...University of Phoenix Material Mental Health Worksheet Watch the Films on Demand video, “Wounded Platoon,” located in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings. Write at least 175-word responses to each of the following instructions. Your responses must be in complete sentences and use correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar. |Describe in detail the types of mental health problems experienced by those who serve in the military, as illustrated in the video. | |The most common types of mental health problems experience by those who serve in the military, as illustrated in the video are | |post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), addiction, and paranoia. Each veteran/ enlisted man seemed to suffer one or all of these. They stated| |that what starts it all is losing fellow brothers and being able to basically unleash their beast. They go through so much and do not have | |to rein in their violent behaviors but then when they come home they are expected to instantly be around mass amounts of civilians and are | |expected to rein in those violent behaviors they haven’t had to worry about. So on top of trying to control all that they also have this | |raging paranoia inside them because they were train to think, if they are your bother (sister) they are against you, they are here to | |hurt/kill you, they were so use to staying vigilant and on guard that when they come home they do not know how to shut it off. Then when | |dealing...
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...University of Phoenix Material Human Services Needs Assessment Worksheet Select three groups from the following list: • People with a mental illness • Homeless individuals • Criminals • People with a mental disability • People with HIV or AIDS • People with a physical disability • Poor individuals • Older adults • Individuals with substance addictions • Survivors of domestic violence • Unemployed individuals Using Ch. 2 of Human Services in Contemporary America, complete the table for the chosen groups by writing a 60- to 85-word response in each column. An example has been completed as a guide. |Group |Conditions of or problems facing the |Unmet needs |Description of organizations or |How the organization or program meets the | | |group in need | |programs meeting the needs |needs | |Children in need |Children can be endangered because |Children need physical care and |Each state differs. Some states have |The local department addressing human | | |they need adults to care for them. |protection from older, abusive |government organizations, such as a |services may have the resources to provide| | |They can experience problems with |children or adults...
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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 ( in the box provided below). Be sure to include an outline of the mental health problems that exist in the country you chose and how mental health is being promoted or how it might be promoted...
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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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...University of Phoenix Material Human Services Needs Assessment Worksheet Select three groups from the following list: • People with a mental illness • Homeless individuals • Criminals • People with a mental disability • People with HIV or AIDS • People with a physical disability • Poor individuals • Older adults • Individuals with substance addictions • Survivors of domestic violence • Unemployed individuals Using Ch. 2 of Human Services in Contemporary America, complete the table for the chosen groups by writing a 60- to 85-word response in each column. An example has been completed as a guide. |Group |Conditions of or problems facing the |Unmet needs |Description of organizations or |How the organization or program meets the | | |group in need | |programs meeting the needs |needs | |Children in need |Children can be endangered because |Children need physical care and |Each state differs. Some states have |The local department addressing human | | |they need adults to care for them. |protection from older, abusive |government organizations, such as a |services may have the resources to provide| | |They can experience problems with |children or adults...
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...online therapy sites. It will discuss the contact of each website, the professional involved, how the actual online interaction occurs. It will address how professional associations and state boards view online therapy. It will discuss the related security and ethical issues, such as informed consent and confident confidentially. Include your opinion of the advantages and disadvantages of online therapy services. The three websites that have been chosen for this assignment are Live Person, My Therapy, and Online-Therapy. ONLINE THERAPY PAPER Online therapy can be beneficial to some but not all. How online counseling works is that the mental health community has come into the new age. As other agencies and organization are now starting to offer web-based services. It has come to the attention to the mental health industry to do the same and it has become quickly growing means of opening communication in what is now a very busy world. Where most busy is conducted and communicated with professional’s online nationwide, through email, Live chat, instead messaging, Skpye, or the internet. It is not recommend that online therapy be should be the only means of therapy, but with traditional therapy it can be very useful. Online therapy can be very affordable, it provides easy access, and in many cases it is available around clock, seven days a week. The most attractive point of online therapy is that it can be done from the privacy of your home and this may...
