Mr. Wilsons Symptoms With Bipolar Affective Disorder

Mr. Wilson is a 68 year-old, has never married and has no children, he currently lives with his brother in a rented unit. He has diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) with comorbidities (diabetes and hypertension) for 4 years, Mr. Wilson responded well to ECT treatment during a previous admission. On this occasion, he presents an episode of depression. His perception symptom include with low in mood, poor sleep, poor appetite, loneliness, irritability, and a feeling of hopelessness. Mr. Wilson admits to forgetting to take medication for the last 2 weeks. After the first week of admission, Mr. Wilson’s depressive symptoms did not improve. He was observed to stay in the bedroom most of time and lack of motivation to care for†¦show more content†¦Each of these clusters are interrelated one problem causing another problem for Mr. Wilson. To start with this case study, Mr. Wilson presents a recurrent bipolar depression, for his welfares, the recovery model will be beneficial to manage Mr. Wilson’s clinical management within advanced nursing care. The three relevant symptom clusters are associated with the patient’s life experiences. The principle of recovery model (RM) is that each individual consumer is perceived as unique and personal especially, the model emphases on what the individual consumer can do, how she/he can regain control her/his recovery when the person experiences mental distress, therefore, mental health professional facilitate patient-centered management and function-based goal achievement (McKenna, 2011). Three interrelated components for promoting recovery consist of facilitating personal adaptation, promoting access and inclusion and developing hope-inspiring relationship (Bennett, Breeze, Neilson, 2014). This model has been applied to Mr. Wilson and to some extent, utilizing patient centred care and notion of recovery guides the management of his symptoms. For example Mr. Wilson would regularly sit down with me to discuss his immediate and long term needs. I orientate him to what he needs for his daily living activities. The interdisciplinary team model also provides a guide to organize his care from each of the disciplines. These include occupational therapist, an