Assignment Task: Consider the case study of the young person who has disengaged from schooling as a result of a mental health related issue. In the response the following must be addressed; • Outline...

Running Head: MENTAL HEALTHCARE                             1
MENTAL HEALTHCARE                                    14
MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL INCLUSION: A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
The Associated Risk Factors and Themes to Disengagement    3
The Protective Factors within the Projected Situations    5
Evidence Based Practices and Rationale of Art Activities    8
Conclusion    12
References    13
Introduction
Community inclusion and disengagement are the two halves of the same sphere where mental healthcare service providers keenly observe possibilities of interventions. In fact, having disengagement at the early adulthood is likely possible due to the anxiety or depression but it leads to severe consequences in the latter half of life, if these issues are not resolved within time.
The development of mood disorders, anxiety and depression altogether encourages deviation of social behaviour in the individuals suffering from these issues. The following is the case analysis of Rachael who is a 15 year old girl suffering from depression, anxiety and suicidal tendencies. The analysis covers possible risk factors in developing care plan for her and at the same time, there are some specific recommendations, which have been made in order to promote her to lead healthy lifestyle.
The Associated Risk Factors and Themes to Disengagement
At first, it is important to review the possible risk factors that have promoted loss of self-worth and development of anxiety and depression in Rachael. She has been struggling as a teenager to find herself as some suitable member not only in the family but also at school. She has not shown any positive sign so far in her life that may justify her as a promising youth i.e. overall so far, Rachael has been proved a problematic child to the family, which has produced typical conditions at school as well.
The first risk factor, which is closely linked to the occu
ence of mental health issue, is the loss of self-worth (Dunphy et al., 2019). As a teenager, her mind is still developing and the impressions of the sexual assault over her mind are deep as well as quite painful. She had to go through sexual assault on behalf of the perpetrator who is now incarcerated but his family, as per the observation of the case study, is still living in the same town, in which she lives.
The initial impressions of the event on her mind would take time to be removed but only at partial level; it is quite complicated to help her believe that she can totally come out of this mental as well as physical disaster. The risk that cu
ently Rachael has to confront is the faces of the children of the same family that she would see at the school. She might easily recall the whole event of the assault as soon as she was to see the children at school.
Besides, it will transform her confidence from positive to negative. This is the first point where the intervener has to work because she is under high-risk zone of collapsing to depression due to this frequent encounter with the children. It is necessary to involve the person in the activities, which will force them to think in the other direction instead of recalling the tragic past (Koch et al., 2019).
Secondly, Rachael is on the verge of escapism; she runs away from the school and it is only once or twice a week that she is found within school premises. It appears that attending school is more like her terms and conditions. However, bullying is one of the major issues that she has to confront at school. The development of some escapist personality may lead to negative impacts in the coming years because she might not be able to handle pressure conditions in future due to this tendency. This is again aligned with the loss of self-worth and self-esteem in the behaviour, resulting in isolation, anxiety and the development of the depressive behaviour (Mansfield et al., 2018).
Rachael’s condition is also linked with her distu
ed state of family relationships with her mother. She is not good at taking up the responsibilities or relationship based liabilities as her mother and younger
other both suffer on account of her negative behaviour. Due to the sexual assault or due to the growth of strong and integrated nature of introvert behaviour, Rachael has developed risky defence mechanism that does not guide her to think with reason. She is likely possible to be prone to the difficult situations in further life, if she is not precisely assisted with the process of dealing with personal and professional relationships.
In the same context, a careful examination of the associated themes projects Rachael as a victim of the social exclusion. On community level, she is excluded from the basic activities of life and at school as well, she suffers from the isolation and bullying. There are mixed factors to this phase of her life.
If the statements of her peers are taken for review, she suffered from sexual assault due to her over flirting nature but as per her condition—because she prefers to escape for the complication situations—it is hard to imagine her flirting with anyone especially with someone with whom, she is not much open to. There is contradictory opinions in this thematic analysis of her condition of depression and anxiety but one thing that is evident is that she is forced to remain outside the community of her peers as well as her personal decisions are guided by the isolation as well as distu
ed state of relationship with her mother.
Additionally, the impacts of social media on Rachael’s life are one of the major aspects that need to be analysed. In fact, social media has played viral role in her growing as depressive person. As a well-known fact, the viral trend is common over various social media platforms (Lopez-Rodriguez et al., 2017) and her peers used it against her. Her image is thoroughly spoiled over social media by posting about the sexual assault and there are more negative opinions than the positive ones. The susceptibility of her nature and the consequence that she has received are put together and it has made her appear to be one of the victims of social media hate messages. This deviation is one of the themes that have affected her course of life and she has now distu
ed state of relationships all around.
The Protective Factors within the Projected Situations
In terms of intervening positively with Rachael, it is important to recognise the points of gaps in her connections with the individuals around him. She is not having great relationships with her mother and upon the complaint being reported on her mother’s behalf, the intervention program is initiated. Thus, based on the given situations, the family bonding is one of the strongest mediums to help her recover her worth as individual being and in later on, she can be encouraged to keep her social connections alive.
In fact, people have depressive attitude and anxiety disorder find it uncomfortable to remain socially active; they tend to see a different side of the world, which is replete with identity crisis (Aalbers et al., 2019). People such as Rachael who are passing through young adulthood have many issues related to their socialisation and cutting off their social limits is one of the major issues. Additionally, the intervening program will be guided by the approach of helping Rachael from within and not from the external sources.
She can have formal assistance on behalf of her family especially from her mother who knows the weaknesses of her daughter and she can be a part of the therapy as well. There can be sessions in the schools with peers as well where she can be encouraged to participate in the school activities under close monitoring of the intervener. To achieve this, she requires the confidence to make sure that she does not escape from the given activities. So far, as per the observation of the case study, Rachael has developed positive state of relationships with her instructor...