MEDI7232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Psychosurgery, Mental Health Court, Deep Sleep Therapy
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Overview: ethical issues, code of conduct - relevant provisions, ethical principles. Legal issues: overview of relevant legislation in qld, examination and assessment, treatment, specific issues (restraint and seclusion) Introduction mental health act 2016 has replaced mental health act 2000: most prevalent mental health disorders - depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, most common demographics - age 16-24yo, f. Less prevalent and more severe - schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar. In clinical practice, patient care is your primary concern: providing good patient care includes, 2. 1. 1 assessing the patient, taking into account the history, the patient"s views, and an appropriate physical examination. Threat to themself: override autonomy and rejection of treatment to prevent harm to others. Justice: resources to support those with mental illness, anti-discrimination, patient rights. So(cid:373)e patie(cid:374)ts a(cid:396)e t(cid:396)eated as (cid:858)i(cid:374)(cid:448)olu(cid:374)ta(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:859) patie(cid:374)ts: assessment and the provision of health care subject to the stringent provisions. Health act in the mental health act 2016 (qld)
