HSSJ Test 3 Flashcards
Three models of service delivery
medical, public health, and human service
Medical model
mental health conditions are diseases/illnesses, recipients are patients, treated by physicians in hospitals, clinics, and offices, symptom-diagnosis-treatment-cure
Psychiatric medications
antipsychotics, antidepressants, anti anxiety drugs, narcotic pain medicines
Public Health Model
resembles medical model in diagnosis/treatment, differs in its focus on groups, identified by geography, types of problems, or specific characters, mental disorders are malfunctions created by environment or society, treatment for individual problems and societal prevention
Philosophy of human service model
-people expect society to provide for basic needs
-government is responsible for providing human services
-community health movement
-medical community stresses patient responsibility for diet, exercise, and rest
-president Carter publicizes lack of mental health care
Helping relationships
goal-oriented, time bound, carry authority, focus on the service user