AN INTRODUCTION TO MENTAL HEALTH - The Nossal Institute for ...
AN INTRODUCTION TO MENTAL HEALTH - The Nossal Institute for ...
AN INTRODUCTION TO MENTAL HEALTH - The Nossal Institute for ...
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and worry.<br />
• Encourage the person to become involved in interesting and pleasurable activities or to<br />
join support groups.<br />
Review the person regularly and refer to the local doctor if further treatment <strong>for</strong> mental or<br />
physical disorders is required.<br />
Step 2<br />
Ask three or four participants to share a story about a person they have<br />
seen with unexplained physical complaints.<br />
• What physical symptoms did they have?<br />
• Was there a physical illness that caused these symptoms?<br />
• If not, what factors led to the development of physical symptoms?<br />
• What, if anything, helped the person to overcome their illness?<br />
• How did friends and relatives respond to this person’s illness?<br />
• What treatments would the participants suggest <strong>for</strong> this person now?<br />
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