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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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 outcomes for Latinos dealing with depression (p. 178). Another study demonstrates the necessities to decrease observed disparities in care experienced by Latino
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2. The Assessment The multidisciplinary team is concerned about the many social complexities that are present in Megara’s life that have a direct impact on Megara’s mental health and wellbeing. Some of these complexities include: her living arrangements‚ her support networks (or lack thereof)‚ and her safety. Furthermore‚ there is also concern about her cognitive functioning since there was evidence that there may be an impairment during the ward admission assessment‚ as well as a concern about
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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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iMINICASE STUDY #2 Unforeseen Opportunity in an Election You are in charge of the advertising staff for Cindy Smith ’s election campaign. Cindy is trying to prevent the eight term incumbent‚ Jesse Jones‚ from getting another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cindy decided to run against Jesse because he wrote 150 bad checks in the House banking scandal‚ voted to not disclose the names of the people involved in the scandal‚ and voted to give himself a substantial pay raise at taxpayers’
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relate it to the movie Platoon. Both the novel and the movie demonstrated how the men behaved and reacted to the gruesome effects of war and even when the war was over how those emotions and memories stayed with them for the rest of their lives. Both the author and director used methods of interpreting a story by fusing universal truths and sorrow together to bring about a better understanding of the characters and the upsetting events that took place. The movie Platoon starts off with a young
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NUR4023 Health in Society Depression is an exceedingly common psychological disorder that affects approximately 19% of people over the age of 16 according to The Office for National Statistics. The DSM V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) describes the criterion for MDD (Major Depressive Disorder) as “depressed mood or a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities for more than two weeks” that leads to “impaired function”‚ in one’s occupation‚ education or social life. As
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Mental Health Aide For some years mental illnesses have grown rapidly. Many people suffer with mental illnesses and keep it to themselves. It is very obvious that some have mental problems and other people it is not so obvious because they take medications to function normal on a day to day basis. According to a new government report‚ “one in five American adults has experienced mental illness in the last year‚ with mental illness being more than twice as high among younger adults (ages 18
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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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Name Course Instructor Date of Submission Mental Health Mental disorders are among the common conditions threatening health care today. Most people with mental disorders can‚ however‚ lead productive lives if proper medication is provided. Mental disorders affect the way individuals think‚ feel or act. Just like other illnesses‚ mental disorders have biological and psychological roots (Gazzaniga and Heatherton 23). Many mental disorders such as‚ Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ panic disorder
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