Mental Health Nursing

OVERVIEW

MISSION

The department of mental health nursing aims to prepare nurses to assume responsibilities as professional, competent nurses in providing promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to the mentally ill patients.

OVERVIEW

Welcome to the department of Mental health at C.S.I Jeyaraj Annapackiam College of Nursing,The Department of Mental Health Nursing provides excellent service in psychiatric Nursing education, research and practice which include comprehensive and holistic nursing care services with an understanding of the modern approach to mental health, identificationprevention and nursing management of common mental health problemswith special emphasis on therapeutic interventions for individuals, family in the hospital as well as in the community

The department is having well qualified faculty involved in teaching the undergraduate and post graduate students,guiding them in patient care and research activities and conducting various extension programmes

The department regularly organizes the expert/guest lectures to cover content beyond curriculum and organizes the activities for student personality and professional development

The department produced consistently good academic results and recorded good placement in reputed hospitals and colleges of India and abroad

The student achievements are magnificent in terms of regularly winning prizes in competitions organised by other institutions under department of mental health

The department conducts awareness programmes on mental health related topics in schoolsand various urban –rural areas of Madurai

The department strives to provide a conducive environment for the students to develop analytical and practical skills and apply them to real world problems and motivates the PG studentsto conduct research in preventive promotive and rehabilitative aspects of psychiatric clients and present problems faced by vulnerable groups as well as Postgraduate program to prepare graduates in assuming responsibilities as nurse specialist, consultants, educators, Administrators in a wide variety of professional setting.

AIMS

By the end of this posting, you will have attained knowledge regarding the scientific principles underlying modern psychiatry theory and practice, skills in order to apply this knowledge to clinical situations and attitudes necessary to identify and respond appropriately to psychological distress and disorder, not only in psychiatric settings but also throughout all areas of psychiatric nursing

OBJECTIVES AND INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

ATTITUDES

By the end of your attachment in psychiatry you should be able to:

Respond empathically to mental illness and psychological distress in all medical and broader settings.
Understand that psychiatric illness creates problems with stigma, how this affects patients and their families, and recognize your role in combating this stigma.
Be aware of the ethical dilemmas and controversies involved in the diagnosis and management of mental disorder
Treat patients and their careers with professionalism and confidentiality.
Understand when the patient’s wish for confidentiality should be over-ridden.
Appreciate the inter-relationship between physical and psychological symptoms and the need to be aware of psychological factors in all medical conditions
Understand that your emotional responses to patients and patients’ corresponding emotional responses to nurses may influence the presentation and management of illness
Appreciate the function of the multidisciplinary team and the role of each of its members
Recognise when it is appropriate to refer a patient to psychiatry.

SKILLS

By the end of your psychiatry attachment you should be able to:

Conduct a full psychiatric history.
Carry out a mental state examination, including cognitive assessment.
Carry out an assessment of capacity.
Assessment of suicide risk.
- Assessment of risk of harm to others.
- Explain how different biological, psychological and social factors may combine to precipitate psychiatric disorder.
- Provide a differential diagnosis for each patient seen with evidence for and against each diagnosis.
- Devise an appropriate investigation list.
- Describe an appropriate management plan.
- Present clinical findings in a clear verbal or written form.
- Use an interviewing style that is empathic and adaptable to specific situations, including interviewing distressed, disturbed or aggressive patients · Explain to patients and their relatives the nature of their condition, its management and prognosis.

Knowledge

During your psychiatry attachment you should gain the knowledge to address the following topics confidently: Clinical Features and Management

Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, both acute and chronic presentations
Mood disorders – depression and bipolar affective disorder
Anxiety – including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder and PTSD
Dementia • Delirium • Personality disorders – especially emotionally unstable personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder
Adjustment disorders
Deliberate self harm
Risk of harm to others
Drug misuse and dependence

Alcohol harmful use and dependence
Medically unexplained symptoms
Learning disability psychiatry
Perinatal psychiatry
Depression and self harm in children and adolescents
ADHD
ASD
Eating disorders
Forensic psychiatry – common associations between crime and mental illness • Be able to discuss the prognosis of common psychiatric conditions

Treatment

Physical treatments – psychosurgery and ECT
Psychopharmocology–main indications, contraindications and side effects of:

Typical and atypical antipsychotics
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Nor adrenaline reuptake inhibitors
Combined reuptake inhibitors
Tricyclic antidepressants
MAOIs
Benzodiazepines
Mood stabilizers

Cognitive behavioural therapy – main principles and applications
Main principles and indications for counselling and psychotherapy
Main agencies in the community for care and rehabilitation of patients with mental illness
Describe the doctor’s duties and patient’s rights under emergency provisions of the Mental Health Act

Demonstration psychometric assessment

Memory
Attention
Personality
Aptitude and attitude
Intelligence Quotient test
Conduction of OSCE for III Year UG and PG (I & II Yr)
Showing the model of id, ego, superego while teaching topography of mind
counseling for students with poor coping skills.
Conducting awareness programme for psychiatric clients in hospitals and community by using the flash cards and charts available in laboratory.

HOD DESK

I Dr. R.Jancy Rachel Daisy HOD of Mental Health Nursing indeed privileged and delighted to be a part of part of C.S.I.Jeyaraj Annapackiam College of Nursing family. The College having green campus with all facilities which provide an appropriate environment for higher learning.

I joined in this institution in 2001as anAsst.Lecturer, In the past 19 years of my professional journey in C.S.I JACON, I have completed my Ph.D. promoted as HOD of Mental Health Nursing by the Grace of God and the support given by the management in my academic upliftment

The highly qualified and dedicated members of faculty have always stood shoulder with me and have carried out their duties with a level of commitment in rendering quality education to undergraduate and postgraduate students, We are committed to give our students an outcome based education through outcome based teaching and learning process which provides them an environment to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they advance through the programme. In addition to classroom teaching, the students are guided and motivated to implement practically the principles learnt in classrooms in the clinical which help students gain confidence and become skilled Nursing professionals. I invite you to the department website and study our programs to learn more about the activities and opportunities available at C.S.I. JACON.

FACULTY

PROF.DR.R.JANCY RACHEL DAISY-HOD OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
MRS.S.JOY CHRISTY ANBUMALAR-ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
MRS.S.ESTHER JENNIFER-ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
MR.JOHN BRITTO-ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
MRS. A. PRIYASAHAYA KAVIYA- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
P. Deva Pearson, B.Sc (N) – Clinical Instructor

EVENTS

October 10^th – World mental health day
April 7^th -World health day
Sep,21- World Alzheimer’s day
October 1^st – International day for elderly
October 2- National anti drug addiction day
Dec 2- International disabled day

RESEARCH

PG RESEARCH