prevention of certain problems. An act that I will discuss is The Elder Justice Act of 2009. This act has helped support elders by combating elder abuse‚ and helping prevent it as well. Another act I will focus on is The Older Americans Act‚ which has provided an array of helpful resources for elderly people in need. The Elder Justice Act The Elder Justice Act of 2009 is "widely regarded as the most comprehensive bill ever passed to combat elder abuse‚
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"Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration" (2009)‚ “more than 45 million adults or 26% of the adult population reported experiencing a mental illness in the past year. Of those who reported experiencing mental illness‚ also reported they are not under the care of a mental health or medical professional‚ in other words the mental illness is going untreated” (Mental Illness and Mental Health Service) . Additionally‚ almost half of the people suffering with a chronic health condition suffer
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Children’s Mental Health Act Statement of the Issue On August 8‚ 2003 the Illinois Children’s Mental Health Act (ICMHA) became law (LuAllen‚ Koch‚ Taylor‚ Payton‚ Weissberg & O’Brien‚ 2005). A report by the Illinois Children’s Mental Health Task Force (2003) states the current system‚ prior to passage of the ICMH‚ is “fragmented‚ limited in scope‚ and poorly resourced”. The Illinois General Assembly is attempting to address these issues with the passage of this act. This law promotes
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there are mounting concerns among people with increasing cases of mental disorders within societies. This has led to the changing lifestyles and advancement in technology and other human activities. As a result‚ people have been engaged in tasks that could result in stress or depression depending on the nature of the matters at hand. It is approximated that thousands of Americans live with various types of mental illness and mental health issues. Some of these include social anxiety‚ OCD (obsessive compulsive
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“What is Mental Health?” Within this essay‚ I will examine the definition of mental health‚ as well as it’s connection in our daily lives. I will be discussing a particular mental health problem which is depression under mood disorder. By examining a scenario of a patient who I have looked after who is suffering from this mental problem‚ and the available treatment options. I am please to focus in this topic that made a real difference to people lives‚ most especially to the patients who are suffering
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Introduction to the Concepts Health Health is defined as "the state of complete physical‚ mental and social well being and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity." Mental Illness: In the core term‚ mental illness is a type of psychological anomaly or disturbance that is mostly reflected in the behavior and not a part of the normal or common development of a person’s culture. This type of mental illness can be related to disability or distress. The mental disorder can be reflected in
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With the establishment of the Mental Capacity Act comes the Independent Mental Health Advocacy which was introduced in 2007 under the amendments of the Mental Health Act 1983. An Independent Mental Health Advocate is a specialist advocate with legal rights to the IMHA which is not available to all advocates. What this means exactly is that an Independent Mental Health Advocate may meet with qualifying patients in private; consult with who are professionals concerned with the patient’s care and treatment;
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Mental Health Mental health is a person’s psychological and emotional well-being. What kind of mental health I there? Anxiety Depression Bipolar disorder Schizophrenia Hallucinations Neurotic Psychotic Mental health break down Alzheimer’s Why is it important to recognise and value an individual with mental Health problems? You must talk to the individual because you are showing them attention and you will get to know them and understand what they like. You need to talk to the individual because
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This essay will demonstrate the relationships between mental health and social problems from both the social and medical point of view. Generally speaking mental illness is defined as‚ the psychological or mental state of an individual‚ who is functioning at a stable level in terms of behaviours and emotions. However the definition and ideology of mental health differs depending on which theory‚ perspective or model we look at it through. The models or influences in this context are of three types
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similar and differences in physical and mental health in different ethnic groups and cultures. The importance of understanding how ethnic groups and culture view mental and physical health can be crucial in therapeutic settings and can be seen as wrong or unusual to us because the lack of understand of their viewpoints. People come from different ethnic groups and the range of diversity varies and varies over time and between different populations‚ the knowledge of knowing the differences of physical
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