Mental Health
Word count 1750 words
Task: You will choose and write an essay exploring a contemporary (current) practice topic that impacts on the mental health and wellbeing of service users (consumers/clients/patients). Using a recovery focused approach you will consider strategies that could be used to work collaboratively with the person, their families and carers while respecting cultural and social sensitivities.
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You should provide an introduction to your chosen contemporary practice topic including how/why your topic is relevant from a global perspective.

• Summarise why it is important for nurses and/or midwives to have an understanding of your chosen topic.
• Why is your chosen topic important from the perspective of service users, their families and carers?
• What strategies are available to support the person, their families and carers?
• How can a recovery orientated approach be used to help the nurse and/or midwife work collaboratively with the person, their families and carers while respecting cultural and social needs?
• You should conclude your essay by identifying what you have learnt and how you will practice differently in the future as a result of your learning from completing this essay.

Major Depression In Adolescent Girls Leading To Suicidal Ideation Essay

Other important information

• You must support your work to show wider reading and demonstrate critical thinking in your discussion (not description). If you are unclear what is required you should spend some time looking at the library resources.
• References should be mainly from academic journals and you should ensure they are the most recent publications on the topic. It may be that you are using older references and in this case you should justify your decision to include them in your work.
• It is important that you appropriately support your work with a range of references to show your reading. This also helps the marker understand how you are developing your knowledge and applying evidence-based practice to your work.
• At this stage you should be able to reference correctly please refer to the APA 7 th edition referencing
• Anonymity and confidentiality must be maintained and therefore if you choose to a topic identified from your practice experience you need to ensure you do not use any identifying features, personal information or organisational details.
• The essay should be written in the 3rd person unless you are reflecting on your own experience or identifying your personal learning and the impact on your future practice
• Please review the SNM guidelines for assignment presentation, structure and submission.
• Marks will be awarded as per the SNM marking rubric for this unit