CITIZENS FOR MENTAL HEALTH BACKGROUNDER Mental Health SCOPE OF THE ISSUE Our mental health is affected by many factors including where we live‚ the state of our environment‚ genetics‚ our income and education level‚ and our relationships with friends and family. Positive mental health is a cornerstone of our overall well-being. Mentally healthy people are able to cope with the inevitable stress and strain of daily life and have the resilience to rebound from life-changing events such as loss
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Running Head: EFFECTS OF DRUG AND ALSOHOL ABUSE 1 The Effects of Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the U.S. Kelly Lee Schilling ENG 215 / Research and Writing Professor Priscilla Patten Strayer University January 12‚ 2011 Running Head: EFFECTS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 2 Alcoholism and drug abuse is a devastating disease that affects not only those that suffer from it‚ but also all those around them. Alcohol and drug abuse is very prevalent in the US; it takes many shapes and
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Drug abuse is becoming more and more common. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ twenty-seven and two tenths of students in high school abuse tobacco and other illicit drugs. There are several noticeable signs that people can use to tell if someone is abusing drugs. One very common warning sign is bloodshot eyes. This visual aid can really be helpful when trying to identify if someone is a drug abuser. Other common symptoms include frequent mood swings‚ unexplainable financial
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CT261 Aims Understand Mental Health Problems This unit aims to provide the learner with knowledge of the main forms of mental health problems according to the psychiatric classification system. Learners also consider the strengths and limitations of this model and look at alternative frameworks for understanding mental distress. The focus of the unit is on understanding the different ways in which mental health problems impact on the individual and others in their social network. It also considers
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levels of emotional distress while on deployments. The events experienced in combat that may elicit trauma include: firefights‚ improvised explosive devices‚ minesweeping‚ witnessing death and much more. These traumatic experiences can create mental health problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder. The American Psychiatric Association (2013) defines PTSD as an anxiety issue that develops in individuals after extremely traumatic events. According to the American Psychiatric Association’s
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Mental health professional providing services to military personnel present unique ethical challenges when working with this culture. According to Vogt (2011)‚ although a significant number of military personnel require treatment for a mental illness‚ the culture is one of the greater contributors preventing individuals from seeking treatment. The constant state of war experienced within Operation Iraq Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom caused a significant increase in mental health issues
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Drug abuse statistics and drug abuse facts are widely available but are thought to understate the problems of drug abuse as drug behaviors have to be reported by the users themselves. Drug abuse statistics are collected in surveys taken in high school and door-to-door in some neighborhoods. While these provide useful estimates‚ they are not thought to be the complete numbers. Statistics on drug abuse show alcohol is the most widely-used and widely-abused drug with two thirds of adults regularly consuming
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Description What is mental health illness? Mental health can be defined as a person’s condition with regard to the psychological and emotional well being of an individual and the way we interact. It plays a roll in how we think‚ feel‚ and act. Mental health effects how people live their day to day lives. Decisions we make‚ how we associate with others and deal with stress can be quite difficult with someone who has a mental illness. Factors that indicate why people have mental illness’s are genetics
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Alcohol is the drug of choice among youth. Many young people are experiencing the consequences of drinking too much‚ at too early an age. As a result‚ underage drinking is a leading public health problem in this country. Each year‚ approximately 5‚000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1‚900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes‚ 1‚600 as a result of homicides‚ 300 from suicide‚ as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls‚ burns‚ and
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The Mental Health Act The mental health act is an act design to protect people with mental illness. It was originally written in 1983 and reformed in 2007. It sets out clear guidance for a health professional when a person may need to be taken into compulsorily detained in a hospital. This is known as sectioning. This helps carers who are unable to cope without help. People can be sectioned if the health care profession thinks they are a danger to themselves‚ they are a danger to another person
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