The topic I would love to discuss and learn about more in this field of practice is mental health issues. Also I want to pursue a career in clinical psychology after getting my undergraduate degree in Social Work. On top of that I chose this particular topic is because I believe the most devastating thing in the world is when our brains fail to corporate with us and stop functioning normally. Because the brain controls and is the navigator for every part of our body it’s hard to even do anything if is not registering things first before we as humans could feel it and react to it. Every single thing we realize surrounding us by using our five senses is controlled by our brain. Which is the reason why it is very difficult to imagine what could
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Beyond that someone with mental disorder might not be able to contribute to society, which in return affects their overall daily lives. Even though There are billions of different classified forms of mental health issues. there are some far more common disorders in our society. For example, are depression, bipolar disorder, dementia, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders, and etc. Most of the manifestations may include changes in thinking, behavior, mood, and social …show more content…
when a client shows symptoms of mental illness, I believe without a doubt is best to educate myself and the client the best methods to use to treat the issue. For example, when a client has a mental disorder I believe helping them learn about multiple routes that can help solve the complications is more effective than just using one method. For instance, If the client is able to do psychotherapy and medication to treat and recover from the mental illness, then it should be available for them to access and use that services. As matter of fact an article I read assigned 681 adults with depression disorder to 12 weeks of outpatient treatment with nefazodone (maximal dose, 600 mg per day), and psychotherapy of 16 to 20 sessions, or both. Even though only 519 patients of the 681 completed the study successfully the result were very different. For example, those that only took the medication of nefazodone had successful respond of 55 percent and 52 percent for the psychotherapy alone, as compared with 85 percent in the combined-treatment group (Keller et al.,
Beyond that someone with mental disorder might not be able to contribute to society, which in return affects their overall daily lives. Even though There are billions of different classified forms of mental health issues. there are some far more common disorders in our society. For example, are depression, bipolar disorder, dementia, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders, and etc. Most of the manifestations may include changes in thinking, behavior, mood, and social …show more content…
when a client shows symptoms of mental illness, I believe without a doubt is best to educate myself and the client the best methods to use to treat the issue. For example, when a client has a mental disorder I believe helping them learn about multiple routes that can help solve the complications is more effective than just using one method. For instance, If the client is able to do psychotherapy and medication to treat and recover from the mental illness, then it should be available for them to access and use that services. As matter of fact an article I read assigned 681 adults with depression disorder to 12 weeks of outpatient treatment with nefazodone (maximal dose, 600 mg per day), and psychotherapy of 16 to 20 sessions, or both. Even though only 519 patients of the 681 completed the study successfully the result were very different. For example, those that only took the medication of nefazodone had successful respond of 55 percent and 52 percent for the psychotherapy alone, as compared with 85 percent in the combined-treatment group (Keller et al.,