Mental Health and Wellbeing: Applying a Whole-Person Approach

This report provides a comprehensive overview of mental health and wellbeing through a whole-person approach, examining the interplay between mental and physical health, and the influence of social and psychological factors. It highlights the significance of early childhood experiences on mental health and outlines actions to eliminate mental stress, including early warning signs and intervention strategies. The report further explores methods for coping with stress among different individuals, such as students, employees, housewives, and the elderly, and discusses strategies for building resilience. Finally, it addresses the impact of social and community workers on their own mental health and those they support, proposing plans for enhancing and maintaining mental health and wellbeing in the social and community work sector. Desklib offers a variety of resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to aid students in their studies.

Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Whole
person Aproach

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
P1 Definitions of health in terms of their mental and physical health and well-bring ...............1
P2 Impact of range of social and psychological factors on mental health and well-being.........2
LO2..................................................................................................................................................2
P3 Significance of early experience in childhood for mental health..........................................2
P4 Actions taken to eliminate mental stress addressing the early warning signs ......................3
LO3..................................................................................................................................................4
P5. Intervention in order to promote healthy methods for the purpose of cope up with stress
among different individual..........................................................................................................4
P6. Strategies for the resilience among individuals....................................................................5
LO4..................................................................................................................................................6
P7. Impact of social as well as community workers upon their own mental health and their
colleagues and individuals who are receiving support................................................................6
P8. Plan for enhancing as well as maintaining own mental health and also well-being being
worker in social and community work........................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Mental health includes cognitive, emotional and behaviour well-being of a person. Mental
health includes a person's well-being in thinking, feeling and behaving (Kim. and et.al., 2019).
NHS England is a non-departmental public body in UK. The firm was founded in the year 2013
and presently having employees as 6500. The parent department of the company is Department
of Health and social care. The department is having a team of expert who shares prominent
experience in dealing with the mental health of the patients. In the study the topic will be
discussed in detail such as different definition of the health and its relationship with other factors
along with social as well as psychological factors. Childhood mental health with the actions for
demolishing mental stress and better results. Intervention used for the promotion of health along
with strategies is discussed. Impact of the mental health over social and other communities are
discussed and plan for improving the mental health is discussed in detail.
MAIN BODY
Chapter 1- Mental Health awareness
P1 Definitions of health in terms of their mental and physical health and well-bring
Health can be defined as the physical state of social well-being in which disease and
mental illness is absent (Health Definition. 2019). This is the ability to functions properly which
can be used to evaluate the entity of being physically and mentally fit by eliminating all the
disease causing barriers.
Physical health is the health which focuses on physical well-being and the entity to work
better and easier which can help in the generation of the better working capability. This can be
achieved by the improved the working of the individuals(Curtis, 2016).
Health is directly associated with the state of physical and mental well-being. These criteria can
help in the identification of the state of a person. Physical health can be related to the act of
performance which includes the source of increment by performing physical activity which
increases the efficiency of the workers. A mental health is related to psychological well-being
which can help in the increasing the functionality.
Persons health is associated with both the the concept of being healthy. If any one is not fulfilled
the person will not be able to function well. For a better health and cure both physical and mental
efforts are needed to overcome the state of health for example a person suffering form a disease
needs medication for his physical development for the mental fitness they needs to make a social
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awareness which is needed as a positive environment created around which can improve the
mental health(Galderisi and et.al., 2015).
Health can be a state of being free from illness or injury.
This can be associated with both physical and mental factors physical factors can refer to the
functioning of healthy body which are under suitable conditions for functioning, mental health
refers to the mental state of the individuals mental ability to take up the tasks which can be used
to evaluate the happenings better(Hassan and et.al., 2016).
P2 Impact of range of social and psychological factors on mental health and well-being
For a well being of a person a mental illness and psychological well-being are influenced
by various social factors which includes gender, social class, race and ethnicity which can have
an impact on the social patterns and affect the mental state of the mind. There are many cases
where male dominating family affects the well-being of individual the females are affected by the
challenges which are carried out in the family which can affect the mental state of the
individuals. Social state is affected by the work carried out which can diversely affect the social
care. Well being can also be affected by the income patterns of the family which can affect the
state of person. Various other social and well-being is developed by the mental illness and
disability and social security of a person(Pilgrim, 2019).
