Mental health and mental illness, examples pg. 2  Mental Health o Able to recognize own potential o Cope with normal stress o Work productively o Make contribution to community o Think rationally o Communicate appropriately o Learn o Grow emotionally o Be resilient o Have a healthy self-esteem o  Mental Illness • Disorders with definable diagnosis • Significant dysfunction in mental functioning related to • Developmental • Biological • Physiological disturbances • Culturally defined o o Psychiatric nurse skills pg. 12-15 Box 1-5 • Employ purposeful use of self • Use nursing, psychosocial, neurobiological theories and research • Work with people throughout the life span • Employed in a variety of settings o o Evolution of mental illness over past few years • Consumer/recovery movement • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) • Decade of the brain • New Freedom Commission on Mental Health • Mental Health Parity Act • Fig 1-3; Box 1-2 o o Purpose and function of DSM-5 pg. 3 / 10-11 • The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition