Responding to Legal Issues in Mental Health Essay

like to bring attention to mental health issues, specifically the stigmas attached to mental illness and help bring understanding on a misunderstood subject. Mental health problems represent an increasing part of the worldwide disease burden (Reijneveld, 2005). There is a stigma attached to children, race/culture, as well as gender differences. It is important that we as the public become properly informed on the effects that these stigmas can have on the mental health of these populations. A study…

non-visible scars. Mental injuries are becoming increasingly common among today’s decorated war heroes. Many are too embarrassed, scared or uninformed to speak up about it. What factors increase a soldier’s chance of developing stress related symptoms? Does the military do enough to prevent, inform and treat? What else can be done to prevent a soldier from going too far, and taking their own life? The military does provide services to protect and benefit the mental health of its soldiers; however…

Mental health in Utah has and continues to be the forefront of concern for many throughout the state. The reasons it is such a hot bed issue is due the staggering statistics that come out every year showing Utah as one of the leading states for mental health issues per capita. One article in particular had a report that showed survey results done by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the NDSUH. They found that 22.4 percent of the Adult population here in Utah had a mental disorder in 2014…

disorders. The question I would like to explore is: Should mental health and associated health professionals be allowed to remove a patient’s autonomy and control their diet as intervention for an eating disorder? I think that this is a very debatable topic because both sides are equally important to the patient. It is important that the patient be able to make their own decisions but it is equally important that the patient be safe and their health protected. Both sides are also equally harmful if not…

The word “bipolar” is commonly tossed around in our daily vocabulary to simply describe a person who is overly moody and easily irritated. However, the implications of the mental health issue, that is bipolar disorder, is much more complex than is implied. Bipolar disorder was first discovered in 1851 by French psychiatrist Jean-Pierre Falret who described the condition as “la folie circulaire” which literally translates to circular insanity (Seddler…

Legal Issues in Health Care This article is about the problems hospitals are facing due to antitrust law issued by the government and how it affects the hospital setting in providing healthcare service. It talks about the major laws that have problems in connection to the three different relations that exist in any hospital - Hospital Relations, Hospital-Physician Relations and Hospital-Payer Relations. This has both good and bad effects and depends on what…

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…

Introduction Health care is a basic human right, and from an ethical standpoint the system in the United States is the most unjust and unequal in the Western world and paradoxically the most expensive as well. In contract, the conservative ideology of ethical egoism simply hold that all individuals have no moral duty except to act in their own self-interest, and therefore health care is a personal responsibility rather than that of the larger society. This is the type of mentality that denies…

Living in a state of positive, stable mental health benefits individuals in all areas of life. Attaining a positive state of mental health seems simple enough, but can be difficult when juggling many different responsibilities and leading a busy life. As the modern world becomes more and more reliant on technology, and an increasing number of occupations require employees to sit at a desk for long hours, there is a need to remedy the stress that is associated with these “desk jobs.” This report addresses…

Accountability Analysis of a dilemma in practice “Sally and the Health Visitor” Dip HE Mental Health Nursing Word count: 1,957. Contents page Introduction | 1 | Autonomy | 1 | Beneficence | 3 | Nonmaleficence | 4 | Justice | 4 | Conclusion | 5 | Bibliography | 6 | Introduction This discussion paper will look at the ethical issues surrounding decision making as nurses, in a given scenario (Sally and the health visitor). Ethics is defined by Johnstone (2008) as “A way to think…