Introduction “Culture comprises of shared beliefs values‚ and practices that guide a group’s members in patterned ways of thinking and acting. Culture can also be viewed as a blueprint for guiding actions that impact care‚ health‚ and well-being” (Leininger & McFarland‚ 2006). “Culture is more than ethnicity and social norms; it includes religious‚ geographic‚ socio-economic‚ occupational‚ ability-or disability-related‚ and sexual orientation-related beliefs and behaviors. Each group has cultural
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INTRODUCTION Mental Health is the state of our mind. The way we respond with changes in our everyday life shows our mental health. According to WHO‚ ‘it is the state of wellbeing in which individuals are able to realise their own abilities‚ can cope with the normal stresses of life‚ can work productively and fruitfully‚ and are able to make a contribution to their community’’ (WHO‚ 2004) Good mental health is when we are able to feel good about ourselves and being able to get on effectively with
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The Professional Identity of a Mental Health Counselor Trineequa Gilbert Capella University Introduction The professional identity of a mental health counselor is extremely important. When it comes to finding your professional identity‚ it is important to weigh out all options to make sure that the profession that is chosen‚ is what one would see themselves doing for a long time. It is more so of asking oneself if they feel they qualify for the career that they are about to
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One misconception is that a majority of people think that people suffering from a mental illness could snap and get violent quickly‚ when in reality it all depends on the person who has the mental illness. Although the people with more severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia are more likely to take out their feelings violently on others‚ it is very rare. Of a person is raised right and taught how to express themselves or control their feelings‚ they can live normally from a day to day basis
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The Mental Health Act Mental health law is about securing benefits for‚ and protecting the rights of people with mental disorder with the primary objective to make sure individuals can receive effective care and treatment. The Mental Health Act (1983) is a significant statutory framework for anybody working within mental health‚ providing a framework for decision making‚ by providing a logical format in which balances the law and legal values in order for a mental health worker to reach a decision
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Monitor behavior. Identify alternate coping strategies for patient‚ identify community resources to help patient. Goal met: Patient states no thoughts of suicide ideation. Patient identifies crisis prevention resources. Patient expresess positive feelings about self. Plan to be continued. Prognosis is good. Patient has identified Star of Hope halfway house where she can live and attend AA treatment & group milieu therapy. Risk for Ineffective Coping
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Providing mental health services that are both effective and culturally competent for Latino/a American clients has proved to be challenging. Understanding these challenges requires considering the issue from both a systematic level and from an individual level. At the systematic level‚ services for Latino/a American clients are affected by a lack of culturally competent clinicians as well as a lack of culturally sensitive assessment tools and interventions (U.S. Department of Health and Human
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History has shown a misunderstanding and fear of the unknown within society when it comes to people diagnosed with mental illnesses. There are many prejudices and stereotypes about mental illnesses and the group of people it affects‚ which can often result in keeping patients from being admitted into a hospital to receive the help they require and withholding treatment. The line and separation between the rights of a patient and the amount of control placed on a patient has become rather blurry.
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Many people over look mental health issues and it’s kind of crazy when this has such a big role for problems in the world. I don’t believe in prescribing medications to people to try to fix their problems but‚ I think talking about problems is beneficial. Counseling has way more benefits to getting at an individual’s deepest core. Face it‚ we all deal with a bunch of shit throughout our lives. We need friends and family to talk to but‚ we also need someone that has no biased opinion or connection
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Topic 2 Community Appraisal How is a community appraisal conducted? When public health officials want to assess and survey the needs of a community‚ they use Rapid Participatory Appraisal. It is “rapid” that the exercise can be done in a relatively short time frame (Brown et al‚ 2006). This means the involvement of the local community cooperation and individual participation to facilitate community action ( Walley & Wright‚ P. 40) This method provide a very usual information about health-related
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