If the centers did exist, they would be under funded, which may have included a lack of trained professionals. Eventually patients became homeless. This may have added to drug/alcohol addiction, disruption of families and their community, and incarceration. The Lanterman-Petris Short Act (LPS) of 1969 was later created to enhance The Federal Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Act. LPS gave the patients more legal rights, stopped indefinite commitment to mental health facilities and created mental health courts and judges.
An example of a Diversion Program is treatment program; such as substance abuse programs, which permits an individual to complete a substance abuse program instead of serving jail time. Another form of diversion is mental health treatment, which an individual receives mental health treatment to manage their illness. Providing an individual with the options of treatment is with hopes their specific needs are met. An intervention of treatment will most likely decrease the chances of the individual committing a new offense, if they are successful in their program. It also assures that they receive treatment, which otherwise may not be an option for them and it contributes to decreasing the prison systems population.
Other mental illnesses such as schizophrenia require a doctor to prescribe medication to keep the systems under control. While medication can help the patient live a normal life, it will not cure schizophrenia. In regards to providing needed services to the mentally ill the concept of deinstitutionalization has been effective. State and federal money has been used to fund services for outpatient care. These services include medication, and counseling.
And prisons don't have the right resources for treatment of all these diseases. They are designed to rehabilitate and release prisoners back to society. Prisoners are required to follow-up with parole officers and receive other types of non-medical support to rejoin society. However, when a mentally ill patient gets released from prison, they are not provided any support groups or counselors to follow-up on their care. This can cause a relapse of the behavior and ultimately, a return to prison.
How the general public perceive people with mental health problems depends on their diagnosis 4. Stigma can be a barrier to seeking early treatment, cause relapse and hinder recovery 5. Future research should investigate the experiences of service users and their families to understand and measure the impact of stigma Stigma can pervade the lives of people with mental health problems in many different ways. According to Corrigan (2004), it “diminishes self-esteem and robs people of social opportunities”. This can include being denied opportunities such as employment or accommodation because of their illness.
Other factors such as traumatic brain injury, biological issues, and exposure to chemicals or viruses can contribute to mental disorders as well. Individuals suffering from mental illnesses are often shunned or ignored by the rest of society. State and national statistics are revealing indicators of the impact of mental illness on our population. For this reason, the needs of the mentally ill are specifically addressed by Healthy People 2020. As nurses we are obligated to help treat this population.
This allows the results to be generalised. Weaknesses The hospital staff was deceived - this is, of course, unethical. Although Rosenhan did conceal the names of hospitals or staff and attempted to eliminate any clues which might lead to their identification. Rosenhan did note that the experiences of the pseudo-patients could have differed from that of real patients who did not have the comfort of knowing that the diagnosis was false. Perhaps Rosenhan was being too hard on psychiatric hospitals, especially when it is important for them to play safe in their diagnosis of abnormality because there is always an outcry when a patient is let out of psychiatric care and gets into trouble.
Addicts are also considered as agents who promote addictive behaviors. On the other hand, this article also presents criticism against the disease model in its explanation of addiction. By absolving addicts from there responsibility it lays foundation for the propagation of addiction and the underestimation of the related problems. This model was developed in the 1800s in Victorian England. It posits that those addicted to alcohol or other drugs are weak-minded, are morally deficient, or wanting in character.
A terrible stigma was labelled to such individuals who suffered from mental ill health. If people acted out with what was socially acceptable then they were seen to be possessed by evil spirits or demons, some were even accused of witchcraft and punished by death. Doctors around this era believed that all illnesses were physical and had to be treated through electrotherapy or drug therapy. People suffering from mental ill health were incarcerated in asylums and kept there with no treatment. Women who showed signs of mental illness were thought to be suffering from hysteria, this was treated by giving genital stimulation carried out by the doctor and later a midwife.
From then until the end of the Renaissance the tritone, nicknamed Diabolus in Musica, was regarded as a dangerous interval associated with evil and was banned by the church as being thought to summon Satan. Those found using the chord were routinely subjected to slow torturous death by genital mutilation and the administering of such implements as the skull crusher, the breast breaker and the wheel. Burnings at the stake were also favoured. REPETITITITITION; MONOTOTOTOTONY; HYPNONONONOSIS, NO, SIS. NO, SIS.