Case study - Bronwyn

Case study: Bronwyn

Introduction

Broadly speaking, the psychological health is an efficient and satisfactory sustained psychological state. A narrow sense, mental health is a basic mental activity process, which is complete, coherent and that is, understanding, emotion, will, behavior, personal integrity, and coordination, to adapt to the society, in order to keep pace with the social attributes.

Individuals are able to adapt to the development environment, has the perfect personality characteristics; their cognitive, emotional reaction, an act of will in a positive state, and to maintain the normal ability to regulate and control. Life practice, a correct understanding of the self-consciously control their correct attitude toward the outside influence, the psychological balance and coordination, and already have the basic characteristics of the mental health.

Mental health is an integral and important aspect of the modern health. People's physical health is evaluated according to various standards. Moreover, a person's mental health is also evaluated according to various standards. Understanding and grasp of the definition of mental health to enhance and maintain the health of the people have great significance. The master health standards of the people control you, as a basis for self-diagnosis of mental health. Own psychological condition or certain aspects of mental health standards, there are targeted to strengthen mental exercise to achieve the level of mental health (Baxter, 2001).

If it is found that, the psychological state of deviation from the standard of mental health, it is necessary to seek medical attention in a timely manner, so that early diagnosis and early treatment is essential at the stage. It is important to carry adequate mental health as to sustain better self-control, and maintain psychological balance, self-esteem, self-love, and self-confidence and have self-knowledge (Blay, 2004).

Assessment & Diagnosis

Although there have been many changes in the systems classificatory and advances in diagnostic methods, the interview remains the main feature which is available to obtain data and patient evaluation in psychiatry. It is through her that the doctor says your mental functioning and obtains data allow you to conclude whether or not carrying a disorder, assesses the degree of commitment that the disease entails, as well as the healthy aspects of your personality.

Patient Assessment in Psychiatry

The interview is an essential tool for achieving the psychiatric care, particularly psychotherapy, which will be commonly used in the case of Bronwyn. The selection of the interview as a resource is due to the patient's small age, as Bronwyn is just 15. It is through that she will be established with a professional relationship, creating the climate necessary for her to be feeling confident, positive expectations help, and if establish an affective bond to dispel fears, and create the conditions for which treatment is successful (Corrigan, 2001). For these reasons learn interviewing is a skill essential to the practice of medicine in general and psychiatry in particular, becoming a true art, acquired and improved with exercise and supervision of teachers or more experienced colleagues.

The present text is intended particularly to acknowledge the case of Bronwyn, as she is ...