Mental Health in the African American Community Introduction African Americans‚ can also be referred as the Afro Americans or the Black Americans‚ are the residents and citizen of the Unites States who have their roots linked to at least the partial ancestry of the native population of Sub-Saharan Africa. They are also the direct descendants of enslaved Africans that were within the boundaries of the present day United States. Most of the African Americas are the descendants from West Africa
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the division of mental health at the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health. While working at the Department of Health I was exposed to the fragilities of the human mind and worked with patients with various disorders from bipolar disorder to schizophrenia. I gained an understanding of the importance of adequate mental health care in my community and the social‚ financial‚ and emotional difficulties faced by those in need of obtaining such care. Like physical dysfunctions‚ mental disorders can deteriorate
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The Mental Health Act 2016 of Queensland has three main objects and two principles. One of these principles applies to persons with mental illness. The three main objects of the act are (Mental Health Act 2016): 1. To improve and maintain the health and wellbeing of persons who have a mental illness who do not have the capacity to consent to be treated. 2. To enable persons to be diverted form the criminal justice system if found to have been of unsound mind at the time of committing an unlawful
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Investing In Mental Health Mental Health Worksheet Part 1 Research mental health in 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
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Assessment of Mental Health Facility: PORT Human Services (Kinston Outpatient Clinic) Tonya Robinson COUN 5336 Substance abuse seems to be one of the rising epidemics in Eastern North Carolina. There have been an increased number of arrests being made as a result of drug and substance abuse. With limited resources‚ PORT Human Services is one of the very few and one of the most successful organizations to provide mental health and substance abuse services in eastern North Carolina. PORT
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Mental Health In The 18th/19th Century America As a young woman who is still experimenting with adulthood myself‚ having to read about the oppression and subordination of females in the 19th century can become very depressive and heartbreaking. It often goes unnoticed that social neglect leads to mental illnesses and includes more than loneliness and depressive behavior but it rather voids the individual from the identity and the aspiration that they have for themselves and that they
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The article‚ “Study: Abortion increases rate of mental health disorders‚” discusses the controversy about if abortion increases the risk of mental health disorders. The article explains the pro-life argument that abortions increase the risk of women having psychological problems. Evidence shows that this conclusion is inconsistent because much of the data is scarce. The essay explains how researchers have not been able to reliably track the effects of abortion due to lack of termination reports in
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Optimism and its’ Effects on Mental and Physical Health The article I chose supports the idea that optimism does play a great role in our mental health as well as our physical health. Optimism is said to have a great effect on mental health‚ especially the association between optimism and the presence of mood and depressive disorders. It has been found that the more optimistic a person is the more likely they are to not have depressive disorders and suicidal ideation. The article also
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In the health field of today’s society‚ working staff should seek to promote good actions and the health of the patients and community around them. The ethical principle of beneficence promotes the health and general well being of others (Ivanov et. al‚ 2013). Ethical principles stem from morality‚ and these moral views can be applied to any field of work. Ethical principles are particularly salient to the health field‚ which upholds the care of patients. For instance‚ when a person experiencing
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and those with a lot. These differences are reflected in all areas of a person’s life‚ from their education to their lifespan and health care. The American middle class’s physical health‚ mental health‚ and the differences in health care between the upper middle class and the lower middle class show how money affects an American’s well-being. The general physical health of the middle class hugely affects the entire United States‚ and these people’s ability to pay for this healthcare can have a huge
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