The population of Latinos in the U.S. continues to increase. In 2014‚ Latinos accounted for 17.4% of the population (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2015). Many Latinos are dealing with mental health disorders‚ such as depression. To help the well-beings of Latinos‚ counselors need to understand treatments based on depression. Additionally‚ one has to understand the cultural factors within the population of Latinos. Recently‚ Kanter et al. (2015) depicts a need for more research in order to improve treatment
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It is no secret that mental health is often dismissed and ignored by the Black community. "Depression is for White people." "Just pray about it." "There are people who have it much worse that you do." and the worst one‚ "Just think happy thoughts! :)" are all phrases that individuals struggling with anxiety‚ depression and other mental health problems are all extremely tired of hearing. The truth of the matter is‚ the stigma and refusal to talk about mental illness in the Black community is taking
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Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) Assignment Of FIN 302 Submitted To: Mrs. Sylvana M. Ahmed Faculty of Business Administration Submitted By: Kazi Farha Hossain Id no: 1130342 Amir md Wahidul Islam id no 1137030 Syeda Anonna Houque ID no: 1120537 Section No. : 01 Submitted Date: 10th Nov 2013 Letter of Transmittal 10th Nov 2013 Mrs. Sylvana M. Ahmed Lecturer of Finance Faculty of Business Administration Independent University Bangladesh Subject: Seeking permission
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condition in 1980” (Souza & Spates‚ 2008). The National Institute of Mental Health states that “PTSD develops after a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm. The person who develops PTSD may have been the one who was harmed‚ the harm may have happened to a loved one‚ or the person may have witnessed a harmful event that happened to loved ones or strangers” (National Institute of Mental Health‚ 2014). One common misconception that society has is that PTSD only
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Assignment: Case Study {text:bookmark-end} Mental illness is any of various conditions characterized by impairment of an individual’s normal cognitive‚ emotional‚ or behavioral functioning‚ and caused by social‚ psychological‚ biochemical‚ genetic or other factors‚ such as infection or head trauma. Also call emotional illness‚ and mental disease. (www.thefreedictioary.com). No mental illness can not be define as a physical illness such as diabetes‚ because mental illness is that it can not be diagnosed
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Does excessive use of social media contribute to addictive behaviours and mental health issues? It does because the influencing obscene information on the internet can make people crave more of it. It will influence them to do worse and may lead to addiction. People who use social media including Facebook‚ Twitter and Instagram for hours on end are most likely to have mental health issues. Over the years social media is the main cause in the way people communicate and interact‚ these changes will
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Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 The Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 is legislation in the United States that required the annual caps and lifetime maximum benefits for mental health insurance to be equal to those for other forms of health insurance. The main goal of this act was to create equal coverage between medical and surgical services and mental healthcare services. The principle beneficiaries of the Mental Health Parity Act would be persons with the most severe‚ persistent and disabling
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eighteen years old. There are also disadvantages. One disadvantage is mental illness not only for the service member but a topic that has recently come to light is the connection of mental illness in children of service members and also why. One thing that could attribute to it is it the constant feeling that your parent can and will be deployed and when they do get deployed they may never come back. “A team of researchers tracked health claim records during 2006 and 2007 of nearly 650‚000 children ages
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Mental Health Psychiatry. Assignment 2. 2.1. In your own words‚ define what is meant by the term “eating disorder”. An eating disorder is when a person eats too much or too little‚ which is defined by abnormal eating habits and this affects the person’s mental health and seriously harms their physical health which is potentially a life-threatening condition. 2.2. Analyse the implications for the individual of having an eating disorder. An eating disorder is serious‚ potentially life –threatening
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Assessment of Mental Health Facility: PORT Human Services (Kinston Outpatient Clinic) Tonya Robinson COUN 5336 Substance abuse seems to be one of the rising epidemics in Eastern North Carolina. There have been an increased number of arrests being made as a result of drug and substance abuse. With limited resources‚ PORT Human Services is one of the very few and one of the most successful organizations to provide mental health and substance abuse services in eastern North Carolina. PORT
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