Reflection On Mental Health

In my opinion, mental illness is also called psychiatric disorder, which affects an individual’s way
of thinking, behaving and perceiving, and interacting with other people. Upon reflection, I felt
that my anxiety was largely due to my negative preconceptions about mental illness especially
my belief that mentally ill people are violent, unpredictable, and dangerous. These views were
not only a result of a lack of knowledge about mental illness but also due to the impact of
negative media and cultural stereotypes that I had grown up with. Before clinical placement, I
used to be scared with the patients and used to be reluctant to deal with them.

Now, I have increased self-awareness and have consolidated rational thinking about mental…
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Moreover, I have improved my understanding of knowledge, concepts and skills required for
mental health practicum which changes my perspective of mental illness.

For me, the most important learning results from theoretical knowledge, more practice in dealing
with the individual with mental illness, attending mental health workshops and practising mental
status examination of the individual. Reflection allows me to improve the ability to move on, do
better and to learn from experience and examine self. I will overcome my fear by maintaining a
therapeutic relationship with the patient and treat a patient in a non-judgemental manner and
show empathy towards a patient. Besides, I will develop positive ideas regarding mental illness
and apply therapeutic relationship and compassion to deal with psychiatric patients.
Additionally, I will improve my skills in viewing the mentally ill patients in a separate way.

Nurses and nursing staff should treat everyone in their care with dignity and humanity and
should understand individual needs, show compassion and sensitivity, and provide care
is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

Mental health heavily influences our quality of life.

So it makes sense that mental health, just like physical health, needs to be taken care of and
maintained. And one way that it can be maintained is through finding a sense of community.

Community can be defined in many ways, but when simplified down to its most important
element, community is all about connection.

Community is not just an entity or a group of people, it’s a feeling. It’s feeling connected to
others, feeling accepted for who you are and feeling supported. Having connection can help us
feel wanted and loved.