1. SOW 3203 Introduction to Social Work Chapter 9: Mental Health Services Susan Mankita, MSW, LCSW Adapted from Farley, Smith, and Boyle

2. Mental Health Services  John F. Kennedy (1963) –Three tasks Seek out the causes of mental illness and mental retardation and eradicate them Strengthen the underlying resources of knowledge and above all of skilled manpower, which are necessary to mount and sustain our attack on mental disability for many years to come Strengthen and improve the programs and facilities serving the mentally ill and the mentally retarded

3. Mental Health Beginnings  Dorothea Lynde Dix  Social work became a service in… –Manhattan State Hosp. in NY(1906) –Boston Psychopathic Hospital (1910)  Mental Health Act of 1946 –supported personnel development and training for disciplines of Psychiatry Social work Psychology Nursing

4. Elements of the Mental Health Network  Community Mental Health Center –Comprehensive mental health services –Serves citizens in every state of the country –underserved minorities –elderly, some children –rural sectors of the country

5. Essential Elements of Comprehensive Mental Health –Mental Hospitals –Social Work in the Mental Hospital –Aftercare Facilities –Therapeutic Clubs –Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics –Residential Treatment Centers for Children –Jails and Prisons

6. Mental Health Services  Special Problems & Issues in Mental Health –Mentally Ill Homeless –Voluntary and Involuntary Commitment –Chronically Mentally Ill –Teenage Suicide –Assessing Risk of Suicide –Prevention –Work as Therapy –Research –Integration of Resources – Values –DSM in Mental Health