Essay on Changes to North Carolina Mental Health Systems

social issue such as mental illness. As a mental health counselor, I chose to policy map the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH). I will examine this agency and its policies, including its social agency history, mission, money stream, purpose, budget, overall purpose, and effectiveness. My mission is to create a policy map that explains the agency’s purpose, how it operates, and whom it serves. Mission Statement: The South Carolina Department of Mental Health Services serves adults…

Mental health and the criminal justice system have long been intertwined. Analyzing and understanding the links between these two subjects demands for a person to go in to depth in the fields of criminology, sociology, psychology, and psychiatry, because there are many points of view on whether or not a person’s criminal behavior is due to their mental health. Some believe that an unstable mental state of mind can highly influence a person’s decision of committing criminal actions. Others believe…

Canada’ mental health system has struggled to implement compassionate mental health treatment and the persistent problem of stigmatization negatively impacts its development. There are prevailing misconceptions and misunderstanding that result in those with mental illnesses being labelled as “idiots”, “imbeciles” and lunatics" (Kirby & Keon, 2004). Fighting this stigma is of paramount importance to ensure the support of those with mental illness and enable them to seek the necessary treatment.…

lead to changes in policies and creation of programs that allow for better living conditions and treatment of mental health consumers. Second, research has indicated that empowering indivudals has had a positive impact on their personal lives and their health. Through the creation and particpation of Consumer/ Survivor Intitiatives ( CSIs) mental health consumers have seen successes such as: employment for cosumers/ survivors, reduced hospital visits, improve health system and reduced mental health…

Mental Health Services within the Criminal Justice System Kathleen Drake SOC331: Social Justice and Ethics Erika O’Quinn April 9, 2012 If anyone were to take a look at The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, 4th edition, (DSM IV), they would discover that nearly every human being could relate to “symptoms” required for some form of mental disorder. The need for effective mental health services in this country is essential, not only for general society, but also within…

The Organization North Eastern Mental Health Facility is a 250 beds, long term mental residential health facility for adults located right in the center of Palm Beach County. The facility aids those in the community who suffer psychological disorders such as depression, anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders, and dissociative disorders. The facility provides room, board, meals, and counseling and therapy as well as directing patients to where medications can be received. North Eastern also has…

Care Act and North Carolina's Uninsured Population NUR6050 October 2, 2014 Affordable Care Act and North Carolina's Uninsured Population Introduction The Workings of an Affordable Care Act The PPACT is more widely referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA is the product of years of political debates and movements to reform the American health care system. Originally, conceived as an alternative to a single-payer health care system, the concepts…

Issues in the Mental Health Care System Introduction Mental illness is a disease found worldwide, affecting a big chunk of the population. Some mental illnesses can be small such as ADHD and anxiety disorders whereas others are more severe like Borderline Personality Disorder and Schizophrenia. Treatment and understanding of these conditions used to be very poor, but the 1980’s started to change that. Although much treatment of mentally ill patients has gotten better, there is still room for improvement…

Mental health services has given significant impact and influence on mental health nursing practice (Ricard, Page & Laflamme 2014). This is due to the fact that nurses have shown leadership in the clinical setting and have adapted the needs of their consumers to their services in the primary health care setting (Ricard, Page & Laflamme 2014). However, according to John Crowther & Theresa Ragusa (2011), mental health nursing has declined in New South Wales (NSW). Their study provides insight on the…

the reader about the discriminatory North Carolina laws regarding gender-marker changes. This paper will first describe the population and related need for binary transgender people, either transitioning from male-to-female or female-to-male, second examine the relationship between the need and the population, and conclude with a brief description of general changes. The process of changing gender markers on all forms of identification in Greensboro, North Carolina is costly, difficult to execute,…