...Community Mental Health Act, which was intended to improve mental health services and the lives of individuals with mental illness and/or intellectual disability (DiGravio, 2013). Also known as the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963, this law led to the establishment of comprehensive community mental health clinics throughout the country, improved delivery and quality of mental health services, and the creation of a more optimistic sentiment in the mental healthcare field (DiGravio, 2013). Kennedy envisioned that this law would replace the country’s “reliance on the cold mercy of custodial isolations” with “the open warmth...
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...episodes. The administrations of the community centers, slowly began to cross-subsidized the services of those without the priority categories using the available funds. Eventually, the distinction between care provision and treatment, started showing signs of corruption. These centers began taking advantage of the system by embellishing the services that were actually provided, in order to continue receiving funding. The human and social needs of the patient that constituted care, were often overlooked. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963’s strategy of decentralizing health services and its accompanying deinstitutionalizing policies, in the long term proved to be impulsive and unsustainable. It was ideal on paper, but had several...
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...which govern safeguarding adults workIn health and social care this means: | M2- Describe legislations and regulations in health and social care used to reduce the risk of two types of abuse. PHYSICAL ABUSE | M2- Describe legislations and regulations in health and social care used to reduce the risk of two types of abuse.SELF HARM | Safeguarding vulnerable groups Act 2006This legislation is to ensure that people who work with vulnerable people such as babies, children and elderly adults should be checked with the ISA to see who is not allowed to work with children this may be because they might have a criminal record in the past to do with abusing vulnerable people therefore they are barred from working with vulnerable people. | This ensures that staffs that have a previous conviction of harming others with convictions of such as GBH or ABH are reviewed before given a job. It prevents staffs that have harmed others before from harming more people at the residential care home. They may be banned from working with vulnerable people and unless checks are done the organisation will never know and someone could potentially be a victim of abuse. | | The rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974This legislation plays a role in health and social care because it takes into account the employees past criminal offences or to see if any offences have been seen as non-offending. | | | The police Act 1997The police act is to ensure that employees in a health and social care setting go through a...
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... Prof. Connor Eng 110/ Sec. 21513 April 13, 2011 In 2000, The British Journal of Psychiatry published the article “Involuntary Out-patient Commitment and reduction of Violent Behavior in Persons with Severe Mental Illness” in which states that serious violent acts committed by individuals with mental illnesses are statistically rare events. Still, the potential for violence in a proportion of persons with severe, persistent and often untreated psychiatric disorder stimulates public fear, prevents general acceptance and inclusion of persons with psychiatric disabilities and limits normalization and effectiveness of community based mental health services. Violent behavior among persons with severe mental illness causes public concern and is associated with illness relapse, hospital recidivism and poor outcomes in community based treatment. Violent behavior in persons with psychiatric disorder causes great public concern and is recognized by mental health clinicians as a significant problem associated with illness relapse, hospital recidivisms and poor outcomes in community based treatment. Involuntary outpatient commitment is a legal intervention designed to benefit individuals with severe mental illness who need ongoing psychiatric care and support to prevent dangerous relapse, but who are reluctant or unable to follow through with community based treatment (Swartz 1999). Lowest risk of violence was associated with extended outpatient commitment...
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...The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) was created by, and is an agency within, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It was formed to lead public health efforts to advance behavioral health of the nation, and to make substance use and mental disorder information, services, and research more accessible. The mission of the SAMHSA is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illnesses on America's communities. Important parts of providing the community with health services is prevention, treatment, recovery support services for behavioral health; this is to improve our health and reduce costs to individuals, families, businesses, and governments. This goal of these important aspects is to prevent costly behavioral health problems, provides treatment and services for people with mental and substance use disorders, and build strong and supportive communities. The basic purpose of the SAMHSA is to provide better health for all Americans, in different ways than other organizations. The leadership SAMHSA provides, along with various resources, is to help the U.S. Act on the knowledge of four main facts: behavioral health is essential for overall well being, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover from mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA provides leadership and devotes its resources, including programs, policies, information and data, contracts and grants, to help the U.S. Act on the knowledge that:...
