The Influence Of Mental Health On The NHS

The problem with the NHS is you’re subsidising those who didn’t contribute and that’s why it’s in continual financial crisis; it’s now being run as something for which it was never designed. Paying more contributions won’t solve the problem, the NHS, like the benefits system, is now a vast hole that will swallow anything poured into it. Overseen by

There is so much that can be done to create more access to mental health care but we need to start somewhere. To reduce the effects of untreated mental health care, access to care needs to become available to everyone. Having care and access to that care is essential in treating mental illness and to help provide a better life to those suffering from mental illness. Access to care needs to increase so that everyone in the world has a fair shot at receiving help. It's time to take a stand and increase the access to mental health

Policy analysis of mental health care under the ACA as well as description of how mental health care/service are organized under the ACA from federal to local levels.

Mental illness is not getting the proper attention it needs. The United States should provide more funding to the mentally ill, for research, and medical purposes. Over fifteen million people are diagnosed with a mental illness every year. Many of them have difficulties to afford the treatment they need. Some do not even know that they have a mental illness because they never had a reason or even the finances to get checked. A mental illness can be detected at a young age. One with a mental disorder can suffer from depression and suicide, by receiving support from family and friends can help prevent this. By providing test at public schools could help detect an illness at a young age and give them the proper treatment needed to overcome their illness. Many who have a mental illness are unemployed, and have financial issues. By not receiving the proper treatment can result in harm to themselves or even others. The government is not giving the proper amount of funds for research and treatment. Some take advantage of the system and are the cause of the amount being so low. Mental illness is not getting the appropriate funding it needs to provide proper care.

This highlights the importance of the chosen service improvement, not only for individuals with mental health issues but for those at risk of developing mental illness and the NHS as a whole. These recommendations are present in No Health without Mental Health: A Guide for General Practice (DoH, 2012, online), The NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13 (DoH, 2011, online), and numerous others.

With one in five Australians aged sixteen to eighty-five suffering from a mental health disorder, and with expenditure on the problem exceeding $28 billion dollars annually, mental health is an issue that can no longer be ignored. Peak health bodies such as the Australian Medical Association and Beyondblue are calling for increased support for people suffering from mental illness and for a reformation of mental health services. With discussion surrounding mental health issues becoming decreasingly stigmatised, I talk tonight to those at the front line of health policy, treatment and prevention about the reality and future for the millions of Australians living with mental illness.

Problem Statement: The World Health Association defines ‘good’ health as: “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” However, in the United States, access to care and funding for mental health care are grossly neglected and underfunded in comparison to other aspects of health care.

Imagine living in a world of constant chaos with having no relief from hearing voices, hallucinations, mood swings (highs and lows), anger, confusion, violence, and erratic sleep patterns. People with serious mental illness continue to deal with a few or all the symptoms listed. According to the Kim Foundation “An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older or about one in four adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. When applied to the 2004 U.S. Census residential population estimate for ages 18 and older, this figure translates to 57.7 million people” (thekimfoundation.org). Many times these people see no end in sight causing them to become destructive and violent towards family,

The lack of treatment for mental illnesses — due partly from the stigma with which it is associated with — comes with a number of public issues: economically,

Mental Health affects a large number of people around the world, just in Wales alone it affects around 1 in 4 people. The funding for people with Mental Health varies in different areas of the country, this only gives limited people the full access they need to the services that they require, but the other half of the population will get the help and services that they require. Mental Health acts and laws have changed over the years and these changes to Mental Health I think personally are good changes, they are designed more for direct help to the service user. Funding cuts for Mental Health is a bad idea, as a large number of people require these services and support from the service providers in areas such as community or hospital based.

If we as people truly handle mental health properly then we would not shame people who need help or think of the stereotypical asylum that comes along with mental health, these stigmas quickly prove we do not handle mental health properly.

The National Health Service (NHS) was established in 1948 and has been regularly described as the envy of the world. Successive Governments have remained committed to its founding principle; universal service free at the point of use. NHS is funded through general taxation and its current budget is around £110 billion. It is facing unprecedented and increasing pressures that threaten to overwhelm its capacity. The population is ageing and there is a significant increase in the number of people with long-term conditions; for example heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. Expensive new treatments, new medical technologies and high public expectations are continually adding to the financial pressures on the NHS. Unhealthy life style is adding

The choices for mental health treatment here are seriously lacking, the doctors unknowledgeable and the choices for physical health are not that much better. Gone are the days when we trusted the doctor. Now you need to be wary of them, like "ambulance

In No Health Without Mental Health (2011) and Closing the Gap (2014), the government outlined its commitment to achieving parity of esteem for mental health, prolonged waiting times to accessing services and then treatment being an obvious gap in parity. As a result, in October 2014, the Department of Health and NHS England jointly published Improving access to mental health services by 2020, which outlined a set of mental health access and waiting time standards to be adopted nationwide. An ambition has been set out which includes ensuring that 75% of people referred to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services being treated within 6 weeks of referral, and 95% being treated within 18 weeks of

A strong case can be made for investing in mental health, whether to enhance individual and world wellbeing, improve life span, or even to enable people living with mental illnesses to have a better quality of life. Mental health problems account for a quarter of all ill health yet they receive less than 6% of all health research funding, people with these health conditions usually experience poor access to help services and lower quality care than those with physical health problems. Addressing mental and physical health needs together would be more cost effective for the NHS and would benefit the increasing numbers of people dealing with untreated mental illness.