Mental Health
Discussion 1 : Mental Health Care
Post an explanation of the specific challenges or gaps in the mental health care system for the care of individuals with chronic mental illnesses. Base your response on the Parker case. Then, describe how environmental stressors, such as poverty, can aggravate mental illness and make treatment more challenging.
Support your response with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.
Return to this Discussion to read the responses to your initial post. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.
Discussion 2 : Emerging Issues in Mental Health Care
Post an explanation of those emerging issues in the mental health care arena that the policymakers address and those that are in need of policy advocacy and why.
Then, explain what strategies social workers might use to ensure that clients/populations receive necessary mental health services.
Finally, explain the mental health commitment standards and mental health services in your state. In your explanation, refer to the services covered under your state's Medicaid program.
Support your post with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.
Resources
Readings
• Popple, P. R., & Leighninger, L. (2015). The policy-based profession: An introduction to social welfare policy analysis for social workers. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
o Chapter 8, "Mental Health and Substance Abuse (pp.164-193)
• Mental Health America. (n.d.). Retrieved October 10, 2013
World Health Organization. (2004). Mental health policy and service guidance package: Mental health policy, plans and programmes.
• Plummer, S. -B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. (Eds.). (2014). Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore: MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Sourcee-reader].
o Part 1, "The Parker Family" (pp. 6-8)
Media
• Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Sessions: Parker family (Episode 5 of 42) [Video file].