Community mental health service

Cross-culturally, mental illness is known and researched, with an overall curiosity of what effects it. For centuries, various ideas of causation have been speculated upon which, has brought about numerous people willing to pose their philosophies to the psychological and scientific communities. A cross-sectional study titled, Lay Beliefs Regarding Causes of Mental Illness in Nigeria: Pattern and Correlates, was performed with south-western residents of Nigeria, with published results in 2007.…

Behavioral Health and Passages Family Support. Erin stated that she is currently on a lot of medications; however, she could only remember two…

risk is not only affecting patient in the sense of chemical restraints but by attempting to use alternative that do not work, such as placing someone at the nursing station to be watched over applying a lap belt. Restraint-free companies also raise mental distress to the patient’s family and may even put them at risk. Imagine walking into a facility to visit a parent, who is sitting at the nursing station most of the day with nothing to do but watch people pass by. The first reaction is going to…

The contemporary university student is at an unprecedented risk of developing a form of mental illness, mental illness referring to any “disorder that affects your mood, thinking, and behaviour” (Mayo Clinic), the culmination of which can result in the impairment of one’s ability to function in the daily rigours of university life, making University, for some students, one of the most difficult experiences of their life thus far; which may translate itself into various forms of self-harm/coping…

within the gang community which will eventually lead to positive results. According to The Effects of “Pulling Levers” Focused Deterrence Strategies on Crime, “Controlling for the other covariates, the evaluation reported that Ceasefire was associated with a 63 percent reduction in the monthly count of youth homicides, a 25 percent reduction in the monthly count of citywide gun assault incidents, a 32 percent reduction in the monthly count of citywide shots fired calls for service, and a…

I watched both the public service announcement by Michael Landrio called Rapid Cycling and the clip from the movie Sweethearts. It was insightful to learn more about bipolar disorders (BD) from others who live with this disease. Landrio stated that it is challenging for men to talk about bipolar because our society focuses on men being strong and hiding their feelings. They are not supposed to show pain. He described the disease by stating that you feel like an outcast, unable to relate to…

someone who would benefit from treatment other than imprisonment. According to Schmalleger and Ortiz Smykla (2015), Diversion is a program created where the accused chooses to participate by undergoing treatment, such as drug or alcohol, mental health services, employment counseling, and education and training. This is generally offered to a first time offender, who has access to counsel before deciding whether to participate. The Diversion program is much different than probation, whereas,…

for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) say there is “no conclusive evidence to support effectiveness’(Rcpsych.ac.uk, n.d.). The most frequently used intervention of the medical model is psychiatric drugs, which are used for all forms of mental disorder. Drugs have been the main response to those with mental distress since the 1950’s, due to the pharmacological revolution, although, Baldessarini (1999) says there is an evidence base to support their appropriate use. There is a lot of…

The two similarities between mental health services in community strings and correctional settings are that they serve the same purposes. According to the author, “the basic purposes for mental health delivery systems in both correctional and community settings are the same—to empower persons with mental illness or co-occurring disorders to attain their maximum level of crime-free employment, self-care, interpersonal relationships, and participation in the community or prison population. Power…

professional mental health services. Although Canada provides a basic universal healthcare nationwide, professional mental health services seems to be inaccessible more so for certain populations, including immigrants. There are a lot more challenges and hindrances when you are an immigrant, a foreigner to a completely new country, when it comes to thinking about your mental health well being. Being exposed to so many stressors and anxieties, it is not a secret that immigrants face a lot of…