Mental health, nursing - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages The human regulates behavior, the society has a number of means of identifying acceptable human behaviors, those who therefore behave on the contrary are considered of unstable minds, psychiatrists analyze the level of instability in a human mind, determine its causes, and prescribe possible treatment mechanisms. There are a number of psychiatric hospitals in the country and all have their unique specializations. Such hospitals offer a number of diverse services but all are related to mental complications (Heron, 1990). An interaction with patients presents a number of challenges to the practitioners since they come in different mental states. Some are vile, rude and dangerous such have experienced a mental reversal to retrogressive levels some of in such states talk to themselves and never take notice of those in their surrounding. Another category of those who seek psychiatric services are the paranoiac patients. Such people are I constant doubt with themselves, they do not trust anybody and keep having illusions of an eminent attack or danger targeting their lives. In self-defense against the illusions, such people may prove harmful to both themselves and those around them. The other category is the haunted this forms a majority of all those who seek psychiatric services, such people had done something that unfortunately refuses to leave their minds; they are constantly reminded of the act, which in most cases are criminal, and life threatening. Their minds hold onto the acts and keep replaying them occasionally. The reality of having to live with a past misgiving makes life unbearable and these people literally lose their minds. Some turn violent while others withdraw thereby suffering from the withdrawal syndrome (ibid). An encounter with a paranoia victim Mathew (name withheld) was a family man with two children and a successful carrier man working at the Coca Cola headquarters in Atlanta in the state of Georgia as an assistant accountant. Mathew was admitted to a psychiatric facility in Atlanta having been taken to the facility by a concerned neighbor. Apparently, Mathew had spent more than six weeks locked inside his house and was very skeptical about meeting anybody. Mathew never wanted to talk to anyone when he was first admitted to the facility, his fear was that someone had taken an attempt on his life, he did not know who the person was but he was certain the person was someone very close to him. To be safe, the therefore decided to lock himself in his house, disconnected all the phone connections to his house and just stay to himself. He neglected his well paying job and many other social places and activities he had previously enjoyed. The story being that Mathew had lost all his family members in a road accident. His wife died on the spot while his two daughters succumbed to their injuries while receiving intensive care services at a state hospital in Georgia. At the time, Mathew was at work and had no information until he was contacted by the hospital. His reaction to the news was catastrophic, he lost his mind and became paranoiac ever since then. The diagnosis and treatment of a mental case relies heavily on the doctor’s ability to communicate to his patients and analyze their communication abilities. Mathew was taken to the hospital dumb struck and could not speak to anyone; his neighbor had talked to the local police division who offered to escort the excessively paranoiac Mathew to the hospital. At the hospital Mathew refused to talk to the doctor, he tried on several accounts to break lose from the doctor and leave. However, all the time the doctor kept talking about some of the issues he felt could have resulted in Mathew’s state. In the trial and error mechanism, the doctor ...Download file to see next pagesRead More