...own original work. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by your instructor. Knowingly submitting another person’s work as your own, without properly citing the source of the work, is considered plagiarism. This will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course. It may also result in academic dismissal from the University. MFT5105 | Asha Sutton | | | Recovery-Oriented Care & Postmodern Family Therapy | Recovery Model in MFT | <Add student comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The definition of the recovery model is not clear in the mental health field. Professionals of the mental health field cannot agreed when it comes to the recovery method. Some...
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...Recovery Model in MFT Steven W. Place Northcentral University Recovery Model in MFT The Recovery Model Introduction If the famous quote by Heraclitus, “The only thing that is constant is change,” is true, then one must wonder how the mental health field resisted change for so long. In light of the modern age, characterized by scientific methodologies, the mental health field advanced rapidly. Amazingly, the human condition could be put to test, understood and categorized. Sadly, anything falling outside the “norm” became “abnormal.” Once a person was identified as “abnormal,” they were the lucky recipients of a label they carried with them for life, or until they “recovered.” Mental health labels carry with them a certain stigma that communicates to the person they are different, perhaps less of a person and that “normal” may never be a reality with their “illness.” Recovery would be based on becoming symptom-free, or at the very least, a significant reduction in symptoms (Gehart, 2012). The mental health field has experienced tremendous growth in terms of understanding the plethora of conditions people experience, as well as in treatment of those conditions. However, one thing remained unchanged until recently. The idea behind recovery shifted from coercive treatment to person-centered change (Onken, et al, 2007). Gehart states is this way, “instead of using the medical paradigm of disease, the recovery paradigm approached mental “illness” using a social model of disability...
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...Work 30 (2008) 311–316 IOS Press 311 Disclosure of mental health Kathy Hatchard∗ Hatchard Rehabilitation, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada Abstract. As today’s workplaces strive toward a climate of inclusiveness for persons with disabilities, much work remains for employers in developing a process to achieve this ideal. While survivors of mental illness are encouraged to disclose related concerns to their employer, such sharing of personal information remains daunting. Similarly, employers attempting to assist the process are often awed by the extent of collaborations involved in integrating employees with mental health issues back to work as well as concern about compliance with human rights legislation. Needed accommodations in terms of approach to the work itself are often simple; however substantiating the need for adjustments is more complex. This case study introduces a model to support the development of shared goals and shared understandings for return to work (RTW) among workers with mental health concerns, employers, co-workers and therapists. The model of occupational competence is used as a basis to guide dialogue, identify challenges and generate solutions that take into consideration a worker’s preferences, sensitivities, culture and capacities in relationship to the occupational demands in a given workplace environment. A case study is used to demonstrate the potential utility of the model in assisting stakeholders to strengthen collaborations and...
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...of internship at River Community residential treatment facility in Azusa Canyon. River Community is part of the Social Model Recovery Systems. River community is a coed facility, that houses up to 38 residents. Social Model Recovery Systems is a non-profit 501(c) 3 that provides direct treatment services (at 12 locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties) for those whose lives have become unmanageable due to alcohol and other drug use and/or whose mental health issues are interfering with leading productive lives. River Community itself is a unique residential treatment program providing recovery services to individuals with concurrent mental health and chemical dependency problems. The current director of River Community is a LCSW and ACSW. Social Model Recovery Systems ascribes to the principles and practices of social rehabilitation. The social rehabilitation approach is one in which addiction is viewed as being centered in the reciprocal relationship between...
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...(CBT) in mental health nursing with reference to its principles and those of the Recovery Model. A brief discussion of CBT’s historical and developmental background in the management of mental health problems relating to the principles of recovery model will first be outlined. Subsequently, the range of treatment modalities used for depression preceding the start of CBT will be discussed with reference to the recovery model. The principles of CBT will then be evaluated and two CBT approaches used with depression will be explored giving a rationale for choosing them. Within the context of mental health care provision, limitations of CBT will then be explored. The assignment will conclude with highlighting the importance of adapting and using CBT approaches and the future development of new models of nursing practice. Confidentiality will be maintained throughout, in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2008). A list of appropriate literature and references will be provided. CBT is a psychological and behavioural treatment therapy that seeks to identify, evaluate and restructure dysfunctional beliefs, thoughts and emotional disturbances focusing on the here-and-now principle for conditions such as anxiety and depression (Bennett, 2011). It is based on the idea that the way people think is affected by their thoughts, beliefs and behaviour, hence helping clients to acknowledge how this might contribute to their current problems (Great Britain. Department of Health, 2007)...
