The social problem is rooted in the individual, and the physical was supposed to heal the complex of conditions leading to the problem. The correction field adopted the medical model during 1930; the emphasis shifted from punishment to treatment (Woodside …show more content…
Public health model is an extension of the medical model. Public health model focus on groups in population identified by geography, problems, abuse or poverty, or characteristics; Elderly and children. Illness issues get evaluated for impact on individual and society. Treatment for public health model is treating individual and societal prevention (Woodside & McClam, 2015).
Human service model focus on the interaction between individual and environment, stressing the need for balance. The human services model focus on interpersonal and environmental conflicts, which result from the problem, mental disorder (Woodside & McClam, …show more content…
With psychiatric illnesses, controlling the symptoms and making the patient, practical guide for treatment (Woodside & McClam, 2015). This issue becomes complicated because of the excessive amount of new drugs that appear with a high volume of frequency. Then there are the medications that do not fit into either of the four categories of psychotropic drugs.
The human service professional need to know about the psychiatric drugs that prescribed by the physician. The human service professional should be aware of the use of the medication and their side effects. Using the Physicians Desk Reference is also known as (PDR), the DSM-5 and other medical resources are always useful for referrals (Woodside & McClam, 2015). The other challenge is determining who controlling medical services. The physician, the patient, the insurance companies or managed care organizations, employers or the government. At some point, all parties get involved in handling medical services.
Mental illness is a problem that needs the attention of healthcare professions. Mental illness can appear in purely sociological terms, as a deviation from socially approved standards of interpersonal behavior, or as an inability to perform one’s sanctioned social roles. Mental illness referred as dysfunctional interpersonal