How State Budget Cuts Impact Continuity of Mental Health Care
Continuity of care between the inpatient and outpatient settings continues to be a challenge. Current hospital payments assume that hospitals are actively involved through discharge and the transition to outpatient settings and advocating for payments for outpatient providers to assist in this process is viewed as duplicative. This undermines mental health care providers’ ability to smoothly transition clients between service settings.
Meeting the credentialing requirements for program services and mental health professionals has posed new challenges. Community behavioral health organizations employ professionals that may not meet private insurers’ credentialing standards (for example, 3 years of post-licensure experience). Community providers have addressed this through contractual arrangements in which quality assurance and supervision requirements substitute for these credentialing standards. Services are billed under a supervisory protocol in which the supervising professional’s national provider identifier is used.
Additionally, some programs offer services that rely on a combination of funding sources such as county, state, and private insurers. In these situations, counties sometimes want to limit private insurance clients’ access to these programs because a portion of the overall program is covered by the county.
Impact of State Budget Cuts on Mental Health Care -
In a dramatic turnabout that may foreshadow dilemmas faced by other states, the governor of Minnesota vetoed funding for the state’s mental healthcare program. The legislature would have extended the program for several months, as a compromise was negotiated to retain elements of coverage for the state’s mental health population – a hospital uncompensated care fund, medication/pharmacy, and “coordinated care delivery systems.” In the system, an accountable hospital-centered program paid a fixed amount to cover about 40% of the state’s mental illnesspopulation who elected to participate. As there is no reimbursement for outpatient clinic and all non-hospital services, providers and consumers now are scrambling to seek disability determination or enroll in Medicare type coverage after the six month state mental illness coverage enrollment period ends.
While these cuts are only effective as of June 1, 2010, it is expected that they will result in increases to the uncompensated care burden on hospitals and community safety net providers.
How Do We Minimize The Impact of Budget Cuts on Mental Health Care?
Many not-for-profit membership organizations representing community mental health and other service provider agencies throughout Minnesota have been working in coalition with national mental health groups on advocacy related to the state’s mental health program changes. Initially, advocacy efforts were focused on encouraging the state legislature to vote in support of expanding the state Medicaid program early to receive additional federal funding (as provided for in the national healthcare reform bill). Unfortunately, this proved to be politically untenable in the immediate future; however, a measure was passed to allow the governor to use executive authority to expandMedicaid coverage for mental illness patients.
While being actively involved in this advocacy process is vitally important to the community behavioral health system, national mental health advocacy medicaid organizations and their members are also evaluating ways in which they can optimize their business practices to meet this changing budgetary reality. Among other strategies, community behavioral health providers are working to develop partnerships with community hospitals to reduce the number of avoidable emergency department admissions and ease the transition from the inpatient to outpatient settings, supporting clients through the disability determinations process so they may become eligible for Medicaid as quickly as possible, and raising funds that will help to cover the cost sharing requirements for state sponsored mental health care and the enrolled clients that are unable to pay.
Through this two-pronged approach that includes both advocacy and pragmatic business considerations, it is hoped that the community behavioral health system will be able to develop new cost-effective ways of delivering services that will be well-positioned to withstand funding changes while taking advantage of new opportunities made available through national and state health care reform initiatives.
Popularity: 11% [?]
Black Men and the Stigma of Seeking Mental Health Help
Neo soul artist, Angie Stone puts to lyrics what many Black women have been thinking about Black men for years when she said “you got mad issues, and you tend to refuse every opportunity to right your wrong”. Because the women in our lives, who know us so intimately and care for us so deeply, can see when we are hurting or responding out of pain. But Black men young and old are walking around with anger, hurt, and stress which is literally sucking the joy out our lives through high blood pressure, impotence, fatigue, alcoholism, and many other physical and emotional manifestations as the result of poor mental health. However, many of us stubbornly refuse to get the mental health help that is needed to be better men – husbands, fathers, boyfriends, or just plain ole emotionally whole.
No, it’s just not “Crazy Uncle Joe” in the backroom of your granny’s house who desperately needs mental health help, but it’s also those brothers out there who seem to have everything together. They are suffering alone, bottling up their emotions, or self medicating. And the ones who depend on them and love them dearly are suffering too.
But why, when mental health help is available?
