Mental health legislation is complex and how this relates to ethical practice is open to critical debate. This essay will focus on some of the key ethical issues when implementing the Mental Health Act 1983 and the amendments to it‚ now called the Mental Health Act 2007. The Human Rights Act 1998 gives right to freedom and liberty (Human Rights Act 1998). Limitations to the right of liberty essentially revolve around three key legal principles in mental health: 1) If you are deemed to have a mental
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assistance. This will be a difficult task for the Christian counselor‚ but will be very rewarding to the counselor and client (McMinn‚ 1995) According to McMinn (1995)‚ several things can be the reason for failure of a counseling session. These things include a counselor being overbearing‚ judgmental‚ or viewing every aspect of the client’s life as a sin. A client needs to feel that they are a part of the session and can confess to the counselor in confidence. McMinn covers what takes place in
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anxiety‚ I managed to attend 2 sessions. Fast forward to January; had been accessing regular leave and even stayed at home for 2 weeks at Christmas. 2 days after I arrived back‚ I was ‘assaulted’ (in proper terms) by another patient. It’s now March‚ and I’m officially done with tier 4 care and moving onto generalised CAMHS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service). Some things to know if you or a friend are faced with inpatient help: 1. TAKE IT! Look‚ I know that even the word ‘inpatient’ is scary
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Community mental health is a vast concept with various initiatives and programmes under its umbrella. The area chosen for the purpose of the assignment is to address community mental health initiative addressing psychosocial needs of the people who have experienced massive forced displacement and/or identify as refugees. People migrate due to economic crisis‚ natural disasters‚ construction of dams and various others reasons that lead them into search for other opportunities‚ away from conflict and
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A REPORT OF THE ROLES OF THE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN MENTAL HEALTH. To HEALTH. To provide advocacy to qualifying patients as defined in the 2007 Mental Health Act Code of practice independent mental health advocate in Northumberland. 1 To offer one-to -one advocacy and promote‚ develop and support other forms of advocacy as required. 2 To support individuals to speak for themselves‚ or to represent them where they are unable to speak for themselves if required. 3 To complete all relevant
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Running head: SLEEP DEPRIVATION EFFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH Decreased Sleep Due to Nursing Interventions on Inpatients Recovering From Mental Health Crisis University of South Alabama SLEEP DEPRIVATION EFFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH Decreased Sleep Due to Nursing Interventions on Inpatients Recovering From Mental Health Crisis Sleep is one of the great mysteries of Science. Past and recent studies have shown the need for sleep‚ but the why has always been elusive. A study on Is Sleep Essential by
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AEffects of abortion on mental health The only terms used by the scientific community to refer to psychological pain of abortion are those associated with anxiety‚ depression or some corollaries of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Indeed‚ testing protocols and treatment of PTSD can be used only if the symptoms provide clear manifestations in a period close to the event. However‚ the manifestation of suffering of abortion is often part time‚ or even cannot come to the surface at the approach of
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Abstract – The stigma attached to schizophrenia and ultimately all mental illness‚ literally ruins people’s lives. This article discusses the No Health without Mental Health strategy‚ released in February by the Department of Health and how it addresses stigma and discrimination and the Time to Change campaign which is led by Rethink and Mind. Recommendations are made as to how frontline healthcare professionals can actively support and educate service users who will suffer first hand from stigma
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own cultures. It is clear that social contexts and cultures are the key determinants that change the mental health services that minorities use while shaping their mental health in the process. The minorities may be prevented from receiving proper care and utilizing and accessing care in the event of a cultural misunderstanding between the clinician and the patient‚ disintegration of mental health services‚ or clinician bias (Quigley‚ 2007). With an ostensibly endless range of individual
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Mental Health in East Africa I was born and raised in a city of Kigali in Rwanda. Growing up in a war torn country was awful. However‚ it gave me opportunities to move around East Africa. This allowed me to live in 3 different countries excluding the U.S.‚ to speak 5 languages and to learn a lot about different cultures in the East African region. When I came to the U.S‚ a lot changed and one of many things I could not understand was why there are so many mental health disorders. Before I came
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