Mental Health And Health Issues

A mental disorder is a disease that can cause mild to severe disturbances or impairments in behavior or mental wellbeing. These effects may result in the inability of the individual to effectively cope with the demands and pressures of everyday life. There are more than 200 types of different mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia, among many others. However, in this paper the main focus will be placed on depression and anxiety.

According to Treatment Improvement Protocol No. 43 (2005), a mental disorder is defined as a disease of the mind or a brain disorder. According to SAMHSA (2016), more than eighteen percent of US citizens age 18 and older live with a brain disorder combined with another problem. To put it another way, almost 1/5th of the US population lives with mental illness and either a substance use disorder or some other issue (SAMHSA, 2016). A co-occurring problem is defined as the coexistence of both a substance use disorder and mental health problem (SAMSHA, 2016). Other examples of co-occurring problems include pathological gambling, eating disorders and those previously stated are all treatable with proper evaluation, assessment and interventions

There are limited resources for mentally ill patients; in order to establish more services for this population it is vital that the proper problems are identified, understood and addressed. It would be tragic to waste valuable resources in an area where they were not going to be needed and utilized. In other words, where could resources and funds be spent that would serve the most people in need? I believe this issue is extremely important as it directly affects people’s lives in a potentially serious, sometimes tragic manner. Mentally ill patients that are not adequately treated can pose a very serious threat to themselves and their community.

From the early biblical times there have been leaders who have helped guide their followers through their teachings. These were the first counselors. According to the book, “The World of the Counselor”, One of the first written treaties of a psychological nature can be traced back to 3000 BCE. (Neukrug, 2012, 2007)

From the moment of conception, people face an array of changes both physically and psychologically until death. Lifespan development is the name psychologists have given to the physical and cognitive changes that occur throughout a person’s life and one important issue in the field of Life-Span Development is the topic of the elderly and the struggles that they face. This following issue affects me personally because I see it every day at an acute care hospital where I work. I have observed how their family members treat some of them. How they ultimately become a heavy responsibility to their family members, making them feel melancholy about their age and life. Some families are caring to their elderly family member while others begin to

First, trauma has become nationally recognized and appreciated in the last two decades. The nation’s perspective has changed for the better due to 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the influx of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Citizens are now recognizing how trauma impacts individuals, families, and communities (Reardon, 2011).

“It was not intended to drive people crazy, but to prevent them from being driven crazy, and it worked.” (C. P. Gilman, 1913) Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote this to explain why she wrote her famous story “The Yellow Wallpaper”, since many people believed the story to be unsettling. Her story of mental illness is a testament to her willingness to help those who are deemed insane, whether deserved or otherwise, just as the people who dedicate their livelihoods to that exact cause through employment within mental health facilities. There are seven main mental health institutions in Minnesota, that are controlled by the MN Board of Control, that have saved countless minds and lives through the hands of those like the famous author Charlotte Perkins

Over the last two centuries, mental health care for individuals with mental illness has significantly progressed. Despite this, today many issues remain and resurfacing as a byproduct of these shifting mental health policies. For continued effective policy change regarding mental illness, it is imperative to conduct policy and historical analysis to establish the precedence of key issues. Thereby, it is also equally as essential to understand the implications individuals with mental illness faced throughout history navigating the mental health system of our past. As such, historical court cases and policy changes, as well as, the experiences of the individuals are relevant to how we proceed onward today in mental health policy changes, treatment

Mental health issues are increasing and not enough people are receiving adequate health care if any. Mental health can affect anyone regardless of who we are, where we are and how much money we have. And as we watch the news daily, we see people with very serious issues that impact many people. The community is affected either by actual lives loss, our health care system, or quality of life. Working in bed management allows me to see the entire population entering the hospital. Aside from the psych unit, a lot of the patients are being admitted for medical problems have a history of some type of mental health issue that may or may not flaunt itself during there hospital stay, which in turn, negatively affects other patients, staff, their families and increases length of stay.

Outline the major health and mental health issues for Indigenous people in Australia. Has this changed over the last 15 years? What are the challenges for social work practice with Indigenous people in the Australian Context? What facilitates collaboration and efficacy in service provision? Outline how you might approach working with a client facing a specific health issue.

Mental health is described as a state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life. The impairment of behaviour in psychological and interpersonal disciplines in daily life are some of the aspects that are more likely to be considered as a sign of abnormality. Another aspect of abnormality in society is that when a person contrast in behaviour and intelligence from the majority of people, wether good or bad, is classed under an abnormal behaviour, it is also known as statistical infrequency. One of the well known case emerged in USA, where 58 year old man from USA, ‘remembers up to half the days of his own life in shockingly vivid detail’(The Telegraph). He was diagnosed with a condition called hyperthymestia, meaning overdeveloped memory. This rare condition is only discovered in just four people around the world. Another aspect of measuring mental health is deviation from social norms and cultural relativism. For example, homosexuality is still considered as a mental illness or abnormal behaviour in most of the countries, including India and Africa.

Colorado statistics for Mental Health Illness- Of all 4.9 million residents in Colorado around 210,000 residents have Mental Health Illness. 158,000 adults live with serious mental health conditions. 52,000 children live with serious mental health illness which makes the total of 210,000 Coloradans. In 2006 around 730 residents in Colorado died by cause of suicide. In 2006 around 2000 teenagers were at the juvenile. Approximately 54% of teenagers ages 14 and older dropped out of school do to their mental health.

In most cases today, if a person becomes physically injured or ill, they seek out treatment and recovery with a number of medical professionals that specialize in the area, often have follow up appointments to ensure progress, and are seen to until they are fully recovered. One would think the same should go ill health of the the mental and psychological state, regrettably it rarely is handled in the same way with the same degree of care. In far too many facilities, patients are prescribed drugs that can actually cause more harm than help. Kohls (2010), argues that, “Patients will be taking their (FDA) drugs for years (despite no long-term trials proving safety and efficacy) as the only "treatment" for mental ill health. They know that their

Mental health refers to an individual’s psychological and emotional wellbeing (World Health Organisation, 2014). With over 25 million UK residents (Mental Health Foundation, 1999) spending a large majority of their time at work, it is important that concerns for a person’s welfare extend to the workplace. Every year mental health problems, including stress, anxiety and depression affect 1 in 6 British employees (Mental Health Foundation, 1999). Despite this, a Confederation of British Industry (CBI) survey of over 800 companies found that only 1 in 10 of these companies had an official mental health policy (Mental Health Foundation, 1999). Mental health, it appears, is still a taboo subject in the workplace. Studies have shown that

Living a healthy life can be done in many ways and often times are only partially obtained. A person can be healthy mentally, physically, and emotionally. Mental and physical health can often take over the importance of being emotionally healthy. All three are equally important, and sometimes none are achieved at all.