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Running Head: NURSING ESSAY & ESSAY PLAN 1
NURSING ESSAY & ESSAY PLAN 7
ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR FOR PERSON LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
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Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Prevalence of Challenging Behaviour in Consumers with Mental Illness 3
The Risk Factors for Challenging Behaviour 3
Consumers’ Perspectives and Experience about their Challenging Behaviour: Literature Review 4
Best Approaches and Therapies to Manage the Challenging Behaviour 5
Behaviour Modification Therapy 5
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 5
Systemic Therapy 5
Mental Health’s Nurse Role and Intervention in Minimising Challenging Behaviour 6
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iers of the Intervention 6
Conclusion 6
References 7
Introduction
Nowadays, most of the people are suffering from some or other kinds of mental illness or they have faced mental illness at some point of their life. Mental illness can be defined as the range of state, which affects the behaviour, mood and thinking of the individual. People suffering from the mental illness have faced the wide range of behaviour. According to the survey conducted by department of health, one out of five Australians are suffering from mental illness and remaining had suffered from mental health issue at some point in their life (Department of Health, 2019). There are wide ranges of mental illness such as Anxiety Disorder, Clinical Depression, Dementia, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The following essay provides the information about the challenging behaviour of people with mental illness and way manage and prevent it.
Prevalence of Challenging Behaviour in Consumers with Mental Illness
Challenging behaviour can also be called as behaviour, which poses challenge in management. As mentioned by Maggin, Pustejovsky and Johnson (2017), challenging behaviour can be defined as behaviour, which is considered culturally abnormal. This behaviour can be intense, frequent and remain for long duration, which can act as threat for the patient as well as su
ounding people. As a result, people with mental illness who pose challenging behaviour were excluded from the society. As mentioned by Pincus, Scholle, Spaeth-Rublee, Hepner and Brown (2016), there are wide range of challenging behaviour, which are shown by people with mental illness.
These behaviours include self-injuring behaviour like suicidal tendencies, hitting, biting, and scratching, aggressive behaviour such as screaming, shouting and kicking, inappropriate sexualised behaviour such as groping, and stereotype behaviour such as echolalia. As noted by Ungar, Knaak and Szeto (2016), challenging behaviour often considered as negative behaviour. It can be complex, e
atic, difficult and unpredictable. Some of the challenging behaviours of the customer are very difficult to handle such as self-harming behaviour and aggressive behaviour.
The Risk Factors for Challenging Behaviou
The challenging behaviour is very uncertain and e
atic. It can occur any time, as there is no proper prediction indicator for the
eakdown of the individual or time such episode can be displayed by them. As noted by Patrick et al. (2018), there are certain risk factors, which can make people suffering from mental illness, vulnerable to the challenging behaviour episode. There are two factors, which are responsible for the challenging behaviour in the individual; they are internal and external factors. These factors triggered the challenging behaviour in the people. As noted by Byrne et al. (2016), internal factors, which are responsible for the risk is pain and discomfort.
Another factor includes sensory stimulation and sensory reinforcement. Sensory stimulation can be defined as sensation that a person hears, feel or see towards specific behaviour. Sensory stimulation results in the development of the self-injurious behaviour. As mentioned by Kales, Gitlin and Lyketsos (2015), external factors such as unpleasant behaviour towards the patient and lack of attention towards the patient makes them vulnerable. It has been observed that when people with mental illness are scared, felt...