Sociology 194a: Sociology of Mental Health and Illness This course examines sociological approaches to mental health and illness. The focus of the course will be more on the history‚ definitions‚ social responses and consequences of conceptualizations and treatment of mental illness than on the development of individual conditions we deem to be mental disorders. While there will be some discussion of social factors related to mental disorder and types of mental health treatment‚ we will mostly
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American College Health Association’s most recent annual survey‚ 30 percent of college students felt so depressed that it was difficult for them to function (Lieblich10). Depression and anxiety is a major issue for college students and while there are many causes of the mental health crisis and I have found the lack of administration in colleges and the dramatic transition from high school to college to have a great effect on the health of college students. In solving the college mental health crisis one
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NA201 Student ID: Alcohol misuse is a growing concern for the nation. Statistics have shown an increase in cost expenditure to the NHS and an increase in related illness. According to the department of health the effects of alcohol misuse cost the NHS 2.7billion per year. Alternatively the cause of alcohol misuse can harm an individual’s health‚ destroy families and disrupt a community. In 2010 Nutt implied that compared to drugs‚ alcohol has a larger impact on society and is lower in price and easier
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Government of India‚ National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) has certain objectives to be met. The programme was launched in the year 1986 and was reformulated in National Health Policy 2002. The original objectives included the following – (i) To ensure the availability and accessibility of minimum mental healthcare for all in the foreseeable future‚ particularly to the most vulnerable and underprivileged sections of the population; (ii) To encourage the application of mental health knowledge in general
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This essay will explore the idea of the Mental Heath legislation and how the 2007 Mental Health Act can either be beneficial or not beneficial in the context of professionals who work in this field. Firstly it will be based on the concepts of the legislation‚ which will then be followed by showing how the Mental Health Act supports people working within the mental health service. Why do we need the Mental Health legislation? First of all‚ the government plays a major role in supporting and providing
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Personal Philosophy of Mental Health Nursing Bonnie K. Wright University of Charleston Each individual has their own personal philosophy of mental health nursing. Throughout this paper there will be facts‚ and my personal thoughts. This is including the following topics; mental health‚ mental illness‚ continuum of mental health/mental illness‚ defense mechanisms‚ therapeutic tools‚ and self-awareness in the nurse. The words mental health placed together creates a definition
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practice “Sally and the Health Visitor” Dip HE Mental Health Nursing Word count: 1‚957. Contents page Introduction | 1 | Autonomy | 1 | Beneficence | 3 | Nonmaleficence | 4 | Justice | 4 | Conclusion | 5 | Bibliography | 6 | Introduction This discussion paper will look at the ethical issues surrounding decision making as nurses‚ in a given scenario (Sally and the health visitor). Ethics is defined by Johnstone (2008) as “A way to think about‚ judge and examine how to tackle moral life
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Case Study: Tom is 37 years old‚ self-employed and is suffering with depression. He doesn’t know why he has depression but can see the effects of it. It is impacting on his relationship with both his wife and children and he also finds it difficult developing and maintaining productive friendships. Tom is spending a lot of his time in bed. Getting out of bed and doing the essential things‚ such as work‚ proves difficult as motivation is lacking and this is now impeding his family financially. Tom
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an absolute exception under the Freedom of Information Act Moreover Care Standard Act 2000 is also another legislation relating to health and social care settings - All service users must have care plans in place‚ which include the medical information‚ personal details and risk assessment. The Risk assessment should include the environment‚ individual mental and physical conditions; ALL Information must keep safe by locking it up. 1.2 It is important to have a secure protected system for
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Mental Health : Nature or Nurture Mental health is by nature and not by nurture. The mental health of a person is linked to his gene and hereditary. A person with no mental illness ancestry does not easily encounter depression or other illness in adverse situations. On the other hand‚ a person having a parent with mental illness has a considerable chance of getting mentally ill. A person having a mutated gene in his DNA can get mental health problems easier than normal people. Nurturing adds to
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