news article by Rinker (2017) in Kaiser News Health delineates the mental health problems experienced by college students. Based on the article, when students begin their life in college, several of them come to experience anxieties, face a difficult time to adjust to life in college, and possibly plunge into austere depression or self-destructive feelings and points of view. Owing to this issue, the Chancellor of UCLA, Gene Block, proclaimed that the college is offering charitable mental health screenings to all students entering the school including transfer students and the freshmen students. In acknowledgement of the stress that income students face… Continue Reading...
Current status in implementing the affordable care act with regard to veterans' mental health problems
The Affordable Care Act's enactment gave rise to major concerns with regard to greater healthcare expenditure and reduced benefits for the defense population. This has led to the VA (Department of Veteran Affairs), the White House and TRICARE authorities expending efforts towards public education. Veteran Affairs believes the Act (popularly called Obamacare) has no effect on military veterans' entitlement to and accessibility of the mental health services they were already recipients of, and also doesn't affect TRICARE for Life or TRICARE benefits enjoyed by households on behalf… Continue Reading...
Veterans experience a variety of mental health problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, aggression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia (Wooten, 2015). More specifically, statistics indicate that up to 50% of veterans experience PTSD (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2013). These problems often stem from exposure to combat. Mental health problems among veteran are further compounded by other problems such as financial difficulties, joblessness, marriage problems, social isolation, and homelessness (Smith et al., 2017). These problems are major risk factors for suicide and substance abuse. Indeed, approximately 22 veterans commit suicide every day (American Public Health… Continue Reading...
US Mental Health Assistance
Mental health problems or mental illnesses are among the major public health issues in the United States given their prevalence. Mental health illnesses affected nearly all populations in the United States including children and adults. However, the prevalence of mental illnesses among adults is high in comparison to other populations. Mental health problems among adults in the U.S. incorporate many different conditions whose degree of severity varies from mild to moderate to severe (National Institute of Mental Health, 2019). One of the major contributing factors to the prevalence of mental… Continue Reading...
and Partridge (1980).
Phase 2: Epidemiological Diagnosis
Lack of physical activity is especially harmful for individuals with behavioral or mental health problems (Vancampfort et al., 2011). It can reduce the quality of life for such patients and impair their ability to improve their conditions overall. Additionally, excess weight and lack of physical exercise lead to an increased risk of cancer development in the pancreas and kidney (Ehem et al., 2012). There is also an economic cost, which was measured at the end of the 20th century at $24 billion or 2.4% of money paid on health care per year (Colditz, 1999). There is also the problem that this particular… Continue Reading...
The form of oppression and discrimination discussed in Unit 2 is mental health problems among veteran are further compounded by other problems such as financial difficulties, joblessness, marriage problems, social isolation, and homelessness (Smith et al., 2017). These problems are major risk factors for suicide and substance abuse. The federal policy from the Library of Congress that relates to this social justice is the Affordable Healthcare Act.
Include a description of the programs and services that are provided through the policy. What is the purpose of this policy? What problem does it seek to remedy?
The Affordable Care Act is also… Continue Reading...
entails the provision of comprehensive, patient-centered psychiatric care to patients with psychiatric or mental health problems. This nursing practice is considered as an integral component of the continuum of nursing practice since it entails promoting psychiatric and mental health through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric and mental health problems (Ballard, 2008). Therefore, there are various issues that psychiatric nurses encounter when dealing with patients with psychiatric disorders and mental health problems. A critical step towards addressing these issues is conducting nursing research through nursing informatics in order to develop evidence-based practice.
An example of a clinical issue in psychiatric nursing practice is… Continue Reading...
types confer different risk on parents for developing clinically significant psychological reactions and longer-term mental health problems. Only a very small number of studies have examined psychological reactions in parents across different medical conditions simultaneously"
For example, the severity of the illness and the degree of the potential for mortality could differentiate different groups. For example, a parent who has learned of a child's cancer diagnosis may react (on average) statistically different from another individual with a slightly less threatening illness (such as a brain injury). So this particular study sets out to investigate these relationships, and whether illness-specific consequences exist for parent mental… Continue Reading...
mental health problems or disordered behavior. Although people with a family history can become schizophrenic, the potentiality for development is not 100%.
Saying Schizophrenia is inherited does not automatically denote certain development of the disorder. However, genetically speaking, a predisposition makes the brain more vulnerable to environmental stressors that allow for formation of this mental disorder. The same can be said of alcoholism. Not everyone with alcoholism in the family will become alcoholic, but when exposed to drinking these people may be more predisposed to developing an addiction to alcohol… Continue Reading...
as well. Through bullying the victimized students can suffer emotional and mental health problems that will negatively impact on the academic performance. Some of the steps that schools must institute in the interest of alleviating bullying include: establishing and enforcing rules against bullying, Ensuring that guardians and students are aware of the rules against bullying, having assigned school staff to handle bullying cases, providing parents and students with contact information to which they should report bullying, forwarding the school’s bullying policy to the education board, and updating the rules against bullying after 2 years. The updated rules should be published on… Continue Reading...
to Lifes publication, Some medical facts, cautions women that, Nine short months of pregnancy is a relatively small cost to pay in light of a lifetime of potential physical and mental health problems (2017, para. 2). These types of aggressive and seemingly deceptive marketing efforts have been used to highlight the moral requirement to protect the unborn as well as the purported harm that women experience from abortions, with pro-life organizations offering their spiritual and even material support for pregnant women (Beckwith, 2001). For example, the Pro-Life Action League reports that, Pregnancy resource centers nationwide provide free services, including confidential counseling, help dealing with family problems, medical care, housing assistance, and job placement assistance. They also provide free maternity and… Continue Reading...
are based on scientific evidence and utilized to treat different psychological disorders or mental health problems (Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 2003). When using this approach, the therapist seeks to understand a clients problems from a cognitive or behavioral perspective or through a combination of these two frameworks.
In Amys case, the use of cognitive behavioral therapy will entail addressing her psychological disorder and eliminating negative behaviors that contribute to the sense of insecurity and fear when alone and in the dark. Amy is suffering from a panic disorder, which is characterized by feelings of terror/panic, shortness of breath/difficulty in breathing, and… Continue Reading...
