Briefly describe your thoughts and feelings about mental illness now.

Briefly describe your thoughts and feelings about mental illness now.

had very repulsive and narrow thoughts about people with mental illness. I hadmany scary feelings about these people so I used be unfriendly. The factor thatmade me to be unfriendly was that the people from mental illness are alwaysviolent and their symptoms and behaviour can be easily distinguished fromothers. I thought these people were always being antagonistic and ready toattack. My whole imagination of mental illness was that they were withaggressive behaviour. I was unaware about the different types of treatment processof mental illness. There is a belief in my country that mental illness is thecurse of God or due to some supernatural spirt and that can be only cured byrituals and religious ceremonies.
Thisknowledge about mental illness gave me a negative attitude. I thought thatpeople with mental illness must be isolated from society as they couldnâ€t excelany activities and had a thought that they cannot have any achievements intheir life. As I had a negative attitude I kept a distance from people whohaving mental disorder and decided not to interact with them. In my country webelieved that mental illness was lineage so we kept a distance from the wholefamily.
Thefeelings and the knowledge I gained from my society have influenced mybehaviour negatively. Therefore, I restricted myself from talking, touching orinteracting with mental retarded people. I was scared of the aggressivebehaviour and had the fear that mental retarded people being violent andoffensive.
Ihope to achieve a deep knowledge and understanding on the different types ofmental illness and their treatment. I would also want to know more about mentalillness and to realize the fact that all mental illness is not aggressive innature. Besides, I want to get a good understanding of the pharmacological sideof mental illness so that I can distinguish between a diseased and non-diseasedperson.
TheDVD gave me an insight that aggressiveness is one of the behaviour of mentalretarded people. I came to know there are different types of behaviours andsymptoms for mental illness. The DVD was interesting, as it gave me theknowledge that mental retarded people can achieve a lot of things and they aretalented in some area as well as have the capability to excel different kind ofactivities. The DVD was informative, that aid me to change my negative attitudeinto positive towards mental retarded people. Overall, the DVD was motivatingand had educational values of mental illness.
GUIDELINES FOR THE ‘REFLECTION B†EXERCISEByutilising practice development concepts such as person-centredness andreflection, you should come away with a deeper sense of self and new ways ofpracticing (Edward, Munro et al., 2011, p.500).
Assignment Instructions:
In one sentence describe yourthoughts and feelings about mental illness that you expressed in yourrefection Part A assignment.
Briefly describe your thoughtsand feelings about mental illness now.
Discuss any differences now fromyour previous reflection.
Identify any changes you willmake to your nursing practice as a result of your reflections.
Identify what nursing principlesunderpin the practice you intend.
Discuss how you expect these principleswill be reflected in the way you deliver nursing care.
As a result of this course areyou likely to pursue a career in mental Health? Explain why or why not.
Complete your reflections as a 1-2page document (approx. 500-700 words), using 12 point font, 1.5 spacingand 2.5 cm margins. Include your name and student number in the top rightin 12 point font.
To submit your reflection:Create a word document nomore than two pages and approx. 500-700 words. Then access EASEto submit your work. You do not need to attach a cover sheet to this piece ofassessment.
Follow the stepsbelow to submit your assignment file:
Select the Submit Assignmentlink. This will open a new window and you should now be in the ElectronicAssignment Submission environment (EASE).
Select My Assignments linkon the left hand menu.
Select the Choose buttonbeside the appropriate Assignment. (If there are no assignmentsshowing, it may mean that the EASE drop box is not yet open forsubmission.)
The next screen is where you attachyour files.
Select Browse to navigateto the file on your computer – select the appropriately named fileandselect Open.
Select Attach the filebutton. Once the page has refreshed you will see the file you have justattached in the Attached Files box showing the name of the file, the dateit was uploaded and the size.
Repeat Steps 4 to 5if you have multiplefiles that you need to upload and attach.
If you are happy that you haveattached the correct file/s, scroll to the bottom of the page and select Confirmattached files button.
The next page you see is whereyou can view that you have attached the file/s and tick the box beside theDeclaration. If you do not tick the box beside the Declaration thesystem will not allow you to finalise your submission. Once you haveticked the box, select Finalise submission button.
The next page is confirmation ofreceipt of your submission with the file/s you attached previously. Youwill also receive an email to your regular email address confirming yoursubmission details.
IMPORTANTNOTE: Pleaseensure you keep the email receipt of your submission. The email contains acode that you may need to refer to if you have future queries about yoursubmission.
You have now completed submittingyour assignment. Close the browser window to return to your Study Desk.
Marking Guide
To attract fullmarks you must meet all of the above guidelines as well as respond to eachquestion using correct grammar and without spelling errors. Sentences willclearly articulate your content and paragraphs will be used correctly. Therewill be 500-700 words and the response will be on one-two pages.
1.5 marks will bededucted for each portion of 100 words that does not meet the required wordcount eg A reflection totalling 450 words will attract a deduction of 1.5. Arefection of 300 words will attracted a deduction of 3.
1 mark will bededucted for any spelling errors
1 mark will bededucted for any grammatical errors including punctuation.
1 mark will bededucted for each assignment guideline that is not followed eg incorrect fontsize, line spacing or margins.

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