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Article #151: Community Mental Health

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The community mental heath team are there The Key Worker
to help those who are suffering from People suffering from mental health
mental health problems. The first port of problems will usually be assigned a key
call for anyone who thinks that they are worker, which can be anyone in the
suffering from some kind of mental health community mental health team. The main
problem is your doctor who will be able responsibility of the key worker is to
to recommend the right sort of help. make sure that the individual is getting
The community mental health team consists all the help he or she needs. They will
of a number of professionals who are regularly assess the progress of an
trained in their specific areas and can individual and report back to the rest of
include psychiatrists, psychologists, the team.
occupational therapists, social workers, Community Psychiatric Nurse or CPN
and of course the community psychiatric The key worker will often be a CPN who
nurse or CPN. Some specific problems or will usually make regular visits to
issues that can arise in addition to people with mental health problems in
existing mental health problems or which their own homes. They offer an important
can exacerbate or trigger mental health lifeline for people who are feeling
problems and which might need extra isolated and alone with their mental
consideration include: health problems or who are experiencing
- Financial problems particular difficulties. They are aware
- Physical disabilities of the many issues surrounding mental
- Housing issues health and can listen as well as help
- Divorce or relationship problems people talk through their problems in a
- Childcare issues setting in which they feel comfortable.
Certain kinds of mental health problems The CPN will liaise with and work closely
may result in different needs and may with other members of the team to make
therefore require some specialist help to sure that any practical support and
deal with and these can include: assistance is offered when needed. They
- Elderly depression and dementia will assess the individual regularly and
- Child or Teen depression will discuss with them the effectiveness
- Postnatal depression of their medication and any side effects
- Bipolar disorder they might be experiencing. The family
- Schizophrenia and loved ones of a person suffering from
Obviously, finding one person fully mental health problems often need
qualified and skilled in all of these additional support in order to understand
areas just isn't possible so the mental illness and to be able to cope
community mental health team work with it, the CPN can offer practical
together in order to ensure that the best advice and guidance.
advice and support is available as many Occupational Therapists
of the professionals involved will be Occupational therapists help individuals
trained in specialist areas that allow to cope with practical issues on a day to
them to offer a better service to people day basis in areas such as dressing,
suffering from specific problems. So what toileting and feeding themselves and can
sort of people make up the mental health help individuals regain some control of
team? their lives.
Psychiatrist Social workers
Patients can be referred to a Social workers can ensure that an
psychiatrist by their doctor. After an individual gets access to various social
initial assessment, the psychiatrist will services that will improve their quality
recommend a suitable course of treatment of life and that they may be entitled to
and medication. If a mental health such as home help, respite care and
problem is particularly severe then they perhaps admission to day or residential
are also able to recommend that the centres. They can also offer assistance
individual be detained in hospital for a in dealing with housing needs, financial
period of time. However, this is a last difficulties or other social problems.
resort and also requires the approval of The best care
another doctor and a social worker who Many other people can be involved in the
all agree that this is the best option community mental health team including
for an individual concerned either for various support workers, therapists,
the individual's safety or for the safety counsellors, and of course loved ones.
of others. Together they all make sure that the
Psychologist individual suffering from mental illness
Psychologists have an understanding of gets the best care possible. Each team
human behaviour, emotions and how the member can make a valuable contribution
mind works and although they cannot to the individual's quality of life and
prescribe medication they can offer can help them not only to cope with their
various types of psychological therapies. illness on a day to day basis but to
Patients can be referred to them by the regain control over their lives and
doctor or other members of the community integrate with the rest of the community
health team. in a positive and productive way.






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