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...Introduction A therapist is bound to encounter boredom, burnout and or therapist impairment at some point during her career. These may have a significant impact on therapist efficacy and inflict intentional or unintentional physical and or psychological harm on clients who are seeking counselling if not managed properly. Therefore, it is of great importance to recognise the signs of such problems by looking after oneself physically and psychologically, which is crucial to both the therapist’s and the client’s well-being. The author aims to explore the effects of boredom, burnout and impairment and how the author can maintain therapist efficacy through career-sustaining behaviours. Boredom The experience of boredom, also known as disenchantment or disengagement, as (Campagne, 2012; Ulberg, Amlo, Hersoug, Dahl, & Høglend, 2014) named respectively, affects humanity in a variety of ways. Kottler (2010, p. 169) defines boredom as the “loss of interest and momentum” and lack of stimulation in one’s work. Similarly, Campagne (2012, p. 76) defines boredom as a “loss of interest in and emotional demotivation for the professional activity itself” and stresses that it involves the loss of flow and professional motivation, which is prior to, but can eventually lead to burnout if the symptoms are ignored. In the therapeutic setting, boredom can manifest in different forms, such as, “repetition that is so difficult to tolerate, not only in the similarity of client complaints but in the...
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...Group Development: Daily Goals Planning Process The group is called Daily Goals. I work for a Supportive Housing site that houses a special need population that has a history of mental illness and substance abuse along with other severe medical conditions. What I have observed with this population is a disruption of everyday functioning. The need that it meets is to add structure to their everyday living experience. Therefore the purpose of the Daily Goal group is to motivate a sense of daily purpose, and to build self-esteem. The group will center on creating small task that can lead to self-appraisal when completed. These goals will be person centered base on the individual needs. The task can be small steps to taking care of Adult Daily Activities (ADL’s) of self-care such as bathing, dressing, eating, cleaning their apartment, buying groceries. Other goals can be built on what the clients feel is necessary to add purpose, structure, or fulfillment. Clients can also come into the group with a goal already in place that they will like to break down to smaller steps, as example finding employment, working towards a GED or money management. The idea is that by working on these small goals it can lead to creating and attaining larger goals in the future. I will use both motivational interviewing and CBT to brainstorm goal creation of the day and to confront any thinking that might get in the way of completing the tasks. Recruitment and First Steps of the Group The first step...
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...Impacts of Earthquakes Asian Disaster management Centre in Japan stated that there had been several earthquakes like the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in January 1995, Mid Niigata Earthquake in October 2004 and the northeastern Japan earthquakes on 11th March, 2011. Policy on earthquake disasters in japan ensures prompt and elaborate dealing with earthquake disasters through early warnings and evacuations. Though the institution claimed success in the effectiveness of the policy, victims thought otherwise stating that the policy was ineffective since many lives were being lost. Another aspect criticized was the emergency response rebuked for being ill prepared in disaster management. The earthquake raised degrees of stress, depression and other mental illnesses, especially among those who lost their loved ones (Alexander,2005). A visit to therapy institutions dealing with disaster victims A visit to one specific therapy center that deals with kidney problems caused by the earthquake was significant at the moment. The Nephrology therapy center painted a disturbing picture of the high number of victims seeking help with less qualified personnel. Nevertheless, restoration of normalcy was up to date with dialysis being exercised on the victims with the most improvement with each session taking about six months. Life Experience after Earthquake Disaster Disasters affect lives and property and...
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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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...American led globalization of mental health has increased the interest of public health officials and psychiatrists throughout the world. The Cultural and social values, and attitudes of a particular society influence the beliefs that people have about mental illness. The knowledge about mental illness has spread globally, and it has begun to break down some of the barriers between cultures and countries. There has been a substantial increase in research on the stigma related to mental illness; however, the stigmatization of people with mental illness continues to cause discrimination. Stigma, myths and misconceptions lead to discrimination. In addition to the many aspects of discrimination that have been discussed it is important to know that the mentally ill in our society often lose their ability to make decisions. The stigmatizing beliefs concerning mental illness have given the public and lawmakers an opportunity to control the mentally ill. Due to discrimination, the mentally ill have blatantly suffered many human rights violations. Society can improve this situation by continuing their education effort and enforcing legislation in order to help the mentally ill feel more accepted by society. Globalization has increased the communication and interaction of people between countries and cultures; specifically, it has influenced the exchange of ideas concerning mental health. Ethan Watters points out in his article called “The Americanization of Mental Illness” that “For more...
