Mental health in the United States has long been underestimated. Nearly 50% of adults experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. More than half of these people experience moderate to severe symptoms. Despite this high prevalence of mental illness, only about 20% of people who have a mental illness receive professional help (Mental Illness in Society). The rising realization of how much mental health is just as important as physical health has created an awareness for health care professionals everywhere. Faith in Families is a mental health agency based out of Reidsville, NC. They provide services for Alamance, Caswell, Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham and Stokes county. Faith in Families was established in 2008 by two African …show more content…
They are successful in doing so by following the NASW code of ethics and also the company manual of policies and procedures. Their main standard is confidentiality and disclosure of client information. This standard has the potential to be violated because of the small rural area that Faith in Families provides services in. Word spreads quickly in smaller areas where confidentiality can easily be desecrated and trust can be broken with the slightest breech of information. Faith in Families requires that high quality services be rendered to clients with the use of evidence based practices. This also includes incorporating human rights principles, respect autonomy and protecting people’s inherent dignity. Having standards of quality services must also promote recovery by putting at the forefront individuals’ goals and aspirations to lead fulfilling lives in the community. Faith in Families goes above and beyond to make sure that they are supporting individuals to access employment, housing, educational opportunities, and to engage in community activities and …show more content…
With the demand of mental health services, Faith in Families does has to keep up with the competitive market of agencies and hospitals who can offer more effective services. Faith in Families is a very relaxed organization that brings a welcoming family oriented atmosphere to its consumers. With it being located in a rural area, client's have the opportunity to go to a more personable person-centered agency rather than a local hospital where patients are more likely seen and barely remembered when they leave. The company itself has implemented company goals, but can sometimes be overwhelming with the lack of control over the increasing client caseload and low staff ratio. It's now getting complicated compared to hospitals who have more trained staff to take accountability when things go wrong. Some of the decision making isn't made by the appropriate staff members which can affect the company's reputation. With a bad organizational climate, the staff loyalty and commitment to do their job effectively decreases. Faith in Families has a limited structure with a small chain of command. At the top of the command pyramid, there are the two directors (Clinical Director and Administrative Director) who own and run the company. Below them are the clinical MSW's, therapists, Psychiatrists, and Team Lead's who manage the different services offered. Lastly, the administration staff is at the bottom and they manage the billing,
According to Bolman and Deal, structure “is a blueprint for formally sanctioned expectations and exchanges among internal players and external constituencies.” (Bolman, 2013, p.46) When a structure is inadequate, difficulties result both between the internal players and the external constituencies. However, it is not as important to find the perfect structure, as it is to “putting people in the right roles and relationships” within the structure chosen. (Bolman, 2013, p. 45) When this happens, the structure will allow people to do their job well. The goal in my issue is to give safe and quality care to any mental health (MH) patient in our Emergency Department (ED). I have identified the following structural elements in my organization that are either driving forces or restraining forces toward this goal.
It is estimated that around a dozen U.S. children will die in faith-healing cases each year. Typically associated with Christianity, Faith healing is founded on the belief that certain people or places have the ability to cure and heal sickness, disease, or injuries. Typically this “healing” is associated by a close connection to a higher power through prayer, divine intervention, or the ministration of an individual who claims himself as a healer. Faith has been scientifically proven in the field psychology to yield benefits to health. Although faith has promised a greater wellbeing for many individual’s lives, it has yet to be a significant replacement for medication many people but relaying on faith as a means for medication.
Society's understanding of mental health has been revolutionized in recent decades. There has been increased research directed towards mental health, greater support for those who are affected, and a better understanding of it by the general public. In this current generation, mental illnesses are now viewed as serious conditions that need to be properly treated. Mental health is a vital component of an individual's well-being and how he or she is able to cope with the difficulties of life. When challenges arise, mental state is critical to overcoming those challenges.
Mental illness is an increasing problem in America. Currently about 26.2% of Americans suffer from a mental disorder. A mental illness/disorder is a medical condition that disrupts a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, and ability to relate to others and daily functions. Mental illness can affect humans of any age, race, gender and socioeconomic status. However the care that is needed to effectively cure and help the people affected by the illness is not equal for everyone here in American, especially for African Americans.
Parish nurses are the ultimate practitioners of holistic health and are strong drivers in health care promotion and healing in many communities beyond the faith-based communities they minister. Their deep-rooted beginnings throughout history of health and spirituality, and their current roles today, make the parish nurses invaluable in promoting health and wellness in areas they serve. Using the Healthy People 2020 as a framework in program planning in faith-based communities may assist in achieving the national goal of attaining healthy lives in the U.S. Community health nursing partnering with faith-based communities can lead to effective and long lasting positive changes in the overall health of our society despite existing challenges in parish nursing.
