Psychiatric treatments

The Mental Treatment Act 1945, as amended, forms the legislative basis for the mental health services in Ireland. The MTA 1945 was innovative and enlightened in its day. The former procedure whereby patients were committed to psychiatric hospitals on the order of two magistrates (subsequently Peace Commissioners) was repealed and the Mental Treatment Act 1945 set out the procedures for the admission of both voluntary patients and involuntary patients, other than mentally disordered persons…

Our prisons are expanding each year rather than the mental health hospital that would treat mentally ill people. Lack of proper care and treatment, lack of social support pushes mentally ill into the prison system. Other than the shortage of psychiatric beds, mentally ill individuals enter the criminal justice system due to lack of interaction between them and law enforcement persons. When mentally ill is not manageable we place them into the…

discusses issues such as corruption of pharmacy companies, addiction, and dependence. This inspired me to investigate both sides of the argument to form my own opinion. B. The problem is the overprescription of psychiatric medication. This problem impacts people…

General Practitioners to provide the best treatment available. Doctors take care of all our general healthcare needs. If they do not have the capacity to treat us, we trust to be referred to a specialist that handles our specific needs. This is especially true when the main concern is our children’s mental health. Unfortunately, it has become much more common to get a psychiatric prescription from a primary doctor than from a Psychiatrist; The correct treatment or diagnosis is not received due…

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders There is a major issue with the mental health treatment in our society. With much of America increasingly being diagnosed with a mental illness, it is still a much stigmatized disease. It is estimated that one out of every five Americans have been diagnosed with a mental disorder ranging from mild to severe. Yet, the extent of therapy and support programs available for the mentally ill is considerably insufficient. Deinstitutionalization ultimately had a…

substance abuse doesn’t realize they have a problem or attaining treatment is unsuccessful (Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 2014). The US has seen a recent decline in high school student use of alcohol through binge drinking. The nation is working towards initiatives on prevention and treatment. Healthy people 2020 is focusing on environment and social factors to gain a better understanding for strategies on reduction and treatment. The government is taking steps focused on…

However, today it has become a major issue in American prisons with more and more institutions facing the challenge of mental health head-on rather than sweeping this long-time problem under the rug. Correctional institutions have tried to introduce psychiatric programs with the hope of treating mentally ill offenders and lowering recidivism rates. Prisons now include mental health professionals, who work closely with prison staff with the intent of improving inmate health and behavior, but it…

explanations of mental illness. The history of mental illness prior to the Victorian era will be considered in order to learn the challenges psychiatry had to overcome. The Victorian changes will also be considered and the development of modern psychiatric care will be explored in order to discover the challenges psychiatry…

who are not in this field believe that psychiatric hospitals are like jails for the mentally ill but I think in-patient facilities are like that too. I don 't think of it as a jail but more of a holding place for these people to get treatment and get better. Psychiatric hospitals deal more with the doctors and what is really wrong with the person rather than therapy and counseling. I do know that people in psychiatric hospitals are in more need of acute treatment whereas people in in patient…

a child, she often heard of her mother criticizing a young adult in her neighborhood who often hospitalized for his psychiatric illness, probably schizophrenia. When Erika and her mother saw him walking around, her mother strictly warned her not to get close to him. Around the same time, she was seeing a dentist in a hospital that consisted of two departments, dental and psychiatric. She already created images of mental illness as monstrous. She has not Acculturated in psychological problems as…