A current health issue in Scotland which I have chosen to be Mental Health which affects how we think, feel and act, it is our psychological and emotional state, ranging from anxiety and depression to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Warning signs include lack of energy, feeling helpless, eating/sleeping problems, confusion, anger, worry or even thinking of harming yourself or others (Mental Health, 2017). One in three people are estimated to be affected by mental illness, costing the economy approximately £10.8bn in 2009-2010 (Gov,2018). Socially deprived areas and unstable backgrounds are usually at greater risk. Research suggests that there are many social influences that can contribute or cause mental health problems such as, employment,
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As a priority for the Scottish Government, they have produced The Mental Health Strategy (2017) which lays out forty initial actions that they intend to cover over ten years to improve mental health services (Appendix B). The functionalist theory, created by Emile Durkheim (1858-1917), believes that every individual has a part to ensure the smooth running of society and that people, who have a biological tendency to be selfish, are shaped by the system of norms and values that they are born into (Thompson, 2016). In relation to Mental Health, which is seen by functionalists as abnormal behaviour, the belief is that if you are sick you enter a role of sanctioned deviance, meaning your strict society duties are put on hold until you get the treatment you need and can return to your contributing role within society. The psychological needs of individuals in receipt of care is just as important as their physical needs, as put by the World Health Organisation (WHO) "There is no health without mental health" (BMA Science and Education, …show more content…
Ensuring service users have familiar surroundings/possessions, social interactions with family/friends if possible, privacy/independence and ensuring they have input to their care, will benefit the patient psychologically. 3 / 10 Behaviourists believe that everything we do and who we are, is learned from the people and environment around us, believing we are born as a blank slate, they suggest something like mental illness, can become unlearned. Social influences towards mental health such as employment, behaviourists believe we do this to receive positive reinforcement, which is doing something you find pleasurable and rewarding, for example, going to work to get rewarded with money. Someone who is unemployed will miss out on positive reinforcement and will typically lack coping skills, be self-critical and withdraw from other people, resulting in social isolation, leading to less positive reinforcement and further mental issues (Nemade, Reiss and Dombeck, 2007). Another theory in relation to mental illness is the psychodynamic theory, which suggests that the conscious and unconscious mind is divided into multiple parts
As a priority for the Scottish Government, they have produced The Mental Health Strategy (2017) which lays out forty initial actions that they intend to cover over ten years to improve mental health services (Appendix B). The functionalist theory, created by Emile Durkheim (1858-1917), believes that every individual has a part to ensure the smooth running of society and that people, who have a biological tendency to be selfish, are shaped by the system of norms and values that they are born into (Thompson, 2016). In relation to Mental Health, which is seen by functionalists as abnormal behaviour, the belief is that if you are sick you enter a role of sanctioned deviance, meaning your strict society duties are put on hold until you get the treatment you need and can return to your contributing role within society. The psychological needs of individuals in receipt of care is just as important as their physical needs, as put by the World Health Organisation (WHO) "There is no health without mental health" (BMA Science and Education, …show more content…
Ensuring service users have familiar surroundings/possessions, social interactions with family/friends if possible, privacy/independence and ensuring they have input to their care, will benefit the patient psychologically. 3 / 10 Behaviourists believe that everything we do and who we are, is learned from the people and environment around us, believing we are born as a blank slate, they suggest something like mental illness, can become unlearned. Social influences towards mental health such as employment, behaviourists believe we do this to receive positive reinforcement, which is doing something you find pleasurable and rewarding, for example, going to work to get rewarded with money. Someone who is unemployed will miss out on positive reinforcement and will typically lack coping skills, be self-critical and withdraw from other people, resulting in social isolation, leading to less positive reinforcement and further mental issues (Nemade, Reiss and Dombeck, 2007). Another theory in relation to mental illness is the psychodynamic theory, which suggests that the conscious and unconscious mind is divided into multiple parts