A Group Mental Health Practice

D- The patient arrived on time for her session and reports being stable on dose and haven't used any illicit drugs. This writer advised the patient that this writer was in fact in receipt of missed phone call about coming to the session at 10:30 am rather than 10 am due to her mother in the process of selling the house. This writer addressed with the patient about letter from CHR from her counselor, Jade Bray stating about the patient non-compliance with her appointment due transportation barrier. According to the patient, she is going through hardship as her mother is no longer taking her to her appointment as the patient says, " She's tired of bringing me everyone, Charlene. She complains about bringing me here and does not understand why I can't even get a bottle...:Like c'mon. What do I have to do?" This writer explained to the patient about TEAM decision, at which the patient disagree with the decision. This writer asked the patient about her "judgement." According to the patient, she feels she is making judgement by not engaging any further altercation with patient at the clinic, dosing daily, coming to her counseling session, and trying to get help from Chrysalis for

help stabilize her moods has also been on an antidepressant to treat the bipolar. Client has cycles

The healing hands health rights campaign is an initiative by ANTaR which was launched in February 2004. The campaign itself is an effective way of promoting health as a fundamental human right issue, raising awareness of political will and promoting the need for a change in policy so that resources are allocated on the basis of indigenous health. The development of the campaign and the various tactics employed have enabled the issues of indigenous health rights to come to light as a serious matter amongst the general public, political parties, organisations, media etc. The campaign and the information kits readily available are a practical way of promoting the

The client is identified as Kevin, a 14-year-old male from Honduras. Kevin left his family

My area of specialization will be on individuals and families that are suffering from depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and are in risk of suicide. There is a strong link between depression, PTSD and suicide (PTSD: National Center for PTSD, n.d.). According to William (2012), 90% of individuals who commit suicide suffered from some type of mental illness. Many individuals who suffer from depression and have not been treated are at high risk of committing suicide (Caruso, n.d.). According to Caruso (n.d.), the number one cause of suicide is depression. According to Sher, Braquehais, and Casas (2012), “suicide can be viewed as a process that begins with suicidal ideation, followed by planning and then by a suicidal act, and suicidal ideation can be prompted by depression and PTSD” (p. 92). Moreover, “the coexistence of PTSD and depression increases the risk of suicidal ideation more than PTSD or depression alone. Therefore, I will be developing a depression mutual aid group using Psychoeducational and CBT models to educate and to help consumers supporting one another with issues related to depression, PTSD and suicide.

The practice setting I am currently interning at is the Community Mental Health for Ingham, Clinton, and Eaton counties (CEICMH), specifically within the Families Forward department. This department within the CEICMH works closely with children who are experiencing serious emotional disturbances and behavioral concerns, as well as offering needed support to their family. The services provided include inpatient and outpatient therapy, emergency services and urgent care, early intervention services, and wraparound services. My role within Families Forward is as an intern in the Wraparound program. Wraparound facilitators provide service to families by creating a plan to help the family navigate through the child’s treatment process to assure

I am interning at Heartfelt, a mental health agency that works with adults, children and their families that deal with any type of behavior and mental health problem since 2006 with a mission to provide culturally competent, and professionally sound mental health, foster care, youth development and family support services to empower our community one child and one family at a time. The services that Heartfelt offers to clients are intensive in-home therapy, outpatient therapy, community support team (CST), peer support, medication management, and residential level III group home. Many of the clients at Heartfelt are offered Outpatient therapy service compared to other services. My role at Heartfelt is as an intern who is supervised by a MSW field supervisor completing tasks. Few of tasks that I perform at Heartfelt is shadowing professionals performing assessments and intakes with clients, working on various administrative projects such as finding resources for clients and reviewing and updating clients’ charts.

A meet-and-greet and tour with State Representative Tana Senn of the 41st Legislative District on Thursday, November 17 at 10:00 am at the ICHS Bellevue Clinic. Rep.Senn, Vice Chair of General Government and Information Technology, and a committee member of the Appropriations Committee, and Early Learning and Human Services Committee.

PRESENTING ISSUES: Sue resides with her mother and they are having problems in the home.

Evaluate the job role and function of three mental health professionals outlined in this course and their effectiveness.

I went to a National Alliance on Mental Illness meeting on Thursday, March 3st 2016. I went to the meeting located at the First Evangelical Free Church on 2904 N Brea Blvd., Fullerton CA 92835. The meeting was a family support group for loved ones that had mental illnesses.

Mental health is a global and national public health concerns. One in 25 Americans lived with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression ( ). Globally, there is one death every 40 seconds as a result of a mental illness ( ). People with mental illness could experience discrimination, harassment or abuse as a result of their illness. Financially, it may be more of a burden on individual with lower income, lack of medical insurance and a burden on states or countries to care for its mental health population. Despite such burden, one of the lowest intervention for people with mental illness and their family is a support group ( ). Mental health support groups like most support groups provide

The consumer will be discharge once he has been link to New Center Community Mental Health and meet with is treatment team. The consumer will stay in compliance by attending all his appointment at New Center and address any concern regarding any medication to his doctor and therapist. The consumer will also discuss his current situation with his treatment team so that they can help provide him with the resources he need regarding housing and

By controlling cost, improving access for patients and improving satisfaction of patients improved the odds of success. They focused on knowledge and skills with Pharmacologic/non-pharmacologic treatments making sure it was easily understood of the principles of drug-drug interactions, affects of medications on co-morbid medical disorders (2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4). By brainstorming they came up with five ways to assist the primary care physicians to help with the burden and promote psychiatry to assistance with other team members as in: consults, e-consults, telehealth, assisting providers to monitor the symptoms of the psychiatric disorder, follow the progression of the illness and monitor response to treatments (Goldsmith, Martinez, & Vidal, 2017). This opportunity of attending the meeting will advance my outlook on mental health and for me to be able to be proactive in care (4.3, 5.4). Experience will allow you to grow, knowledge will allow you to perform far beyond expectations and education will allow you advance

The company I’ve selected is a non-profit organization and due to confidentiality I will refer to this company as the XYZ Corporation. This company receives funding for the State to provide mental health services to clients both adolescents and adults who are less fortunate because of the limited services provided in their communities within the Atlanta area. The XYZ Corporation has a team of mental healthcare professionals that serves those clients. Their clientele is built through referral and/or consumers sources. Their staffing consists of Adolescent/Adult Counselors, who are responsible for conducting assessments, facilitating the group and individual counseling components of the XYZ program, and crisis intervention. In addition, there