Mental Health/Illness
What is mental health? 🤔🤔🤔
Mental health comes in many different ways, just as it is defined. According to the article called Toward a new definition of mental health by Silvana Galderisi, Andreas Heinz, Marianne Kastrup, and Julian Beezhold state, "World Health Organization (WHO), mental health is “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and can make a contribution to his or her community” (Par. 1). In my opinion, mental health is not only being able to deal with the stress of life that cause you to decline your abilities and productivity, but there is also the physical impact of the brain itself that you can clearly notice in individuals, those who got brain injuries, and became mentally ill must not be forgotten as well. Cognitive can be seen as an emotional stance and physical strain in the brain that partakes in an individual's life. This is why I am saying mental health is defined in many ways that can mean many things. You can get mental health from war, being born with it, drugs, life stresses, accidents, etc.
Why is Mental Health important to me?💕💕💕
Mental health hits home for me. This subject is dear to my heart because I have witnessed some people I know personally have someone who deals with mental health and illness. First, I want to say I deal with mental health issues physically and emotionally. I deal with a mild brain traumatic injury, anxiety, and depression that I received from a car accident, leading me to have even more health issues. The symptoms I have gained from my injuries are unbearable, which led me to get anxiety and depression. Secondly, I have a sibling diagnosed with schizophrenia that my sibling received due to drugs, and what I witnessed of treatment and hard to come by resources with those who seek help for their illness was absurd. I want to make it loud and clear that those individuals with mental deficits do not get treated well and the support they need. It takes years for someone to even get housing for those in my bother situation. It is tough to get an individual with mental health issues to a psyche ward because the individual himself needed to sign himself off because he was an adult. Which was hard on our family and took many years for us to show that he was not fit to make choices independently. This is a major social issue. Overall the system needs to change because the pain and suffering our family had to deal with were beyond ridiculous. Lynwood California community and surrounding cities do not have the resources, the law, the help, the time, and the care for those who deal with mental health/illnesses. I heard many stories from other residents of my community who have a child or someone they know with mental health and disease who do not get the help they need, and if they do, it takes too many years to get anything. The cost of getting help is one of the main issues in my area for those who do suffer from mental health issues. This is something that needs to be fixed for my community.
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The lady featured here is named Judy; she is an individual who lives around my area. She has a son who suffers from schizophrenia. She had schizophrenia for over 10 years, and she said the most help she got was " Getting medicine from a doctor he says 0nce every 6 months and that's all in this community get." She states, " I have been trying for so many years to get him into a mental institution, but there are so many laws that favor those who have the illness that it's hard to help. The help in this area is so little and so hard to get."
Lynwood, California mental health patients
❤According to Data Census Place for Lynwood, CA, "mental health providers see 276 patients per year.
❤ Total population of Lynwood, CA is 68,693
These individuals can afford and, with time, get help for their mental condition.
Mental Health/illness neglection😡😡😡
According to the Los Angeles Times article, neglection in Los Angeles is clearly being able to see with an epidemic of mental illness on the streets, counties struggle to spend huge cash reserves. By Thomas Curwen stated, "When California voters passed a tax on high-income residents in 2004, backers said it would make good on the state’s “failed promise” to help counties pay for the treatment of the mentally ill. After nearly 15 years, Proposition 63 — the Mental Health Services Act — has steered billions of dollars to the counties across the state. But huge sums remain unspent at a time when mental illness has become an epidemic among the homeless population. As of June 2017, $1.6 billion was being held in reserve in nearly three-quarters of the counties in the state. In Los Angeles County, the Department of Mental Health had accumulated nearly $900 million. The unspent funds are believed to have increased in the fiscal year that ended June 30, but figures were not yet available. Advocates say much of this money could have put crisis teams on the streets, started construction on supportive housing projects, and funded psychiatric urgent care centers. It shows us that mental health is being neglected and has this money to build more psyche wards and those who need help in LA county with their mental issues. Not only house homed individuals have these issues but also homeless people. "According to some estimates, more than a quarter of California’s homeless have a mental illness; in Los Angeles County, the percentage is slightly higher." We have the money, but those in power in our communities are not putting our tax-paying funds to have more resources for individuals in need of mental help. It is clear that mental health/illness is an issue, and there are not many resources or means to sustain the problem or the service needed.
Statistics Of Mental Health/Illness 👀👀👀
It shows how many people are not getting treated for mental health illnesses showing us that there is not much help, and it is definitely needed.
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IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES
- Mental illness and substance use disorders are involved in 1 out of every 8 emergency department visits by a U.S. adult (estimated 12 million visits)
- Mood disorders are the most common cause of hospitalization for all people in the U.S. under age 45 (after excluding hospitalization relating to pregnancy and birth)
- Across the U.S. economy, mental severe illness causes $193.2 billion in lost earnings each year
- 20.1% of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. have a severe mental health condition
- 37% of adults incarcerated in the state and federal prison system have a diagnosed mental illness
- 70.4% of youth in the juvenile justice system have a diagnosed mental illness
- 41% of Veteran’s Health Administration patients have a diagnosed mental illness or substance use disorder
Suicide due to Mental Health
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Conclusion ✌✌✌
Mental health is a serious topic and should be a priority to many communities and the general public. It is clear that the county of Los Angeles and the current cities we reside due have the funds to help those suffering from mental health, but it seems to be ignored. Many people die and suffer daily because no resources and help are needed for mental health. The law favors more than those who are mentally ill and can't get help unless they want to help themselves is an issue. This topic can not be neglected. Suicide is constantly in the back of the minds of those with mental health, and they need help now. Every life is precious, no matter. The severity of mental health is very damaging to people in our community because people want to help, but there are not many places, resources, funds, help from the government/law, etc. This subject is close to my heart because we all deserve support and because I know people with it, and many people do. I suffer from mental health issues as well. This is why it is essential to share, and the struggle is hard to get when it comes to mental health/illness.
Work Cited
- Curwen, T. (2018, August 23). With an epidemic of mental illness on the streets, counties struggle to spend huge cash reserves. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 19, 2022, fromhttps://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-mhsa-unspent-balance-20180819-story.html
- Galderisi, Silvana et al. “Toward a New Definition of Mental Health.” World psychiatry 14.2 (2015): 231–233. Web.
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