Define and discuss mental health, mental disorders, and DSM-IV-TR. What is the use and importance of the DSM-IV-TR in American healthcare?
2) Consider primary, secondary and tertiary prevention as you have learned about these in earlier units of the course. How are these approaches applied to mental healthcare services? Provide specific examples.
3) Select any minority group of special interest to yourself and identify the key sociodemographic, socioeconomic, value and belief characteristics of that minority group in the United States. What is unique about providing healthcare services for this group?
) Visit and search for http:www.webmd.com and read the following article: ?Report: 1 in 5 Adults Had Mental Illness in 2010.?
Does anything about this research surprise you? Why or why not? What is your key learning from this article and how will you utilize this learning in your own practice of healthcare administration?