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 vet 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 Continue Reading...
Does Gender Affect the Utilization of Mental Health Care Services among Veterans? The decision one makes when choosing a career poses a lifelong effect on his own life as well as of his family members. The deployment decision of a career that the per Continue Reading...
It promised to be a very important resource to the primary care setting, but at present, the performance has not been considerable and there have been lack of funds and local consensus, which thwart its implementation (Pidd). Shared Care Between GP Continue Reading...
The outcome of post-combat rehabilitation counseling is directly dependent on the development of specific techniques and approaches conducive to their needs. Conceptual Relevance to Mental Health Counseling and Professional Practice: Antiquated or Continue Reading...
New findings show that the spouses of veterans also experience mental health disorders, and the prevalence increases with the length of deployment (Mansfield, Kaufman, Marshall, Gaynes, Morrissey & Engel, 2010). When spouses are considered to be Continue Reading...
National Council for Behavioral Health (n.d.) points out, at least thirty percent of active duty military personnel suffer from a serious mental health disorder that requires treatment, but less than half of these individuals receive treatment. Howe Continue Reading...
A Gap in Equity Related to Mental Health Access for Veterans Describe a specific gap in the delivery of healthcare. Include the specific population affected by the gap A specific gap that is existent in the delivery of healthcare takes into account a Continue Reading...
Making available recovery program treatment besides collaborating with partnership to leverage resources and knowledge is a role that I perform in efforts of helping clients access care. I am also involved in continual community-based quality improv Continue Reading...
VHA Mental Health Care Very recently, beginning in 1995 the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) began a series of progressive reforms. The reform has included a substantive list of functional and fundamental changes, including everything from facil Continue Reading...
) Greenberg et al. sought to investigate whether the community-based model coupled with the implementation of service-line delivery of mental healthcare to local veterans would improve upon its previous numbers. Mental health services at 139 Departm Continue Reading...
GENDER DIFFERENCE AMONG VETERANS Does Gender Affect the Utilization of Mental Health Care Services among Veterans? The decision one takes when choosing a career poses a lifelong effect on his own life as well as of his family members. The deployment Continue Reading...
Veterans & Retirees; Is Government Keeping its Promise This study aimed at exploring the experiences and perceptions of Veterans belonging to Lousiana and Mississippi about three variables; the accessibility of organization; the accessibility of Continue Reading...
There is a culture inside the military that continues to harass those who try to take advantage of mental health services (Hall, 2008). Because of its continuing and transient nature, chronic suicidal ideation (CSI) compared to active suicidal thin Continue Reading...
In particular, the attorneys working on this issue claim that the VA is "structurally unsuitable" for dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which is "a signature problem" veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are suffering from (Wei Continue Reading...
Veterans The need for more robust mental health care is acute worldwide. One specific client population that is currently underserved is that of American veterans of foreign wars. In the state of Hawaii alone, there are seven active military install Continue Reading...
The War on Terror has led to an extended war in the Middle East that started with a U.S. intervention in Afghanistan, spread to Iraq, and has steadily engulfed other states as well. Returning veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq have suffered from post Continue Reading...
Consultancy Case Study: Hispanics A DIVERSITY ISSUE General Stages of Consultation Koff (1988) discusses a problem-solving process in consultation as consisting of four components, rather than stages. These are problem identification, problem anal Continue Reading...
Health Disparity Health disparities refer to a certain kind of health-related difference closely tied to economic or social disadvantage. They negatively impact groups of individuals systematically subject to greater economic and social barriers to Continue Reading...
Veterans Perceptions of Long-Term Care PTSD Treatment Grounded Theory Research Proposal [Type text] [Type text] [Type text] VETERANS PERCEPTIONS OF LONG-TERM CARE PTSD TREATMENT Perceptions of PTSD Treatment by Veterans Residing in Community Long Continue Reading...
In addition, contracts for supplies or other services takes 6 to 9 months to establish. He says that a lot of companies won't even bid on VA contracts because of this. This results in higher costs, with the exception of pharmaceuticals, because the Continue Reading...
(Worcestershire Diabetes: a New model of care Stakeholder event, 2007) The continuum of care for the diabetic patient is shown in the following illustration labeled Figure 1. Diabetes: Continuum of Care Source: Worcestershire Diabetes: a New mode Continue Reading...
Veteran Access to Healthcare Services As he stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol's East Portico in early 1865, President Abraham Lincoln articulated what would become the motto of the Department of Veterans Affairs, "To care for him who shall have Continue Reading...
Services Presentation in Older Adults Approximately 75 million baby boomers were born in the United States between1946 and 1964. This generation will stress the healthcare system as has no other generation in history. There are many services availab Continue Reading...
(2011) report that cognitive therapy "especially cognitive restructuring…can help correct faulty perceptions of danger, improve perceived self-control of memories and accompanying negative emotions and strengthen adaptive coping responses unde Continue Reading...
Mental Health in Veterans What is mental Illness: Mental Illness Facts A person is said to be mentally when he finds it difficult to cope up with even mundane demands of day-to-day living activities and demands. This could be a result of either or Continue Reading...
Therefore information on previous mental health history will be sought from patients. An assessment of the presence of other mental health issues at the present time will also be conducted to allow for incorporation of this data into analysis. VII. Continue Reading...
But mentally disturbed individuals, being confined to a greater proclivity toward chronic homelessness, are a separate problem, addressed most directly by the Center for Mental Health Services, which is a federally chaired organization. The CMHS is Continue Reading...
Policy Analysis for Veterans The objective this paper is to discuss the stigmatization and mental disorders of Veterans after the service. After the Iraqi war, the numbers veterans suffering from mental illness continues to increase, and one of the Continue Reading...
Psychology Veterans Military members are sent to war leaving behind family, communities, and their lifestyle in order to fight a war. Upon their return they are thrown back into their "old lives" and are expected to adapt quickly and be unchanged ( Continue Reading...
" (Tyson, 1) The participants in the program has responded universally in favor of the program and have described it as a way of gaining access to critical support services which are inaccessible due to age, travel restriction and disability. Though Continue Reading...
Mental Disorders and Crisis Intervention: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Summarize the signs and symptoms of the mental disorder PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) indications may prove to be highly distressing. An individual suffering from this c Continue Reading...
Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Does mental illness cause substance abuse addiction or does substance abuse addiction cause a mental illness diagnosis? Does it go both ways? A complex relationship exists between substance abuse and mental illne Continue Reading...
Incidents of Suicide Among African American Veterans1.) BackgroundAfrican American Male veterans are reported to be twice as likely to commit suicide compared to the civilians on the streets. So far, most of the information regarding suicide among ve Continue Reading...
Current Policy The Obama Administration had pledged to end veteran homelessness, an interesting pledge given the myriad of complex reasons why people become homeless. But they were able to make progress towards that objective. The White House announ Continue Reading...
SOCIOLOGY Sociology: Analysis Paper- VeteransThe following critical analysis is the selected article Examination of Veterans Fathers; Parenting and their Adolescent Childrens Substance Use in the United States. The article discusses substance use amo Continue Reading...
