Causes of Mental Health Disorders, Society's Mental Health Control, and Recommendations
As you come to the end of your program, you are being asked to display the skills you have gained in your coursework through an evidence-based practice (EBP) project.
Once you get into the literature, you may find there is very little research to support your topic and you will have to start all over again. Remember, in order for this to be an evidence-based project, you must have enough evidence to introduce this as a practice change. If you find that you do not have enough supporting evidence to change a practice, then further research would need to be conducted.
Write a paper of 500-750 words (not including the title page and reference page) on your proposed problem description for your EBP project. The paper should address the following: Describe the background of the problem. Tell the story of the issue and why it deserves attention.
Identify the stakeholders/change agents. Who or what organizations are concerned about, may benefit from, or are affected by this proposal? List the interested parties, patients, learners, agencies, Joint Commission, etc.
Provide the PICOT question, using the provided "PICOT Template" resource.
State the purpose and project objectives in specific, realistic, and measurable terms. The objectives should address what is to be gained. This is a restatement of the question, providing focus. Measurements need to be taken before and after the evidence-based practice is introduced to identify the expected changes.
Provide supportive rationale that the problem or issue is an important one in health care to resolve using relevant professional literature sources.
Develop an initial reference list to ensure that there is adequate literature to support your evidence-based practice project. Follow the "Steps to an Efficient Search to Answer a Clinical Question" box in Chapter 3 of the textbook. Refer to the "Search Method Example" resource for the format in which to compile this data.
Include the "PICOT Template" as an appendix.
The majority of references should be research articles. However, national sources such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), or others may be used when you are gathering statistics to provide the rationale for the problem.
An abstract is not required for the individual sections but is required for the final paper.
Mental Health Problem Description
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Mental Health Problem Description
Background
Health is best described as a state of mental, social, and physical wellness and not merely the absence of disease and ailments. This definition implies we should view mental health more extensively than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities. Mental health refers to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being. It revolves around how a person thinks, feels, and acts and, as such, can also be described as the absence of a mental disorder that affects a person's moods and conduct. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders contains about 300 listed psychological disorders (Grubaugh, 2018). Health professionals use this handbook to identify and diagnose mental illnesses among patients.
A mentally healthy person can follow and realize their dreams, apply their abilities in day-to-day activities, work productively, cope with stresses that come with life, and play their part in building the community. Mental health plays an integral role in a human's individual and collective ability to think, show emotions, interact, enjoy life and earn a living (Niemeyer et al., 2019). As such, it is essential for health practitioners to promote, protect, and restore the mental health of an individual, community, and society to ensure the population's well-being. However, some issues increase mental health degradation cases in society.
Stakeholders and Change Agents
Stakeholders in mental health wellness include the World Health Organization (WHO), Ministries of Health, NGOs, policymakers, donors, public and private healthcare providers, patients, mental health specialists, the media, and learning institutions. These stakeholders must work in unison to find solutions and recommendations to improve society's mental health (Makan et al., 2015). Approximately 26 percent of Americans aged 18 and above suffer from some psychological disorder within a given year (John Hopkins Medicine, 2021). A percentage of these adults suffering from mental health issues have an underlying mental condition that hugely impacts their quality of life. That is an indicator that as much as the United States should make mental health care a prominent part of the health care system, policymakers are yet to lay the proper infrastructure to deal with the problem. The problem in the health sector revolves around negligence by the health care system and other stakeholders in recognizing mental health as a national concern and thus lack of appropriate infrastructure, education, sensitization which in turn causes fear and stigmatization that makes the society shun mental health patients (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019).
PICOT Question
Does the inclusion of mental health education in learning facilities and sensitization among adults of 18 years and above increase societal awareness of the causes, treatment, and impact of mental health ailments on the well-being of an individual and the community?
Objectives
This paper delves into the common causes of mental health disorders, factors that make it hard to control society's mental health, and solutions and recommendations available for a mentally healthy community. After analyzing various research materials collected throughout this study, a primary highlight evident among most people who assisted in the research is the association of mental health issues with shame, stigma, abuse, and blame. Society is very uneducated regarding mental health. That is evident as it is clear most people and care providers do not fully understand the scope of mental health, yet mental health issues are very prominent in our day-to-day lives. A common consequence of lack of enough education and sensitization about medical health is increased suicide rates among teenagers and youths in society as an escape (Niemeyer et al., 2019). For example, traditional and cyberbullying among teenagers has led to an increase in suicidal thoughts and thus an increase in suicide rates among teenagers. However, if the offenders and care providers were well educated on mental well-being and how some actions have extreme consequences, mental health would grad...