History
Who do community health centers target?
Underserved populations
Who is more likely to receive treatment for their mental illness, males or females?
Females
The DSM may actually be used to diagnose mental health disorders in ways that fail to recognize behavior that is normative rather than pathological.
True or False
True
do members of minority populations receive mental health services differently from whites?
yes
When were psychotic drugs introduced?
20th Century
How many people experience a mental health disorder in the U.S.?
51 million
What is the DSM?
What is Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
what is the result of the lack of treatment for members of racial/ethnic groups?
what is they receive lower-quality care
Who advocated against inhumane treatment in asylums?
Philippe Pinel and Dorthea Dix
Which group of individuals are more likely to experience a disability from their mental illness and also most likely to experience persistent mental illness?
Racial and ethnic minority groups
What is "just"?
what is something that is also for the greater good
where do we need more focus to address the determinants of children’s mental health disorders?
what is on public policy at the community levels
What did deinstitutionalization lead to?
This led many individuals who suffer from severe mental illness to become homeless or found in jails.
List the 4 areas that disparities in mental health can be found?
Access to services
Utilization of services
Therapeutic alliance/engagement
Interventions/treatment
list 2 social justice concerns
what is no safety net for people of color to access mental health services at minimal cost
what is unmet psychological needs of Black children
who should social workers partner with to influence change in mental health disparities
what is physicians, nurses, nurse assistants, and other professionals
What did the National Health Act of 1946 do?
Provided funding for education and research on mental illnesses
Lead to the establishment of the National Institute of Mental Health in 1949
List the three large barriers discussed within the disparity of "access of services" in mental health
Cost
Lack of services to children, neighborhood, and community
Lack of trauma-informed systems
how does technology address some of these concerns
what is videoconferencing for patients
what is mental health disparities training
How important is the environment in helping clients address mental health issues compared to social and economic issues?
what is you want them to be more comfortable and where treatment is more convenient for them, which might warrant social workers’ home visits for service provision or working with children in their school settings if appropriate