Inequalities In Access To Quality Health Care For People With Mental Illness

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Background

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It is somewhere true that people with mental illness do not enjoy equity of access to quality health care as they are treated as mentally abnormal. They are not given quality assessment to mental services as there is lack of planning, service management, and coordination for the patients (Farrer, Walker, Harrison & Banfield, 2018). It is true that patients suffering from mental illness suffer from lack of support as they get poor monitoring of mental health problems (Harkness & DeMarco, 2016). The reason behind this issue is psychologists face difficulty while dealing with people who are suffering from depression, abuse and marital disharmony.

Various health insurance plans are designed but people are not aware about them, thus due to this coverage gap patients are not aware about the mental health care facility that is available. People with mental illness do not enjoy equity of access to quality health care as there is lack of funding by the government and other authorities (Hercelinskyj, Cruickshank, Brown & Phillips,2014). There are very less initiatives that are taken by government taken towards mental health as compared to other illness. The main issue faced by people suffering from mental illness is due to the people who are uneducated about this illness. They do not enjoy equality as there exist discrimination between co-workers, friends and family (Fortinash & Worret, 2014). In the society, people suffering from mental illness are treated as red headed step children as they are not mentally stable. Apart from that the main reason behind lack of treatment is funding. There are some situations where people suffering from serious mental illness are not provided with adequate care. They are not treated well and are discharged from hospitals without giving any actual treatment (Hemingway,  Clifton & Edward, 2016). Apart from that, it is seen that coordination care team and the doctors in the hospital do not make a treatment plan together as they not much concerned about their danger. Mental illness is not considered as a severe disease as it is taken in a regular manner and no support is provided by the community support system (Townsend & Morgan, 2017). The lack of coordination and less awareness at home, school and social community leads to massive issue. The issue to equality arises due to lack of understanding and inability to treatment.  The degree of inequality due to mental health varies from one country to other and the risk of mental health arises from age (Gould,  Brodie, Carver & Logan, 2015).  It is true that recovery from mental illness is possible but it takes time but if given a proper medical care the treatment can helps in recovering fast.

Reasons Behind Inequalities in Health Care for People with Mental Illness

Thus it has become challenging to provide a health care in equal terms, as mental illness have not given primary health care. There is a lack of comprehensive as well as coherent health legislations. Though there are many laws available still there are many areas like competency, capacity and guardianship issues faced by people suffering from mental illness. Thus to provide equality in services the amount for mental services should be increased (Hunter,  Weber,  Shattell & Harris, 2015). More attention needs to be given to people suffering from mental illness. The mobile services that is started for mentally ill people also covers small amount of people. According to the research it can be stated that outpatient and community based facility is limited in general hospital as compared to other illness. The amount of professional interaction available between mental health care and other care providers has not been equal and satisfactory (Mårtensson, Jacobsson & Engström, 2014). The absence of mental health conditions is increasing due to low income patients or socially disadvantaged group. The burden due to inequalities is critical throughout the world and causes ethical challenge. From the research, it can be stated that 30% of the total population is affected by the mental disorder but only two third of the population receives the care they need (Edward,et. al, 2015). The reason behind this is high economic and social cost. The mental health inequalities are not met as mental illness sis mostly seen in people who are suffering from poverty and have disabilities of living a normal life. The mental disorder is a major concern but reason behind this illness is low level of education, poverty or unemployment that are difficult to meet (Cutcliffe & McKenna, 2018). The stigma and discrimination that are faced by people suffering from mental health is due to misconception among people. The discrimination increases social isolation and patient’s reliance to heal quickly and help people with serious disorders.

Mental health people face inequality and do not get same right to access care in the society as mental health care services are provided only at tertiary level with limited and no integration of primary care (Galvin,  Suominen,  Morgan, O’Connell & Smith, 2015). There are no facilities that are provided to people at primary level. This is due to lack of reliable data that adds barriers in meeting all the needs. The policies designed are also very less and resources that are viable to treat the mental disorders are very limited.

Impact of Inequalities in Access to Quality Health Care for People with Mental Illness

Thus to remove such inequalities and also to offer equal health care to the patients some steps need to be undertaken. It is important that then are given proper nutrients care so that development and improvement is seen at faster rate. The people suffering from mental illness can also get impacted to long term physical disabilities thus it is necessary that physical exercise is also given equally importance (Druss, 2017). In recent years, physical activities and healthy diet is recognised as an efficacious treatment for mental disorders. Physical exercises help an individual to improve their respiratory and metabolic diseases. Therefore, introducing a healthy lifestyle helps in reducing physical comorbidity that is faced due to mental disorder.

A few factors other than access to medicinal services likewise contribute in poor physical health of individual are reasons for physical, social, ecological and mental concerns. The physical reason can be because of natural components of every person that can build up the danger of psychological sickness or cerebrum injuries. This prompt change in identity and future is a reason for psychological sickness (Brown, 2015). It isn’t just physical causes, yet social and natural factors around us likewise prompt psychological maladjustment. The poor emotionally supportive network from the society can include pressure and stress. Adapting to past or current aggravating encounters, for example, mishandle from the general public, deprivation or separation can unequivocally impact a person’s psychological and enthusiastic express that thus influences the emotional well-being of a man. The family history about the general population experiencing dysfunctional behaviour likewise has an essential influence. Alternate factors that prompt psychological instability is expanded among individuals and absence of physical exercises that influences the soundness of a man and furthermore influence the metabolic framework (Mental health america , 2017). Aside from this, individuals experiencing psychological sickness regularly embrace negative behaviour patterns like smoking and drinking that have unfavourable impact on the strength of a man. The psychological sickness of a man is specifically identified with unfortunate dietary patterns that incorporate inordinate vitality allow and can cause stoutness and coronary illness (Ncbi, 2017). The poor inspiration to carry on with a solid life can likewise prompt psychological instability.

