HSBE II Reflection
HSBE II Class Reflection
Brian Byerly
SW 5005 – American Social Welfare History and the Social Work Profession
Appalachian State University
Modern Mental Health Services and Social Work Practice
I. General Description Modern mental health services have, and continue to experience ongoing changes throughout the United States. Rapidly fading away are the days of long-term hospitalizations and institutional based systems of care (Breakey, 1996). As Dr. George Paulson, MD reports, “things are changing in America and the hospitals were not exempt from intense scrutiny by society at large” (Paulson, 2012). Depending on the region and availability of resources, mental health services are now intended to serve as a safety net not only for the individual, but for the community as a whole (Rosenberg & Rosenberg, 2006). According to Catawba Valley Behavioral Healthcare Chief Clinical Officer Donald Mott, “Community mental health services are now currently meant to be available with the focus on easy access, low cost and resilient to sustain the ebbs and flows of the community” (Donald Mott, Personal Communication, November 5, 2012). According to Breakey, …show more content…
In Code of ethics. Retrieved November 5, 2012, from http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.asp
(2012). In Mental health. Retrieved November 5, 2012, from http://www.socialworkers.org/pressroom/features/issue/mental.asp
Breakey, W. R. (Ed.). (1996). Integrated mental health services: modern community psychiatry (pp. 3-10). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Gibelman, M. (1995). What social workers do (4th ed.). Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Paulson, G. W. (2012). Closing the asylums: causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement (pp. 121-139). Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company.
Rosenberg, J., & Rosenberg, S. (2006). Community mental health challenges in the 21st century (pp. 3-181). New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis
Brian Byerly
SW 5005 – American Social Welfare History and the Social Work Profession
Appalachian State University
Modern Mental Health Services and Social Work Practice
I. General Description Modern mental health services have, and continue to experience ongoing changes throughout the United States. Rapidly fading away are the days of long-term hospitalizations and institutional based systems of care (Breakey, 1996). As Dr. George Paulson, MD reports, “things are changing in America and the hospitals were not exempt from intense scrutiny by society at large” (Paulson, 2012). Depending on the region and availability of resources, mental health services are now intended to serve as a safety net not only for the individual, but for the community as a whole (Rosenberg & Rosenberg, 2006). According to Catawba Valley Behavioral Healthcare Chief Clinical Officer Donald Mott, “Community mental health services are now currently meant to be available with the focus on easy access, low cost and resilient to sustain the ebbs and flows of the community” (Donald Mott, Personal Communication, November 5, 2012). According to Breakey, …show more content…
In Code of ethics. Retrieved November 5, 2012, from http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.asp
(2012). In Mental health. Retrieved November 5, 2012, from http://www.socialworkers.org/pressroom/features/issue/mental.asp
Breakey, W. R. (Ed.). (1996). Integrated mental health services: modern community psychiatry (pp. 3-10). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Gibelman, M. (1995). What social workers do (4th ed.). Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Paulson, G. W. (2012). Closing the asylums: causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement (pp. 121-139). Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company.
Rosenberg, J., & Rosenberg, S. (2006). Community mental health challenges in the 21st century (pp. 3-181). New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis