Health Promotion Of Mental Health

Mental health is a complex phenomenon that consists of a range of diagnoses, treatments and outcomes. Recovery from such experiences has historically meant to completely remove all symptoms of illness, but is now currently thought of as regaining a sense of control over and development of a new meaning and purpose in one’s life, rather than feeling defined by the illness. Each individual understands it in their own personal way, likened to a journey towards self-determination, choice, and empowerment.

A national strategy for promoting mental wellbeing and mental health is No Health Without Mental Health.

The article I chose to review is Research Opportunities in the Area of Mental Health Promotion, Prevention, and Intervention for Children and Youth. I first found this article through AJOT and I realized I had been given this issue through a family friend, so I referred to it from then on. This AJOT issue was from September/October of 2014. After reading through the article, I realized that there was an additional article with further information. There was a systematic review that occurred before the actual evidence based practice research. There is also a book available through AOTA called Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Mental Health Promotion, Prevention, and Intervention for Children & Youth that can also be referred too.

One example of politics and health promotion includes mental health reform. The issue is highly polarized and, although support for the issue can be found on both sides of the partisan line, the motives for wanting reform are very different. Most often mental health reform is discussed when the subject of mass killings is in the spotlight. With gun violence so often discussed, the conversation is shifting from gun laws to mental health programs.

1) Mental health treatment has seen substantial improvements within the developed world. However, mental health patients continue to experience difficulties receiving mental health care as opposed to physical health care. There are many barriers to receiving mental health services in the developed world even with the advances in technology and treatment seen in medical treatment. When compared with physical health care services, mental health services delivery continue to face issues (Andrade et al., 2014). The barriers to mental health services can be linked to issues of structure and issues related to the patients themselves. Many people do not seek treatment as they may not think they require treatment or believe that they are healthy. Others may seek assistance from a mental health professional and drop out after treatment had already been initiated. This may be due to lack of satisfaction with the quality of service provided. This increases the likelihood of dropping out of treatment (Andrade et al., 2014). Some people do not seek treatment for fears of social stigma and discrimination in the work place. They may become worried about being labeled mentally ill and be denied job opportunities (Andrade et al., 2014). For such reason, many people retrain from disclosing mental illness or treatment. Structural barriers speak to the person’s ability to pay for services and the availability of services. In some developed countries like the United States, a large proportion

The lack of mental health services available to the mentally-ill and the deinstitutionalization of mental health hospitals have created a public health concern. These issues along with failed continuum of care strategies and a lack of community mental health services are major contributing factors to homelessness. In addition, the strict guidelines for psychiatric hospitalization are critical when analyzing homelessness among the mentally-ill. In many cases, only the critically-ill are meeting clinical criteria for hospitalization, leaving those who have significant mental health problems to fend for themselves. The link between homelessness and mental health is acknowledged, but requires reform (Bean Jr., G. J., Stefl, M. E., and Howe, S. R, 1987).

The shortage of aid for treating mental health disorders is often disregarded as inconsequential because of a lack of awareness surrounding the subject. Both the general public and policy makers seem blind to the prevalence of the problem, even though mental illness affects 1 in 5 Americans and costs the country an estimated $247 billion dollars annually (Blumenthal, 2015). The Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2015 was written to address mental health issues and the problems surrounding lack of awareness; it seeks to provide early intervention and treatment through symptom awareness training, removal of barriers to treatment, and expansion of knowledge on how to treat mental health illnesses. (“Alexander, Murray Introduce,” 2015).

Counselling/Psychotherapy: assess role of emotional and social/cultural factors on health status and behaviour and provide appropriate intervention; enhance coping capacities related to feelings of loss, grief and role changes; assess and intervene related to mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, anger

When looking through the different companies to decide which have the best benefits I found that a lot of companies try to offer great benefits, but fall short in the mental health area. Every company should afford their employees a chance to help with whatever stressors they encounter, especially in the work place. Working in the corrections, human services or any other career that involves children and their family, should afford their employees a place they can vent and get over frustration of having limited ability to help. Benefits are a high seller in choosing the right business for your career choice. Comparing the differences will show how important it is to provide the right benefits for the right career.

The aim of the assignment is to outline at least 2 Theoretical Models that underpin health promotion. The theories chosen in this evaluation are the Health Belief Model and the Social Cognitive Theory. In order to outline theories which underpin health promotion it is important to first understand what health promotion is. Heath promotion is the process of enabling control over health and its detriments, improving health in the long run.

“Mental health and wellbeing can positively affect almost every area of a person’s life: education, employment, family and relationships. It can help people achieve their potential, realise their ambitions, cope with adversity, work productively and contribute to their community and society. Promoting mental health and wellbeing has multiple benefits. It improves health outcomes, life expectancy, productivity and educational and economic outcomes and reduces violence and crime.” (The Department of Health, 2010)

Implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) for the treatment of psychological disorders represents a major challenge within the field of mental health. Literally hundreds of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) and thousands of evidence based assessment (EBA) tools are available; however such practices are generally not implemented in routine clinical practice (Chorpita et al. 2014 presentation; Weston, Novotny, & Thompson-Brenner, 2004a; 2004b; Strupp & Anderson, 1997). For example, clinicians implement self-report measures in 18% of sessions and structured clinical interviews in 1% (Sattler et al). Furthermore, clinicians implement key components of EBTs for common disorders in just 22% of sessions (Whiteside et al).

1. Improve dietary intake. Using validated tools, the proportion of service users that improve their dietary intake between service entry and 12 months.

The availability of professional services to accommodate all aspects of a healthy child is important to establish in a Community School environment participating Community Schools is partnering with CBO’s partners and their health service team provide the necessary services for the school.

Clinical depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the United States, yet one of the most severe. Due to the various biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to this disease, the number of people who have this condition is only increasing. Although this mood disorder is very serious, there are many models of treatment and intervention steps that may be able to eradicate this condition. The many approaches for using different health interventions aim to lessen the risk of mental illnesses include: working towards a healthy lifestyle in an attempt to minimize the risk of depression, addressing medications and how they can reduce the impact of this condition, and finally using chronic disease