{"id":939,"date":"2024-04-10T09:07:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T13:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=939"},"modified":"2024-04-15T08:31:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T12:31:54","slug":"2-2-5","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/2-2-5\/","title":{"raw":"2.2.5 Caring for Individuals Experiencing MH &amp; Addictions","rendered":"2.2.5 Caring for Individuals Experiencing MH &amp; Addictions"},"content":{"raw":"<div style=\"border-style: solid;padding: 10px\">\r\n\r\n<strong>Content Warning: <\/strong><span>The following lesson includes a discussion of mental health and addictions. This content is disturbing, so we encourage you to prepare yourself emotionally before proceeding. If you believe that the reading will be traumatizing for you, then you may choose to forgo it.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nMental health disorders affect up to one in five Canadians every year. Among older adults specifically, this number decreases to approximately 17%.\u00a0Most common mental illnesses in LTC:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Mood and anxiety<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cognitive disorders: Dementia (major neurocognitive disorder), delirium<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Substance misuse<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Persistent psychotic disorders<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Age-related changes in physiology render older adults more susceptible to experiencing harms associated with substance use.[footnote]Flint et al., 2018[\/footnote][footnote]Canadian Coalition on Seniors\u2019 Mental Health, n.d.[\/footnote][footnote]Cosco et al., 2022[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAdditional Considerations:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Social<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Medical<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Support\/Consultation[footnote]Canadian Mental Health Association, 2010[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div style=\"border-style: solid;padding: 10px\">\n<p><strong>Content Warning: <\/strong><span>The following lesson includes a discussion of mental health and addictions. This content is disturbing, so we encourage you to prepare yourself emotionally before proceeding. If you believe that the reading will be traumatizing for you, then you may choose to forgo it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mental health disorders affect up to one in five Canadians every year. Among older adults specifically, this number decreases to approximately 17%.\u00a0Most common mental illnesses in LTC:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mood and anxiety<\/li>\n<li>Cognitive disorders: Dementia (major neurocognitive disorder), delirium<\/li>\n<li>Substance misuse<\/li>\n<li>Persistent psychotic disorders<\/li>\n<li>Age-related changes in physiology render older adults more susceptible to experiencing harms associated with substance use.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Flint et al., 2018\" id=\"return-footnote-939-1\" href=\"#footnote-939-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Coalition on Seniors\u2019 Mental Health, n.d.\" id=\"return-footnote-939-2\" href=\"#footnote-939-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Cosco et al., 2022\" id=\"return-footnote-939-3\" href=\"#footnote-939-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional Considerations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social<\/li>\n<li>Medical<\/li>\n<li>Support\/Consultation<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Mental Health Association, 2010\" id=\"return-footnote-939-4\" href=\"#footnote-939-4\" aria-label=\"Footnote 4\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-939-1\">Flint et al., 2018 <a href=\"#return-footnote-939-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-939-2\">Canadian Coalition on Seniors\u2019 Mental Health, n.d. <a href=\"#return-footnote-939-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-939-3\">Cosco et al., 2022 <a href=\"#return-footnote-939-3\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 3\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-939-4\">Canadian Mental Health Association, 2010 <a href=\"#return-footnote-939-4\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 4\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":20,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-939","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/517"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/939\/revisions\/1013"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/939\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}