Mental health nursing is a career that requires commitment‚ patience and empathy‚ which could be rewarding in helping people. Even though this branch of nursing is very demanding and challenging‚ I feel the satisfaction is great in helping the most vulnerable in society such as the mentally ill‚ therefore willing to embark on this career. I would like to study mental health nursing because I feel it will lead me directly to one of the most emotionally fulfilling career as well as giving me the opportunity
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MHF Module: Investing In Mental Health Mental Health Worksheet Part 1 Research mental health in a a country other than the United States. An example of a mental heath problem is provided below. ENGLAND The population of England is 52‚234‚000 and the sex ratio (men per hundred women) is 97 (Office of National Statistics‚ UK‚ 2011). The proportion of the population under the age of 18 years is 22% and the proportion above age 60 is 22% (Office of National Statistics‚ UK‚ 2011). The United Kingdom
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people around them. Realistically‚ 1 in 4 people in the world suffer with a mental illness of some sort. 50% of children 14 years and under‚ as well as‚ 75% of people 25 and under‚ have shown some sign of a mental illness‚ yet around 85% of those people go undiagnosed and untreated. This is true in developing and developed countries. Many cultures‚ such as Caribbean‚ African‚ and other extremely religious societies stigmatize mental illnesses. They confuse it with being possessed‚ or the person’s choice
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Over 50 million Americans face daily struggles with a mental illness. In today’s society‚ individuals feel less comfortable going to see a psychologist than they do seeing an eye doctor or a dentist. Also‚ individuals feel worse about needing assistance fighting depression or anxiety than they do about requiring help with cancer. The term “mental illness” has a very negative connotation. Individuals often relate things like self-harm and violence to it without considering examples to support these
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Behind the Appointment: Challenges Facing Mental Health Professionals A majority of people will face some mental health issue at one point or another‚ however those that deal with things like chronic depression‚ anxiety‚ or possibly worse‚ are often disregarded and overlooked in society. This leaves many individuals searching for someone to help them work through their issues‚ meaning mental health counselors can become a crutch for some patients. As one could imagine‚ this is both an emotionally
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| HEALTH BRIEF | Effective Community Mental Health Care in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | | Guadalupe Bernardez-Hicks | 1/20/2011 | | HEALTH BRIEF Effective Community Mental Health Care in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act By Guadalupe Bernardez-Hicks INTRODUCTION: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA)‚ includes expansion of mental health services available
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People with mental health issues deserve the right to choose their treatment and should have access to proper treatment. Mental health patients are people‚ meaning they are entitled to the same human rights as anyone else. In order for patients to be protected‚ Mental Health in America (MHA) suggests that‚ “[states create] and enforce laws which permit persons with mental illnesses to designate in writing‚ while competent‚ what treatment they should receive should their decisional capacity be impaired
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Mental Health Services within the Criminal Justice System Kathleen Drake SOC331: Social Justice and Ethics Erika O’Quinn April 9‚ 2012 If anyone were to take a look at The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders‚ 4th edition‚ (DSM IV)‚ they would discover that nearly every human being could relate to “symptoms” required for some form of mental disorder. The need for effective mental health services in this country is essential‚ not only for general society‚ but also within
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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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on why I have chosen the path to become Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner over other master’s degree in nursing. Mental illness is one of the major medical concerns in our country today. There is significant shortage of psychiatric mental health practitioners to meet the demand of the mental illness population. I want to be a part of a big change in the health care setting by providing care to those who are not receiving mental health services. I have a passion as a nurse to care for mentally
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