Why is investing in mental health important to your role as a human service professional? Mental illness impairs your ability to perform routine tasks‚ foster healthy relationships‚ or cope with anger or stress. It may be classified on the basis of extreme mood swings‚ irrational or destructive thought patterns‚ and behavioral problems. How important is mental health? Your mental health has a huge impact on every aspect of your life. Self-image Good mental health means appreciating your achievements
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My passion for the field of mental health began when I took my first psychology class in high school. After taking this class‚ I knew mental health was the field for me. I started my college journey at College of Southern Nevada (CSN). I gained a strong foundational knowledge of mental functioning and human behaviors. After earning my Associate’s Degree in psychology‚ I enrolled at the University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas (UNLV) to pursue my Bachelor’s Degree. After I started I decided to add a minor
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Mental Health Issues in Transgender Females Defining Transgender In the past decade‚ the term transgender has rapidly come to be used to describe a range of social identities‚ a political movement‚ and a community that had no name until the early 1990s. Transgender women identify themselves as being a man either by feeling as if they are men or by having both genitalia at birth and the penis being removed leaving only a vagina. They are uncomfortable being identified as a woman and choose to
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Analyse the principal functions of a Mental Health Worker. Principal functions of a mental health worker are: * Face to face client work - supporting the delivery of brief interventions and self help for people with common mental disorders of all ages. For example‚ working with clients with panic disorder and major depression using cognitive behavioural approaches. * Promoting positive mental health and awareness of the importance of addressing mental health issues. * Strengthening the
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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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Positive mental health in children & adolescent Positive mental health is a state of wellbeing in which we realize our abilities‚ can cope with life’s normal stresses & uncertainties and can work regularly & productively. It’s the foundation for person’s effective functioning‚ learning‚ emotional expression‚ forming good relationship with others‚ and not merely the absence of diagnosable psychiatric disorders. Child & adolescents are future of our society. But they are also considered weaker both
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Government of India‚ National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) has certain objectives to be met. The programme was launched in the year 1986 and was reformulated in National Health Policy 2002. The original objectives included the following – (i) To ensure the availability and accessibility of minimum mental healthcare for all in the foreseeable future‚ particularly to the most vulnerable and underprivileged sections of the population; (ii) To encourage the application of mental health knowledge in general
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CU261P/CT261 Understand Mental Health problems 1. 1.1 The main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classification system are as follows; Adjustment Disorder- A significantly more difficult adjustment to a life situation than would normally be expected considering the circumstances. For example; Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety and Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Disturbance of Emotions and Conduct. Anxiety Disorder- Experience of abnormal or inappropriate anxiety without
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There are many negative effects on the mental health of victims of human trafficking. Human trafficking is one of the most demoralizing acts that are committed on a human being. Victims of this heinous crime are made to feel as though they are not worthy of decency‚ respect‚ or love. When a victim of human trafficking is rescued and seeks out services‚ first responders usually note that the victims are found to be suffering from several types of mental health problems. “Victims of human trafficking
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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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