AND LEGAL ISSUES FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HIV/AIDS (Human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) raises challenging ethical and legal dilemmas for mental health professionals. Relevant issues pertaining to these dilemmas are examined in this article. Specifically‚ the authors review the following: professional responsibility‚ competence‚ and confidentiality. Special attention is paid to several court cases that have implications for mental health counselors working with
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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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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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the internal nature of mental health as well as the negative stigma attached to those who suffer with mental health issues‚ the public may not realize how serious the problem really is. Over one in every five children and adolescents suffers from some kind of mental health disorder (Taras & Young). This is an astounding amount of children who affected by these issues. Given the significant effects these disorders can have on people‚ it is necessary that those with mental health issues receive proper
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What are the implications of a recovery model for mental health services and for service users/survivors? In discussing the implications of a recovery model on service users/survivors and mental health services‚ it is essential to define recovery. In illustrating the controversial nature of this concept it is pragmatic to discuss service users and workers in mental health because implications of the recovery model affect both‚ but in different ways. It is important to realize there is a division
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Abstract Health professionals treating mentally ill patients often attempt to commit patients to psychiatric hospitals. When the patient will not agree‚ the doctor may consider involuntary commitment. This is generally considered at the insistence of the family. In recent decades‚ the United States Supreme Court has limited the circumstances where a person can be committed to a mental hospital against their will. Despite these rulings‚ the civil rights remain under attack. The public bodies
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The Principal as a Decision Maker. A school principal is an education administrator who oversees the day to day operations of the school. He or she offers instructional leadership to everyone in the school. These include the administrative staff‚ faculty and students. The role of a school principal is that of a guide to the students as well as a disciplinarian. There is much more to the position than that‚ however it is a complex job that offers numerous challenges‚ each day different from the day
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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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stigmatisation of people with mental illness often society results in a rift with reluctance to work with people with mental disease‚ have nuptial ties or have them as friends‚ demonstrating them segregated and socially isolated. The media strongly influence the attitude of people towards mental illness. Contribute to increasing prejudice public opinion‚ through headlines and news and magnifying the few cases where a citizen has been attacked by a person with mental health complications. These people
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Mental Health Treatment in Prison Luke Myers Argosy University What are the services provided by mental health courts? Mental health courts are criminal courts set up to deal with people who have mental health issues or learning disabilities who have committed crimes. Instead of putting these people in jail‚ mental health courts (MHC’s) look to enroll them in community treatment to deal with their mental health problems so that they will not commit crimes again. “MHC’s have been created
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