HNN301 Nursing: Examining Alcohol Abuse and Mental Health Impacts

This report provides an in-depth analysis of alcohol addiction among young Australians, focusing on its impact on mental health and the role of nursing interventions. Part A discusses the health issues associated with alcohol addiction, including chronic diseases, diabetes risk, brain damage, and fertility problems. It also examines the mental health impacts, such as depression, anxiety, and decreased cognitive function, highlighting the risk factors like peer pressure and cultural norms. Part B explores the role of nurses and Australian mental health promotion programs in reducing alcohol abuse and promoting mental health, including school-based prevention programs and the Nindilingarri Alcohol and Mental Health Program. The report identifies the strengths and limitations of these programs, emphasizing the need for comprehensive strategies to address alcohol addiction and improve mental wellbeing among young people in Australia.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART A...........................................................................................................................................4
Health issues among young age people by alcohol addiction.....................................................4
Mental health impacts of alcohol addiction and the risk associated with alcohol drinking........5
Protective factors for alcohol addiction.......................................................................................6
PART B...........................................................................................................................................7
Role of nurse and nursing practices to reduce alcohol abuse and promoting mental health.......9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................11
INTRODUCTION
Alcohol addiction has been found to be one of the major health concern in Australia
within recent years among young age people, where this has led to reduced efficiency standards
on terms of health scenarios. The report will bring before in depth analysis based on health issues
among young age people by alcohol addiction, and significant mental as well as physical
wellbeing variedly. Study will identify varied focus on factors leading to alcohol addiction, and
how Australia nursing and medical wellbeing practices have specific role for improvising new
goals related to alcohol addiction. Research will further head on accurate analysis to determine
strengths and weaknesses, related to Australian mental health promotion programs addressing
alcohol abuse. Role of nurse and doctor within community has essential role for motivating

individuals, counselling and therapy sessions which further heads on profound essential aspect
imperatively.
PART A
The consumption of Alcohol is widespread within Australia and is also entwined with
many social and cultural activities, based upon significant harmful levels of consumption within
health issues among young aged people. Alcohol consumption among young age people, is one
of the major specific aspect which has hampered livelihood patterns variedly and also lowered
functional optimum health standards. Harmful levels in major health issues risen form alcohol
addiction, has been found as major concern increasingly within Australia young age people in
recent time period. Alcohol consumption impacts variedly on mental health scenarios, lowering
healthy mental state aspects in young age people which leads to addiction for long term basis and
also lowers specific confident engagement within lifestyles. Adolescence and young age people
are the most specific vulnerable age group, where several effects and reasons lead to alcohol
addiction. Australia has over 6.5 million in the age group of 15-24 which are under addiction
from Alcohol, which has created overall impact on increased health risk factors variedly and also
increased risk to life expectancy with significant lifestyle changes (Laghi & et.al, 2021).
Health issues among young age people by alcohol addiction
There are various health issues found among young age people, where alcohol addiction
has increasingly found to be one of the major risk factor which has also lead to addiction among
young adults. There should be immediate intervention taken place, and prioritized health
practices taken for person specific health overall wellbeing which further also needs to be
identified and worked on with medical guidance. Australia faces excessive health issue, by
increasing risk factors among young age people where following aspects related to health issues
can be analyzed as follows:
 The health issues among young age people are also increasingly becoming common over
time, where recent issues pertaining to chronic diseases and serious health concerns such
as high blood pressure, heart dis ease and stroke among young age people are common.
Also further decline in health issues related to digestive problems further has impacted
livelihood among young age people, where major percentage of people in young age are
facing addiction.

 Increased risk of diabetes and weight gain are some of the major health issue concern
among young age people, by alcohol addiction within young age people in Australia
where the health standards are also seeing to be declined within recent time period. There
is also increased risk to specific diseases, and changed rapid lifestyle habits which further
leads to alcohol addiction among people making significant decline on health wellbeing.
 There is also greater risk associated with developing brains, as drinking alcohol increases
further risk to damage on brain alertness which further also hampers efficiency levels of
health. Overall healthy wellbeing lifestyle is decreased, by alcohol consumption which
further links expanded focus towards reduced testosterone levels in men and impotence
towards better specific improved living. Fertility issues also among both genders are also
increasingly becoming common, where alcohol addiction has significantly reduced
fertility production levels (López-Beltrán & et.al, 2021).
 There is also problem and health risk associated with sexual performance, where cancers
such as stomach cancer, bowel cancer, breast cancer and mouth cancer are increasingly
common. Australia also faces rapid rise among people, with alcohol addiction and
specific health increased risk parameters which further has also hampered productive
lifestyle factors on longer run. Alcohol addiction also reportedly declines efficiency
levels for primitive less confident wellbeing, which further also declines overall
wellbeing within arenas of life.
Mental health impacts of alcohol addiction and the risk associated with alcohol drinking
Alcohol addiction has led to various mental health issues and risk associated with alcohol
drinking are severely wide, which further has lowered proper efficacy among livelihood wellness
in young age people within Australia (Gachoki, J. M, 2021). Regular heavy alcohol addiction
interferes with chemical functioning’s in brain, and hampers vital productive wellness in brain
among young age people which further lowers technical efficiency The long run alcohol
addiction has strong impact on mental wellbeing increasing risk based on lifestyle formats, risk
pertaining to depression and anxiety. Alcohol addiction among young age people in Asutralia
has further given spike rise among cases related to depression and stress rise factors, where the
significant mental health wellness is increased risk.

