard' vulnerable adults?
The safeguarding of vulnerable adults can be done with the help of considering several
related principles such as empowerment, prevention, proportionality, protection, partnership and
accountability. It also includes to follow principles of care like promoting effective
communication & relationships, promote anti-disciplinary practices, maintain confidentiality,
support individual rights and protect them from abuse for ensuring safety of these individuals.