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A 6 page overview of the current status of mental health in the UK. The author contends that the public perception of mental illness and the governmental constraints under which we must operate do not always allow us the most effective intervention. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Our understanding of mental health has advanced considerably over the past two decades. While the mentally ill were at one time confined in horrendous conditions and provided
little in the way of positive intervention in their condition, today professional psychologists are approaching mental health from a more enlightened perspective. Today we recognize that mental illness can
have a variety of root causes and we have developed treatment plans to more effectively diagnose those causes and address them. Unfortunately, the public perception of mental illness and
the governmental constraints under which we must operate do not always allow us the most effective intervention. Indeed, much remains to be accomplished in regard to bringing mental health
care in the UK up to a point that reaches our contemporary understanding and capabilities. Unfortunately, even in light of all the progress
that has been made in the mental health field, mental health treatment in the UK remains inadequate in many respects. Mental wards are "overcrowded, chaotic and unhygenic" (Clennell, 2004).
Medicines that are administered are many times even out of date (Clennell, 2004). In an August 1, 2002 article in "Psychologist" it was reported that Health Minister Jacqui
Smith observed: "Our mental health legislation remains rooted in the 1950s. It fails to recognize
modern forms of treatment and it fails to properly protect patients or the public!" Although
that comment was made in reference to proposed changes in mental health law, those changes have yet to take effect. A bill has been bantered about for several years,
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