MENTAL HEALTH

The Nature of Mental Health and Substance Misuse in Contemporary Society With Reference To Public Perception, Legislation, Policy and Professional Interventions

The Nature of Mental Health and Substance Misuse in Contemporary Society With Reference To Public Perception, Legislation, Policy and Professional Interventions

Introduction

Mental health is not merely the absence of disease but the ability to interact with others and the environment. The lack of mental health is not a problem which exists only a single trigger but act several situations that may be causing a problem. The causes can be external or internal. According to some of the previous searches in the related field the relationship between mental illness and physical illness is very narrow, usually when there is a physical illness that is also coupled with a mental illness as the above case of a child with attention deficit disorder is common to present some another mental disorder, such as depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse or personality disorders (Turning, 2007). 

Factors that can split mental illness are two categories: genetic and environmental. The environmental factor is considered the most important in relation to mental illness, the latter psychosocial factors are speaking with economic modernity has required adaptation to the changes that this entails and as a result there is a higher rates of stress and degradation in mental health, which are also mentioned as factors and risk protection . For protective factors there are conditions that may protect or be protected when an adverse situation, for otherwise the risk factors are triggers that can lead to mental disorders and worsen their situation (www.helpguide.org). There are also other factors related to mental health problems such as: working women which results in the lack of care and attention to the children, the conditions of the rural population, the street children who are more vulnerable to having disorders mental health precarious conditions. This essay will focus on the nature of mental health and substance use in contemporary society. Furthermore, interventions will also be mentioned in order to control such issues.

Discussion

The discussion over the mental health and the substance use is still in vogue, but remains focused on a wrong, basically condemning a layer of society, that has already stigmatized: youngsters in adolescence. Thus, this essay present the discussion and analysis about the nature of mental health and the substance use in the context of contemporary society. Furthermore, public perception, legislation, policy and professional interventions are also discussed in this essay. The extreme use of drugs can lead to devastating effects and ruin the whole life of a person (www.mentalhealth.org.uk). Moreover, such issues in the society can lead to social issues ultimately. Policies to the "war on drugs" whether reductionist damage or prohibitionists, are directed towards a very specific population, the / adolescents, they seem to be the only people affected by this problem. In this regard, the discussion about substance abuse has become a critical concern on the social control of a layer of population seems to have lost its way. 

The most striking thing is that the problem and that population seem to ...