Community mental health service

for other patient’s needing emergency services, and would assist them in getting faster and more efficient care. And lastly, disease progression…

Introduction Aunt Martha’s Agency is well known throughout the state of Illinois, mostly for the youth and family based services. Serving over seventy thousand people in over six hundred and fifty counties, this was the reason why Aunt Martha’s was chosen to do a field report. The person that was interviewed had a MSW in Social Work and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. She formally was in the Social Work profession for four years, but have been volunteering at churches and non-profit…

a big one right now is blaming the mentally ill for mass shootings. While it is by all means true that a few mental ill people do pose a major threat, the problem is that they do not speak to the majority. Another major problem is that there is no money being spent on mental health. In fact Tom talks about the money that is being taken out of the budgets that would help with mental health. Overall the article is a very level headed, statistical, agreeable writing into the world of the mentally…

Mental health and resilience are paramount factors in overcoming obstacles and adversity. While it is often thought that resilience is merely one’s ability to overcome adversity, resilience is composed of several individual components that determine whether a person will conquer the obstacles that arise in life, and to what extent these obstacles will impact the person. In her article, Harrington (2012) lists several “key elements” of resilience which include emotional, spiritual, and family…

One aspect of the reading that I found fascinating was the history of abnormality and development of the viewpoints to where they are today. Abnormality in the ancient times was viewed as a possession of evil spirits. Treatment for abnormality consisted of exorcism or trephination. Trephination is an operation, which involved removing part of the skull. This treatment was used for treating severe abnormal behavior by allowing a hole for the evil spirits to escape from. Later during the time of…

Lady, Michelle Obama, addressed the issue of mental illness by saying, “At the root of this dilemma is the way we view mental health in this country. Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg, or your brain, it’s still an illness, and there should be no distinction.” In America, most people view mentally ill entities differently than someone with an illness in their heart or any other body part. It’s seen as more extreme if someone has a mental issue and they are categorized as abnormal…

also known to have beneficial effects on our health. One particular area of research that is being expanded is the effect that pets have on our mental health, as well as their usefulness as a form of therapy. We are already seeing service animals trained to deal with specific types of mental illness, but even animals undesignated to service seem to provide benefits just by living alongside humans. Just how much do pets support and improve our mental health, and how effective are pet-based…

Mental health has a direct relationship with an individual 's physical health, and their ability to succeed in school, at work, and in society. Both physical and mental health affect how people think, feel, and act on the inside and outside (Children’s). There are many options available to help the mental health of children, but the help of a single individual could change the life a child forever. Counseling provided in schools not only tends to help the mental health of children but helps…

hand medical services can provide. Adam Gopnik a writer for the New Yorker and article author of “The Caging of America” argues and I agree “how is it that our civilization, which rejects hanging and flogging and disembowelling, came to believe that caging vast numbers of people for decades is acceptable humane sanctions?”…

A mental illness is a an identifiable collection of abnormal behaviours and thoughts considered to be reflections of extreme versions of what is thought to be normal. A 2007 national survey by the Australian Government has revealed that approximately 45.5% of Australians have experienced a mental illness in their lifetime ("Prevalence of mental disorders", 2007). Following on from this, it can be seen that nearly nine out of ten individuals with a mental health disorder claim that some variety…