When I sat down with Dr. Verdi Lethermon (Director of the Psychological Services Division for Houston Police Department and owner of Lethermon & Associates), she said that Black men are reluctant to get mental health help because “Black men have been historically misunderstood, misjudged, and oppressed. Black men have tried to walk a fine line of being assertive and understood without being aggressive. Black men tend not to show their weaknesses because of this. In therapy you have to be vulnerable and let your feelings out and address that.”
And letting feelings out is something that Black men were taught not to do at a very early age. We can all remember what was said to little girls when they fell down and scraped their knees, “aw baby, come here, it’s gon’ be alright.” However, the speech was much different when a little boy fell down and began to cry, “boy stop crying like a little girl, get yo’ a** up and walk it off”. And at those moments, little boys were trained to be grown men who can’t express emotions and are afraid of being vulnerable. But Dr. Lethermon believes that negative emotions have to be dealt with because if not “they eventually come out in an uncontrollable way and then we all pay the prices”.
We know that Black men have been used as scientific and medical guinea pigs from the slave ship to Tuskegee. And while this truth exists, it should not preclude us from getting the mental health help needed. Dr. Lethermon says that when Black men refuse to get mental health help “they tend to be re-victimized by the pain and stress in their lives and continue to victimize others”
So, now may be the right time for Black men to get the mental health help needed! But it takes other Black men and Black people in general to break the stigma about seeing a psychologist and to share mental health challenges. We should take advantage of our oral tradition of storytelling to tell the truth about our mental health. In the same way we ask for a good barber, we should be asking for a good therapist if we really need one.
But how do you know that you need mental health help? Dr. Lethermon says that some of the symptoms are when “you find yourself losing control in areas of your life that you typically have under control, or if a person finds their self slipping into a dark hole and removing self from people, stuff, and routines that you used to do.”
And if you ignore the symptoms, trouble is around the corner. “Anger rises to the surface, because anger is a safe feeling – instead of the real feeling of fear, inadequacy, emotional, stressed, overwhelmed, or powerless – and instead of looking at self that individual blames other people,” Leatherman says.
Fellas, it is not okay to bottle up your feelings or hold back the tears -your issues are real and the way that you feel about them are real also. Jesus wept, Job lamented, David sought counsel, and the O’Jays cried together with their women. So, instead of counseling with brown liquor, with another joint, another woman, or with ESPN – maybe it’s time to call a therapist to talk out these issues.
Ladies can assist in helping the Black men in their lives get the mental health help needed. Dr Leatherman says that mothers, sisters, girlfriends, and wives can “invite him to consider therapy or to a therapist out of your love for him to get him to take care of himself.” Women have great influence on how a man handles his mental health issues – they can be an advocate or a hindrance. Leatherman says that “sometimes women inadvertently stifle a man’s effort to express his feelings by the way women respond to him when he expresses his feelings. Sometimes women minimize his feelings or are overwhelmed and don’t want to hear them, and sometimes women invalidate them. And this can prevent future vulnerability and his willingness to get help, but sometimes they (women) are fighting back. I encourage women to take a look at themselves also – are they hurting or helping the man in their life express his feelings openly.”
So what happens when Black men get the mental health help needed? “It’s pretty amazing”, says Dr. Leatherman, “They feel better about themselves. And that feeling ripples to everybody else – particularly wives and children- they become role models and become the heads that they should be. Then the wives and children are more willing to submit and follow.”
Jill Scott may have said it best when she said “We Need You!” Black women need us, our children need us, and we need ourselves to be whole and emotionally stable. But that cannot happen if we continue to represent false manhood by being afraid to be vulnerable and get the mental health help that some of us so desperately need. Dr. Leatherman says this to Black men, “It takes a lot of courage to come to therapy, everybody won’t do it, but it is one of the best gifts that you can give yourself in life.” And the next generations are counting on you. Our race needs help, so help us God. Future generations are counting on Black men.
Do you have the courage?
Note: Dr. Verdi Leatherman is the author of the upcoming book, When God Speaks People Who Hear are Healed!
Popularity: 11% [?]
Why Mental Health is Crucial For a Happy Social Life?
STD or sexually transmitted disease is also called as venereal disease which is transmitted during the sexual intercourse. This is due to the fact that a good social interaction as seem to be by the participant gains many chemical levels in the brain which are connected to intelligence and personality traits. Some sexually transmitted diseases can also spread through sharing the syringes or the drug needles and if anyone among them is infected.
