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.
Mental Health Care
Due 7.8.20
Discussion 1
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.
Emerging Issues in Mental Health Care
Due 7.9.20
Discussion 2
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
References:
Mental Health America. (n.d.). Retrieved October 10, 2013 from
Plummer, S. -B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. (Eds.). (2014). Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore: MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].
· Part 1, “The Parker Family” (pp. 6–8
Popple, P. R., & Leighninger, L. (2019). The policy-based profession: An introduction to social welfare policy analysis for social workers (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
· Chapter 8, “Mental Health and Substance Abuse (pp. 161-191
Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Sessions: Parker family (Episode 5 of 42) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Parker Family Episode 5 Program Transcript
FEMALE SPEAKER: So you’ve been hospitalized, let’s see, four times altogether.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Well actually, I should have only been in the hospital three times.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Why do you say that?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Well, on the third hospital visit they kicked me out before I was ready to leave. They said I was just in there to get away from my mom, but I told them they were wrong. My sister even backed me up on this. But they didn’t care. They just checked me out, and home sweet home I went. I was barely gone like a month and I was back in their monkey house.
So technically, for me, hospital visits three and four are the same. I remember going back to that hospital seeing the same docs and nurses, and I just smiled and waved and said, see, I told you so. I mean, we picked up right where we left off.
FEMALE SPEAKER: What do you mean your sister backed you up?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Jane, that’s my sister. Jane, she knew how crazy my mom is, so she took pictures of all that mess and all that junk my mom hoards, and she showed them to the social worker in the hospital.
FEMALE SPEAKER: What happened?
FEMALE SPEAKER: You know what the social worker said? She said that there was nothing that she can do about it, that her job was to only make sure that patients have a place to go when they leave the hospital.
Translation, when you’re out the door, good riddance and good luck. Some policy, huh? Parker Family
Episode 5 Additional Content
