You will need to focus your essay on one specific mental health presentation that has been introduced in this module. For example:
Substance misuse, presentations such as dual diagnosis
Forensic presentations, such as personality disorder
Child mental health presentation
Brain injury
Dementia
Part A of your essay will introduce your chosen mental health presentation, critically examining the aetiology [LO A] of the disorder which would inform the assessment. You will hypothetically critically discuss the evidence base for the holistic care for the chosen patient presentation (gold star quality based therapeutic approaches and communication with all relevant stakeholders [LO E]. This will include a critique of the application of legal, ethical and safeguarding protocols in your chosen field of mental health [LO C]. You should also analyse why [LO B] current guidelines do not always consider the complexity of treatment of individual cases and how this complexity may have to be managed. You will need to know and familiarize yourself with services
Part B of your essay will critically discuss how specialist services are designed to meet the patient’s needs and work together to ensure your patient receives individualised seamless care. As part of this you will use your understanding of how to work in and lead a clinical team in a challenging environment, to do this you will utilise model[s] of leadership to discuss how clinical teams can impact on and contribute to the patient’s overall care [LO F]. You must critically evaluate the current provision and delivery of specialist services and consider the gaps as influenced by the political and economic agenda [LO D].
You will end your essay with a conclusion or summary.