Mental health nursing

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By Pooja Bakshi
Assistant Professor
Apollo College Of Nursing, Kolkata

2. Introduction

6. Ways to improve mental health

7. 1. Connecting
with others
• Creats social support
structure
• Provides protection
from ill effects of
stress
• Provides Different
coping strategies

8. 2. Developing a
sense of meaning
and purpose in life
• Work
• Volunteering
• Learning new skills
• Exploring ones
spirituality

9. 3. Taking care of physical health
WORKING OUT
HEALTHY DIET
SLEEP

10. WORK OUT

11. HEALTHY DIET

12. SLEEP
Sleep affects our mood. Over the long term, a lack of quality sleep can
make one more susepticble to low mood. Hence it is important to make
sure that someone maintains a regular sleep schedule and get enough
quality sleep every night.

13. Steps to ensure quality sleep

14. 4. Meditation
It helps in focusing ones
attention and awareness.
• HEADSPACE
• MEDITO

15. 5. Yoga
Improves self-regulation,
boosts mood, helps in
better coping, and relaxes
body and mind.

16. 6. Relaxation
techniques
Improves by slowing down
breathing, lowers blood
pessure, muscle tension
and stress.

17. 7. Limiting social media
Limting social media to
30 mins a day
Use of app timier in
device wellness setting
to monitor and limit use
of social media
useage.

18. THE DOPAMINE REWARD LOOP

19. "WATCH WHAT WE WATCH"
"Influencer culture"

20. 8. Journaling
Improves self concept,
with the help of reflection
Helps in processing
emotions and events

21. Morning pages
Morning pages: are a stream
of consciousness journaling
habit done first thing every
morning on a daily basis.
The idea is to wakeup, open
Morning Journal, and write
three pages of longhand of
any thoughts that come out of
ones head.

22. Mood tracker
Mood journaling is the act of
logging your mood so you can
recognize trends, triggers, and
use of your energy.

23. Gratitude
journaling
It is a diary of things for
which someone is grateful.
Keeping a gratitude journal
is a popular practice in the
field of positive
psychology.

24. Self compassion
journaling
Self-compassion journal
prompts will help you
reduce stress by letting go
of unrealistic expectations
and giving yourself more
grace.

25. Letter to inner
child

26. PERFECT DAILY ROUTINE

27. BUT TIME???????
ACTIVITY TIME PERCENTAGE
Connecting with family
and friends
60 mins 6.25%
Working out 30 - 60 mins 3.12 - 6.25 %
Journaling 15 mins 1.56%
Meditation 10 mins 1.04%
TOTAL 145 mins 15.1%
Note: Excluding 8 hrs of sleep
Total mins awake: 960 mins

28. TOGETHER WE CAN

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Thank you