Question

Mental illness management includes both pharmacological and other therapeutic methods for treatment. Summarize how this is managed and the support of insurance. Is it sufficient? What could make it better. Be specific and support your statements with a minimum of 2 outside resources besides the textbook.

Answer 1

ANS) Yes,it is correct that the mental illness management involve both the pharmacological and other therapeutic methods for treatment.

The pharmacological methods cannot completely heal the mental disorders,but it can really support to control the signs of mental illnesses.Some types of medication involves,

- The Antipsychotic medications is very useful to lessen the frightening thoughts and which supports to think intelligibly and which will also keep the mind calm.This Antipsychotic medications are usually in pill type or in the injectable type.

- Antidepressants will lessen the gloomy ambience and also the suicidal thinking.Some of the recently prescribed antidepressants are SSRI or SNRI.

- The Tranquilizers will helps to avoid the anxiety and make the patients relaxed.And usually these medications really provides better sleep.

- The stimulants will increase the concentration in the patients with mental illness.Moreover this will also lessen the hyperactivity.

The most major therapeutic method is the Psychotherapy.Usually this treatment is given by a well experienced mental health executive.The main advantages of the psychotherapy are,it will helps to explore emotions,conducts,and ideas an thereby enhancing an individual's health.Exposure Therapy and the Dialectical Behavior Therapy are the common examples.

But one major point is that,the psychotherapy along with the medicines is the successful method to encourage curing.

* The support of insurance is very important in the case of mental illness management.The mental health assistance is observed as an necessary care.The Medicare and the Medicaid is also helping greatly in the mental illness managements involving preventive care.CHIP or the Children's Health Insurance Program is having plans and policies mainly for the preventive assistance and mental health assistance.So according to recent records the insurance plans for mental illness management is sufficient.

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