The Internet Mental Health is a medical resource that offers various kinds of literature on mental health for free, over the internet. It relays the message in form of an encyclopedia that is authored by Dr. Philip Long, who also funds the site (Long, 2009, para. 2). The site was hosted in 1995 and still operates up to date. Dr. Phillip is a Psychiatrist from Canada. Thus, very knowledgeable to assess the authenticity of information posted on the site.
The site is very instrumental as the sharing of information could enable doctors in Japan to reduce the hospital admissions from four years to weeks as it was being done in Canada. This would save a lot of time and resources.
The accuracy of the information on the site is highly valid because it uses accredited information that is applicable universally. For instance, stress as a mental problem is well defined with diagnosis criteria, symptoms, Intervention, or therapy that is well speculated for the condition. Stress is an anxious behavior that people experience following traumatic experiences (American Psychiatric Association, 1994, para. 2). They include experiencing events that threatened life, caused injury, or endangered the integrity of people. It occurs also when a person experiences intense fear, horror, and helplessness. The symptoms and diagnosis processes applied are the DSM-IV criteria which is a standard method in psychiatric service (American Psychiatric Association, 1994, para. 2).
The idea of developing the site was borrowed from the successful Canada-Japan mental health exchange program (Long, 2009, para. 4). The exchange program that was organized by Mr. Mikio Kuraki took place in 1994. While on their visit, two doctors from Canada, named Robert Winram and Dr. Phillip, while still working in Japanese psychiatric hospitals opted to stay with patients at their homes. They discovered that on average, a patient with schizophrenia would stay in hospital for four years, however, in Canada such cases only took weeks (Long, 2009, para. 4). Definitely, this indicated that information sharing was very crucial for the recovery of these patients. This is the reason that triggered the hosting of the website to enhance freely sharing of information.
The goal of the program is to improve the understanding of the processes of diagnosis and therapy of mental sickness across the world. The site offers online services for diagnosing specific mental conditions (American Psychiatric Association, 1994, para. 3). In addition, it provides a list of possible medications as treatments for a number of disorders. Its glossary has a list of definitions of common terms that relate to mental illness. Their medications are well described with critical information given in terms of the adverse effects, warnings for use and precautions to be taken. The site also contains more information on the various subject expressed in very simple language that is easy to read and understand.
Stress in nursing is a serious concern and the clinical stress that is mostly observed is work-related. It occurs as a result of the difficulty in handling the hierarchical or pecking issues in the medical field. Nursing is usually a demanding career because at some time one is required to work at odd hours and work overtime. In the medical field physician or nurses ought to hand over the shift to the next person before going home even when patients are not around. Sometimes, nursing conflict could erupt and thus cause an emotional breakdown that translated to inefficiency. Stress can cause sulkiness and a sense of isolation and this can direly affect professionalism as it would be very difficult for a nurse to serve a patient when in such a mood, but there are several ways of relaxing. Family support and social networks are some examples.
Reference List
American Psychiatric Association (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association
Long, P. (creator) (2009). “Acute mental disorder”. Web.