Mental health professionals

This is an important issue as mental illnesses are very common nowadays and especially with social media sites glamorizing the illnesses it will never stop, it will only affect more and more people on a daily basis. Mental disorder statistics will continue to increase and cause a mental illness epidemic. It will affect numerous people of ages 18 and under as media has an impact on their overall Hauora as they view the disorder in a distorted way of which they begin to idolize. For example if a…

New Zealanders will experience a diagnosable mental condition in any given year (Ministry of Health and Health Promotion Agency, 2014). Contrary to this, despite the commonality of mental illness it is incredibly stigmatised. This can have extremely adverse implications on a person’s recovery. Ill mental health can be described as a condition that causes serious disorders in a person’s behaviour or thinking (Szabo, 2014). Schizophrenia is one mental illness in particular that has a serious…

In the African-American population, religion, spiritualty, and family are valued the most. Since most African-Americans refuse professional mental health services, they may depend on religion and spirituality to overcome negative life events such as death of a love one, stress, anxiety, depression, and pain. To improve the quality of mental health services among African-Americans, medications and interventions are important. Schizophrenics take antipsychotic medication to alleviate the…

behaviour and attitude over a period of time. Writing is a means where one can facilitate reflective practice (Heath,1998). Entry three This entry of the portfolio is going to reflect on another field of nursing and how the skills of the health professionals in that field of nursing are used for caring for patients. Paediatric nursing involves working with sick and vulnerable patients from birth through to adolescent they are specialised in caring for children.…

You Mental? On December 14, 2015 a man armed with a rifle barged into an elementary school and fatally shot 20 kids and 6 adults(Fox 1). After the incident, the country was in an uproar at what happened and felt that we needed to prevent this from ever happening again. So people started throwing suggestion for ways to prevent it, some wanted to more gun law regulation while other wanted to focus on why the shooter would do this. After the investigation it was determined that the shooter was…

Solution Criteria Although people with mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system require addition services, according to a study of the Mental Health Court of Indiana, nearly 13% of defendant did not receive addition services (Luskin, 2013, p. 259). This paper proposes three solutions to the nation’s issue of overpopulation of people with mental illness being incarcerated in its jails and prisons. These solutions dissect both advantages and disadvantages of applying its…

According to UK law, under the Mental Health Act of 1983, a person may be legally detained if they are suffering from a mental illness which makes it appropriate for them to receive medical treatment in a hospital, and it is necessary for the safety of the patient or other people that they receive this treatment, which can’t be provided unless the patient is detained . One definition of mental illness states that it is ‘a condition which causes serious disorder in a person’s behaviour or…

this 1954 case the court ruled that the individual cannot be held criminally responsible for an unlawful act because of a mental disease (Garofolo). An individual cannot be held responsible if they are not able to truly comprehend how their actions have that negative impact. This ruling goes in hand with the insanity defense in seeing if someone action is a product of mental illness. . Insanity states that a person can not be held responsible for a crime that the individual did not have…

Mental Illness in Athletes Student Athletes are easily identifiable on college campuses. They are clothed in expensive athletic gear with their school’s logo and sponsor plastered on it, their headshots may appear in game day ads, and some exude confidence while walking through campus. On the other hand, some student athletes may be among the most insecure students on campus. Often times insecurities and stresses lead to mental illnesses, which can go unnoticed and that can lead to serious…

behaviors, leading to possible additional mental health complications. Subsequently, addicts face their increased mental health issues by abusing larger quantities of illicit substances than previously. This abuse often creates a dependency for that high feeling, creating a slippery slope of self-medication and drug abuse for users. Accordingly, instead of seeking professional help and treatment, addicts will often self-medicate. Mental health professionals from the Journal of American Medical…