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Understanding Psychiatric Nursing Basics

Mental health nursing involves caring for individuals with mental health disorders to help them recover and improve their quality of life. Key principles include accepting patients as they are, using self-understanding as a therapeutic tool, providing consistency and reassurance. Mental illness is clinically significant conditions characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress and impaired functioning. Mental health is a state of wellness evidenced by satisfying relationships, effective behavior and coping, a positive self-concept, and emotional stability.

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Understanding Psychiatric Nursing Basics

Mental health nursing involves caring for individuals with mental health disorders to help them recover and improve their quality of life. Key principles include accepting patients as they are, using self-understanding as a therapeutic tool, providing consistency and reassurance. Mental illness is clinically significant conditions characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress and impaired functioning. Mental health is a state of wellness evidenced by satisfying relationships, effective behavior and coping, a positive self-concept, and emotional stability.

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NCM 117

NCM 117
PSYCHIATRIC NURSING INDICATORS OF MENTAL HEALTH
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF PSYCHIATRIC A positive attitude towards self.
NURSING? Growth, development and the ability for self
actualization.
Mental health nursing, also known as psychiatric nursing, is a Integration
specialized field of nursing practice that involves the care of Autonomy
individuals with a mental health disorder to help them recover
Perception of Reality.
and improve their quality of life.
Environmental Mastery.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING?
Characteristics of Mentally Healthy Person
1) Patient should be accepted exactly as he is 
2) Self-understanding should be used as a therapeutic tool. An ability to make adjustments.
3) Consistency is used to contribute patient security  Sense of personal worth, and importance.
4) Reassurance must be given in a suitable and acceptable  Own decision making and problem solving.
manner.  Sense of personal security and feel secure in group,
understand other people problems and motives.
EVOLUTION OF MENTAL HEALTH  Sense of responsibility.
 Give and accept love.
1. The disease was viewed by:  Shows emotional maturity and tolerate frustration.
 demonic possession,  Have a philosophy of life and purpose to his daily
 influence of ancestral spirits, activities.
 result of violating a taboo,  Has a variety of interests and well balanced with
 neglecting ritual and cultural condemnation. work, rest and recreation.
 Lives in the world of reality not fantasy.
As a result they were beaten, tortured, to make body
unsuitable for demon.
MENTAL ILLNESS AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
o Pythagoras: (580-510 BC) developed the
concept that brain is the seat of intellectual Mental Illness and behavioral disorders are clinically
activity. significant conditions characterized by alterations in thinking,
mood/emotions, or behaviour associated with personal distress
o Hippocrates: (460-370 BC) described mental
and impaired functioning.
illness as hysteria, mania, and depression.
o Plato (427- 347 BC) identified the relationship Characteristics.
between mind and body. 1. Change in thinking, memory, perception, feeling, judgment
o Asciepiades: made simple hygienic measures, and speech.
diet, bath, massage in place of mechanical 2. Disturbance in day-to-day activities, work and relationship
restraints with important others.
o Aristotle: suggested release Of repressed
emotions for the effective treatment of mental
MENTAL HEALTH/ ILLNESS CONTINUUM
illness.

MENTAL HEALTH

A state of emotional, psychological and social


wellness evidenced by satisfying interpersonal relationships,
effective behavior and coping, positive self-concept and
emotional stability. (WHO)

Components of Mental Health

 The ability to accept self.


 The capacity to feel right towards others.
 The ability to fulfill life’s tasks.

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