Future Challenges of Mental Disorders in Public Health – An unprecedented number of Americans have been diagnosed with mental illnesses. Despite significant investments in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, health disparities are concentrated in low-income and rural communities.

Future Challenges of Mental Disorders in Public Health – An unprecedented number of Americans have been diagnosed with mental illnesses. Despite significant investments in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, health disparities are concentrated in low-income and rural communities.

Work type:   Discussion Essay

Format:         Other : Other (See instructions)

Pages:            1 pages ( 275 words, Double spaced

Academic level:       Master’s

Subject or discipline:         Health Care

Title:   Discussion | Future Challenges of Mental Disorders in Public Health

Number of sources:           2

Paper instructions:

Review

An unprecedented number of Americans have been diagnosed with mental illnesses. Despite significant investments in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, health disparities are concentrated in low-income and rural communities. Moreover, approximately 300,000 individuals with severe psychiatric disorders are incarcerated in the nation’s jails and prisons at any given time. The concomitant increases in mental illness prevalence and increased likelihood of being incarcerated as a mental health patient have created a significant public health challenge for America.

 

Review the following videos to respond to the prompts below.

 

Leifman’s History of Mental Illness in America, Part I (00:10:00) (opens in new window) https://www.youtube.com/embed/8yxYAQvGV78?rel=0&autoplay=1&iv_load_policy=3

 

Leifman’s History of Mental Illness in America, Part II (00:03:48) (opens in new window)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IV616cEr68Y%3Frel%3D0%26autoplay%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D3

 

Mental Health for All by Involving All (00:12:15) (opens in new window)

 

Institutionalized: Mental Health Behind Bars (00:23:04) (opens in new window)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-fQ50a-m92Y%3Frel%3D0%26autoplay%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D3

 

Respond

1. What assumptions can be made from reviewing these documentaries and what generalizations can you make about the relationship between the prison epidemic and the prevalence of mental illness in the United States?
2. How do we apply the understanding of social justice and the Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health that we have developed to this complex public health problem?
3. If you had been interviewed on the history of mental illness, what would you have done differently? What is another perspective that could be taken from Dr. Leifman’s interview on mental illness?

 

Discussion Requirements

Initial Posts: 250-300 words

Reference at least 2 scholarly resources

APA formatted references in posts