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...Social Policy: Texas Mental Health Elizabeth Awad University of Texas at Arlington Social Policy: Texas Mental Health Historical Background A recent change in the Texas law was passed for the Code of Criminal Procedure under the 84th Legislature, Under Texas Law Article 46B.102. CIVIL COMMITMENT HEARING: MENTAL ILLNESS is covered when (a) the court determines that the defendant may be a victim of mental illness, then the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether the defendant should be court-ordered by the state of Texas to mental health services under Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code. And (b) Proceedings from the committed defendant determine that they should be court ordered mental health services that are governed by Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code. “Mental Health does not respect zip codes, mental health affects everybody and formed the Texas State of Mind to ensure that Texans can have access to mental health help when they need it” states Tom Luce, Chief Executive Officer of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute who decided to advocate for court ordered and non-court ordered state funded mental health treatment for all Texans (Texas State of Mind., 2015, March 24). Texas Mental Health has been a longstanding concern for Texans and Americans altogether. In 2014, The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute initiated to help serve Texans. Back in July and August of 2012, The Meadows conducted a quantitative research project to its previous...
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...It is estimated that around 25% of adults in the United States of America is living with a mental illness (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2011). Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the many mental illnesses that are diagnosed worldwide. This disorder is a debilitating mental disorder that can become manageable with treatment (National Institute of Mental Health, 2016). To have a complete understanding of obsessive compulsive disorder it is important to review all aspects of this disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorder is a chronic disorder that is characterized by uncontrollable, intrusive thoughts called obsessions and repetitive behaviors or mental acts which are called compulsions (National Institute of Mental...
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...Community Mental Health Act of 1963 Post University Community mental health center act of 1963 was a significant milestone in America’s record of mental health rights. On 31st October 1963, the act was signed into a regulation by President John F. Kennedy. The law was the pioneer among other many federal policy alterations that helped ignite a significant transformation of the communal mental health arrangement by shifting resources outside huge organization toward community-based mental health action line up. The act lead to the increased improvement in the rights and treatment options for youth, children and adults living with mental sickness, though full guarantee of community-base concern has not been fully captured. This paper seeks to explain the rationale of community mental health center act of 1963. President Kennedy referred to the law as a bold new approach and it was the first federal bylaw to promote community-based mental health care. The Act offered donations to state for the building of (CMHC) community mental health centers, special facilities designed for treatment, diagnosis and delivery of mental health prevention to persons living in the community. The centers were built to provide the following indispensable services: inpatient services, emergency services, education and consultation on mental health, outpatient services, partial hospitalization and emergency response. The donations were projected to provide 1500 more community mental health centers across...
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...Didion University of Phoenix The burden of mental illness in the United States is among the highest of all diseases, and mental disorders are among the most common causes of disability. The first goal of this paper is the examination of the vulnerable population of the mentally ill. Second, this paper will review the goals and agenda of Healthy People 2020 as it applies to mental illness. Third, this paper will review my work place assessment for barriers for the care and treatment of mentally ill patients. Finally, this paper will review a short presentation I gave to co-workers in an effort to aid in better treatment for the mentally ill. Recent figures suggest that in 2004, approximately 1 in 4 adults in the United States had had a mental health disorder in the past year, most commonly anxiety or depression ("Healthy People 2020 ", n.d.).. It is estimated that only about 17% of U.S. adults are considered to be in a state of optimal mental health ("Healthy People 2020 ", n.d.). An estimated 26% of Americans age 18 and older are living with a mental health disorder in any given year, and 46% will have a mental health disorder over the course of their lifetime ("Healthy People 2020 ", n.d.). Mental health disorders often have a serious impact on physical health and are associated with the prevalence, progression, and outcome of some of today’s most pressing chronic diseases including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Mental health disorders can have harmful and long-lasting...
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...institutionalization of mental health care programs has resulted in a high number of mentally ill people ending up incarcerated without receiving the treatment they require due to the fewer funds provided by the government for the proper facilities needed. Dorathea Dix fought for the establishment of psychiatric hospitals. Due to budget cuts and changes in administration, the funds for psychiatric hospitals have decrease, limiting the amount of people that receive treatment and increasing the amount of people in prisons. Some critics claim that its the miscommunication between the public health departments and the criminal...
