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THE PSYCHIATRIC HOTLINE
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Hello! Welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline..
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If you are OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE, please press 1 repeatedly.
If you are CO-DEPENDENT, ask someone to press 2 for you.
If you have MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES, please press 3, 4, 5, and
6.
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If you are DELUSIONAL, press 7 and your call will be transferred
to the mother ship.
If you are PARANOID-DELUSIONAL, we know who you are and what you
want. Please stay on the line until we can trace the call.
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If you are DYSLEXIC, press 9696969696969
If you have ADD, wander away from the phone and start another
desk.
If you suffer from GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER, please fidget
with the pound key until a representative comes on the line.
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If you suffer from SOCIAL PHOBIA, please hang up and go to a
party.
If you have AMNESIA, press 8 and state your name, address,
telephone, and mothers maiden name.
If you have POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, s-l-o-w-l-y &
c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y press 0 0 0.
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If you are SCHIZOPHRENIC, please listen carefully until the
voices tell you which number to press.
If you are BORDERLINE, it doesnt matter which number you press
no one will answer.
If you are MANIC-DEPRESSIVE, please press 7 as fast as you can
for the next 24 hours, and then crash for the following 24
hours.
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If you have BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER, please leave a message
after the beep and before the beep and after the beep.
If you have LOW-SELF ESTEEM, please hang up. All operators are
busy to talk to you.
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If you have SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS, press 9.
If you have SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS, press 9.
If you have SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS, press 9.
If you have SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS, press 9.
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Thank you for callingThe Psychiatric Hotline
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LESSON OBJECTIVESIdentify preconceived ideas / fears /
expectations of caring for a patient with mental illness.Name ways
in dealing with the identified ideas / fears / expectations of
caring for a patient with mental illness.Relate the course to the
development of Vincentian values.Commit one self to undertake extra
effort in studying this course.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSEOverview of the Course, Competencies
Expected, Learning Experiences, Methods of Evaluation
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SELF-AWARENESS ISSUES
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How will I handle bizarre or inappropriate behavior?Am I prying
when I ask personal questions?What will I be doing?Is my physical
safety in jeopardy?What happens if a client asks me for a date or
displays sexually aggressive or inappropriate behavior?What if I
say something wrong?What if no one will talk to me?What if I
encounter someone I know being treated on the unit?
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QUESTION FOR EVALUATIONHow can you relate these core values to
caring for patients with psychiatric disorders?
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ASSIGNMENT: For Critical Thinking ActivityIn which setting are
you most comfortable discussing your feelings, in a one-to-one
situation or in a group (or in a SMS way)? How might you learn to
become comfortable in the other setting?
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ASSIGNMENT: Independent StudyResearch mental healthcare in the
17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries, creating a timeline of
events.
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Recommended Table
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ASSIGNMENT: Group WorkInterview different population groups on
their concepts of mental health and mental illness and gather data
on social conditions that affect mental health.
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END OF LESSON ONEThank you for listening!!!
