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Legal and ethical Issues in Mental Health Nursing.

Discuss the importance of these three topics and their application to mental health nursing Use any source to support your answers ( please cite it )

These are the are the the three topics.

- The lest restrictive environment

- HIPAA

3- Autonomy

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Answer 1

Legal and Etical Aspects of Mental Health ,as per mental health care act 2017 clearly explained about ethical and legal resposibilities of mental health professionals and the government.Ethical problems such as involuntary/compulsory treatment and hospitalization ,the use of seclusion and restrains,in formed consent ,confidentiality are the manin ethical issues facing in mental health nursing.Legal aspects are laws of related to psychitric diorder,mental health act it contain 10 chapters.

    The least restrictive practices are essential to recovery.In terms of MENTAL HEALTH wards ,it is about creating an enviornment that supports a persons recovery and wellbeing,while preserving their dignity,rights and freedoms as much as possible.

The HEALTH insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA) is a federal law that helps protect the privacyof individual health information.For individuals living with mental illness,this law is important,because it helps protect confidential mental health treatment records.

         Respecting the patients right to make own decisions with reference to the principle of autonomy is a cornerstone in everyday nursing practice.Autonomy as a capacity refers to the ability to rule over onself.The capacity to be autonomous may be understood as a set of psychological functions of the individual.The most common understanding of autonomy is self determination,in a health care context this could mean that patients are treated as autonomous if they are assessed to have enough insight into their medical condition.