 Young age people also faces increased mental health risks associated with alcohol,
leading to addiction habit and also declined interests on physical wellbeing properties.
There are also varied cases where adults and young age people feel demotivated, less
empowered within career with addiction towards drinking alcohol within peers.
Addiction often also leads to specific decreased determinants related to individual health
standards, where people specifically young age people have been witnessing decreased
health specifics
 Mental health wellness is also declined due to alcohol addiction, where stroke and heart
attacks among young age people are increasingly common for people recently which
further has been also declining health standards. There has been also increased anxiety
issues and stress levels among young age people, which significantly has reduced
efficiency in living (Chopin & Beauregard, 2021).
 Depression also hampers disorders and affecting the hormonal balance among young age
people, where there is significant loss of proper thinking capabilities which further
hampers living practices variedly. 37 percent of alcohol abusers faces serious mental
illness, where there are reported cases among people having health issues which also
primitively hampers well-being on longer time run.
Protective factors for alcohol addiction
The factors leading to alcohol addiction plays strong role in analysis with depth, where
Australia has been found to be highly at risk when it comes to alcohol addiction among people.
Below are some of the keen factors, which will enable us to gain detailed analysis on operative
aspects which are some of the main leading determinants connected to concern of global
addiction.
 Peer pressure among young age people and adults, is one of the major reason and
essential factor leading to alcohol addiction where Alcohol addiction has been
increasingly found to be one of the major factor. Addiction comes with regularity in
alcohol practices, where people in colleges often involve in groups where peer pressure
often leads to addiction mentally as well as physically. Alcohol addiction has been also
found as to be rising recently, where peer pressure has led to changed living habits and
decreased efficiency within mental wellbeing.

 Cultural norms unfavorable conditions also develop barrier among mind for people,
where the alcoholism statistics have been focusing on data that this is also one of the
major factor where people feel more influenced towards alcohol addiction. The cultural
norms and priorities among individuals also plays major role in decreased efficiency
levels when it comes to limiting alcohol usage. Furthermore, Australia young age people
have been witnessing high percentage rise among addiction rate which has hampered
overall productivity specifics variedly (Alves, Santos & Barbosa, 2021) Australia, has
been witnessing rapid scale rise within alcohol abuse cases among individuals where
young age people specifically highly addicted due to varied reasons where peer pressure
is also specific.
PART B
Promoting mental health among young age people, by declining alcohol addiction,
enables to functionally further enhance key working scenarios efficacy variedly and expand key
connective goals rapidly. Australian mental health promotion program for addressing alcohol
abuse and addiction within young age people, works with significant focus on working
advancement has been taking strong steps for reducing alcohol abuse. The programs include
aspects of harm minimization, where role of nurses in prevention programs is to reduce alcohol
abuse and to further promote mental health (What are the effects of alcohol, 2021). Australia has
been coming up new varied range of intervention programs, for channelizing new strategies and
heading on towards functional rise rapidly which further strengthens rise in improvising further
strategies. Individuals in young age are practically focused on, for building rehabilitation
practices for reducing alcohol addiction and also to significantly integrate new mental wellbeing
practices rapidly. Furthermore, there is also specific need to integrate new keen understandings,
take up specific idela therapy sessions for motivating variedly.
Australian school based prevention program
Australian school based prevention programs, for alcohol and other drugs works with aim
to reduce occurrence and costs related to substance use and harms importance to intervene early
for prevention. The majority of strategies are headed towards practically reducing drug use and
related harms among individuals, with timely review programs. It reports type and efficacy
where Australian teenagers are between age 16-17 years, putting themselves at risk for short

