Insufficiency of Mental Health Services
Insufficiency of Mental Health Services
Research has shown an estimated of 70% of patients seek help for their mental health needs while visiting their primary care physician (PCP). However PCPs are not equipped and/or trained to treat an individual with mental health issues to its full capacity. Nonetheless, several surveys report that people would rather seek help from their primary physician rather a psychiatrist or other mental health professional. So in a response to initiating better healthcare practices to treat the whole-person properly and to provide quality of care services to an extensive range of the population; healthcare practices throughout the US have started to implement behavioral healthcare into their healthcare delivery system. It has been reported that 3 out of 5 people diagnosed with a serious mental disorder typically die from related health issues. Overall people with a serious mental disorder are dying at a faster rate of at least 25 years earlier than individuals without a serious mental illness. People that are diagnosed with a mental disorder that only seeks treatment from a mental health professional as well as, people with a mental disorder only seeking treatment from their primary care physician contributes to the high rate of mortality among the population diagnosed with a mental disorder. An individual with a mental illness need to treat the whole-person; while there are several associated health issues that accompany some mental illnesses; if left untreated increases the risk of vital organs shutting down ultimately leading to death and the same goes for a person only seeking treatment for health issues but fail to get treatment for their mental illness. Failing to get treatment for a mental illness can contribute to physical health issues. Although the need to integrate health and behavioral health delivery systems are soaring; implementing this system has its challenges. One of the top barriers is financing,
Research has shown an estimated of 70% of patients seek help for their mental health needs while visiting their primary care physician (PCP). However PCPs are not equipped and/or trained to treat an individual with mental health issues to its full capacity. Nonetheless, several surveys report that people would rather seek help from their primary physician rather a psychiatrist or other mental health professional. So in a response to initiating better healthcare practices to treat the whole-person properly and to provide quality of care services to an extensive range of the population; healthcare practices throughout the US have started to implement behavioral healthcare into their healthcare delivery system. It has been reported that 3 out of 5 people diagnosed with a serious mental disorder typically die from related health issues. Overall people with a serious mental disorder are dying at a faster rate of at least 25 years earlier than individuals without a serious mental illness. People that are diagnosed with a mental disorder that only seeks treatment from a mental health professional as well as, people with a mental disorder only seeking treatment from their primary care physician contributes to the high rate of mortality among the population diagnosed with a mental disorder. An individual with a mental illness need to treat the whole-person; while there are several associated health issues that accompany some mental illnesses; if left untreated increases the risk of vital organs shutting down ultimately leading to death and the same goes for a person only seeking treatment for health issues but fail to get treatment for their mental illness. Failing to get treatment for a mental illness can contribute to physical health issues. Although the need to integrate health and behavioral health delivery systems are soaring; implementing this system has its challenges. One of the top barriers is financing,