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...The issue of mental health is a major issue in Australian health with as it affects all geographic regions and demographics with a wide range of illnesses. 17.4% males and 18% females Australians have experienced mental illness, with some estimates of up to 21.6 % (Andrews, 1999). The need for trained professionals to treat and implement preventative measures is suggested by these numbers, using a wide of treatments such as the recovery model (Cochrane, Barkway & Nizette 2010, p.15). This essay will discuss what constitutes is mental health and mental illness, using the framework of the recovery model with present themes. The central theme to this paper will be the eating disorder Anorexia nervosa looking at the symptoms that present, etiology...
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...Briefly Discuss DSM IV and ICD 10 and list the main categories of clinical disorders. The paper will discuss the main dangers of classification identified as labelling and Stigma which have lifelong implications for those diagnosed with a mental illness. The main advantages of classification such as most appropriate treatment and community education Definition of the Classification system used to Diagnosis Mental illness. As Social workers it important to try and grasp the concepts of how classification of mental illness is arrived at and to have a basic knowledge of the types of mental disorders people can be classified as having so we can understand the basis of a diagnosis. According Mendelson (2001) “Classification refers to ordering of objects into groups on the basis of their relationship. The result is a classificatory system. Nomenclature related to agreed names that have been assigned to disease or syndromes. Taxonomy covers principles and methods underlying the practice of classification. Finally, nosology denotes the conceptual system that supports the strategy of classifying.” ( Mendelson 2001 p. 63) Golightley (2004) text states that classification is an important step towards the diagnosis of a mental disorder. Mental disorder is broken down into various classifications that represent groups or syndromes of symptoms. Thus if a series of symptoms fits into a recognised pattern of behaviour they can be classified as for example, schizophrenia and a diagnosis...
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...entity and translates the youth in how they fit into the “system”. Currently, there is a model of intervention for youth with first episode psychosis called Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) program in British Columbia that works to create a “care pathway” (Fraser EPI Program, 2017). In this program, youth and adolescents have an individualized plan created to provide “a practical "best practices" guide to care that fits within the system in which care is being offered, standardize care and reduce variation in practice...
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...brief maintenance sessions over the telephone. In a randomized control trial of 200 adults (mean age 53 years old) with serious mental illness (schizophrenia 25%, major depressive disorder 48%) and diabetes mellitus, TTIM program participants reported improved psychiatric symptoms and general functioning compared to usual care 37. TTIM participants demonstrated significantly greater knowledge of diabetes compared to the control group and 98% of TTIM participants considered the program to be useful. However, no differences were found between the intervention and control group with respect to general health status, self-management of diabetes, systolic blood pressure or body mass index. Integrated Illness Management and Recovery (I-IMR) Integrated Illness Management and Recovery (I-IMR) is a recovery-oriented intervention that combines training and coaching in both psychiatric and medical illness self-management into a single integrated curriculum and program aimed at improving outcomes for older adults (age 50+) with SMI and chronic health conditions38,39. Integrated Illness Management and Recovery (I-IMR)...
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...Interventions The mental health residential home in which I carried out my first placement took a reflexive, therapeutic approach to social care. This approach employs a social, democratic philosophy, suggesting that an individual can best attain personal growth and self-fulfillment via economic and social-developmental methods (Cree, 2010). This coincides with the recovery model; a model used predominantly in mental health services which puts the main focus on recovery as opposed to the illness. In this respect, success was measured not necessarily when the service users were ‘symptom-free’, but once they were able to regain a sense of purpose and control (Mental Health Foundation, 2015). A recognised strength of the recovery...
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...Homeless Mentally Ill, and Their Plight to Recovery Janelle Morrow Social Work Practice Lab Professor Williams Final Individuals described as chronically homeless are those with a protracted homeless experience whose stays in the homeless system or on the street are both frequent and long. People that are homeless are reflective of every population demographic. There is no single path to homelessness, and despite stigmatizing images, no single stereotype fits. Individuals that are chronically homeless represent a range of individual vulnerabilities and face a many of systematic barriers that impede accessing adequate housing and services. Current economic climate presents the chance for homelessness to remain high (Coalition for the Homeless, 2002a). According to research, a substantial reduction in the occurrence of chronic homelessness could be achieved by linking affordable housing with treatment and support services. Alcohol and substance abuse is known as both a precipitating factor and consequence of homelessness can effect an individual’s ability to retain housing or limit housing options offered by programs requiring sobriety, and mask underlying or related mental health issues undetected or untreated in addiction...
