Disadvantages Of Mental Health

used by mental health professionals to provide a clear and concise diagnostic description for a variety of mental disorders. There are five axes, and each is assigned to a different mental disorder. The five axes are: Axis I, Axis II, Axis III, Axis IV, and Axis V. Each category of DSM IV provides mental health professionals with a description that assists in the determining if someone is or is not suffering from a disorder. With every diagnosis manual there is advantages and disadvantages. Some of

Mental health disorders have become part of the modern life and they include a wide range of problems and disorders. These are universal disorders that affect people of all countries and societies, people of all ages, men and women, rich and poor, from urban and rural areas. These disorders have an economic impact on society, as well as the quality of life of individuals and their families. The most common disorders that usually cause severe disability as depression, substance abuse, schizophrenia

include hospitals and health systems, a continuum of long-term care as well as mental and behavioral health services. The three factors of hospitals and health systems include the structure, organization and key issues facing it. The structure of the hospitals and health systems include the impact of technology as well as the horizontal and vertical integration of hospitals and health systems. It also revolves around the affiliation of the system with each other and other health care system sectors

healthcare discussed in the text, each offering different levels and types of care. Hospitals are the first system. Hospitals began as an institution for the poor and offered little therapy (Williams & Torrens, 2008). Now hospitals are focused on health care and offer highly specialized services. While the number of hospitals have decreased in recent years from 7,156 in 1975 to 5,764 in 2003, expenditures have increased from 9.2 billion in 1960 to 500 billion in 2003 (Williams & Torrens, 2008). Hospitals

Adult Mental Health Services is an organization that services the mental health population. This population has continued to grow, and because of the increased turnaround in clients served the company had to invest in multiple software products. Electronic Health Record or (EHR) is one of the software programs that are used by Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services. This software is designed to be shared with several different health care providers or settings. The Electronic Health Record

Mental illness is a condition which causes serious disorder in a person's behaviour or thinking. Suicide is a leading cause of death for people seriously affected by mental illness. Depression is a major cause of suicide. According to a study carried out recently by Delhi-based Cosmos Institute of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, 67 per cent of people with suicidal behaviour had an underlying major depressive disorder (Press Trust Of India, 2016). Screening is a process for evaluating the possible

Throughout reading the social determinates of mental health modules, I found it difficult to determine which social determinant has the most impact. This is because every person has many barrier they face, rather than focusing on one. Within these determinates there are also interconnected. Therefore I believe it is important to understand how the determinates impact people as a whole. This concept of understanding impacts based on various factors together is referred to as intersectionality. It

As discussed by Williams and Torrens, each of these health systems provides different areas to assist patients with medical care (2008). Hospitals provide diagnostic outpatient services and inpatient admission for an acute episode. Long-term care facilities assist patients with dally health care needs as well as custodial care. Mental and behavior services provide a wide array of providers and services for mental health. While each of these systems focuses on distinct areas of healthcare, different

population has had such a drastic increase in the past 50 years; some being that they are less educated, have addictions and mental health concerns, and

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience social disadvantages which significantly impacts their physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual and social health. This essay analyses the impacts of the social determinants of health such as socioeconomic status, early life and psychological distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health which causes the wide gap in the social disadvantages experienced by the Indigenous community. According to the assessment of a Productivity