il Verizon LTE 11:58 AM Afvsu.view.usg.edu Topic Thread > Chapter 6- Health and Wellness L Available after Monday, September 24, 2018 12:00 AM EDT. O Unlocked: Monday, September 24, 2018 12:00 AM EDT - Sunday, September 30, 2018 11:59 PM EDT. Must post first. Students will read the scenario in Class Exercises on page 208. Students will respond to the questions developing an actual strategic plan. (See the link "Workplace Wellness") Develop your own company name and type of business with the information from the scenario. Include resources and references. You must start a thread before you can read and reply to other threads Chapter 6 Health and Wellness 207 lude alth lore inc. ms activities they enjoy at a place that is fun to go to. Gabrielle adds, “I used to sit home most of the weekend watching TV and eating snacks. I think that lifestyle exacerbated my depression at times. Now I have a place to go be active and be with other people. I really feel better both emotionally and physically.” Their testimonials motivated two more members to join the program. di- ms Summary an of There are es o DelVecchio, 2008). as e significant co-occurring medical conditions that negatively impact and shorten the lives of persons living with mental illness. This chapter delineated some specific problems indicative of a true heaith crisis and described some solutions and strategies that could potentially have a positive impact. The main take-away point from this chapter mental illnesses need to be addressed by a community of concerned and committed is that the health problems and dramatically reduced life expectancies of persons with stakeholders, including PsyR practitioners and other mental health professionals, med- advocacy organizations. The community can continue to be overwhelmed by the mag- ical professionals, families, researchers, state- and national-level policy makers, and nitude of this predicament and even seek to ignore it, or they can choose to collectively collaborate on a future course that promotes healthy outcomes and longer lives. The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) has set a clear target for this community: within 10 years, eliminate 10 years of the 25-year disparity in lifespan (Manderscheid & The kinds of tragedies described in this chapter are potentially avoidable. Disorders conditions are living normal life spans because they have the treatment and resources to manage them. They get care and, in many cases, are self-managing these disorders with professional support. Many of the lifestyle factors contributing to the ill health of persons with or without psychiatric disorders are modifiable . For example , nicotine dependence is a terrible addiction, yet many persons with serious mental illness—like people in the general population-can reduce or eliminate their smoking, thereby increasing their average life expectancy. Similarly, people with mental illness can also modify their diets, increase their exercise, and manage their weight. Do they have partial success, outright failure, or relapses in these areas? The answer is yes, just as it is for everyone else struggling with these issues. Yet, also like others, persons with SMI are capable of making these positive changes. Providers, professionals, and paraprofessionals alike can no longer say, "It is not my job to help these people; they have a medical condition, and I am only a mental health worker.” Practices must be informed by the fact that physical and mental health conditions impact other dimensions of wellness (emotional, social, mental, intellectual, etc.). Providers should understand how health risk factors impede rehabil- itation goals and how health promotion models can foster a wellness lifestyle. People with serious mental illness have the capacity to learn and to grow in their ability to promote their health and maintain their wellness. 208 PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION Class Exercises people have as . a dietitian or nutritionist. a primary care physician. 1. Among the service recipients of the PsyR program you work in a number of smokers. Some have dry mouth and dental problems. Their blood pressures are high a complained of a great deal of weight gain, lethargy (lack of energy), etc. Many are also well. Your team is considering a number of steps to take, incidding: Encouraging service recipients to talk to their psychiatrist or advanced nurse Having supervisors raise the medication side effect issue with prescribers if an practitioner about the possible medication side effects they are experiencing. Adding a nutritional counseling component to your service with or without input of individual service recipient does not do this on his or her owLE Ensuring each member of your program has an annual check-up or at least has • Start tracking age-appropriate screenings for cancer and common conditions for each Beginning a "smoke enders" group or find this resource in the community. • Beginning a light exercise program with the input of a physical therapist or occupational therapist. Occasionally accompanying an anxious person to a doctor or dental visit. Helping service recipients to prepare questions for their health care visits . • Developing a series of health literacy lectures on common health topics likely to affect service recipients. a) Which, if any, of these strategies should become a regular part of your program? Which might be done in collaboration with other service providers with your organization coordinating the effort? b) If multiple strategies are chosen, in what order should the steps be taken? Why did you choose that order? person. 2. Participants in your program occasionally come to you with a personal resolution to lose weight, quit smoking, or achieve another health-promoting goal. This happens often enough that your organization wants to implement a service to support them. What would your advice be on the nature of the services or supports to be offered?
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