Management of the stress is the practical application of methods to either cut down stress or to increase tolerance to stress. While in the past times, these sicknesses have mostly been cited to as STDs or VD (venereal diseases), these days there are more commonly termed as the sexually transmitted infections.
Managing the stress:
Lengthy psychological stress may impact health in a harmful way, such as by causing debilitation of the mind and immune system. Taking into account cultural engagements and the particular circumstances of the country, it deals with the medical especially of the mental disorders in different countries, mental health education, and their treatment options, financial and political views. They could also get transmitted through the breastfeeding or with the birth of a child.
Preventions from sexually transmitted diseases and improvement of mental health:
To protect against some viral sexually transmitted infections many vaccines are always available in the market and they are such as Hepatitis B and some types of HPV.
Hygiene:
The practice of holding the body clean to keep infection and illness away, and the dodging of contact with an agent capable of producing infection are known as hygiene.
The practice of hygiene includes flossing and brushing of teeth, bathing, washing food before it is eaten and especially washing hands before eating, cleansing the utensils in which the food is prepared and surfaces before and after preparing meals, and many others.
Sexually transmitted contagions have been seen and experienced from hundreds of years. A sexually transmitted diseases is an illness that has a substantial chance of contagion between animals or humans when coming in contact by a sexual means, including oral sex, vaginal intercourse, and anal sixth most efficient way to stay away from sexual transmission of sexually transmitted infections is to avoid get hold of body parts or fluids which can conduct to carry-over, not inevitably any sexual practice with and tainted partner.
It is by far the safest way to get into ‘no contact’ which minimizes the risk of getting infected. This may help to keep you away from illness or getting infected. The term mental health cites to the international view on different ways of mental health. Techniques to relax are the physical methods used to get rid of from the stress. Bettering abilities and relevant skills builds confidence, which also reduces the stress reaction to positions where those skills are relevant.
Methods used for the betterment of the mental health include meditation, cognitive therapy and positive thinking which work by cutting down the response to stress. Dead skin cells are washed away with the germs if you can clean the body, and thus this reduces their chance of getting in the body.
Maintaining Health:
Social activity:
Mental health for any particular person depends, in some degree, on the social system of individual life. The care of strong social relationships is connected to good health conditions, productivity, long lived, and a good attitude. The overall goal of the area of mental health is to make strong or stronger mental health all over the world by giving data about the mental health situation in all nations and identifying mental health needs in order to arise cost-effective treatments to meet those specific needs.
The human resources in mental health, the structure of mental health care systems, and human rights issues are amongst the others. Vaccination before introduction of sexual contact is proposed to ensure protection to a maximum limit.
Popularity: 7% [?]
Finding the Best Mental Health Therapist for You
If you are a wide reader, you have probably encountered a lot of interesting stories about the plenty of reports related to mental health concerns among many individuals at present. There are actually no established reasons as to why these occurrences happen but recent studies relate to present economic status, family and society issues, and work associated concerns as the main culprits for the increase of mental health related cases. Now if you have been diagnosed by a qualified medical practitioner as to suffering from a mental condition, most probably you would need to seek assistance from a mental health therapist.
Mental health therapists are those qualified professionals who have gained enough knowledge both educational and practical related to mental health issues. In your search, you have to consider the qualification and professional attitude of the mental health professional. In addition to these, searching for someone who can help you resolve your mental health condition would need a lot of vital factors to consider.
This would include a reputable background and proven successful record in terms of resolving issues that are similar to yours. Different mental health therapists have dissimilar experiences in terms of dealing with patients. This results to expertise in different cases. This is main reason why you should choose someone who is proficient in treating mental conditions similar to yours. It is also essential that you seek information on how the professional treats the condition such as the methods used and how many times each week are appointments arranged. It is also crucial that you find out the amount of fee and the method it is charged is it per session or a full package? This will help you prepare financially and also find out if the certain mental therapist’s fee is within your budget.
Now, you also have to remember that you are not looking for a confidante, so there is no reason for you to choose someone who is friendly. Remember that you need to find someone who knows how to put the limits about the patient-therapist relationship. With regards to this, you have to consider someone who can really help treat your condition and not merely someone to talk about it. You need results and you have to be firm on this.
In case you have chosen a mental health therapist to help you, try to be keen and observant during your initial visit. If you are quite uncomfortable with the therapist there is no reason for you to move on to another session. You might find it sensible to start searching for another since you are not at ease with your first choice of mental health therapist.
