Rehabilitation and Mental Health

Rehabilitation and Mental Health

Introduction

The prevalence of mental health problems is high and causes profound health, social, cultural, and economic problems worldwide. Psychological disorders are commonly known as mental disorders. These are pattern of psychological and behavioral symptoms that have effect on several areas of life. These disorders can have devastating impacts on one's persona and can create anxiety for the individual experiencing them. To reverse these disorders and to bring people back to their normal life rehabilitation practices play a very important role. However in the course of rehabilitation of an individual suffering from mental disorder there are several issues that might surface. This document discusses the issues of discrimination of these individuals in different areas of life (family, job, academic and other social institution).

Discussion

One in four individuals is expected to experience a mental health problem during one year. Depression and mixed anxiety is the most common of all. However in this document we'll refer to more prominent mental health disorder such as memory loss in people. Eating disorders, depression, phobias, borderline personality disorder seasonal affective disorder, schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder are some of the significant disorders too. Mental health disorders gives rise to several ethical issues that have significant affect on both, the individuals suffering with disorders themselves and on their close friends and family who provide the care and support to them- and of course the society as whole too.

Discrimination in society is the most prominently seen issue that people with mental disorders face either during or even after the disorder has been treated. Our viewpoint is sourced by our experience, knowledge and perceptive and this might escort to delusions or a failure to realize the needs of individuals who are different. Identifying and eradicating our unfairness is vital to prevent flawed suppositions regarding the integrity or dealings of individuals with different backgrounds. Moreover the discrimination relating to different groups should be eradicated to actually ensure justice to everyone on every level.

Discrimination in Society

In accordance with article published by Alzheimer's society, individuals with cognitive impairments face a lot of discrimination for different reasons face widespread discrimination for a number of reasons. There remains noteworthy misinterpretation regarding stigma associated with mental health issues that manifests itself in pervasive bigoted attitudes.

According to Bob Woods and Rebekah Pratt, the ethical dimensions of the issue lie under four dimensions, these include: Beneficence ( to act in the interest of individual suffering with mental disorder ), Non-maleficence ( code of not to harm intentionally), respect for sovereignty opposed to paternalism and also in some cases the possibility of euthanasia (Woods and Pratt, 2005, pp. 424). In an accommodating case study, Corner, Bond, Ellwood and Lilley (2002) demonstrate how it is the sensitivity of others that an individual with mental disorder does not have insight that escorts to a lack of respect, or at least a readiness to override the autonomy of an individual (Bond, Corner, Lilley & Ellwood, 2002, pp. 313-328).

Cox in 2003 points out to the fact ...