The Mental Health Providers of Western Queens is a community-based agency that provides a wide array of services. Since it’s a community-based agency, the clientele are from the Western Queens area of New York and some portions of Brooklyn, New York. There are four departments in the agency, such as the Consultation Center, School Based Services, Care Management and Recovery Services. My internship focused on the Care Management aspect of the agency. The Care Management department administers
The articles, “Improving the mental health care of prisoners”, by Alexis Warrilow and “Improving access to psychological therapies in prisons”, by Andrew Forrester, Frances Maclennan, Karen Slade, Penelope Brown and Tim Exworthy both address the issue of mental health care in prison. The perspective of both clearly states that is measures were improved in prison to deal with mental health problems; we would have least reoccurrences when prisoners are released from jail. The research problem being
Understanding Organizations Educational Management and leadership MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY Dr Hamed Al Sinawi Oman Medical Specialty Board Muscat – Oman Assignment 2a: An analysis of your organization There are 3 main models for organizational analysis described in the literature. These are the SWOT analysis, Mc- Kinsey 7- S model and mintzberg model. McKinsey 7s model is a tool introduced in 1980s and used in analyzing firms organizational design by looking at 7 key internal element, these
After listening to the presentation by the Kelly Center Representative, Will Stutterheim, I found myself feeling a mix of both positive and negative emotions. I felt saddened from learning that severe mental health issues affect 6 in 10 women and 4 in ten men, though these numbers could be more equal since men are less likely to admit their emotional ailments. I also felt disappointed because our society has made it that way. Often these issues are over looked, down-played, or even laughed at. But
I. Legislation and political context HR 2646 Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, is a piece of legislation designed to reduce the barriers to mental health treatment for those who need it the most. HR 2646 begins a legislative process toward a mental health reform. According to Mental Health America (2015), HR 2646 will empower parents and caregivers to seek out mental health treatment. It will promote alternatives to institutionalization and stabilize patients beyond the emergency room
observation, reflexion and analysis of observable or available information or data (Ankner, 2012). Clinical judgement is vital in nursing so that errors are avoided and that the best possible care is given to the client. Clinical judgement is defined as not only being able to make a decision competently and implementing it but also having the ability to justify why you made that decision within the clinical setting(Dowie and Elstein, 1988). Clinical judgement is vital in nursing care for the nurse to be
Chinwendu Chukwudike Chamberlain College of Nursing NR506: HealthCare Policy Fall A, 2015 Homelessness: Planning a Visit Homelessness is a huge social problem for ages in our society (Hudson and Nandy, 2012). This issue has been a major public health issue and each year, millions of Americans are chronicled homeless. These individuals lacks steady housing; sleeping on the streets, emergency shelters, parks, or even abandoned buildings (Thomas & Chan, 2012). They are exposed to unhealthy lifestyle
Sociological Analysis of Kristin Turney’s Article Introduction Medical sociology refers to the study of how human behavioural patterns influence the overall health of a particular individual in a given society. According to Turney (2014), it is an area that does not only provide information on the causative aspects of ill-behaviours and how they lead to health problems, but also provides remedial insights into solving such ill-behaviours before they culminate into chronic health problems. Then, it
Abstract Aim: To report a concept analysis of advocacy. Background: Nurses play keys roles in advocating for patients, especially in times of healthcare crisis. In current day, there has yet to be clear and concise advocacy directives and guidance for nurses. Nonetheless, being an advocate for patients is a vital attribute and skill in the nursing profession. Design: Concept analysis. Data Sources: A literature search was conducted using CINHAL, Academic OneFile, EBSCOhost databases (2003-2015)
such as poor mental health, substance abuse, and teen pregnancy, their designs preclude assessment of whether associations are a cause or consequence of ARA (Exner-Cortens, Eckenrode, & Rothman, 2013). Given the important distinction between cause and consequence, we herein highlight those studies that make note of this difference even if they are unable to determine causality. [this could also be a footnote…] Using longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, one study