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    Solutions Diversion Programmes and Access to Mental Health Facilities The huge barrier to accessing mental institutions is due to the lack of available beds for the amount of patients which require treatment. Fortunately the suggestion of increasing the number of mental hospital beds is currently being considered by the Mental health Commission (19- 47). Currently Australia is experiencing the situation whereby patients are diverted from mental health facilities into prisons. In order to correct

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    Legal relevant laws: Australian Migration Act 1958: Australian Federal law states that any non Australian citizens who do not have a valid visa is to be detained, regardless of circumstances for a strictly limited period designed to obtain basic information about health, identity, security and basic information that supports a visa claim, may form a legitimate part of a system of immigration controls, as long as the detention is subject to effective review by a court. The people who do not have

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    1. Outline the history and development of the medical, social and psycho-social models of disability Medical: The medical model defines a disability as something that is physically ‘wrong’ with a person’s body. This could be an illness or acquired damage to the body in an accident for example. The medical model views the human body as something which can be fixed or repaired if there is a problem with it. The medical model of disability was started around the early 19th century, when physicians

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    The defences of insanity, substantial impairment by abnormality of mind and automatism play a vital role in avoiding criminal liability. Principally, the defences reflect the idea that intellectually challenged individuals should not be penalised but rather treated of their mental impairment. However the outcomes of each defence have also been criticised as ‘anomalous and arbitrary’ due to conflicting legal and medical definitions. Consequently, support for the abolishment of these defences has

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    Ademola Adeshina Disability and Empowerment This essay will discuss the term - learning disability or (learning difficulties – a term sometimes used interchangeably) and some possible causes. The nature and role of advocacy as a part of the empowerment process will also be considered. All these will be done in relation to Kelly – a person with Down’s syndrome as a case study. It will explain the progress made with Kelly by her support workers and how these can be further developed to ensure a more

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    Harrison tells the story of five Aboriginal children who were forcibly extracted form their families. The children: Anne, Jimmy, Ruby, Sandy and Shirley all demonstrated the devastating impact that the removal from their families and subsequent institutionalisation had on each of their lives. Furthermore, some of the main characters maintained their hopes and dreams under different circumstances whilst a few displayed a lack of hope. Shirley’s character emits the voice of a struggling young mother, she

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    Mainlander Relation Essay

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    As mentioned in the previous section, the British media was well aware of the hostile relation between the Formosan and the mainlander since 1947. Especially after the outbreak of the 228 Incident, the island was known to have been “in a state of active unrest ()”. The instability in Formosa was mostly attributed to the Nationalist government’s corruptive representatives, ill-treatment to the people (“The War In China”, 1949), Government monopolies, exclusion of islanders from public positions, and

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    Madness as An Individual Attribute Or A Process Of Social Construction Madness is a largely contentious issue for a variety of reasons, comprising of operational discrepancies and its implications for wider society. In a very rudimentary sense madness implies a state of insanity beyond the control or will of the person considered to be mad. This however presupposes the existence of madness as tangible or concrete phenomena and dismisses the possibility that 'madness' may

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    Taking into account Cohen’s fishing metaphor, it is of importance to consider Schur’s (1973) elaboration of the labelling theory (Becker, 1963) providing an alternative approach to traditional thinking. He argues that institutionalisation should ‘take a backseat’ and the improvement on the quality of life of the deviant youth should be at the forefront if the Government is to ever succeed in reducing the delinquency rate

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    W. E. B. Du Bois

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    informal and formal spheres of American society. Lynching in fact was in a crescendo at that time until the late 1800s and laws that promote African American discrimination were being supported as well. It is, therefore, safe to say that the institutionalisation of equality does not guarantee that the citizens will act accordingly in an immediate fashion. This calls for vigilance, activism and fortitude on the part of those subject to discrimination. The three people we will be discussing below are

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