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...partnership working between RECOVERY and Cherre Residential Care focusing on the way they work in the community. RECOVERY is a registered charity for mental health and wellbeing. RECOVERY was set up by survivors of mental health in 2004 . They campaign against compulsion, People being forced on to drugs and instead they help people individually. RECOVERY's mission is to spread the word that people can recover from Mental Health problems and to encourage capacity. RECOVERY is a user led service so many volunteers are survivors that have recovered from Mental Health problems. RECOVERY also campaigns against compulsion. They believe they are a lot of therapies that can help person with mental health problems such as art, jewellery making, creative writing, poetry, music and coping skills without forcing patients on medication instead they have a right of choice RECOVERY encourage people to talk about their experiences with mental health, we teach centering therapy and creative therapy, we blog, we learn and we try to remove the stigma. We go into the community and hospitals to act as advocates for and support people suffering from wellbeing issues. . RICAPP project reaches out into the community. It provides social inclusion and support with trained RECOVERY Support Workers for those in need. RICAPP’s (RECOVERY Independent Community Advocacy Personalisation Project) aim is to empower people to have capacity to choose the best outcomes for their Mental Health recovery RICAPP’s objectives...
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...Running Head: Mental Health Nursing The Consumer experience of mental health nursing Name Grade Course Tutor’s Name Date The Consumer experience of mental health nursing The articles by Sandy Jeffs, Simon Champ, Rene Geanellos, Ikwunga Wonodi & Robert Schwarcz and Alxander Arguello & Joseph Gogos have presented comprehensive and interesting contributions in reinforcing the literature on consumer experience of mental health nursing with specific reference to schizophrenia. A journal article by Geanellos (2005), “Adversity as opportunity: Living with schizophrenia and developing a resilient self” is a hermeneutical interpretation of 19 people diagnosed with this disorder. According to Geanellos, adaptation, adversity and resilience provide opportunities to adequately adapt to the effects of schizophrenia. Champ (1998), on the other hand provides a detailed account of struggle with schizophrenia. According to Champ, consumerism, personhood, recovery and self identity forms the basic paths to positive living with schizophrenia. This is a quality document that opens the eye on some of the challenging concepts that entails the path to recovery from schizophrenia. Another personal experience on the same topic is by Jeff (1997), “the experience of schizophrenia”. Jeff has achieved excellent ratings on his descriptions on his personal experience with this complication by the use of a poem-“Poems from the madhouse”. Ikwunga Wonodi and Robert Schwarcz’s article;...
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...Nowadays people around the world experience various mental health difficulties on a daily basis. From the mild symptoms that can be easily resolved by their General Practitioners to more severe problems significantly affecting their everyday functioning and participation in daily activities. These problems may need to be dealt with the referral to a specialist service. According to Mental Health Act (2001) each person in care of Mental Health Service must have an individual care plan (MHA 2001; art 15&16). Mental Health Commission in its document related to individual Care Planning in Mental Health Service outlined that recovery of a client needs to be at the centre of all that nurses do and care plans are here like a key tools, guiding nursing work in this process (MHC 2012, p.8). Presented essay attempts to explore how nursing care and interventions support the process of patient’s recovery. In further part of it focus will be on how individual care plans reflect process of recovery and how they guide nurses towards it. Concept of ‘recovery’ in Mental Health slightly differs from adopted definition. Usually a person with severe mental health problems such as Schizophrenia or Bi-polar cannot fully recover from the illness like it takes place in most of the patients with physical illnesses. The concept of recovery in Mental Health addresses issues related to building-up self-esteem, learning to control the illness; recognizing symptoms of relapse; returning to normal...
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...Introduction The evidence-based practice has become an integral component in the delivery of primary healthcare services in many healthcare institutions. On the basis of this approach, the best practice is often based on a thorough assessment of evidence from renowned research studies that highlight the interventions necessary for maximizing the chance of benefit and minimize the risk of harm. Furthermore, evidence-based practices are aimed at delivering the desired treatment at acceptable costs. When it comes to co-occurring disorders, Integrated Treatment seems to be the most appropriate evidence-based approach in that it addresses the individual’s mental health and substance use issues in an integrated manner (Drake et al. 2004). As compared to the traditional parallel and sequential treatment approaches, Integrated Treatment model is best suited for co-occurring disorders that are often cyclical and interactive. Furthermore, the requirement that clients should obtain services in different systems of treatment seems to be at odds with the current shift towards patient-centered care which stipulates that access to services for co-occurring disorders should be available at the patient level. What is the theory of behavior change underlying the EBP? The Integrated Treatment approach is founded on the cognitive behaviour therapy that is a focused approach premised on the fact that cognitions influence behaviors and feelings. The approach is also based on the assertion that subsequent...
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