Human services professional" is a generic term for people who hold professional and paraprofessional jobs in such diverse settings as group homes and halfway houses‚ correctional‚ intellectual disability‚ and community mental health centers; family‚ child‚ and youth service agencies‚ and programs concerned with alcoholism‚ drug abuse‚ family violence‚ and aging. Depending on the employment setting and the kinds of clients served there‚ job titles and duties vary a great deal. The three populations
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America Mental Health George Bush developed the Commission on Mental Health Services (CMHS) in response to the obstacles that exist for people to receive adequate mental health care in the US. The CMHS came up with six goals to transform our mental health care in the US. First goal is to successfully have Americans understand that mental health is essential to your overall well-being (Achieving the Promise). Often times‚ too many Americans are not knowledgeable about the different types of mental
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Mental Health Promotion Many people’s lives bring them to a place they never thought of being in. This is the case in the life of JE thus far. JE is a thirty year old‚ Caucasian male‚ who suffers from bi-polar disorder. JE has a hard time holding a job and has a long history of drug abuse and trouble with the law. His family life growing up was less than perfect living in a broken home mainly with an abusive‚ alcoholic father who was never satisfied with the accomplishments of his young
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back into civilian life. There are many issues affecting veterans returning home from combat. Many of these service members exhibit high 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
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According to NAMI—nearly one in five adults in America experience mental illness. When an organ is damaged‚ you go to a doctor--so why wouldn’t you do the same for the brain? Mental health is just as important as you physical well-being and should not be ignored or stigmatized. According to the World Health Organization‚ “Every year about 800‚000 people commit suicide every year with suicide being the second leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds”. Yet to this day‚ many of those individuals
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An Introduction to Mental Health in the Workplace Increasingly‚ good mental health in the workplace is an issue being raised. Job stresses are being recognized as affecting work performance and also an individual’s over-all well-being. There is a lot of information available about how to promote good mental health in the workplace but perhaps insufficient initiatives actually being used. Providing employees with information promoting good mental health alerts them to the problems but may not achieve
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Effective Communication & Medical Care in Health & Human Services Kristell Gonzalez Ashford University HHS 307 Instructor Tamikia Lott October 20‚ 2013 Effective Communication in Health & Human Services Thesis: Communication in a health care setting is very important; it helps us to achieve the best patient provider relationship‚ establishing a trusting relationship. It helps the patient feel and understand that they have been well taken care of and helps them progress
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Madeline Robbins People with mental and physical disabilities have been ridiculed and treated as though they are not equal to the rest of society. Many people in our society have Down syndrome and have struggled to gain rights to go to school‚ have a job‚ and live a normal life. Down syndrome is when one is born with an extra chromosome. He or she has 3 copies of the 21 chromosome and 47 total chromosomes instead of 46. This extra chromosome can cause many physical health issues. People with Down syndrome
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Introduction People with mental health issues are subject to a variety of hardships. For example‚ they struggle with their symptoms and work to alleviate those symptoms. Also‚ those with mental illnesses are subject to stigmas negatively influence wellbeing. Stigma‚ can refer to a set of negative beliefs regarding a specific demographic. I am interested in the effect of stigmas towards people with mental health issues. Specifically‚ its influence on intervention outcomes. It is important to understand
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Elizabeth Angel Mrs. Price AP English 30 March 2015 Burning Issue: Outline Question: How do teenagers develop the Mental Disorder and what could occur if teenage mental health continues? Introduction: Teenage Mental Disorder has become a major issue in the life of a teenager. Mental Disorder refers to a wide range of disorders that affect your mood‚ thinking‚ and behavior. It had all began during the 1950s with people dealing with depression‚ anorexia‚ anxiety‚ stress etc. Teenagers started facing
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