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    Final Project: The Role and Life of a Mental Health Counselor For the Final Project‚ you will apply the information learned in this course‚ as well as in an interview you conduct‚ to your understanding of what it means to be a mental health counselor.   Interview (in person) a mental health counselor who works with a population in a setting that interests you. For example‚ if you are interested in working as an in-home therapist with children in need of supervision‚ interview someone who does

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    practice in another area of your choice. Social Work in Mental Health has often been associated with the power to compulsory detain people for admission to Mental Health institutions. This relationship and the role of Mental Health Social Workers has changed overtime‚ as government policy and wider social influences have impacted on the profession. The effect has been an evolution in the role‚ setting‚ training and regulation of Mental Health Social Workers. The policy agendas that gave rise to this

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    would like to concentrate on the experiences that I have completed as a part of the ‘Sciences for Nursing’ NS701 Module ‘Broadening Perspective’ practice‚ to make my own understanding of the alternative field of healthcare to my chosen profession- Mental Health Nursing‚ evident. The reflective account will include my own practical and learning experience of the specific event that took place during the ‘Broadening Perspective’ practice concentrating on the aspects of safeguarding /advocacy and risk management

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    v. Wade was the Supreme Court case that declared that the right to abortion is a constitutional right. While Roe v. Wade has been a very controversial subject‚ it has affected the physical healthmental health‚ and safety of women. Ever since the legalization of abortion in 1973‚ the physical health of women has progressed in some ways and regressed in others. Before 1973‚ sixteen states made abortion in the cases of rape and incest‚ and by 1970‚ three states made on demand abortion legal

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    How do people improve their mental health Mental Health is how we think‚ feel and behave. Mental Health is a person’s everyday worry that could lead to a person’s life long worry. It can affect a person’s daily life‚ relationship with other people and physical health. Most people in Canada are affected by mental health disorder through a family member‚ friend or colleague and it also affect people of all ages. 8% of adults in Canada experiences major depression. 1% of Canadians will experience a

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    Violence is the leading concern of most health services in Australia. Mental health nurses are continuously subject to physical and verbal violence‚ as part of their daily work routine. Studies indicate that mental health nurses face the highest risk of violent attacks by patients (Shiao et al‚ 2010). Workplace violence can cause job stress and lower life satisfaction due to the constant stresses of their workplace. Life satisfaction is described as how a person gauge their life as a whole rather

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    that extra time like she use to‚ where she was able to attend the extracurricular activities and support her daughter. Before I start the individual sessions with the client‚ I would explain to them about confidentiality and what my job is as a Mental Health Counselor and because the client is under 18‚ I would have the parent to sign consents‚ saying it is okay for the client to be seen in and treated in this office. Discussing informed consent is explaining to

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    What is the mission statement? 1. The Mental Health Association’s mission statement states‚ “The Mental Health Association in Greensboro provides leadership in identifying and addressing mental health needs and serves as an advocate for those dealing with mental health challenges by promoting hope and recovery” (http://www.mhag.org/about-us/‚ 2015). This mission statement provides an excellent foundation for the organization‚ and is a good example of a quality mission statement based on guidelines

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    Mental health consumers are 1 in 5 in the United States. They face the same daily obstacles that everyone else faces. However‚ they face obstacles with a mental illness. The general population has all kinds of beliefs that are not true about mental health consumers. They seem to be afraid of them and base their treatment of them on that fear. Mental health consumers are not dangerous‚ for the most part‚ they want to be better‚ and be productive. When someone we know gets cancer‚ we rally around

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    Social Structure and Mental Health: Competing Conceptual and Analytic Models We have discussed in class that social status plays a significant role in determining the likely hood of a person to have mental illness. In the previous article for paper assignment three‚ it provided a research with data collected concerning the effect of social class on mental illness. The data results in the previous article supported the relationship between the two variables(social status‚ mental illness) stating that

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