NURS309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Skills, Deinstitutionalisation, Alberta Hospital Edmonton
22 Jun 2018
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Department
Course
Professor
–Mental Health and Stigma
–Mental Health
–Mental Health Promotion
–Stigma
–History
–Mental Health
– …a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope
with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make
a contribution to his or her community (WHO 2001a).
–Mental Illness
Maladaptive responses (biological, psychological) to stressors from the internal or external
environment evidenced by
–Thoughts and/or perception
–Feelings
–Behaviors
that are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and interfere with the individuals’
➢Social
➢Occupational
➢Physical functioning
–Exercise
–Is one of five kids to parents who divorced when she was young. Her stepfather sexually
molested her, and the man who followed him was even worse. “He would chase you
around with an axe, and he tried to burn the house down.” Now 53 years old and a
successful actress, she has 3 grown children and is in a healthy intimate relationship.
Currently has no symptoms of trauma. In which quadrant would you place this person?
–Meg Tilly
–Placement on the quadrant
–Diagnosed with schizophrenia in early 20s and later with antisocial personality traits
–Charged with attempted murder – tired to push a citizen in front of LRT
–Delusions of paranoia – believes he is being poisoned and refuses his medication
(including oral antihyperglycemic agent)
–Currently lives in an institution and requires assistance to get to his employment
program
–Mental Health Promotion
–Not just prevention of mental disorders
–Is the means by which individuals, groups or large populations are able to enhance
their competence, self-esteem and sense of well-being (Mann et al. 2004, cited in
Wand, 2011, p. 132).
–Involves determinants of health (Wand, 2011)
–Seek to empower and increase resilience
–Not just education
–Mental Health Promotion
–Mental health promotion involves actions to create living conditions and environments
that support mental health and allow people to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles.
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Document Summary
Maladaptive responses (biological, psychological) to stressors from the internal or external environment evidenced by. Behaviors that are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and interfere with the individuals". Is one of five kids to parents who divorced when she was young. Her stepfather sexually molested her, and the man who followed him was even worse. He would chase you around with an axe, and he tried to burn the house down. now 53 years old and a successful actress, she has 3 grown children and is in a healthy intimate relationship. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in early 20s and later with antisocial personality traits. Charged with attempted murder tired to push a citizen in front of lrt. Delusions of paranoia believes he is being poisoned and refuses his medication (including oral antihyperglycemic agent) Currently lives in an institution and requires assistance to get to his employment program.
