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    Mental health is an invisible but critical component of healthcare in the USA. Studies have found that untreated mental health issues can lead to worse psychiatric outcomes in issues such as psychosis, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and major depressive disorders (MDD) (Clement et al., 2014). These worsened outcomes could involve decreased quality of life, impacted social support, and suicide. A major facet in the lack of treatment for mental health issues is the stigma associated with seeking

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    Soldier Mental Health

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    injured soldier, sometimes encounter mental pressure from peers and leaders. This will affect the soldier mental health. Because most soldiers wait until late to get help, the army health department advertises through email the available recourses to help reduce harm and maximize mental health. Healthy People 2020 objectives are “increase the proportion of adults who self-report good or better physical and mental health” (2016). The physical and mental healths not just affect the soldier but there

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    culminating is a day of recognition for mental health in Stafford Senior High School and across the CGS cites. October 10th is the official date for World Mental Health Day; therefore, the day of recognition will be scheduled on that day. The colors that represent mental health are blue, green, and grey. Students will be asked to wear those colors. Since the day of recognition is scheduled early in the year, flyers and a graphic design that defines mental health and provides the date of the event will

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    Mental health is treated much more different than many physical diseases and in the words of the previous First Lady, Michelle Obama, “When it comes to mental health conditions, we often treat them differently from other diseases like cancer, diabetes or asthma. Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it’s still an illness, and there should be no distinction.” Mental health conditions are highly stigmatized even in spite that they are extremely common. The amount of

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    According to the Mayo Clinic, mental illness can be described as a “wide range of mental health conditions, disorders that affect an individual’s mood, thinking and behavior”. It is important for society to be aware of the situation so that precautions are created in order to help monitor the issue that mental illness has on public health. Mental illness supplies a substantial burden of disease worldwide. According to S. Marshall Williams, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately

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    To discuss the social issue of mental health is to take into account a wide range of related issues and concerns, because describing the problem brings other subjects up that should also be presented. Starting with mental illness, it is defined as a wide range of mental health conditions or disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Serious mental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, posttraumatic stress

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    issue of mental illness is ignored. It can affect just about anyone, this includes those below the poverty line. The article, “Scaling Up Mental Health Care” mentions how one in ten people are suffering from mental illness at any time. Mental illnesses can keep individuals from obtaining or maintaining a job, which can keep them below the poverty line. David Shipler wrote the novel, The Working Poor: Invisible in America, but he is culpable for completely skipping over the topic of mental illness

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    Mental health is an essential aspect of our overall health and well-being. Despite its importance, mental healthcare is often overlooked and underfunded in most health systems. Worldwide the disparity between the need for mental health treatment and the lack of provision results in many persons suffering from severe mental disorders not receiving treatment for their disorders (WHO, 2013). The burden of mental disorders is felt most by low- and middle-income countries, with the percentage of people

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    Mental Health was the topic of this week’s chapter assignment. Three critical contexts from the reading that I personally found valuable to know are the definition of mental health, what affect mental health, and healthful ways to cope with stress. The introduction portion of chapter 12 emphasized in depth on the definition of mental health, which I personally found essential to understand. According to our text, mental health is “how we think, feel, and act as we cope with life” (pg. 338). Good

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    Annotated bibliography 1. Rationale 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

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