MENTAL HEALTH CARE

Co-Ordination in Mental Health Care

Co-ordination in Mental Health Care

Introduction

Coordination a proper care in mental health to the patient, will create stable living conditions and environments that enable individuals to maintain a normal lifestyle and share in the benefits of the state. These efforts include measures to increase the chances of more people living a normal health life with full mental well being and stability. As, it describes mental health promotion as promoting positive mental health by increasing psychological well-being, competence and resilience and by increasing supportive living conditions and environments. The mental health system in United Kingdom is facing continuous challenges and imaginative transformations (Woodbridge, 2004: 2).

Mental health is an urgent part of overall health. There are two overarching goals of Healthy People: increasing quality and years of healthy life and eliminating health disparities. Mental health affects the quality of life also is often a subject of disparity. It therefore, plays a vital role in both of the goals of Healthy People. Neuropsychiatric disorders are the most important causes of disability in all regions. Depression is the leading cause of disability for both men and women. Depression and other mental disorders are projected to remain on the list of the leading causes of death and disability in the following decades (Rollnick, 1999: 12).

This paper will also analyze the case of a mentally ill patient Jennifer which was getting treat in an acute inpatient ward.

Identify an individual service, user, or group of service users (for example, caseload) from practice placement.

It has been argued that treatments in coordination that have been used in mental health are archaic and fall short when it comes to an evidence base. It has been observed by practitioners that while educating and training a variety of mental health nurses, practitioners know that they can teach students to help people effectively with mental health problems without the need for leadership theories or models (Seedhouse, 1998: 6).

In order to make significant amends regarding understanding the treatment of patients with mental disorder, one needs to understand the situation that under what circumstances can mental disorders occur for patients. In relation to Jennifer's mental health needs, Jennifer attended the care centre for mentally ill patients as she feared that people would not want to socialize with her due to her mental illness. Care centre for mentally ill patients proved very helpful in this regard as it assisted Jennifer to tackle the stigma and discrimination surrounding people who face a mental health illness, as discussed earlier. Care centre for mentally ill patients also benefited Jennifer by promoting her mental health, and it worked to help her to recover a better quality of life (Woodbridge, 2003: 34). After attending care centre for mentally ill patients, Jennifer achieved a happy life, and she was able to live an increased quality life because she was able to come out from her dilemma, socialized with creative people, and formed new relationships. In addition to that, she started studying psychology, which helped her ...