Nursing Assignment: Impact of Mental Illness, Recovery and Services

This nursing report delves into the multifaceted impact of mental illness on individuals, emphasizing a client-centered perspective that encompasses the experiences of patients, their families, and caregivers. It examines the detrimental effects of mental health disorders, including job loss, social isolation, and challenges in family relationships. The report then outlines the principles of recovery, highlighting the importance of personalized care plans, self-esteem, social interaction, and patient rights. It underscores the significance of consumer participation and family involvement in the recovery process, including relapse prevention strategies. The report further provides an overview of mental health services available in the local community, including government and non-government organizations, and their roles in supporting individuals and families affected by mental illness. The report is supported by published literature retrieved from Google Scholar and PubMed, and it concludes by reinforcing the importance of a holistic approach to mental health treatment and the positive impact of community support services.

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Introduction
Mental disorders refers to the illness which affects the phychological wellbeing of
human. There are several types of disorder related to human brain and each of that has its
own complication. These disorder affects the patient and family of the patient in many
aspects. Apart from the traditional treatment, patients with mental disorder requires overall
care plan to get back to the previous life. The patients face several social issues which leads
to social inclusion. This report describes about the impact of mental illness on patient and the
family. The report further described about the effective recovery plans. The discussion is
supported by published literature retrieved from Google Scholar and PubMed.
Impact of Mental Illness
The experience of mental illness can negatively affect different aspects of a patient’s
life. In many times, patients lose their job, family members and most importantly the self-
confidence (Gardner et al. 2019). The patient can get affected significantly by the society as
they try to avoid any interaction between them. Apart from that, in the primary stages, the
patients are normally not aware of their mental conditions, and as the family is not supportive
towards the patient, they get easily detached (Marks 2018). There are several reports which
described that parents faced a lot of challenge to manage a child with mental illness. As a
result, the parent child relationship can be damaged (Reupert and Maybery 2016). In these
cases, parents tried to control their children by aggression or they became inattentive towards
them (Reupert and Maybery 2016). In case of older adults, similar issues can occur (Lynch,
Mason and McFarlane 2017). Different studies reported that during their first admission to
the patients, they hesitates to communicate with the professionals as they are instructed to
have lot of medications and tests (Choudhry et al. 2016). The patients also feel that they have
no control over themselves in the hospital and they have no identity (Choudhry et al. 2016).

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In case of families, who are dealing with a mentally ill patient, they generally do not have the
proper information regarding the support they need to provide or the possible measures they
can take for the treatment of the patient. Several study reported that, in most of the cases,
both the patient and family do not have any information regarding the treatment which leads
to confusion among family members and patients become anxious during the whole process
(Staniszewska et al. 2019). Moreover, different studies reported the experience of patients,
where they had a limited information regarding their health condition and it directly affects
them in psychological level (Staniszewska et al. 2019). Moreover, in many cases patients did
not like the behavior of the health professionals. Apart from that, they also suffered
throughout their life due to the adverse effects of the medications (Kumar, Sharma and
Kapoor 2017). Different local community who involved in supporting the mentally unstable
patients, generally focuses on preserving their values and identity. They help them to take
them to make their decisions. Moreover, they provide the important information to the
patients which helps the patients to develop self-management skills and self-confidence
(Mental health services, 2019).
Recovery Plan
People who are diagnosed with mental disorder, generally recover with proper
treatment. However, there are several complications related to mental disorders which
required care beyond meditational treatment (Jacob 2015). Recovery is a concept which helps
the patients with mental illness to develop self-esteem, healthy social interaction and sense of
independence in life (Jacob 2015). The mental health recovery plan is characterized as an
organized system which help the patient to have a healthy life after treatment. According to
the principles of recovery oriented metal health practice, mental recovery of a patient may
vary from individual to individual. Hence, the recovery plan need to be personalized as per
the patient (Department of Health 2019). Patients with mental disorder need to be supported

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to develop their own strengths which can help them to make their own choices. Apart from
that, the recovery oriented mental health practice involves in protecting the legal, human and
citizenship rights of a patient (Department of Health 2019). It is important to support the
patient to develop occupational activities which can provide a quality life to the patient.
Moreover, the recovery approach shows adequate respect to the patient’s values, culture and
beliefs (Australian Government 2019). Recovery of a patient requires communication
between the patient and the care givers to develop a clear understanding of the condition of
the patient. Finally, continuous evaluation of recovery is important for both the patients and
their supporters (Department of Health 2019).
Mental disorders of a patient is connected with the family, society and the economic
structure of a patient. Participation of consumers along with their families, community
members and health professionals play a major role in making decision regarding care,
treatment and health policies (Morrison and Stomski 2015). Patients who are suffering from
mental disorders require adequate support from the family and health professional to
understand the health condition (Millar, Chambers and Giles 2016). This support can help the
patients to improve their self-management skills and self-awareness towards the health
condition. Proper participation of the consumer, helps the families and other individuals to
understand the patient’s perspective which in turn, helps in planning the recovery plan
(Millar, Chambers and Giles 2016). The care plan should focus on preventing the relapses.
Apart from that, the recovery plan need to be developed by understanding information shared
by the patient (Millar, Chambers and Giles 2016). Families play a significant role in relapse
prevention. They are the members who are directly connected with the patient and they can
be trained to provide adequate support by consumer participation (Millar, Chambers and
Giles 2016). Hence, recovery from mental illness need to target the requirements of the

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patient and consumer involvement can help the family and health professionals to realize the
target at the earliest.
In South Australia, the Government of South Australia promotes Mental Health
Services for children, adolescents, adults and older people in South Australia. The mental
health service is provided through community health centers and hospitals. Apart from that,
the consumer can get the service at home. There are several non-government organization
(NGO) who are also involved in assisting people with mental illness. The mental Health
Coalition SA (1/80 Brougham Place, North Adelaide, SA 5006; [phone];
[e-mail]; www.mhcsa.org.au) is the highest body for non-government
mental health sector. There are several members related to the mental health coalition SA,
among those “Anglicare” (Level 1, 560 North East Road
HOLDEN HILL SA 5088; 08 8118 2600; [e-mail]; anglicaresa.com.au) is
near to my locality. This organization provides a wide range of services to the older people,
children by providing personal helpers and metros, respite for carers, exceptional
requirements of individuals and residential facilities (SA Health 2019).
Conclusion
It is understood from the literatures that the development of recovery concept has a
significant impact on the modern treatment approach. Patients with mental illness requires
care beyond medical treatment. Apart from reduction of the symptoms, they required support
to access their rights. The recovery plan is mostly focusing on the support which can be
provided to a patient after treatment. There are several non-government community services
which came forward to support the patients with mental disorder. This has positively affects
the quality of life of the patients.

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