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...ll over the world the issue of mental health is a rampantly growing problem. With budget cuts both statewide and federally since the 1980’s by President Ronald Reagan, our country has had to create more cost efficient ways to meet the needs of our mental health crisis. Because of these budget cuts the need for more mental health services has grown and our county has responded to the outcry from those with mental health issues. Tulare County has come up with a way to help meet these needs locally through the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), which was voted for in November 2004 and became effective January 2005. From August 2009 to October 20011 MHSA has helped over 16,000 Tulare county residents with mental health issues. This is possible because of a 1% tax surcharge on those who make $1 million or more per year. Mental health groups in Tulare County treat a broad spectrum of problems. From Bipolar Disorder and depression to schizophrenia, there are support groups to help clients deal with the difficulties associated with mental illness (HHSA, 2012). In California the rate mental illness vary from county to county....
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...MHF Module: Investing In Mental Health Mental Health Worksheet Part 1 Research mental health in a a country other than the United States. An example of a mental heath problem is provided below. |Example: | |According to the World Health Organization (2005) Botswana, Africa, spends only 1% of the country’s health budget on mental health. The | |country does offer locations in communities for the training of mental health nurses. There are also community care facilities for | |patients suffering from mental disorders. However; due to a lack of psychiatrists in the country, the mental health trained nurses are | |responsible for all aspects of mental health services for the population. These nurses are also responsible for training others in mental | |health. According to the World Health Organization there are only 1.1 psychiatric beds per 10,000 people and only .7 beds in mental | |hospitals, the rest being in general hospitals. In 2005, there were only .3 psychologists and 3 social workers per 100,000 people, the | |country did not have any neurologists and doctors had to come from neighboring countries to help with the mental health needs of Botswana. | Select a country and a mental health issues within that contry. Then compose a 150- to 200- word description of the probem (...
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...My name is Michelle McMullin, and I am an occupational therapy student from the College of Saint Mary. I am writing you today as my representative because I am especially interested in the efforts to provide psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, otherwise known as H.R 2646. As an occupational therapy student I feel that it is very important for individuals in a mental health crisis be given the health services, support, and other resources necessary to increase the ability to live as independently as possible while engaging in meaningful and productive life tasks. I would ask that you support efforts to ensure the mental health access is increased for...
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...MENTAL ILLNESS October 2001, just after September 11, he started acting and behaving erratically. He was not the same man we have known as Uncle Dan for the past few years. What has happened to him? Has he suffered from some type of mental illness? According to Canadian Health Association “mental illnesses can take many forms, just as physical illnesses do” (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2009). Uncle Dan was born and raised in a small town named Quesnel, located in the South Western part of Canada. Although his parents were not wealthy, they were not financially restricted either, due to the abundance of lumber mills in this region. They had pushed and financed their children education, for they knew that it was an investment into the future. Even though Uncle Dan’s parent never received a formal education, they were fully aware of the importance of going to college. As an honor graduate from the local High school, Uncle Dan received a scholarship from the province university, BC University, to continue his education. That year, he had met Julia, my mother’s younger sister, whom he married a year later. Shortly afterward, Dan dropped out of the University and returned home to work in a local mill. The only explanation that was given to his parents was “College is not meant for people like me.” While this was not the extent of Uncle Dan’s transformation, it was not enough of a significant warning sign that Uncle Dan had a mental issue. In fact, it was not until that...
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...The World Health Organization (WHO) oversees all nations and they report on all aspects of care and issues. Their definition of mental health is excellent and thinking along these lines can bring about improvement project evolution. According to www.who (n.d.): Mental health is an integral and essential component of health. The WHO constitution states: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” An important implication of this definition is that mental health is more than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities. Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. Mental health and well-being are fundamental to our collective and individual ability as humans to think, emote, interact with each other, earn a living and enjoy life. On this basis, the promotion, protection and restoration of mental health can be regarded as a vital concern of individuals, communities and societies throughout the...
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