Policy Identification
Walden University
SOCW 6520: Social Work Field Education III
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, Policy Identification
Care in psychiatric hospitals
Unfortunately, a policy that needs to be addressed is that psychiatric stays for seriously
mentally ill patients are limited. Mental illness is overgrowing within the United States (U.S.) as
it does not discriminate against anyone with the need to help is at an all-time high. There is no
separation seeing those in their emotional, psychological, and even social when it comes to
mental ill-health. Doing research, I found that, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
(n.d.) stated that over 51.5 million adults over 18 had been involved with some form of mental
illness in the U.S. in 2019. In Wyoming, this is happening, but all over that keeping staff at these
hospitals is difficult due to the rise or the rates.
According to SAMHSA (2020), the risk associated with suicidal ideations (SI) and the
attempts that the individuals with mental illness have put them into these facilities. The
environment of the communities has been changing with the pressures of these for the staff
(Lauffer, 2011). Lauffer (2011) mentioned that the hospital could not have been updating the
communication among themselves and the community to help with the operations.
Rationale
Since I have been working at Serenity House with the Volunteers of America (VOA),
the behavioral health of the local hospital has been trying to refer clients they don't want to hold
onto. Working with the staff at the hospital for a few years, they know the guidelines of our
admission requirements and still try to push the clients toward us. I chose this social problem due
to its effects on the clients that come into our facility and our staff as these individuals seek the
services that are needed with the possibility of restrictions with a way to pay. Locally the
behavioral department services (BHS) will discharge the individual within 72 hours, or the court
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Walden University
SOCW 6520: Social Work Field Education III
13:51:57 GMT -05:00
, Policy Identification
Care in psychiatric hospitals
Unfortunately, a policy that needs to be addressed is that psychiatric stays for seriously
mentally ill patients are limited. Mental illness is overgrowing within the United States (U.S.) as
it does not discriminate against anyone with the need to help is at an all-time high. There is no
separation seeing those in their emotional, psychological, and even social when it comes to
mental ill-health. Doing research, I found that, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
(n.d.) stated that over 51.5 million adults over 18 had been involved with some form of mental
illness in the U.S. in 2019. In Wyoming, this is happening, but all over that keeping staff at these
hospitals is difficult due to the rise or the rates.
According to SAMHSA (2020), the risk associated with suicidal ideations (SI) and the
attempts that the individuals with mental illness have put them into these facilities. The
environment of the communities has been changing with the pressures of these for the staff
(Lauffer, 2011). Lauffer (2011) mentioned that the hospital could not have been updating the
communication among themselves and the community to help with the operations.
Rationale
Since I have been working at Serenity House with the Volunteers of America (VOA),
the behavioral health of the local hospital has been trying to refer clients they don't want to hold
onto. Working with the staff at the hospital for a few years, they know the guidelines of our
admission requirements and still try to push the clients toward us. I chose this social problem due
to its effects on the clients that come into our facility and our staff as these individuals seek the
services that are needed with the possibility of restrictions with a way to pay. Locally the
behavioral department services (BHS) will discharge the individual within 72 hours, or the court
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