Social Work In Mental Illness

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Mental illness is a lot like having a psychical illness, and more than sixty million Americans suffer from some type of mental disorder every year. Most people who suffer from a mental disorder are unaware that they even have a mental problem until they seek some type of medical attention. The evolution of Social Work in Mental Health, has been influenced by development of different types of psychiatric care. Mental illness causes a lot of emotional pain and that pain causes us to push for a solution. Social workers do many things some of the important work that social workers so is help people who have a range of issues that includes eating disorders, mental illness, financial problems, substance and mental abuse, along with marriage and …show more content…

I have taken a great interest on how the brain works and what makes people do the things they do, I am always finding new information when reading that I find interesting. Spain has a similar development that occurred in countries that were more developed and psychiatric care traditionally depended on the provincial councils and was not integrated into the social security system. Because of the evolution of social work in mental health the psychiatric system was significantly reduced to asylums and organizations due to the simple fact of having a scarce and confusing network of charitable and social assistance ranging from religious congregations, to city and county councils. In the seventy's social work in mental health was influenced by social assistants that was ambiguous and had a lot of knowledge and experience in both mental and psychiatric fields. These social workers were learning the different types of mental illness and so they could identify their problems. Social workers also were having one on one sessions with people who had mental disorders so they could set up interventions to help …show more content…

Patients that had a mental illness and attended intervention and rehabilitation classes did better in society than those who didn't have intervention. Providing health care for those who have mental health problems can be difficult at times especially if you don't know what problem they have. Vast testing can be done in hospitals, mental health centers, rehabilitation centers and psychiatric asylums to diagnosis the problem so treatment so clinical monitoring and evaluations can be done. Mental health illness is much more than just an illness, it is a disease that requires a lot of scientific research as well as therapy and knowledge. Mental health workers work aside with psychiatrist, psychologist, nurses, o and occupational therapist so patients can have a better social life where they can live in society and not feel neglected. Patients who have severe mental illness may require more psychiatric care and social workers who are working with these patients have to be attentive to the social consequences so their patients can have a better understanding of whats going on with

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