Mental Health Care for Latin or Hispanic Americans Megan E. Gillard Texas A & M International University Abstract The Hispanic population in the United States has rapidly increased over the last decade and is underrepresented and cared for in mental health services. By understanding their culture and learning about the environment they live in therapists can better meet the patient’s needs. This paper covers Historical content‚ Family structure‚ Education‚ Rates of Psychiatric Disorders
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CHCMH408B Provide interventions to meet the needs of consumers with mental health and AOD issues. Introduction Case study of Susan a female patient age 40 years old. Name change due to confidentially and I had been given consent to obtain and access her personal medical file for the purpose of my study. In her 40s‚ Susan is beginning to experiencing bouts of unhappiness. she turned to alcohol. The trauma early in Susan’s life‚ coupled with the subsequent health problems had placed Susan at risk
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improve the health inequalities of people living in low SES areas individuals‚ communities and governments must take on certain responsibilities as this is due to the fact that some factors are outside of individual’s control. This will work towards addressing the health inequalities by providing equal opportunities while taking in all considered factors. The socioeconomic disadvantage can contribute to addressing these health inequalities by gaining knowledge to learn about better health practices
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time is an integral part of defining successful aging. “Population health is used to describe the measurement and health outcomes of a population” (Tkatch‚ 2016 1). One way population help the older generation is education and intervention. Sessions are held to make sure the older people have exceptional knowledge on their health. To go into greater detail on what population health would do instead of just giving a broad intervention. Healthcare specialist would
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texts‚ emails‚ posts. New research says the Internet can make us lonely and depressed—and may even create more extreme forms of mental illness (Dokoupil 2012). We’ve created a society where even the most basics functions of everyday life strongly depend on technology (Sagan 2013). This is definitely not the ideal situation to improve our physical and mental wellbeing instead it is harming it. Rather than having an enjoyable life and being prosperous we are being controlled by our addiction to the
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LO1:Understanding how principles of support are implemented in health & social care practice. Principles of Health & Social Care in Mental Health The Act is underpinned by five key principles (Section 1‚ MCA) Principle 1: A presumption of capacity – every adult has the right to make his or her own decisions and must be assumed to have capacity to do so unless it is proved otherwise. This means that you cannot assume that someone cannot make a decision for themselves just because they have
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Natural Disaster and Mental Health: A Reflection Paper on Analyzing the Development and Environment (ADE) By Selahuddin Yu Hashim MDM 2013 When mother earth rages escaping from it is an almost impossible mission to achieve. Even nations with the most sophisticated technology may find it difficult to counter the destructive effect of natural disaster. And even if one is able to lessen its impact‚ it still results in devastation of the land affecting many people. The experience in Mt. Pinatubo
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My topic of Early Invention has provided me new information how to support families and children receiving early intervention. My topic has provided me detail information that I shared with my audience why we should advocate for early intervention. During my hours of observation I gain new ways how to communicate with the families and children’s how to support their needs‚ I understand more about early intervention and the process it take for service and how to plan goals and implement them in the
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Mental Health Service Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Major Depressive Disorder and Suicidality Amy H Cheung‚ M D \ Carolyn S Dewa‚ Objectives: Despite being recognized as a serious public health concern‚ suicidality among adolescents and young adults is frequently missed‚ and completed suicide remains the second leading cause of death for young Canadians. With such close links between depression‚ suicidality‚ and completed suicide‚ any intervention must address all 3 of these issues
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Running head: MENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELING Mental Health and Community Counseling COUN 501 Abstract: Counseling is within the reach of anyone in today’s society. The fields of mental health and community counseling allow services to be rendered to anyone that may need these services while in the past these service were only accessible for a person of a higher social standing in essence the rich. Mental health and community counseling had its beginnings several centuries ago. The
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