Synoptics - Exam One

Mental health condition that affects mood

Manic highs - Psycosis, overly happy, spontainous decsisons without though of consequences

Depressive lows - Hoplessness, feeling worthless,suicidal thoughts

Treatments 

Lithium - medication

CBT, interpersonal herepy, family focused therepy

Policies/precedures

mental health act 1983, mental capacity act 2005, equality act 2010, safeguarding vulnarable groups act 2006

Professionals

Psycholoigist, psychiatrist, GP, social workers

Hurting yourself as a way of coping with life events or feellings

Signs

Physical sights of harm - scratches - bruises - cuts, avoidence of social events, self-concience, weights loss/gain.

Treatments

Risk mitigation strategies such as ice cubes, elastic bands, red pen.

CBT, mindfullness based therpies, call centers and helplines

Professionals

GP, psychotherepist, mental health support worker 

The act of taking your own life, thinking and planning meathords of suicide.

Signs

Hoplessness, feeling of not being needed, poor sleep, slef harm

Policoes and procedures

Safeguarding vulnarable groups act 2006 and risk assessments, equality act 2010, care act 1014, deprevation of liberty safeguards

Treatment

medication, anti-depressents

tralking therepy, peer support, crisis sevice

Professionals

Talking therepist, cognatoive behavioural therepits, call centers, peer support group

Mental health disorder that causes a disturbence in eating behaviour's

Treatments

CBT, talking therepy, rehabilitation centers

Professionals 

CBT therepist, GP, Crisis team, Nutritionise, Counceller 

Policies and precedures

mental capacity act 2005, deprevation of liberty safeguards act