Discuss strategies to support the persons mental health and how these that could be used to work collaboratively with the person, their family and/or carers while respecting cultural and social sensitivities.

Essay about a contemporary mental health practice topic
Weighting: 50%
1 Demonstrate the mental health strategies required to manage a range of theoretical and clinical situations for clients experiencing mental illness
4 Describe the recovery orientated approach to working with people with a mental health condition, their families and carers
5 Discuss the importance of cultural and social sensitivities from a global perspective in relation to mental health issues

Task: The aim of this task is to write an essay exploring a topic that is relevant to mental health and wellbeing. This will enable you to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the topic area and how you can use a recovery orientated approach to work with the person.
You will need to:
Choose an area of mental health that is of interest to you.
Explore your chosen mental health topic in depth by searching the literature and reading research papers about your topic.
Examine the impact of your chosen topic on the wellbeing of service users by reading peer-reviewed literature and research papers that explores the impact ideally from the person’s perspective.
Describe how you would use a recovery focused approach to work with the person .
Discuss strategies to support the persons mental health and how these that could be used to work collaboratively with the person, their family and/or carers while respecting cultural and social sensitivities.