Case Review i Case Review II Sharon Lawson Ethical and Legal Aspects of Health Services‚ HEA 203 Dr. Christine Connolly December 6‚ 2012 Case Review ii Abstract Being hired as a new administrator for Gotham City Medical Center which mainly focus on mental health issues comes with a host of task. The inpatient and outpatient services are housed in separate buildings on the same campus which caused problems by the center during file recording. After an audit conducted by the
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RISK MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT SUMMARY Risk Management Assessment Summary Community Mental Health HCS/451 Health Care Quality Management and Outcomes Analysis January 31‚ 2011 Risk Management Assessment As a consultant working with community mental health facilities risk assessment and management will carefully be reviewed and examined for identification of quality patient outcomes. Any projects adapted into the community mental health facility should be well thought out and planned
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Mental Health Treatment in Prison Luke Myers Argosy University What are the services provided by mental health courts? Mental health courts are criminal courts set up to deal with people who have mental health issues or learning disabilities who have committed crimes. Instead of putting these people in jail‚ mental health courts (MHC’s) look to enroll them in community treatment to deal with their mental health problems so that they will not commit crimes again. “MHC’s have been created
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Arizona process regarding mental health admissions and the petition process Enter Name Here Karen L. Jones‚ RN‚ MSN/ed‚ BSN Psych. Clinical There are different routes to inpatient mental health treatment in Arizona. My goal is to explore the different rationales for voluntary verses involuntary admissions and also the petition process for our state. Mental health patients treated on an inpatient basis are either admitted under a voluntary admission or an involuntary
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Providing mental health services that are both effective and culturally competent for Latino/a American clients has proved to be challenging. Understanding these challenges requires considering the issue from both a systematic level and from an individual level. At the systematic level‚ services for Latino/a American clients are affected by a lack of culturally competent clinicians as well as a lack of culturally sensitive assessment tools and interventions (U.S. Department of Health and Human
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Assessment of Mental Health Facility: PORT Human Services (Kinston Outpatient Clinic) Tonya Robinson COUN 5336 Substance abuse seems to be one of the rising epidemics in Eastern North Carolina. There have been an increased number of arrests being made as a result of drug and substance abuse. With limited resources‚ PORT Human Services is one of the very few and one of the most successful organizations to provide mental health and substance abuse services in eastern North Carolina. PORT
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with mental health issues. Almost every family is touched by the issue of mental health. In California‚ either someone from the family suffers from mental health issues‚ or someone very close to family does. The state of California therefore has to overcome tremendous spending to bear with the consequences of this growing number of mental health issues. As a result‚ the state came up with proposition known as proposition 63 aimed at helping California overcome the colossal charges that mental health
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problem within the world‚ which affects the rich‚ the poor‚ the old and the young; day in and day out. A problem that can strike anyone down‚ at anytime. And a problem that blights millions of lives all around the world. Of course I am talking about Mental Health‚ with a wide range of people suffering from the likes of people living with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to those fighting bouts of depression and panic attacks. Now‚ you would think a widespread and important problem like this would be
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were brought up in (Anastasia‚ 1958). The surrounding may affect a person in different ways‚ be it health wise‚ or socially. First of all the genetic make -up determine if a person is predisposed to certain diseases like diabetes‚ but the environment at which such an individual is growing up in usually‚ affects him or her more than the genetic make-up (Anastasia‚ 1958). The environment in this case involves the diet and nutrition which will improve the chances of living longer hence influencing
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INTRODUCTION Mental Health is the state of our mind. The way we respond with changes in our everyday life shows our mental health. According to WHO‚ ‘it is the state of wellbeing in which individuals are able to realise their own abilities‚ can cope with the normal stresses of life‚ can work productively and fruitfully‚ and are able to make a contribution to their community’’ (WHO‚ 2004) Good mental health is when we are able to feel good about ourselves and being able to get on effectively with
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