Social Mental Health Exam 2 Guide Questions and answers

Social Mental Health Exam 2 Guide Questions and answers 1. According to you text how many Americans are currently living with some form of chronic mental illness? - About 133 million 2. Explain why Jail and Prison are considered defacto mental health systems. - This is due to the decline of mental health services/resources, the deinstitutionalization of mental health facilities and the criminalization of mental illness. With there being nowhere else for mentally ill people who were in the care of these shut down facilities, there is an influx of them in the prison system. 3. Explain the impact of the recovery movement on mental health. - The recovery movement promotes hope, empowerment, peer support, and shared decision making, and emphasizes that individuals with mental illnesses can live full, productive, and rewarding lives, a goal not always considered possible in the past; outside of the institution