Psychological factors which can affect the health and well-being of a person can be
specified this can be improved by the treatment provided to the person and the psychological
impact that is put up upon the person can help in the development of social and psychological
improvement of a person which can affect the social well-being of a person). There are many ill
effects caused by the activities which happened to the person. A child suffering for emotional
disorder that his parents are not paying attention to his mental health there is no involvement of
his parents in his personal development can have a severe effect on his psychology. A teenager
suffering from a sexual abuse has a wider impact on his health which can be overcome by
providing a better treatment and meditational support which can help in coming out of the mental
situation.
Chapter 2: Managing mental wellbeing from early intervention
P3 Significance of early experience in childhood for mental health
There must be awareness and proper guidance provided to young children for the development of
mental health. There are many children who suffer from the child abuse which affects them and
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they don't even know about it. NHS must take an initiative to make children aware and work for
the betterment of the children. Social skills and behaviour skills needs to be developed in
children to make them aware about the metal awareness, they must be introduced with the effect
of psychology which can help in the improvement and betterment of personal care. There are
many anxiety disorders and depression in young children which they are unable to open up
freely. As the brain of children are in the developing stage there are many criteria which can
minimize the health effect and improve the better mental health as if a child is in developing
stage and the effect of mental illness affects the growth development of the individual. This
impact must be minimized as the brain is in the developing stage and it is significantly harder for
r the individual to grow and acquire the necessary skills and adopt the habitats that are required
for the development of the individuals. If these are not minimize, it will be significantly harder to
overcome those values and attributes that are needed there will be a mix of all the anxiety which
will restricts the growth of a person. If a child is suffering from anxiety disorder they will not be
able to socialize and improve, there is a fear developed within children which restricts the
socializing skills which are required for the developing the personal growth. NHS must develop
the cause which can help in the growth and developing the children. If the problem is evaluated
earlier there will be a better chance to overcome it(Wykes and et.al., 2015).
P4 Actions taken to eliminate mental stress addressing the early warning signs
Actions taken by the community worker are:
Counselling- counselling must be conducted with the individuals for the prevention of the mental
problems which can be discussed with the counsellor which can help in discussing the problems
which can help to take the better suggestive measures.
There can be various preventive measures which can be done to eliminate stress like exercise
which can help refreshing the mind and improving the mental capabilities of the person suffering
the mental stress. Meditation is another effective measure which can reduce the mental stress
which can make a person healthy. Reduction in caffeine intake can help in reducing the mental
pressure within a person. Involving with the activities and and implementation of tasks which
reduces mental health within a person can help in the reducing the anxiety and mental pressure.
There are many therapy which can be used to eliminate stress. For a working person a day out
can help in relieving a mental stress indulging in the activity which is liked by person help in
reducing the stress which can help in minimising the risk of severe diseases like strokes, heart
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attacks etc. internal stress can be removed by various implications taken up to improve these are
improving the surrounding, engaging with the better company of friends and colleagues,
eliminating discomfort etc. which can help the individuals to remove the risk and pain. Improve a
healthy living structure. Many of the life events put a drastic effect on the healthy living like
death of spouse, marital separation, imprisonment, injury and illness, retirement etc. which can
have a diverse effect on mental health(Rice and et.al., 2016).
Chapter 3 Train the reader, promote mental health well-being
P5. Intervention in order to promote healthy methods for the purpose of cope up with stress
among different individual.
The NHS England deals in management of stress of different patients who suffers due to
there personal stress levels and different personalty's stress and the management is discussed
below:
Student
Students face mental stress due to lack of management and procrastination of work, due
to which they fails in making assignments and properly managing the task assigned to them
(Sarris. and et.al., 2019). As a employee of NHS England it is my duty to address the issue of
stress among the student by suggesting them not to take drugs, play sports, not to do
procrastination in the work as the same will help them timely managing the work and due to
which the stress among them will reduce.
Employee
Employees faces mental stress due to work pressure and poor eating habits, as an
employee I would use the methods such as travelling once in a week and enjoying with family.
The employees must Housewife faces mental stress due to early waking up in the morning,
preparing breakfast, cleaning work, lunch, dinner, and managing work of children and student. In
order to cope up with stress the methods effective will be doing recreational activities such as
kitty party, get together and proper management of the work. This will lead to making the mind
of housewives free and they will do work in much effective and in a agile manner.
Old aged
Old aged persons faces mental stress due to fear of death, improper functioning of the
body and mental be associated with social activities which are for the well-being of the society
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and this will lead to divergence of mind (Dimoff. and Kelloway, 2019). The divergence in mind
will help the employee to perform better in the job and feeling better in life.