Choosing ideal mental health therapists is entirely based on your preference. Coming up with the wrong initial choice does not mean that you should stick with your choice. You can always have the option to change your mind. Remember that you are doing this to be able to get the best treatment possible for your mental health condition.
Popularity: 9% [?]
Economic Recovery and Healthcare Reform – Opportunities for Mental Health and Addictions
2009 is a critical year. Promised economic recovery and healthcare reform legislation are opportunities for meaningful financial commitments to mental health and addictions services and mental healthcare organizations are offering a practical actionable agenda:
- The integration of primary care services in behavioral health settings: The Healthcare Collaborative Project brings together behavioral health and primary care organizations offering a bi-directional approach for care. The need for behavioral health services in primary care is widely accepted. But the integration of primary care services in behavioral health settings remains controversial despite the fact that individuals with serious mental illness appear to have the worst mortality rates in the public health system. Therefore, mental healthcare organizations are actively pursuing single points of accountability to enhance continuity of care for this underserved population.
- Cost-based-plus financing that supports service excellence: People want and deserve quality services but quality services depend on skilled staff. Low salaries have created – and are perpetuating – a recruitment, retention, and quality crisis for behavioral healthcare. We need a workforce of skilled staff delivering nationally recognized practices within organizations that live by the rule “If you don?t measure it, you can?t improve it.”For mental healthcare organizations, healthcare reform is an opportunity to bring “parity” to public mental health services by ending the second class status of community mental health and addiction providers in America?s safety net.
- Federal mental health funding stream dedicated to mental health and integrated treatment services for the uninsured: The uninsured have exceptionally high rates of untreated mental illnesses with co-occurring addiction disorders and there is no safety net. State plans to cover the uninsured have all but disappeared and federal universal coverage plans may well be incremental. We have large numbers of individuals with treatable mental illnesses and addictions in our overburdened emergency rooms, in jails, and on the streets with no access to services that can engage them, treat them and return them to work. We must stop denying our economy productive taxpayers and wasting human lives.
- Eligibility for social security disability for people with addiction disorders: Addiction has come a long way from the days when it was perceived as merely a failure of will. Today, there is growing public awareness and acceptance of addiction as a chronic, relapsing condition that requires continual monitoring and management, as do other chronic illnesses like diabetes, asthma, and hypertension and yes, mental illness. If we accept addiction as a chronic illness then we must advocate that people with addiction disorders be eligible for disability support.
- Funds to support investments by behavioral healthcare organizations in information technology: We talk about information technology and service transparency, but behavioral healthcare organizations that move forward to automate their clinical systems get no support, funding, or technical assistance. We and those we serve cannot continue to be marginalized. Healthcare reform and economic recovery will depend upon the expansion of information technologies and behavioral health providers must be included.
- Expansion of research-based education and prevention practices: There are mental health and addiction prevention and education programs that work. These include research-based prevention initiatives that reduce the risk of childhood serious emotional disturbance by treating maternal depression, the Nurse-Family Partnership Program that has an array of consistent positive effects across multiple trials, and Mental Health First Aid – an evidence-based mental health literacy program. Now we must adequately fund and support the spread of these interventions to communities across the country.
Popularity: 4% [?]
5 Facts About Mental Health Coverage And Health Insurance Reform
Many mental health advocates are cheering healthcare reform. Although there was a separate bill requiring mental health parity in insurance coverage–meaning that it should be treated equally to physical conditions when it comes to benefits–passed in 2008, this legislation goes farther. Here are five facts about the health insurance reform bill and its impact on the treatment of mental health conditions.
With the eventual ban from denying people with pre-existing conditions, those with mental health conditions will have easier access to affordable health insurance. Many times, health insurers refuse to underwrite someone with a diagnosis of depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. That is regardless of how well-controlled the condition may be, and regardless of their physical health. The newly passed bill changes that. Insurers will also no longer be allowed to exclude that particular condition from any coverage they extend.
Small businesses with under 50 employees are now subject to the mental health parity laws, while they were not under the previous bill. Their previous exclusion was due to the increased cost of coverage, but Democrats and other supporters of reform believe that the upcoming exchange markets (run by the states) will assist small employers. The plans sold in the exchanges will meet the parity standards.
