Community mental health service

I felt really good to have made a contribution to the community. Just walking in to the office made me feel good. The people inside were welcoming. They didn’t hesitate and they came right away to take my donation. It felt even better that I chose a great and big organization like Island Harvest because they are the largest hunger relief organization on Long Island. Between 2013 and 2014, Island Harvest collected and distributed approximately 22 million pounds of food and products, which…

specialists has been completed for Catskill regional, but still waiting for the Justice center clearance to finally be a part of the Behavioral Health Unit. During this past month the three Peer Transition/ Diversion specialist has continued to co-conduct a discharge group, in collaboration with Community Service staff every Tuesday at the Behavioral Health Unit at Catskill Regional until to the final approval. During this last month we have continued to engage the previous two consumers.…

However, clinical interventions will also entail the use of various measures to ensure the quality of the medications in order to prevent the provision of poor quality medicines to mental health patients. The second delivery mode of health services in this program is psychosocial interventions, which entail the use of various support groups. Some of the support groups that will be incorporated in the program include self-help groups and family-support groups. The use of psychosocial…

Description of Issue The lack of mental health services available to the mentally ill has created a public health concern. The deficiency of mental health treatment for those in need has long-term consequences which negatively impact communities and families. Folsom (2005), shows a correlation between homelessness and untreated mental health issues in the United States. The research suggests that approximately one-third of the homeless population have a significant mental health diagnosis such…

Mental Health Services in Rural America According to the Veteran’s Health Administration, “more than one-half of all the counties in the United States do not have a psychologist, a psychiatrist, or mental health social worker” (Veteran’s Health Administration Office of Rural Health (VHA-ORH), 2013, p. 1). More than 85% of areas with mental health shortages are in rural areas (VHA-ORH, 2013). In addition to these staggering statistics, it is known that rural residents have higher rates of…

number of incarcerated inmates who suffer from some form of mental illness is at a rise. There is a wide range of questions about the treatment of the mentally ill in the justice system and wether prisons are a suitable place for the mentally ill. When a person commits a crime or breaks the law, they are usually taken into custody and sent to jail or prison without being evaluated properly. Instead of being sent to a hospital or a mental health facility to receive the proper treatments,…

Mental Health and Its Role in the Occupational Therapy Setting Mental health can influence persons of all ages, ethnicities, cultures, and income levels. Duckworth (2013) states the National Alliance of Mental Illness illustrates that “approximately 1 in 4 adults in the U.S experiences mental illness in a given year. Approximately, 20% of youth ages 13-15, and 13% of youths age 8-15 experience mental disorders in a given year.” Unfortunately, many adults and children in the U.S will experience…

Deinstitutionalization refers to a process of relocating chronically mentally disabled populations from institutions to community-based treatment facilities. The idea of the deinstitutionalization reform was created to promote more effective and humane treatment for patients with mental illness via a shift from statewide institutions to more community-based treatment services. Deinstitutionalization first began in the 1950s with the closing and downsizing of multiple asylums, which was initiated…

Community Connections is a mental health agencies established in 1984. Its mission during establishment was to, “provide mental health services to consumers who were transitioning from institutional care into society” (“Community Connections History,” 2008). The focus of the agency then was to, “provide treatment for people who were diagnosed with major mental disorders and needed help to regain skills lost after years of institutional care” (“Community Connections History,” 2008). The founder…

have occurred in our nation’s recent history have a common theme; the offenders have a history of mental illness. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration reported that in 2012 approximately 43.7 million (18.6%) American adults had a diagnosable mental illness in the previous year with 9.6 million (4.1%) considered to be serious mental illnesses.1 Many people who experience mental illness will never hurt others but will consider or commit suicide, a leading cause of death in…