Vulnerable Populations Lisa M Buschur HCS/531 Feb 2012 Dr. Deb S. Sandberg "Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of‚ but stigma and bias shame us all." * Bill Clinton Vulnerable Populations Emotional and cognitive well-being are phrases used to describe mental health. Positive coping mechanisms and an assessment of suicide lethality are assessments providers consider when identifying a psychiatric patient. Those that suffer from mental health disorders are every- where‚ they are our
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Stigmatization within the mentally ill population has improved significantly over the centuries. However‚ there is still much to do to continue our efforts of improvement in this area. In order for society to understand stigmas‚ we must first understand how they were created. Stigmatizations began with the unjust and inhuman conditions in which society treated and looked upon the mentally ill. In 2017‚ Ray wrote‚ in the 6th century BCE‚ Ancient Greeks and Romans believed that human behavior and
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Needs of the Mentally Ill Population HSM/210 September 23‚ 2012 Unmet Needs of the Mentally Ill Population Mental illness in a year’s time invades about 5 to 7 percent of the adult population and 5 to 9 percent of the children population. This means millions of adults and children are disabled by mental illness every year. (National Alliance on Mental Illness‚ 2012) Given this information‚ how is the public reacting toward the mentally ill population? How is health care taking
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Samantha Gobright Dr. William Kringel Mental Health and the Law 17 April 2014 Protecting the Vulnerable “The Experiments chronicled in the Nuremberg trials were carried out for various reasons. Physicians forced people to drink seawater to find out how long a man might survive without fresh water. At the Dachau concentration camp‚ Russian prisoners of war were immersed in icy water to see how long a pilot might survive when shot down over the English channel and to find out what kinds of protective
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Mentally Ill in Prison Tisha R. Gilmore Argosy University Abstract There are many mentally disabled individuals incarcerated in U. S. jails today. Their disabilities range from those born with mental retardation‚ to those with traumatic brain injuries from being involved in accidents‚ and include those with chemical imbalances due to natural causes or drug addictions. These people are treated as criminals and not as patients. Jails are not the place for this population. Keeping them incarcerated
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Vulnerability of the Mentally Ill Eva Morris American Sentinel University Vulnerability of the Mentally Ill Evaluation and treatment of the mentally ill population has developed from confinement of the mad during colonial times‚ into the biomedical balancing of neurological impairment seen in these modern times. There were eras of mental health reform‚ medicalization‚ and deinstitutionalization sandwiched in between (Nies & McEwen‚ 2011). Regardless of the stage of understanding and development
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A A Better Life For The Mentally Ill John Henry Ruffin II Devry University A Better Life for the Mentally Ill Mentally ill individuals in America are forced to endure numerous forms of abuse and do not receive the proper care they require and deserve. In the past‚ the “insane” members of society have been treated horribly by the people that live within their communities. Today‚ There are many different treatment options available to the mentally ill individuals that require help to
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Advocacy and the Mentally Ill Summer Fleming BSHS/442 January 13‚ 2014 Dr. Elizabeth Thompson Advocacy and the Mentally Ill The American mentally ill population faces numerous barriers to acquiring basic services that those without mental illness receive daily. Advocating for the mentally ill population gives a voice to those who cannot voice their problems or may not know how. Mental illness is often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed. Individuals who are not properly diagnosed cannot receive
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Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill Deinstitutionalization refers to releasing a mentally or physically handicapped person from an institution whose main purpose was to provide treatment into a community with the intent of providing services through the community under the supervision of health-care professionals. There have been many positive outcomes from deinstitutionalization for both the patients and society but there have also been many drawbacks of deinstitutionalization. Deinstitutionalization
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In 2013‚ around 2‚220‚300 adults were imprisoned according to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics. The amount of prisoners continues to grow as the years come. As the numbers grow‚ the amount of mentally ill individuals instituted in prisons grows as well. As much as 50% of the US prison population is diagnosed with some sort of mental illness (Long). Though they might be difficult to handle‚ the courts must maintain a balance of keeping the mentally ill properly treated while also ensuring the public’s
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