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Areas, techniques & clinical implication in mental status examination (4)
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The aim of review article is to explore the need of assessment mental status and strategies to practice mental status examination as an assessment key in the rehabilitation with the need for implication in nursing field. The study material collected from various sources like books, journals, online database of last ten years. The online search engi...
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... Seven key strategies for relapse prevention were identified for the population with SMI include1)be available & having flexible approach, 2) monitor early warning symptoms, 3) early identification and prompt treatment, 4) working closely with families and peer group, 5) using assertive outreach, 6)dealing with medical nonadherence issues, 7) optimising pharmacotherapy with psychotherapy [38] . ...
Rehabilitation is key component in the management of people with severe mental illness (SMI). The aim of this article is to explore the need for rehabilitation services for people suffering with SMI and the role of mental health nurses in it. The review material was collected from online database i.e. Research gate, Pubmed, Scopus, CINHAL, and Google scholar. The study concludes that there is a need for user-friendly rehabilitation services across all over India. Mental health nurses play a vital role in assessment, symptom reduction, stigma clarification, physical as well as emotional care in delivering rehabilitation services to consumers, families, and society towards recovery of people with severe mental illness. This paper provides details on various themes of rehabilitation services for people with SMI, as well as the role of mental h ealth nurses in delivering those services.
... The prevalence rate of severe mental illness has been estimated at 10.56% in India, out of which psychotic disorders contributed 0.42%, followed by bipolar affective disorders (0.3%). 2 A systematic review article on severe mental illness concluded that patients with severe mental illness have poor treatment facilities, a negative attitude and social stigma, higher chances of unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness, violence, injury, and basic humane treatment issues, but recovery is possible for severe mental illness through effective methods and care models 3 and to assess the severity of symptoms in patients with SMI, a careful mental status examination is required. 4 As per the informant (father), He was educated up to the 10 th grade and lived in a joint family. He was sociooccupationally fit before the last 10 years and was working in his father's grocery store, but due to his poor performance, his father scolded him, and he moved to other places due to his distractibility. ...
Maintaining a state of mental wellness is extremely challenging. As the prevalence of mental illness grows around the world, the public's understanding of mental health remains limited. Studying numerous case reports of persons with severe mental illness can help pave the route to recovery. This study presents several case studies of people with severe mental illness. There are five cases in total presented in the study. Out of four patients, one was found to have severe depression with HDRS score of 19 while the other three were in the manic phase of bipolar disorder, with YMRS score of 41, 47, and 51 at the time of study, while one was in the severe depression phase and a case of schizophrenia has been identified with PANSS score of 75. All cases comprise of general biography of patients, their history, and mental status examination in a sequential manner, help the health professionals to understand the origin of illness, to identify the historical background of patient and to apply the correlation of symptoms with treatment regimen.
