Treating Clients Who Have OCPD

I was working as a full time psychiatric nurse in one of the mental health institutions in Vancouver. I was able to handle a lot of patients who’ve mental illness. In the ward where I was assigned, most of the patients suffer with schizophrenia and some from a bipolar disfunction. But also the patient that truly drew my attention was the person who is suffering from an undifferentiated kind of schizophrenia. This actual patient has suffered from harsh obsessive compulsive personality disorder or OCPD.

The Subtle Differences Between Mental Health and Mental Illness

While a precise definition of mental health is somewhat difficult to formulate, it is generally characterized as a state of being in which one is able to deal with and ultimately grow from the many life changes that occur over time. Everyone experiences trauma, grief, fear and loss during their life, but a mentally healthy person doesn’t repress these feelings. Rather, they accept and try to understand them as they go about the business of everyday life. They seem to understand that this too will pass.” In other words, they roll with the punches.