Lesson 14: A Vision for the Future Attention Heroin deaths on the rise in Maine No other category of diagnostic concern in mental health is nearlyas competitive with issues of drug abuse and dependance. Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this lesson's material, students will be able to:
Teaching The future would be NOW, if everyone were satisfied with the delivery system for community mental health. Too many obstacles, too many bumps in the road, too many cracks through which potential clients fall. Gender, age, socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity have all have proven to be barriers. The beauty of human life is diversity. The reality "on the ground" has proven something VERY different. Click HERE to review the Final Report on the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003). Click HERE to read the Vision of the Future from Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (1999). Lecture Wouldn't it be wonderful to have such a topograhy of the mind? Well, we will have that graphic assist in the future as the field of medical imaging continues to develop. It will be useful in confirming a diagnosis, and, consequently selecting appropriate treatment strategy based upon underlying anatomy and physiology. Further, it could even be instrumental in establlishing what a baseline for normalacy would look like. If enough data were collected on people for whom there were no behavioral issues, the average of such scans could be a frame of reference when clinical concerns occur. They could create a baseline of "normal". Neuroimaging technologies and other bio-assays can result in better undertanding of the physiology of normalcy. You can search the web for "geomapping" on just about anything... This map identifies those with mental illness who are uninsured. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This one is on how secure women feel. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As Iz K from previous Lesson in this course sings, "what a wonderful world!" Not a world of the future but a world of the now. Assessment Lesson 14 Discussion (for online class only) Review the eight goals outlined as "musts needed," in Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Pick two of the goal that should be a priority to address and share why you believe these two are the most important. Make sure to write a convincing argument for your selections.
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