Mental Health Intervention

Although widespread, mental illness afflicts only about 6% of the population (NAMI, 2012). This translates to 1 in every 17 Americans or approximately 57.7 million Americans who experience a mental disorder in a given year. The World Health Organization reported that mental disorders account for 4 out of the 10 leading causes of disability in the US and other developed countries. In addition, the US Surgeon General's report stated that 10% of children and adolescents in the US suffer from these disorders. These, in turn, severely affect their lives at home, in school and with

One of the biggest contributors for poor healthcare is the stigma against mental health. This stigma allows healthcare providers to view those with a mental illness as having low relevance, thus creating disinclination towards providing adequate resources and/or care. This negative stance, based on misinformation and prejudice creates those that have a mental illness to lose their self confidence. Because of this loss, people with mental illness decide not to contribute to their health or livelihood. In the past fifty years, many advances have been made in mental healthcare. However, with the attached stigma, many people choose to not seek out treatment.

At the individual level, lack of proper treatment for poor mental health and mental illness has a detrimental effect. At a population level, society also suffers from the burden resulting from the lack of treatment options for poor mental health and mental illness, due to loss of productivity from those crippled by poor mental health and mental illness. Evidence has begun to emerge showing that lack of treatment for mental illness -specifically depressive disorders - has been linked “with increased prevalence of chronic diseases.” Currently it is estimated about 26% of adults in the United States suffer from depression.

Mental disorders are one of the most common causes of disabilities. In any given year over 18% of adults or close to 43 million people in the United

Since being placed in charge of the Residential Intervention Program, I have noted some issues with the information provided within the staff reports. The program was designed as an alternative to incarceration of low risk offenders, however, we must gauge if the program is effective and what is the current status of the program. Despite the recent report provided by staff which states there was a small reduction in recidivism, utilizing multiple interventions, I see room for improvement and need clarification of the results provided by staff.

There have been several policy-level measures to address the environment of the health care system and how it contributes to health disparities. First, as seen in Figure 3, the uninsured rate in the United States has declined by 43% following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA. According to National Health Interview Survey data, the increases in insurance coverage under the ACA were substantial across all races and ethnicities [11], increasing access to care for minorities which is an essential step in eliminating disparities. More notably, the ACA has also designated funding towards the diversification of the workforce. These measures took form in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Disparities Action

Optimal mental health has been associated with improved health, social, and professional outcomes (Centers For Disease Control and Prevention "Mental Health Basics”). Thus, mental health care is the process of maintaining this well-being for individuals through various health-related services. Because those with mental health disorders are unlikely to “live productively and fruitfully,” many of these people are likely to be in low-income brackets, which also means they are less likely to be able to afford or have sufficient access to the necessary care and their mental and physical health may further deteriorate, thus signaling a vicious cycle. Unfortunately, because poor mental health is not commonly treated or prevented in primary care, these individuals continue to suffer until they are able to be treated for a specific mental illness. Often mental health care and medical care do not coincide. This is a substantial issue because individuals who are in serious need of mental health services are more likely to have serious physical illnesses that accompany mental illnesses. In addition to driving up prices of care, this type of disorganization also reduces the quality and effectiveness of mental health care and medical care

The spread of mental illness continues to be of concern especially in Britain. For statistic say that 70% of the prison population has a mental health disorder. As known, there are a high quantity of mental health disorders. As each 7 year period arrives, the English government do a survey in order to measure the various disorders which are common in our society today. This survey was done in 2009 and reported that for depression 2.6 in 100 people were diagnosed. As for anxiety, 4.7 in 100 people, phobias, 2.6 in 100 people, OCD, 1.3 in 100 people, eating disorders, 1.6 in 100 people. This survey also covered bipolar, schizophrenia and personality disorders. It enclosed that as for personality disorders, 3 to 5 people in every 100 are suffering.

The National Association of Social Workers are strong advocates for the collaboration of mental health and substance abuse treatment within the primary care model of care. Research supports the effectiveness of social workers in functions such as coordination of care, post discharge care support and traditional case management.(Gutin, 2015, p. 149) “Randomized control trials have measured the impact of social work interventions with high-risk groups, such as those with complex chronic conditions and those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.”(Gutin, 2015, p. 149) The results of the study provided evidence that intervention using social work practices significantly reduced the number of hospital admissions and readmission rates. The

In the study by Bogenschutz, Forcehimes, Pommy, Wilcox, Barbosa, Strassman (2015) the researchers aim to show that the effects of psilocybin (magic mushrooms) on alcohol dependent participants is an avenue worth exploring. Specifically, this paper focuses on the influence of psilocybin on intervention outcomes. Participants took part in a 12-week program, the administration of “psychosocial interventions” (2015) took 12 of the 14 sessions available. In other words, psychologists would try to assist the participants with alcohol dependence by administering interventions that increase their motivation to stop drinking. Among the sessions, the administration of psilocybin was the focus of two. Results showed that the participants generally had

The study that is recorded in an article produced by the Journal of Health Education Research, “Enhancing planning strategies for sunscreen use at different stages of change” by Catrinel Craciun, Natalie Schu¨z, Sonia Lippke, and Ralf Schwarzer, explores the behavior changes along with different psychological interventions to promote sunscreen use and safety.

The treatment and prevention of mental illness can be difficult, and as with physical illness, no case or result is the same for everyone. Treatment varies for each illness, as well as for individual client needs and level of severity. With the numerous choices of treatment available today, people around the world have a greater chance at not only preventing or decreasing mental illness, but also the opportunity to enhance their mental health through the public health model of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

Counseling is within the reach of anyone in today’s society. The fields of mental health and community counseling allow services to be rendered to anyone that may need these services while in the past these service were only accessible for a person of a higher social standing in essence the rich. Mental health and community counseling had its beginnings several centuries ago. The services received from mental health and community counseling have helped those with personality development and emotional problems that are unable to pay for services in private practice and therefore if not for these services these clients

Consider the accompanying illustration. A doctor requests a X-beam for a patient who has transformed her lower leg. At the point when the request is gone into the PC, the doctor is helped to remember the precise components of the confirmation based criteria for such a request (the Ottawa Ankle Rules). The request is not enlisted until the doctor recognizes that the patient either does or does not meet the criteria. Such frameworks have been appeared to diminish improper X-beam orders by as much as

It has been reported that the number of people with mental disorder is increasing in our communities at an alarming rate. Environmental and social changes are among the most mentioned causes of the accelerating rate of mental illness in society (Häfner, 1985). Despite the prevalence, about one fifth of the adult population will battle with mental illness every year ("Facts and figures about mental illness," 2014) and the acknowledgement of authorities mental illness is still given less attention then is needed to treat the problem successfully. Health bodies need to be putting more resources into this area as