Mental health
1. Depression and suicide are significant areas of concern in Australia.
a) Investigate and outline the incidence of BOTH depression AND suicide in Australia. Ensure
you address depression and suicide separately.
b) Using relevant literature, identify and critically discuss one community group which is at
risk of depression AND one different community group which is considered at risk of
suicide. (for example: a particular age: social: employment or cultural group) Ensure your
answer demonstrates why these groups are thought to be at risk.
Using current literature and one of the scenarios A or B which you have been provided, answer the
following questions:
2. Critically discuss 2 factors that may have contributed to the development of the client’s mental
health concerns and risks.
3. Ethical and legal considerations in health care can generate in-depth discussions from different
perspectives within a professional health care team. The case study presents areas of risk
regarding harm to self and others. Use literature and the case study to define and discuss the
ethical principles of beneficence and non-maleficence and aspects of the Mental Health Act
2007, which are relevant to the areas of risk in the case study.
4. Identify a high priority and urgent mental health risk from the case study. and provide two
relevant interventions. Explain the rationale and possible impact on the client for both
interventions drawing on relevant literature. (Note: the interventions should be something that you
as a nurse / midwife would undertake directly with your client. A referral to another service or
health provider is not considered a suitable intervention for your work).
5. Identify a mental health problem/ need or concern from the case study. and provide two
relevant interventions. Explain the rationale and possible impact on the client for both
interventions drawing on relevant literature. (Note: the interventions should be something that you
as a nurse / midwife would undertake directly with your client. A referral to another service or
health provider is not considered a suitable intervention for your work).
