Mental health professionals

Roy Macias Psych 215 14 AUG 2015 Homework 3: Assessment and Mental Health Professionals In chapter 3 of Ronald J. Comer’s book, Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology, it explains and defines the importance of the assessment of a client. Along with other topics, it explains many factors and objectives of diagnosis and treatment of clients. The first topic is the importance and purpose of psychological assessment. In order to know what the client is going through, the clinician must know background

The role of Professional advocacy according to Chapter 5: Professional and Social Advocacy in Clinical Mental Health is to ensure that people have enough information to ensure that they can make decisions and choices for themselves. It also refers to action taken to advance the profession of counseling in general and the clinical a mental health profession specifically. Both professional advocacy and client/social advocacy are essential to mental health counseling, to ensure that every individual

Mental healthcare professionals need to uphold their responsibilities to tell the truth, respect confidentiality, function as an advocate, and accept accountability for providing proper mental health care to their patients. If I were to have a mental health professional tell me that my depression would go away on its own and break confidentiality by telling the receptionist about my problems. I would not trust them and I might even hate them as my depression got worse. If a mental health professional

What does it mean to have a professional identity? Many counselors struggle with finding their identity in the field, and the process of learning about oneself can be demanding. Finding out where a counselor fits within the helping profession has become an ongoing topic in the mental health field. This process can take a long time for some counselors and becomes a process over time when gaining an understanding of their own professional identity. Professional identity can be described as one's perception

The Professional Identity of a Mental Health Counselor Trineequa Gilbert Capella University Introduction The professional identity of a mental health counselor is extremely important. When it comes to finding your professional identity, it is important to weigh out all options to make sure that the profession that is chosen, is what one would see themselves doing for a long time. It is more so of asking oneself if they feel they qualify for the career that they are about to

Mental and Human Health Service Professionals are people who work with individuals, families or couples in assessing and treating mental health issues. They work with a variety of people of every age and will also assist those with developmental disabilities, drug abuse, or some other physiological health condition. These professionals are dedicated and show enthusiasm for helping others while having compassion for any whom have a mental health issue. Some choose to pursue a particular area of interest

This paper is an overview of mental health professional with several years’ experience to be a consultant to a local district superintendent. Based on information gather from a phone call from the superintendent regarding three students and a teacher that was severely stabbed by a student. This has been in the media for about two weeks. During this time, the superintendent has been receiving complaints from people in the community, parents and teacher stating that security measures are not adequate

Professions and occupations of early civilizations were and still are related to natural resources. However, modern professions focus on the importance of mental health as well. Professions such as engineering, science, psychology and environmental science are all major contributors to the current understanding we have of the world from predicting weather to the discovery of a new disorder. In the documentary

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

tremendous strides have been made in our understanding of behavior, cognitions, emotions and brain functions, it has only been in the last 130 years that psychology has been studied as a science (Goodwin, 2015, p. 4). It is important for mental health professionals to understand the history and evolution of psychology because it is difficult, if not impossible, to fully grasp the subject without understanding its history. Goodwin (2015) explains that knowing the history of psychology helps us critically