Mental Health: Positive Outcome With Religious Belief's
A study published in the April 01, 2006 issue of Health Services Research found evidence of a positive relationship between religious service attendance and the outcome of outpatient mental health care. Author Sharon L. Larson reports that among patients with serious distress, there was a strong association with religious beliefs and the use of outpatient care and medication, indicating that mental health care policy initiatives may be able to build upon the structures and referral processes that presently exist in many religious organizations. The vast majority of numerous studies that have investigated the relationship between religious involvement and mental and emotional well-being have found a positive association, and a decreased likelihood of experiencing a mental health disorder. Moreover, studies of patients with diagnosed psychiatric disorders have also found that religious involvement is associated with better mental health outcomes over time. Other studies indicate that while religious providers play a fairly small role in the mental health care delivery system, contact with these providers represents a crucial entry point into the formal mental health care system. In fact, according to epidemiologic d
Without these increases, an inmate with mental illness is twice as likely to be locked in segregation as an inmate without mental illness, which is highly dangerous for inmates who have a mental illness or are suicidal. Studies by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care have found that segregation is contraindicated for inmates with serious mental illness since the conditions make their illnesses worse, resulting in a prison suicide rate twice the national average. Moreover, inmates with serious mental illness upon release from prison are less able to function than when they entered, and are more likely to re-offend and return to prison. Therefore, it is crucial that the DOC take into consideration the immediate need for increased mental health staff in its prisons. Failing to provide stable health and mental health care will likely have long-term consequences. The study recommended a review of disaster preparedness planning to reconstitute medical and mental health systems. A survey of some 12,000 households living in FEMA-subsidized community housing in Louisiana found that more than one-third of the children have at least one diagnosed chronic medical condition and are more likely to suffer from behavioral or conduct problems, developmental delay, and learning disabilities. Approximate
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