UK Mental Health
mental health - Answer-the state of mental well-being in which one can cope with the demands of daily life
early history of mental health care - Answer-1. St Mary of Bethlehem: first institution to care of the mental ill in 1377
2. up to the 18th century: religious model
3...
UK Mental Health
mental health - Answer-the state of mental well-being in which one can cope with the
demands of daily life
early history of mental health care - Answer-1. St Mary of Bethlehem: first institution
to care of the mental ill in 1377
2. up to the 18th century: religious model
3. from the 18th century: psychiatry as profession, madness seen as treatable,
private madhouses and imprisonment
asylum - Answer-institution for people with mental illnesses
The Country Asylums Act - Answer-- every country obligated to open an asylum
(1845)
- concern about the conditions and lack of regulation in private madhouses
- concern about criminal lunatics
era of incarceration - Answer-- loss of optimism about treatability
- eugenics
- overcrwoding
- scandals about treatment
- high mortality
Deinstitutionalization - Answer-moving people with psychological or developmental
disabilities from highly structured institutions to home- or community-based settings
- progressive decline over 50 years
Reasons for Deinstitutionalization - Answer-- financial
- new drugs
- evidence against asylums
- humanitarian concern
the balanced care model steps - Answer-step 1. primary care with specialist support
step 2. general mental health services
step 3. specialised mental health services
the balanced care model principles - Answer-- mixture of service types
- services mobile
- interventions for disabilities and symptoms
- treatment specific
- coordinated
- reflect priorities of service users
global mental health statistics - Answer-- mental health has major impact on
disability and mortality
- 800 000 suicide / year
- stigma
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