In the United States alone, 57.7 million individuals suffer from mental illness. These illnesses range anywhere from mood disorders to anxiety disorders or to personality disorders and so on (The Numbers Count: Mental Disorders in America). 18 to 25 year olds make up about 30% of these individuals alone (Survey Finds Many Living with Mental Illness Go Without Treatment). These individuals require care from medication to psychiatry or even to confinement. However, of these 57.7 million individuals with mental illness, studies have found that less than one in three of these individuals receive proper treatment (Studies Say Mental Illness Too Often Goes Untreated).
Mental illness is more common than one would like to believe. In reality, one in five Americans will suffer from a mental disorder in any given year. Though that ratio is about equivalent to more than fifty-four million people, mental illness still remains a shameful and stigmatized topic (National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.). The taboo of mental illness has an extensive and exhausting history, dating back to the beginning of American colonization. It has not been an easy road, to say the least.
A mental disorder, or illness, is defined as “a mental… condition marked primarily by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, and emotions to seriously impair the normal psychological functioning of the individual” (Merriam & Webster, 2014). Mental illness affects approximately 1 of 4 people in the United States over the age of 18, or 26.2%. Of that 26.2%, six percent of them suffer from a mental disorder that is considered serious and 45% of them have characteristics that meet the criteria for more than one mental disorder. On any given day, 6.7% of United States citizens are suffering from depression, 1.5% are suffering from dysthymic disorder, 2.6% are exhibiting signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder, 1.1% are diagnosed with schizophrenia, 18.1% are suffering from anxiety, and 13.8% of the population are battling conditions such as eating disorders, attention deficient hyperactivity disorder, or a personality disorder (National Institute of Mental Health, 2014).
Ethical principles in healthcare are significant to the building blocks of mortality. The principles are beneficence, autonomy, justice, and nonmaleficence. Although these principles can be certainly followed they can also be disregarded. Beneficence is a theory that assures each procedure given is entirely beneficial to that patient to help them advance within their own good. For example, There was a young girl, the age of 17. She had been being treated at a small private practice since she was born. She was recently diagnosed with lymphoma and was only given a few more years to live. Her doctors at the private practice who had been seeing her for years were very attached to her and wanted to grant this dying girl her every wish. They promised
“Faith community nurses are educators, the volunteer trainers, the health counselors, the referral agents; they are trusted professionals who bridge the gap between the congregant and the health care system” (Donnelly, 2014 p. 9). Consequently, because of the various roles in faith community nursing, the nurse must be able to adapt to the specific needs of members of the community and congregation in which they serve. In reviewing and studying various peer-reviewed articles, and journals from different databases, it was determined that faith community nurses play a vital role in providing spiritual support, health promot...
Mental health is just as important as physical health in a person’s life. Mental health is critical to a person’s well-being, their ability to live a productive life and to keep a healthy family and interpersonal relationships. Mental health does not just affect the mind it also affects people’s physical health. Some physical health diseases can cause a mental health disorder and vice versa. Mental health disorders are associated with the occurrence, development, and outcome of some of the today’s most chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. When people go untreated from a mental health disorder are at a higher risk for many unhealthy behaviors such as alcohol and drug use, violent behavior, and suicide.
Mental disorders are rapidly becoming more common with each new generation born in the world. Currently, nearly one in two people suffer from some form of depression, anxiety, or other mental health problem at some point in their lives (Editor). With so many people suffering from their mental illnesses, steps have been taken in order to get help needed for these people but progress has been slow. In the medical world, hospitals are treating those with physical problems with more care than those with mental problems. Prescription drugs can only do so much helping the mentally ill go through their daily lives and more should be done to help those who need more than medicine to cope with their illness. Mental health should be considered just as important as physical health because of how advanced physical healing is, how the public reacts to those with mental illness, and due to the consequences that could happen if the illness is not correctly helped.
The steps included in the GIM are engagement, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, termination, and follow-up (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2012). The assessment pinpoints which services and/or resources the client needs. An effective use of an assessment is explained by Leighton. The author discusses an assessment tool called BRAIDS (beliefs, relational, application, integration, diagnostic, and self) which is designed to provide a bridge between psychological methods and religious beliefs while attempting to enable the client to feel comforted about their challenge (2014). To take it a step further, when a follow-up is conducted the social worker will know if the client needs to be reassessed or if contact is no longer
The Almost Perfect Day Some of the best times I have in the summertime are riding my jetski. One of my best friends, who also has a ski, goes out almost every day in the summer. We would sometimes even wake up around six o'clock in the morning just to ride the glossy surf at Sandy Hook. There was one great day I had on the ski. It was around seven in the morning when I heard my phone ring.
Becoming a Pastoral Community Care Counselor has always been one of my long-term goals; hence my desire to pursue counseling at the doctoral level. This is not a time in my life that I personally sought out, but has been divinely appointed by God. His timing is matchless, and I have no hesitations or reservations about this being His will for my life at this appointed time. This degree will help manifest my dreams for becoming a counselor and display why I am drawn to the family population especially. I have personally experienced what a family breakdown can do and feel that this is an opportunity to make a difference in the restructuring of family values according to the word of God. I take this extremely seriously and am on a personal mission to be a part of assisting families before a breakdown as well as assisting in restoring those