Housewife
Housewife faces mental stress due to early waking up in the morning, preparing
breakfast, cleaning work, lunch, dinner, and managing work of children and student. In order to
cope up with stress the methods effective will be doing recreational activities such as kitty party,
get together and proper management of the work. This will lead to making the mind of
housewives free, and they will do work in much effective and in a agile manner.
Old aged
Old aged persons faces mental stress due to fear of death, improper functioning of the
body and mental. In order to cope up with stress the old aged person must walk in the night
before having dinner as well early in the morning. They should do regular yoga and indulge
themselves in various social activities, this will make them easy and in relaxed mind state.
P6. Strategies for the resilience among individuals.
Remain hopeful
As a employee of NHS England it is very important for me to check whether the patients
are hopeful towards life or not, if not then find out the reasons for not being a hopeful person and
then correction process must be worked upon (The Importance of resilience. 2019). In the
correction process the patient is made understand the purpose of life and giving them
psychological treatment by creating motivation towards life and making life more enjoyable and
interesting.
Have patience and learn from the experience
The patients of NHS England must be taught to remain calm and make them learn the
optimistic approach towards life. Stress among the patients are caused because of impatience,
which can be due to quick expectation of the results. If the results are not achieved as per the
expectation then it creates stress but the patients must understand that it take time to achieve big
things. They must be motivated to try and their mind must be trained to keep calm and do no get
demotivated due to failure.
Be proactive and agile
In order to be proactive and agile the patients of NHS England must be proactive as well
as agile and this can happen by regular work out and regular yoga. Being proactive will make
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patient more physically and mentally fit. The patient will be able to manage work effectively and
due to which the stress chances will fall.
Socially active
It is also necessary for a patient to be socially active in order to resilience the mental
stress (Signoretta, Buffel. and Bracke, 2019). This will make feel better to the patient and the
patient will be able to think calmly and wisely towards any critical situation. Socially active
person will keep oneself motivated and busy in the society and due to which stress will be
managed and various activities will make a healthy and fit mind.
LO4
P7. Impact of social as well as community workers upon their own mental health and their
colleagues and individuals who are receiving support.
Mental fitness is not restricted to the patients but it is required to be maintained among
each and every individual including the workers as well as co-workers. While working with the
employees, treating the patients also faces stress and the cause of the stress is management of the
patients and handling queries of the patients (Molloy. and et.al., 2019). These are the two main
categories of the stress by which the social as well as community workers feel stress. Sometimes
hearing the case of the patients makes them so stressed that they feel the same situation upon
them. Stress from the boss also hinders the performance at the workplace in which meeting the
deadline without understanding the case of the patient becomes challenging for me.
Apart from work family violence is also another major factor among them for the stress.
The effect of the fight in the family used to reflect at the workplace (Hardy. and Price, 2019). I as a
employee of NHS England faced when I had a fight with my dad, I used to diverge my mind
towards the fight which used to have negative impact towards treatment of the patient and I used
to avoid absolute understanding of the patients. The issues faced by me were not emotional
training, no proper management of time and issues regarding flexibility in work and non
vacations for the holidays.
P8. Plan for enhancing as well as maintaining own mental health and also well-being being
worker in social and community work.
Job satisfaction is a integral part in the planning because without which the employees
will not feel motivated towards the work and the employees will not perform their task well. In
order to increase the job satisfaction NHS England will provide handsome salaries to the
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employees and will offer employees every Friday recreational activities which will include
games and sports (Rottenberg. and et.al., 2019). Holiday for travelling will also be provided so
that they can feel fresh and same avoids the stress. In the mental health plan NHS England will
provide flexibility for the experienced workers by working from home in which the patient facing
from mental illness will be treated on a video conference. This will allow the employees
flexibility and due to which they will be able to perform their duty well.
Under the plan the employees will be trained to be emotionally intelligent because this
will lead to stability in mind of the employees and employees will be ready to deal with any
situation. In job recreational activities will be conducted for the purpose of making the minds of
the patients fresh and health towards the work.
CONCLUSION
As per the study it is concluded that management of stress is very important because
without it the effectiveness in the performance can not be seen. Stress management will increase
the performance of the employees or any other individual at the work place. Stress management
leads to make life better and one can handle critical task easily and comfortably. There are
various factors such as work out, yoga, flexibility etc. which can make individual motivated and
satisfied towards the work. Stress is not limited to patients but it is applicable for workers as well
and the works must also be entrained from the work in order to divert the mind due to which they
can work more effectively and efficiently.
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