This act was passed in order to improve mental health services being given and additionally to expand current clinics so they would be available to anyone who needed it. 1960’s * President John F Kennedy signs the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act of 1963. * In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson passed the Social Security Amendments, which provided money and support for a combined effort towards the Mental Health of Children thus providing centers for research on child/family mental health, suicide, crime, etc. * In the mid-1960’s alcohol abuse received full recognition thus recognizing the National Center for Prevention and Control of Alcoholism as part of the National Institute of Mental Health. * Medicaid created to help people with disabilities as well as others in need.
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Florence Nightingale Fighting Cholera in Haiti What is the goal of nursing? Well, according to Florence Nightingale, one of the most revolutionary theorists in nursing history, it is “to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him” (Nightingale, 1860). There are many new and advance technological procedures available in homes and health care environments to help treat patients, and for them to recover quickly. However, sometimes it is the simple health practices that are able to keep individuals at their best possible state. Florence Nightingale develops an understanding that the environment directly affects a patient’s wellbeing over 100 years ago; her observations are still relevant in today’s healthcare environments.
Occupational Therapy dates back to the 18th Century but it disappeared during and after the Civil War in America. It remerged in the 20th century, where Occupational Therapists were required in high demand during both World War One and World War Two to treat wounded soldiers. Occupational Therapists work in both hospitals and community space such as the patient’s house, prisons or schools where they engage with the patient by helping them regain their confidence and independence in everyday life tasks which they may have lost due to physical or psychological injuries and issues or simply due to old age. (Sensory Processing Disorder, N.D) Occupational Therapy has played an important role in countries such as the UK and USA. Occupational Therapists have been useful to the Americans as they have played a major role in some of the catastrophic events which have taken America in recent years.
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Assignment 2 - Reflective Journal Historical perspectives on mental illness The twentieth century has seen considerable changes to mental health. De-institutionalisation and the shift to community care meant treatment of individuals with mental illness were admitted to psychiatric facilities for shorter periods rather than undergoing extended hospitalisations (Meadows, et al., 2007). The Mental Health Strategy introduced in the eighties shifted the role of mental health services towards a recovery approach, focusing on empowerment and self-management. Taking responsibility in the absence of mental illness meant individuals could value hope and the possibilities for change by developing a sense of active engagement within society (Bland et al., 2009) through increased awareness and support in personal responsibility. This shift did not come without its problem; instead if came with many implications for people living with mental illness.
It is vital to note that generally, the equalization between open and private wellsprings of medicinal services financing has updated breathtakingly in the most recent some decades (Barton, 2010, p. 178). A major tragic movement happened in the nineteen sixty-five (1965) with the section of the corrections to the Social Security Act (SSA), which brought about a higher commitment of open financing to our healthcare