There are various complementary treatments that are available for treatment of mental illness. One such is meditation that helps a person to relax and feel stress free. The techniques of meditation range from meditation to practising yoga. It is a form of exercise that focuses on connecting with mind and body of the patient. These methods focus on building physical strength and flexibility (Wynaden, et. al, 2014). The mental health can also get affected in many ways one such way is nutrition that helps in improving the overall mental health of wellbeing. Some other components are developing communities from mental health services and then building special wards in general hospital for patients suffering from mental illness. Increasing human resources can provide primary care to people suffering from mental illness and also making patients aware about the human right protections that are available. The motive behind these strategies is to provide equality of access to mental health care services by financing the funds and offering them quality improvement. The government of the country should keep some of the expenditure fixed for the health care of patients, and that too especially for mentally ill people. Apart from that, it is important that countries offer proper medication available for public health service.

Recommendations to Improve Mental Health Care

Mental illness of the country can be improved by respecting the dignity of an individual and give the permission to them to make their own choices. It is important to avoid the discrimination from the society as it is soul reason for increasing mental illness. Thus it is important to maintain equality between men and women, and also offering equal access of health care. The removal of barriers from health care services helps in removing mental disabilities (Wynaden, et. al, 2016). Other than that, all the financial barriers need to be removed from the country so that equality to access the service is accessed. The development of mental health policies helps the country to get equality and priority so that substantive equality is achieved by person suffering with mental disabilities. The other factors that also play an important role in reducing inequality in mental illness are illiteracy, source of income inequality, poverty, homelessness, war and displacement, discrimination based on ethnicity, race, and gender, social exclusion, stigma and abuse. Improving these characterises support an individual to access the services equally without any discrimination. It is seen that, inequalities are faced in mental illness due to many reasons like lack of linguistic capacity, setting an eligible criteria while entering at some events, issue at time of legal status.

Some factors other than access to health care also contribute in poor physical health of people are causes of physical, social, environmental and psychological concerns. The physical cause can be due to biological factors of each individual that can develop the risk of mental illness or brain traumas. This lead to change in personality and future is a cause of mental illness. It is not only physical causes, but social and environmental factors around us also leads to mental illness. The poor support system from the community can add stress that puts pressure on an individual mental illness (Bishop,  Press, Keyhani & Pincus, 2014).  Coping with past or current disturbing experiences such as abuse from the society, bereavement or divorce can strongly influence an individual’s mental and emotional state that in turn affects the mental health of a person. The family history about the people suffering from mental illness also plays an important part. The other factors that lead to mental illness is increased hunger among people and lack of physical activities that affects the health of a person and also affect the metabolic system. Apart from this, people suffering from mental illness often adopt bad habits like smoking and drinking that have adverse effect on the health of a person. The mental illness of a person is directly related to unhealthy eating habits that include excessive energy intake and can cause obesity and heart disease. The poor motivation to live a healthy life can also lead to mental illness.

Complementary Treatments for Mental Illness

It is not just physical activity that leads to mental illness. It is seen that in the society people are not treated equally to each other than leads to feeling of discrimination and can future add a barrier for their illness (Bishop,  Press, Keyhani & Pincus, 2014). The physical illness and mental health is directly related to each other. The lifestyle in which an individual survives directly affect the influence of mental illness on the lifestyle that person.  The lifestyle of a person includes the way he keep up physical activity as well as efforts done to increase the mental wellbeing. Physical activity keeps an individual energetic and stress free. The nutrition of food also influences the overall development. The healthy food intake can prevent the person to have any mental illness.

The factors that affect the mental health conditions of youth are self-esteem, feeling lonely, lack of confidence, family loss or difficult behaviours or physical ill. Thus to overcome from such issues the youth should be provided proper training (Wynaden, et. al, 2016). That helps them to build up confidence, and avoid the negativity from the mind that cans future lead to mental issues. From the research, it can be stated that more than 450 million are suffering from mental or behavioural problems. There are some communities in which people suffering from mental illness are treated differently or they are not given equal rights. It is true, that people suffering from mental disorders often face isolation from the society that results in violation of human rights. Unemployment or loss in business can also lead to mental illness. Some of the patients suffering from mental disorder face sleeping problems. Other factors are the social activities in which a person is engaged (Swanson, McGinty, , Fazel & Mays, 2015). The mental illness can be prevented by paying attention to all the warning signs and contacting to doctor regularly. The long term medication can help a person free from all the mental illness.

The key issue that was found as a barrier to health care was medical expansion premium subsidies and social environment around the person. This could be managed by evaluating all the plans so that a person fits in the circumstances effectively. The physical and mental morbidity of a person go hand in hand. From the research it can also be stated that, a person suffering from mental health problems often have higher average chances of physical illness including diseases like diabetes, respiratory and sexually transmitted diseases. The higher risk of mental health can also cause disadvantage in the society. Thus it is important to first remove all the barriers that can cause mental illness. The mental health problems are often linked with the socio economic status like a person who is poor, unemployed or lower standard of living.

Factors Contributing to Poor Physical Health and Mental Illness

It can be concluded that, people suffering from mental illness are not given equality to access the health care equally. Thus there are various factors that can improve the mental illness of a person like performing physical activities, eating nutritious food as well as taking proper medication. In this report, the situations where people are not given equality to access the heath care are discussed along with the factor that leads to discrimination (Ennis,  Happell & Reid?Searl, 2015). Mental health people face inequality and do not get same right to access care in the society as mental health care services are provided only at tertiary level with limited and no integration of primary care. Thus, mental health of a person can be improved if physical activity is practised daily.

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