Psychiatric and mental health nursing

low life expectancy; there are psychological causes as well. Both are dangerous in different ways. The two main causes are: Bad Mental Health and Smoking. This essay will discuss how these affect the population and suggest solutions to help bring about a change. One of the growing causes of low life expectancy is Mental Health, as it has never been given the same health priority as smoking and is not considered to be as important. A study published in the World Psychiatry Journal (2014),…

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…

Dictionary.com states that mental disorder includes a wide variety of symptoms that affect thinking, mood, and behavior. Mental illnesses come in many different forms. Many different symptoms come along with mental sickness including aggression. The patient may not become aggressive from what they are feeling, but from other symptoms like hallucination. Not all mental ill patients become aggressive however, their are many cases where they do not know how to control their anger or know the…

Transitional Resources: Hope, Opportunity and Recovery Transitional Resources is a mental health agency that helps provide a safe place for individuals suffering from mental illness. We provide outpatient, residential, housing and vocational services for approximately 300 mentally ill individuals annually in King County. Our outpatient case managers small caseloads allow our staff to have more contact with their clients. Our strategic plan is to continue with these small caseloads but increase…

was a shift toward privatization of health care as corporations began not only to integrate the hospital system, but also entered many other health-care related businesses and consolidate control (Evashwick, 2005). In 1981, the first assisted living opened in Portland, Oregon as an alternative living options for older adults who were unhappy with nursing homes. It provided a type of elderly care that offered a level of attention and independence less than a nursing homes, but more than an…

unemployed or have previously suffered sexual or mental abuse are at a higher risk of becoming trafficked (Macy & Johns, 2011). Recent data revealed that 70% of sex trafficking victims suffered previous sexual abuse (Parker & Skrmetti, 2013). Various factors have contributed to the causation of sex trafficking victims. Some factors include previous sexual abuse experience, poverty, physical abuse, gangs, poor education, lack of social skills, deviant behavior, mental illness, ineffectual court…

Plath’s psychological condition, James C. Kaufman also published an investigation evaluating the correlation between artistic expression and mental disorders. His research consisted in a historical study to determine the incidence of mental illnesses in accomplished writers. He utilized biographical accounts to create a statistical report of the recurrence of mental illnesses in creative individuals. Kaufman focused his investigation in the ways that artists responded to tragedy and deception.…

Flatt, A.K. (2013). A Suffering Generation: Six factors contributing to the mental health crisis in North American higher education. College Quarterly, 16(1), 1. In this article the author brought attention to the severe mental health crisis brewing on campuses across North America whereby students are struggling with depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and psychosis. This crisis created a shift in the needs of students seeking counseling service from more developmental and informational…

A growing clinical issue related to access to and utilization of mental heath care is stigma and health disparities, specifically related to different race backgrounds. The American Psychological Association (APA) declares the need for “increasing the number of racial and ethnic minority mental/behavioral health professionals and creating a culturally competent workforce to meet the needs of the expanding minority population of the United States” (American Psychological Association (APA)). Not…

permanently in psychiatric facilities, but will be able to have a life in the community with proper treatment from a community health center. This makes deinstitutionalization sound like a terrific idea, but it does not come without problems. Deinstitutionalization has created a huge crisis among the mentally ill population (Fuller 1). Deinstitutionalization has had a large effect on mental health hospitals, community health centers,…