Mental Health “One in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. Around 450 million people currently suffer from such conditions, placing mental disorders among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide”- World Health Organization (WHO). To understand the concept of mental illness, we need to know what mental health means. Mental wellbeing plays an essential role at every stage of our life, from childhood to
Most people probably believe that there is as much agreement as to what defines a mental health problem as there is in defining a physical health problem, and therefore what should be done if someone is experiencing such a problem. We all understand the terms “pain” and “distress” and if we were experiencing them we would want help to get rid of them. Yet recent research has shown what many people with mental health problems, their families, and the professionals who look after them have long known
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
Due to a history of weak mental health care among diverse populations, the philosophy of creating a culturally competent mental health system has begun to take shape. The immense growth of diversity within the United States has led most local, state, and government agencies to develop guidelines for education in cultural competency in an attempt to promote effective care to all populations (Stanley, 2006). The ongoing effort to eradicate treatment inconsistencies across varying sectors of the population
The problem with mental health care currently is that many people in need of treatment are not able to get it due to their situations financially, mentally, or physically. In the article “Integrated Primary Care: Why You Should Care and How to Get Started,” Mark E. Vogel, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Michigan State University, writes about the research and ideas of integrated care. While the mental health care system provides many
In the United States, the amount of people with mental health issues is on the rise even though there are facilities and services for treatment. People struggle to get treatment for many reasons: their financial situation, their willingness to get help, their perception on mental illnesses due to society, and many more. Integrating mental health care into the primary care system will make mental health care more accessible at every level allowing more people to have the ability and strength to get
Adolescence is considered to be the peak age for the appearance of mental illnesses. More than half of the people who will ever have a mental illness experience their first episode before they are 18 years old. The first episodes of mental health illnesses are extremely important due to the fact that they are predictors of future episodes. But even when is so important for teenagers to seek help, they fall under the category of the ones who are less likely to look for it. (Kelly and Mithen 1) Most
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
Mental health has a more prominent presence in our current society than before. Acknowledging that mental health is not a disease or something that should ostracize another person is fruitful to the acceptance of mental health in our society. The importance of mental health and treating it is as important as treating physical ailments. Society’s opinion on how people mental health should treat contributes to various stigma about mental health. Treating mental health is not as easy as it seems
The Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer (CQOLC) scale, written by Weitzner, Jacobsen, Wagner, Friedland, and Cox (1999), is a 35 question instrument using a five point Likert-type scale. This instrument evaluates constructs such as mental health, emotional well being, burden, and social support that are experienced by a caregiver of a cancer patient. Additionally, quality of life for the family caregiver is correlated with the patient's functionality and number of treatment modalities. In addition