The bill doesn’t necessarily mean that people will receive gold-plated mental health coverage. Instead, it states that the coverage should be equal to physical health coverage. If someone picks a bare-bones, high-deductible health insurance plan, their coverage will be limited all-around. What is outlawed is inequality; for example, an insurer cannot charge a higher co-payment for a psychiatrist visit than they would for any other medical specialist. Neither can they deny a patient the opportunity to receive out-of-network mental health treatment, if patients are allowed to seek medical care out-of-network. Also, they cannot limit the number of visits or days of inpatient treatment for substance abuse or mental illness any more strictly than they would for surgery or physical illnesses.
The elimination of lifetime and annual caps on benefits will also be helpful. Mental health treatment can be very costly. Inpatient rehabilitation for substance abuse or eating disorders can cost tens of thousands of dollars per month, which can quickly eat up the limits of most health insurance plans. Fewer patients will suffer from incomplete treatment due to their inability to afford continued help.
The bill’s expansion of Medicaid eligibility will help the mentally ill, whom many experts believe are more likely to be uninsured. Moreover, all Medicaid coverage (not just managed care programs) will now offer equal coverage for mental health conditions.
Popularity: 6% [?]
Being Mentally Healthy With The Support From Your Mental Health Community
Did you know that more than 200 million people all over the world have mental disorders, most of which suffer from depression? As people get more and more easily dissatisfied and more difficult to please, the need to care for people’s mental health through a mental health community becomes increasingly more important.
Mental or psychological health is an important aspect of an individual’s total well-being, as it affects and is affected by the physical and social dimensions of a person’s life. It has something to do with a person’s ability to contribute to something meaningful to one’s community and live a productive and fruitful life, and at the same time be able to cope with normal stresses of everyday life.
As people are exposed to different kinds of stress, and since accidents and traumas choose no specific individual, all kinds of people are vulnerable to mental illnesses and disorders, which can be caused by traumatic experiences, injuries or even old age. But no matter what kind of mental illness a person happens to have, there are always ways to help a person recover and go back to living his or her normal life.
Aside from going through psychological treatments under the care of psychiatrists or getting medication in the form of psychoactive drugs, joining a mental health community is also a good way of helping people achieve a mentally healthy life.
Such a community provides a better option for patients as it offers a more positive and caring environment compared to a mental hospital. In this community, the lives of people with mental disorders could be improved in a better way since they are exposed to their actual communities and in some way, family therapy expands to a bigger context. Not only will the caretakers be the ones informed about the situation, but the neighborhood and the whole community as well. There is hope of lessening or eliminating the stigma against mental illness and preventive intervention measures are made viable too.
In line with this, a mental health social network is an online community where people with mental illness could register and communicate to others with a similar condition as theirs in a safe environment. The participants of such a social network can make themselves anonymous so that there will be no threat of feeling embarrassed or taken advantage of about their situation. There is an exchange of information, experiences, knowledge and opinions about the participants’ lives and this network becomes a venue for them not only to express themselves but also establish new relationships that could give them a sense of belongingness.
Not only those with mental disorders could join a mental health social network; in fact some members include doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists and other health care professionals who offer their help and reach out to patients. Loving relatives, caregivers and volunteers may also be present in these networks and ensure that the participants get all the help they could get.
True enough, a positive and caring environment would help anyone live a happier and more fulfilling life. Mental problems and disorders can be treated, and they are best treated when people realize that they are not alone and there are real people who care.
Popularity: 6% [?]
When most people think about mental health, they immediately think about depression, stress and anxiety. People will also think about how the causes of poor mental health, such as someone living in poor conditions, someone living in an abusive situation or someone who is suffering an addiction. There are many things in life that can contribute to poor mental health and there are just as many things a person can do to improve their mental health. Past traumatic events, stress, work, family and the overall lifestyle that someone has can all lead to a decline in someone’s mental health.
