Mental health

Mental illness is a matter of is it real or not. Many people say yes because they have seen the effects it has on loved ones while other say no because there is no scientific evidence. However, there is plenty of physical evidence it is just hard to find out what is going on. Mental illness is not know as someone getting sad every once in awhile. It is supposed to represent the extreme cases. If someone believes that mental illness is not real. It would probably be thought that mental health is…

Access to mental health care has been a growing problem for many individuals in communities, especially minority communities. These minority groups lack access to mental health care because either they can’t afford the services or simply they are denied the service. As a result, those who have mental and behavioral issues don’t perform as well in school, they tend to get in trouble more often and their health begins to deteriorate. In a study done by Sontag-Padilla et al. (2016), they tested…

Introduction Introduction Mental ill-health is a pervasive public health issue impacting about 46 per cent of Australians aged between sixteen and eighty-five during their lifetime (AIHW 2016, p. 2). Results from the National Health Survey (ABS 2015) revealed mental and behavioural conditions to be the most prevalent long-term health condition experienced by Australians. Here, anxiety-related conditions were most frequently reported (ABS 2015). Amid the Australian population, those aged between…

The mental health of the civilians is significantly affected by the consequences of war. Studies show that there is exponential increase in the occurrence of mental disorders. Women are usually more likely to have mental disorders than men in war situations. Another group of the society that is extremely affected by the war are children, the disabled, and the elderly. The rate of occurrence is directly related to the degree of trauma, and the emotional and physical support. There are certain…

The Role of Mental Health Nurse Introduction When looking back through the history of nursing it is clear to see the ever changing role of the mental health nurse (MHN), it seems inconceivable people with mental illness in 1845 were treated in lunatic asylums which were compulsory with the passing of the Lunacy Act. In the Asylums there were no nurse’s to be found only attendants who had little or no training other than “The Handbook for the Instruction of Attendants on the Insane” which was…

I am specializing in mental health counseling, and this integrates a wellness-based method to counseling by providing support to a client’s individual requirements. As a counselor, I aspire to work with children and adolescents in unification with their families that are experiencing troubling matters. More specifically, children who are struggling academically, emotionally, or mentally for assorted reasons or conditions. I would like to incorporate cognitive behavior therapy, play therapy,…

This report studies the relationship and stigma behind mental health in a workplace environment. Achieving and maintaining positive mental health combined with decreasing workplace harassment, plays an essential part in achieving success in a company. In 2008, the Canadian Medical Association conducted a study that found only 23% of Canadian employees felt comfortable talking to their employer about mental illness (“Topics: Workplace”, 2015). This statistic suggests that the remainder of people,…

people joke about killing themselves or throw around terms such as bipolar or depressed they do not realize they are supporting the mental health stigma society has created. The statistics speak for themselves, and show that more people suffer from mental health illnesses than one would think. For example on a college campus, one out of four students is suffering from a mental illness (Kerr,…

to first understand what deinstitutionalization was and why we came to this decision as a country. In 1955 the number of patients in mental hospitals peaked to a striking 560,000 patients only a year after Thorazine, an antipsychotic drug was approved by the Food and Drug administration. Not even 10 years later, John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health act to enact federal funding for the building of community-based preventative care and treatment facilities. Although, the act was…

experience and struggles with the termination despite their knowledge of why they came to counseling in the first place (Welfel, E.R., & Patterson, L.E. (2005). The Clinical Mental Health Counselor’s characteristics and/or behaviors may influence the session in the case study is several skill hierarchic ways. Clinical Mental Health Counselor can have a major influence on person who is broken, doesn’t have a stable relationship with others, need a friend and find the friendship in their…