Mental Health

Mental Health & Mental
Illness
Program Mission
Graduating distinguished nursing cadres who are scientifically, practically, and

research qualified to care of the society.
Learning Objectives
• At the end of this session the student should be able

to identify:
Definition Of Health, mental health and Mental illness.
Characteristics of healthy individual.
General criteria for mental disorder.
Factors that have an impact on an individual’s mental health
Definition Of Health
• The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical,
mental, and social wellness, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
• This definition emphasizes health as a positive state of well-being. People in a state
of emotional, physical, and social well-being fulfill life responsibilities, function
effectively in daily life, and are satisfied with their interpersonal relationships and
themselves
Definition of mental health
• It does not mean the absence of mental illness.
• It is the ability to adjust to new situations and to handle personal problems without
marked distress and still have enough energy to be a constructive member of
society.
Psychiatric nursing
• Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is the specialty of nursing that

cares for people of all ages with mental illness or mental distress.
Characteristics of healthy individual
• 1-An appropriate perception of reality.
• 2-The ability to accept one’ self and others.
• 3-The ability to focusing concentration on problem solving.
• 4-A desire for privacy.
• 5-Independence, autonomy, and intensity of emotional reaction.
• 6-The ability to achieve satisfactory interpersonal relationships
• 7-creativeness
8-Ability to play and laugh.
9-Ability to work and be productive
10-Capacity to deal with conflicting emotions.
11-Ability to live without fear, guilt, or anxiety.
12-Ability to control one’s own behavior.
13-Use good judgment, reach insightful conclusions.
14-Experience empathy toward others.
Influences that can have an impact on an individual’s mental health
• 1-Biological variable &Hormonal influence.
• 2-Psychological variable (parents and sibling child-interactions ;intelligence; self-
concept; skills, &emotional development level)
• 3-Sociocultural (family stability, economic level, housing, supportive system, inadequate
health resources& religious influences & values)

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
• 1-Physiological needs (food- water- air- sleep- elimination-sexual)
• 2-Safty & security.
• 3-Love &belonging
• 4-Self esteem &esteem of others.
• 5-Self actualization.
Mental illness
• We say that person is mentally ill when behavior deviates sufficiently from
the normal so as to indicate disorganization of the self.
• The mind expressing its discomfort through thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors .
General criteria for mental disorder
• 1-Dissatisfaction with one’s characteristics, abilities and accomplishments.
• 2-Ineffective or unsatisfying interpersonal relationships.
• 3-Dissatisfaction with one’s place in the world.
• 4-Ineffective coping or adaptation to the events as a lake of personal growth.

Mental illness theory describing the causation of mental illness
1-Psycoanalytical theory
• *It believe that disrupted behavior in the adult back to earlier developmental
stages.
• * If the child has been frustrated he become fixated on particular stage.

2-interpersonal theory
• If a child is given only disapproving messages about the self system develops
(good me- bad me- not me) it leading to anxiety because it includes a threat
to rejection by others it leads to mental illness.

3-Social theory
• Social conditions are largely responsible for deviant behavior ( poverty, family
problems, inadequate education) can predispose person to mental illness.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders
• The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition
(DSM-5):
 is a taxonomy published by the American Psychiatric Association and
revised as needed.
The current edition made some major revisions and was released in 2013.
The DSM-5 describes all mental disorders, outlining specific diagnostic
criteria for each based on clinical experience and research.
All mental health clinicians who diagnose psychiatric disorders use this
diagnostic taxonomy.
•The DSM-5 has three purposes:
1. To provide a standardized nomenclature and language for all mental health
professionals.
2. To present defining characteristics or symptoms that differentiate specific diagnoses.
3. To assist in identifying the underlying causes of disorders

• The classification system allows the practitioner to identify all the factors that relate to a
person’s condition are:
 All major psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, and
substance-related disorders.
Medical conditions that are potentially relevant to understanding or managing the
person’s mental disorder as well as medical conditions that might contribute to
understanding the person

 Psychosocial and environmental problems that may affect the diagnosis,
treatment, and prognosis of mental disorders.
 the primary support group, the social environment, education,
occupation, housing, economics, access to health care, and the legal
system.
References
• Sheila L. Videbeck, Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing,Eighth

edition. Chapter 1.
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Graduating distinguished nursing cadres who are scientifically, practically, and

• At the end of this session the student should be able

• The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical,

• This definition emphasizes health as a positive state of well-being. People in a state

of emotional, physical, and social well-being fulfill life responsibilities, function

• It does not mean the absence of mental illness.

marked distress and still have enough energy to be a constructive member of

• Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is the specialty of nursing that

• 2-The ability to accept one’ self and others.

• 3-The ability to focusing concentration on problem solving.

• 4-A desire for privacy.

• 5-Independence, autonomy, and intensity of emotional reaction.

• 6-The ability to achieve satisfactory interpersonal relationships

• 1-Biological variable &Hormonal influence.

• 2-Psychological variable (parents and sibling child-interactions ;intelligence; self-

concept; skills, &emotional development level)

• 3-Sociocultural (family stability, economic level, housing, supportive system, inadequate

health resources& religious influences & values)

the normal so as to indicate disorganization of the self.

• The mind expressing its discomfort through thoughts, feelings, and

• 1-Dissatisfaction with one’s characteristics, abilities and accomplishments.

• 2-Ineffective or unsatisfying interpersonal relationships.

• 3-Dissatisfaction with one’s place in the world.

• 4-Ineffective coping or adaptation to the events as a lake of personal growth.

• * If the child has been frustrated he become fixated on particular stage.

to rejection by others it leads to mental illness.

problems, inadequate education) can predispose person to mental illness.

 is a taxonomy published by the American Psychiatric Association and

criteria for each based on clinical experience and research.

1. To provide a standardized nomenclature and language for all mental health

2. To present defining characteristics or symptoms that differentiate specific diagnoses.

3. To assist in identifying the underlying causes of disorders

person’s condition are:

 All major psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, and

Medical conditions that are potentially relevant to understanding or managing the

person’s mental disorder as well as medical conditions that might contribute to

understanding the person

treatment, and prognosis of mental disorders.

 the primary support group, the social environment, education,

occupation, housing, economics, access to health care, and the legal

• Sheila L. Videbeck, Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing,Eighth

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