Many have heard that maintaining one’s physical health can go a long way in helping to maintain a person’s mental health, because they go hand in hand with each other. Others will tell you that eating well, getting enough sleep, having some confidence and respect for one’s self and having enough time set aside for one’s self are all things that a person can do in order to improve and maintain their good mental health. There is, however, one other thing that appears to help with improving a person’s mental health, or at least their mood. Apparently, most people tend to feel better after giving their living space a thorough cleaning. Taking the time to clean the home from top to bottom is like cleaning one’s life. The dirt, dust and clutter are done away with and the house has a fresher, more comfortable atmosphere that the person can feel happier and more relaxed in. In fact, some therapists might even suggest cleaning the house as a good way to take one’s mind off of something they tend to fixate on and to improve the look and feel of the home. The state of the house has a significant impact on a person’s mental health, as does cleaning; such an impact, in fact, that many people who are agitated, annoyed or frustrated can use cleaning as an outlet for their emotions and energy until they feel better. In most cases, this can be quite effective. Of course, if one finds that they are cleaning nearly everyday to vent frustrations or trying to improve their mood, it might also be a good idea to consult a therapist. Online therapists are always available for inquiries about how one can improve their mental health in other ways besides cleaning their home.
Anyone who finds that they are suffering from an overall decline in their mental health, such as a loss of confidence, a loss of concentration, depression and so on, should seriously consider contacting an online therapist. The online therapist can help work with the patient to find out why they might be feeling down, they can then suggest what the patient could do in order to improve their mental health. Life is meant to be enjoyed and someone who is not happy and has a bleak outlook on life can’t fully enjoy life. Seeking advice and help from an online therapist can go a long way in improving a person’s mental health.
Popularity: 4% [?]
Helpful Mental Health Blog
Every person wants good overall mental health. No matter what diagnosis it is, writing about it in a mental health blog can be helpful for many people.
Sometimes talking to other people can help, but there are times when it doesn’t. For some people, it is easier to get their true feelings out when they write about it in a journal. Writing about it in a journal will help that specific person with their mental health. There are moments when they want to help others at the same time. By writing a mental health blog, the person can help others at the same time as helping themselves.
People who deal with their health issues by writing and posting a mental health blog will be helping others more than they know it. There are other people who may be going through the same things the writer is saying in their blog. People with issues of any kind can read and post comments to blogs saying what has helped and what hasn’t. This way the blogger is helping out other people. The person reading it, and possibly commenting on it, is getting information on ways to handle certain issues they didn’t know about before. No matter which way it is, a mental health blog is not only useful for the blogger, but is also helpful for other people.
When writing, reading, and commenting on these types of blog’s, everyone can remain annonymous. No person has to say their real name in it, if they don’t want to. People can feel safe and secure when writing, reading, and commenting on any and all mental health issues. These blog’s are a good tool and resource for people dealing with many different kinds of problems.
No matter what kind of mental health issues a person has, writing, reading, and possibly commenting on blog’s of mental health can be a way to feel better. It can also allow the person to feel and know they do belong, that they are not alone.
Popularity: 4% [?]
Mental Health Conditions Affect All Ages
Mental health conditions are common in all nations of the world. According to the National Institute for Mental Health, about 26 percent of Americans aged over 18 years are diagnosed with a mental disorder every year. This equates to almost 60 million people. The NIMH has also found that about 6 percent of those, have been diagnosed with a serious mental condition, many of which may suffer from two or more mental conditions. Mental illness, has been found to be a major cause of disability amongst people, aged between 15 and 44 years in the US and Canada.
Of course, mental conditions are not confined to the adult person, as people of all ages and genders can be affected by the disorder. Many children and adolescents are diagnosed with mental health problems, and special care is needed to treat them adequately. Mental conditions that affect children are varied and may be of a temporary nature, however, specialized treatment should be sought to help reduce the chances of the disorder becoming long term. NIMH reports indicate that about 5 percent of children in North America suffer from bouts of depression. This figure increases to around 8 percent for the number of teenagers who are suffering from anxiety and depression.
Many teenagers are also affected by eating disorders, which can aggravate bouts of depression and lead to other problems such as, phobia, inhibition and learning difficulties. Teenage girls who may be suffering from anxiety or depression are susceptible to anorexia nervosa, a very serious eating disorder, which can lead to grave health concerns, even death. Mental conditions, such as these, need to be treated by mental health care professionals who can help young people to adjust to the circumstances that have brought about their disorders.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a most severe mental health condition that is more likely to affect young boys. Sufferers of ADHD need specialized professional care as well as added personal attention from their parents. A child suffering from ADHD will display little regard for authority and will engage in a range of continuous physical activities much to the detriment of his fellow students, teachers and parents. Treatment, provided by a mental health care professional, for this type of disorder, may include some form of medication.
Early diagnosis of mental health problems, is essential for the successful treatment of the conditions, and the prevention of long term effects that may result in a lasting disability.
Popularity: 6% [?]