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...* * * * * Issues of Social Development in Adulthood Yvonne Gonzalez University of Phoenix PSY/201 Foundations of Psychology Tracy S. Ramos, Faculty April 7th, 2013 * * * * * * * * * I found this article to be very interesting. Surprisingly, it was difficult to locate a credible article that discussed women in their midlife; which it is why I really liked this article. Life Course Transitions and Depressive Symptoms among Women in Midlife, discusses about different issues that has accrue in adult women through midlife. It also discusses how midlife in adult women can affect their social development. This article will provide you with transitioning stage of midlife in adult women, as well as some of the consequences that can occur as women transition into midlife. It gives you step by step as to how each transition will affect her. This study was done on women from the ages 50-59 to show midlife transition and depression will affect the women. It will also tell you things about the male midlife transition and how they will react differently than women in their midlife transition. * Yes, I find that this article would be a great choice as a main source for a research paper. I say this because; it provides you with credible information and statistics on social development in women transitioning through midlife. It also provides you with information on how to overcome the issues that...
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...Building an Ethical Organization Part one Phoebe Edwards HSM/230 Carrie Cooper 5/5/13 Description of the organization: This is a Behavioral Health Center, what services does the organization provide? The Behavioral Health Center services are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Anger and stress Management, Expressive and Cognitive Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Brief long- Term Treatment and Couple/Marital Therapy, Evidence Based Treatment, this is just a few. The clientele are people that need the help at Behavioral Health Center and it is a private group outpatient mental health practice. Evaluation and treatment services are provided to individuals, families, courts, businesses, schools, and individuals that are involved in a civil/ criminal proceedings elderly and disabled people living in long care facilities. The evidence based treatments are a treatment methods that have to do with research that will help the clients to improve functioning control symptoms and their develop recovery. And this is a for profit organization. Mission statement: what is the organization‘s mission statement? It is that the Behavioral Health Center’s mission is to provide the highest quality mental health care to the widest range of issues and ages. This will benefit the community by providing needed and timely access to services and treatments. We strive to utilize treatments with the best evidence of effectiveness. We will treat all clients with dignity and respect and hold...
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...2010;13:116-124 Mental Health Stigma: What is being done to raise awareness and reduce stigma in South Africa? 1 R Kakuma1,2,3, S Kleintjes3, C Lund3, N Drew4, A Green5, AJ Flisher3,6, MHaPP Research Programme Consortium7 Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada 2Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada 3Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa 4Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 5Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development (NCIHD), University of Leeds, United Kingdom 6Research Centre for Health Promotion, University of Bergen, Norway 7The Mental Health and Poverty Project (MHaPP) is a Research Programme Consortium (RPC) funded by the UK Department for International Development (DfID)(RPC HD6 2005- 2010) for the benefit of developing countries. The views expressed are not necessarily those of DfID. RPC members include Alan J. Flisher (Director) and Crick Lund (Co-ordinator) (University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa (RSA)); Therese Agossou, Natalie Drew, Edwige Faydi and Michelle Funk (World Health Organization); Arvin Bhana (Human Sciences Research Council, RSA); Victor Doku (Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana); Andrew Green and Mayeh Omar (University of Leeds, UK); Fred Kigozi (Butabika Hospital, Uganda); Martin Knapp (University of London, UK); John Mayeya (Ministry of Health, Zambia);...
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...applied to their non-mentally ill peers. Arising from recent class action lawsuits challenging the quality of mental health care delivery in the nation’s prisons, prison mental health professionals have been called on to play an increasing role in the inmate disciplinary process. Referral questions include whether an inmate is competent to proceed with disciplinary proceedings and whether mental illness may have contributed to the rule violation. Prison mental health professionals participating in inmate disciplinary proceedings must therefore be familiar with relevant clinical, legal, and ethics issues. Little has been written in the psychiatric literature, however, examining this important role for prison mental health professionals. After first reviewing core legal and constitutional concepts, the author presents the results of a nationwide survey examining the role for mental health professionals in the inmate disciplinary process. To the author’s knowledge, this is the first study to provide a comprehensive review of this subject. Most prison systems have procedures for punishing prisoners who violate prison rules and for removing inmates from the general population for disciplinary or safety reasons. (For the purpose of this article, the terms “prisoner” and “inmate” will be used interchangeably. “Mental health” and “custody” are sometimes used to denote the mental health and custodial staffs of the prisons.) Serious offenses that bring about disciplinary action can result...
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