Mental Health awareness

Presented By: Amanda Robinson

Programme

Introduction & Ground Rules

Mental illness

Recognising signs

Working with an individual

Mental Health Act

Mental Capacity Act

Ground Rules

Confidentiality

Personal Experience

Respecting others opinions

Personal welfare

Telephones – off

Mental Illness

Depression

Bi Polar Affective Disorder (Manic Depression)

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Post Natal Depression

Puerperal Psychosis

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Self Harm

Mental Illness Cont.

Schizophrenia

Schizoid Affective Disorder

Personality Disorders (Borderline/Emotional Intensity Disorder)

Phobias e.g. Social Phobia

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Aspergers

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Mental States

Depressive state: A state of unhappiness that can be debilitating in its severity or duration. It can be a relatively short-lived response to an event (as in post natal depression or seasonal affective disorder) or a recurrent state with no obvious cause.

Psychosis: Holding an understanding, perception and interpretation of reality that is not shared by others of the same culture.

Neurosis: An intrusive, recurring concern that is coupled with a repeated action aimed at dispelling it e.g. OCD

Recognising Signs

Severely Withdrawn

Lack of eye contact

Chaotic thought process

Auditory Hallucinations - Listening to someone else

Visual Hallucinations

Paranoia

Side - Effects

No guaranteed similarity from one individual to another

Weight gain, dry mouth, lethargy, tremors, sexual difficulties and dysfunction

constipation, dietary problems, excessive sweating

Major s/e Tardive Dyskinesia and parkinsoniam conditions

Procyclidine

Working with an Individual

Ask the Client

Scaling – Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Stay calm

Do not collude with paranoid or psychotic thinking

Take suicide threats seriously

Disability Discrimination Act

Reasonable Adjustments

Application forms

Interviews

Section 136 - Mentally Disordered Person Found in Public Places

This order authorises a police officer who finds a person to be suffering from mental disorder, in a place to which the public have access, to remove him/her to a place of safety. (there is generally a local agreement in place, to define a place of safety)

Mental Capacity Act

A presumption of capacity

The right for individuals to be supported

The right to make unwise decisions

The best interests

Least restrictive intervention

ResourcesMental Health Foundation www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Mind www.mind.org.uk

Rethink www.rethink.org

The Samaritans www.samatitans.org.uk

Sane 08457 678 000 (daily from 12 am- 2 am)

British National Formulary BNF www.bnf.org

National Institute of Health & Clinical Excellence www.nice.org.uk

Electronic Medicines Compendium www.emc.medicines.org.uk

Depression alliance www.depressionalliance.org