A critical discussion of mental health services from perspectives of service users and providers based on a case study (2000 words excluding referen
Assignment
A critical discussion of mental health services from perspectives of service users and providers based on a case study (2000 words excluding references)
Adeola is a 30-year-old, British woman of Nigerian heritage who has recently birthed twin boys.
In the first few weeks post-birth, Adeola experienced tearfulness, which was explained by her Health Visitor, as the baby blues. Six weeks post-birth, Adeola began to experience panic attacks and regular tearfulness.
Adeola says that she feels tearful, touchy and irritable.
Adeola says that basic tasks are confusing and feels that she feels as though she cannot clearly concentrate on getting daily tasks completed.
Adeolas parents live in Nigeria and her husband does not engage with very much of the childcare.
The Health Visitor (Jane Smith) has visited bi-weekly and has weighed the twins and checked the umbilicus wounds.
Jane has regularly asked whether the twins are feeding and sleeping.
Adeola is feeling distressed but is reluctant to make an appointment with the GP.
Adeola has tried to talk to the health visitor about how she feels but says that she does not feel heard.
Assignment One Guidelines
Use the case study to demonstrate your academic knowledge about pnd.
Ensure that you present key data about pnd.
Use references from the past 15 years (unless it is seminal research).
Use high calibre references.
Take a critical and analytical approach to the facts presented in the case study.
Think about the case from the perspective of a mental health professional and think about the case from the perspective of a service user.
Always (implicitly) think about the case from the perspective of a serious academic, that means that all inferences made must be supported by research.
Only cite research from peer reviewed journals.
If you cite statistics, or diagnoses use organizations such as:
DSM/NICE/RCP/BPS/BACP/MIND.
You should present (at least) fifteen references.
THERE ARE SOME REFERENCES SHE REQUIRES ME TO INCLUDE, I CAN SEND THEM SEPERATLY IF YOU WISH
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Use the case study to demonstrate your academic knowledge about pnd.
Ensure that you present key data about pnd.
Use references from the past 15 years.
Use high calibre references.
Take a critical and analytical approach to the facts presented in the case study.
Think about the case from the perspective of a mental health professional and think about the case from the perspective of a service user.
Always (implicitly) think about the case from the perspective of a serious academic.
Only cite research from peer reviewed journals.
Other aspects that you should be thinking of:
Cultural differences in attitudes to disorders.
Institutional differences in treatments of disorders.
Health visitor research
Access to psychotherapy
DSM limitations
The role of social interventions
Feminist literature on motherhood and pnd.
