Right now the direction that the mental health workers is not the path that
most people with a mental illness need. The right to their own self determination
in all areas of their lives
is being denied. The right to be treated with dignity and respect leads to
the person to lose their self respect and the ability to determine what is
in their own self interest. He mental health workers have been part of
the system that was originally designed to aid the person with a
mental illness the opportunity to move on in life and to thrive
in society rather than being entrenched in a system that was designed
to assist.
There are still people with serious mental illnesses still struggle
to have the fundamental right to determine how they wish to have a
quality life and, to make meaningful decisions about their own lives.
Society and the system still harbor stigmas concerning mental illnesses and
the families and the system often limit the persons rights
in the name of humanity. In the United States there is still
discrimination against the mentally ill.
The system now serves as a trap that is difficult
to get out of once you become a statistic.
The clients of the system fail to attain the life
that they were promised and so the system
fails again. Some who are independent enough
fight for the right for: access to recovery services
and support in the community; The development of
life plans for those who want professional or peer support;
education and support for self management of their mental illness;
the access to government benefits to fulfill personal rehabilitation
and recovery plans
The right to confidentiality and access to all records and documents
about themselves and the treatment plans; the ability to live in
places separate from treatment or services;; access to
traditional mental health programs ; and to have access
to alternative treatment, such as natural remedies and
non traditional treatments.
What society and the system need to revamp the very system
that promised to give the support as needed to individuals
and not as a group of numbers and grant the mentally ill
their basic rights as people...
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