Holy Trinity

College
Puerto Princesa City, Palawan

A Reaction Paper Submitted

In Partial Fulfillment of
the
Requirements in
NCM 301:
Mental Health

Submitted to:

Mr. Jhundy B. Tamayo, R.N., M.A.N.

Clinical Instructor

Submitted by:

Mental Health Reaction Paper

 Eduardo L.
Alcantara
SN3 – St. Catherine

T
he film tells a story of a woman who was
cheated by her husband, suffered terribly,
with a daughter who saw the true identity
of her father and tried to help herself to regain
because she felt that all of those miserable
things needs to stop.

As defined by Caplan, crisis is a psychological disequilibrium in a

person who confronts hazardous circumstance that for him or her
neither constitutes an important problem which he can for time being
neither escape nor solve with her as to many problem resources. Slim
suffered greatly and experienced a crises brought by her husband. A
crisis which brought her many problems financially, emotionally and
psychosocially. She experienced a crisis which is called psychiatric
emergencies.

Slim did experience of what we call self-limiting in the things she

usually does. Working with the people who surrounds her was
hindered. Her relationship with her husband dramatically changed. It
gave her trauma as an example is when every time the phone rings or
there is someone knocking the door her husband always comes into
her mind and she feels anxious and of what is happening. It would
bring her to the state of hiding in a place or so.

Through the help of her family and friends, Slim realized that nothing
will change if she does nothing. Because of that she stood and had
training and returned to her husband what he deserves.

Also take note that Slim, during the crisis period, she experienced the
help from others. Example is the help from her ‘father’ Jupiter which
was given easily.

Mental Health Reaction Paper

When talking about the phases of crisis, Slim felt the initial impact of
the traumatic event when she felt psychosocial stress such as being hit
by her husband, being helpless or anxious when she felt that she and
her daughter are in a danger zone. She felt the rash of thoughts in her
mind of what negative things might happen and what she’ll do in
response.

She felt the disorganization with attack or retreat when she felt that
she is helpless and felt the intense of what is happening in her world.
She used several defense mechanisms like repression and denial.
Repression, when she hides of what she feels to her daughter. Her self-
esteem became threatened.

Emergency state with resolution or defeat, she felt this stage when she
felt the repeat of the traumatic event of being hit again by her
husband.

In the stage of breaking point, Slim felt miserable of the wrong

occurrence of events.

The following are the crisis intervention in psychiatric emergency

situations are: assessment of the individual and his current problems,
determination of the therapeutic intervention, intervention, and
resolution of the crisis and anticipatory planning for the future. The
first one is the assessment in which the nurse will assess the level of
the crisis and its existence (Rationale: To evaluate the precipitating
factors and the person’s ability to cope). This can be through asking
the client on his or her state of emotion.

The second step is to determine the therapeutic intervention. This is

done to determine the applicable aid for the client in his or her level of
understanding and give a good and effective nursing care.

Mental Health Reaction Paper

The third step is to do our interventions such as assessing her feeling
and his or her response. The nurse will give the client time to
experience, recognize and experience his or her own emotions.

The fourth step is resolution in which the nurse helps the client to
adapt the changes which will happen in a period of 6 weeks. The
following questions can be asked:

1. Do you feel better?

2. Did you feel that your families have been helped?
3. Have they learned how to approach problem solving more effectively?
4. Are previously unmet needs being recognized and satisfied in healthy,
appropriate ways?
5. Do the individuals feel able to make it on their own with their own
resources?
6. Does the crisis worker have positive feelings about the outcome?

Mental Health Reaction Paper