term alcohol related harm. High prevalence and early initiation to drug abuse, are specific risk
factor for substance use of disorders, comorbid mental health problems which has significant
impact on current functioning. The Australian school based intervention program intervenes
early for decreasing alcohol abuse among young age people, implemented in school setting
education to aware people. Role of general practitioner’s efforts are likely to be enhanced,
particularly through new Medicare locals which significantly emphasize opportunities for
linkages between improving health standards (Humphreys and et.al, 2021).
 Strengths of this program is based on aspect that: Australian school intervention program
has significantly focused on analyzing new strategies for combating strengthened new
ways for improvising mental health among new young people. The program addresses
specific focus to enhance overall outlook, further engaging towards determined
strengthened working goals which imperatively expands ways to minimize addiction.
Alcohol addiction has been found to be major reason, where adults and young age people
within recent time in Australia have been facing exponentially high scale issues.
 Limitation of this program is based on the aspect that school based intervention program,
lowers significant practical reach due to less availability and expansion through digital
platforms. It further also focuses focus on aspect, where intervention program need to be
also connected towards connecting youngsters with alcohol addiction facing depression
(Alcohol: prevention, policy and primary care responses, 2015).
Nindilingarri Alcohol and Mental Health Program
The Nindilingarri cultural heath service develop implementation health promotion
activities, Australia aim to reduce harm from use of alcohol addiction by heading productive
focus on strengthening wider focus diversely. Family, individuals and community education
support services are practically focused on for extending new significant benchmarks and to
further integrate best scale advancement rapidly. The intervention program has been competently
heading to bring on keen operative functional work goals, by bringing on school education
program for motivating individuals. Information in communities and groups, can be further

significantly worked on by bringing support for communities and extending new mental
rehabilitation strategies for reduced alcohol addiction. Australia has been witnessing excessive
functional rise in numbers of mental health issues, due to increased alcohol addiction variedly.
 Strengths: The strengths of this program can be based on aspects, where alcohol
addiction issues are specifically focused on improvising mental wellbeing and also there
is high scale connective diversity. Harm minimization strategies are also enhanced up and
scaled up for promoting mental health wellness, where online platforms are also present
which enables individuals to easily connect. The abuse cases are personally diagnosed
and checked for attending new specifics, for analyzing mental health issues faced by
individual which further signifies focus towards attending new goals (Chevinsky and
et.al, 2021).
 Limitations: The limitation of this program on other hand, is based on aspect where this
program lacks creativity and innovative functional strength for leveraging further new
productive competencies variedly. This can be also analyzed that channelizing new
strategies and working practice, rapidly brings on practical engaged functional strength
for practical long term participation and also rapid new scale advancement diversely.
Role of nurse and nursing practices to reduce alcohol abuse and promoting mental health
The role of nurse for building relationship with patient, holds high scale importance for
further significantly reduce alcohol abuse and promoting mental health functionally within long
run to ensure considerate significant efficacy. Collaboration, professional assistance by taking
up therapies also enables to further improvise situation of mental wellbeing in patient for
promoting mental health wellbeing.
 Nurse role is to make individual confident within treatment, gain confidence by indulging
within new activities for learning of new activities for gaining engagement within
positive mind set. This can be also understood that nurses, need to be empathetically
patient which will enable promotion of positive mental wellbeing and also enhance
overall outlook rapidly for strengthened ideologies. While promoting mental health,
keeping in mind ethical issues and chosen strategies effective implementation by
addressing ley specific preferences are widely crucial.

Nurse and medical professionals for improvising mental health, also needs to address medical
history of patient suffering from alcohol abuse which significantly heads on focus towards
determining key specific goals formatively (Rasmussen and et.al, 2021). There should be
development of new sessions, for establishing confident persona and conversations within
individual which further pertains significant rise on stable new vision goals rapidly. Also, nurses
need to be precise in specific aspects for extended practices for reducing alcohol abuse diversely.
 Nurses need to also integrate diverse new practices such as meditation practices, music
therapies which will reduce depression among individual for improvising alcohol abuse
concepts further within goals. Also one to one session with specific individual, will
integrate functional knowledge variedly for significant rise on motivation grounds for
diverse participation. This will also enable new developed working scenarios to be
integrated effectively for longevity and enhanced criteria’s, for promoting mental
wellness growth diversely. It can be also specifically understood that there is further
significant need to convey specific details pertaining towards key determinants,
connected for strengthened confident rise.
From the above discussed role of nurse and nursing strategies, it has been analyzed in
detail that alcohol addiction can be further reduced and operated by identifying specific
individual needs. There is also specific need to be patient, while treating patient within
intervention program and also further respect individual ideology for effective working
reach rapidly within new specific arenas (Minian and et.al, 2021).
CONCLUSION
From the above discussed factors within report, it can be concluded that research
has presented in detail varied aspects where Australia has been witnessing high rise
among young age people alcohol addiction. The alcohol addiction, further has also
impacted to bring on rise within mental health issue and increased cases of depression
where Australia has been seeing an upsurge constantly. Furthermore, study also
concluded in depth analysis of limitations and strengths of alcohol intervention programs
coming up n Australia for promoting mental wellness. It has been further concluded that
significant role is also played by Nurse, where practices and therapy sessions must be

done up empathetically for further engaging actively. There should be specific persona
analyzed up variedly, for promoting mental wellbeing, reducing alcohol abuse rapidly
and to also be acknowledged up towards integrating new specific aspects rapidly.
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