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NURS 2310
Unit 1
Basic Concepts of Mental
Health and Mental Illness
Objective 1
Clinical psychologist
Provides individual and group therapy
Performs psychiatric testing
Therapist
Provides individual therapy
Conducts group therapy sessions
Social worker
Community resource education
Discharge planning
Recreation therapist
Incorporates leisure activities in group settings to
demonstrate healthy coping mechanisms
Nurse
Administers medications
Conducts group education sessions
Provides patient support and directs patient care
Psychiatric technician
Assists nursing staff
Provides support to client
Objective 4
Describing the
composition of
the Board of
Mental Health
in Nebraska
and Iowa
Iowa’s mental health committals are handled
by the county court in which the ill individual
resides.
Right to confidentiality
Right to confidentiality
Discussing confidentiality in
psychiatric care
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA) of 1996
The individual has the right to access his/her
medical records
The individual has the right to have corrections
made to his/her medical records
The individual has the right to decide with whom
his/her medical information may be shared
Breach of Confidentiality
Revealing aspects about a client’s case
Revealing that an individual has been hospitalized
Defamation of Character
Invasion of Privacy
Comparing voluntary
hospitalization, involuntary
hospitalization, and involuntary
commitment
Voluntary Hospitalization
Admission process similar to medical hospitalization
Patient may stay as long as treatment is deemed
necessary
Patient can leave at any time
Involuntary Hospitalization
Client is hospitalized without consent
Situation must be considered an emergency
Client receives observation and treatment for mental
illness
May occur when an individual is unable to take care
of his/her basic needs in spite of having adequate
resources to do so
Involuntary Commitment
In the State of Nebraska, an individual can be
involuntarily committed subject to due process
and as a result of being a danger to self or
others as manifested by:
Physician hold