MAKING PROGRESS
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CAUSES?
MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL WORK
Conclusion
“Mental Health Parity Act”
$247 Billion
Treatment Costs
NON TREATMENT OF
MENTAL ILLNESSES:
EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE
DID YOU KNOW?
- Mood disorders such as depression are the third most common cause of hospitalization in the U.S. for both youth and adults ages 18 to 44.
- One in 17−about 13.6 million−live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder.
- One in four adults−approximately 61.5 million Americans−experiences mental illness in a given year.
- Approximately 18.1 percent of American adults−about
42 million people−live with anxiety disorders, such as panic disorder, OCD, PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder and phobias.
- Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the U.S.
(more common than homicide)
HISTORY
THREE MAJOR MOVEMENTS
POPULATION AND CULTURE
DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION
EARLY 1950 's TO PRESENT
- Provision of care in people's own community
MENTAL HYGIENE
MORAL TREATMENT
1770's - 1900
- Specialized psychiatric unit and psychotherapy
- Humane treatment in structured institutional settings
SOCIAL WORKERS CAN HELP YOU!
ASSIST IN PROPER DIAGNOSIS
- BUILD A RELATIONSHIP
- GET TO KNOW THE TROUBLESOME AREAS
ADVOCACY
COUNSELING
BABY STEPS
FUNCTIONING IN SOCIETY
DON'T WANT A RELAPSE
TECHNIQUES
- PLAY THERAPY
- COGNITIVE THERAPY