BY: CHE
Mental health is another important area of social work profession. As the importance of mental health isn't still recognized enough in our society, social workers can provide some good help in this field.
One's mental health capacity for healthy social functioning are highly correlated. A person who is depressed, hallucinating, hyprtactive, or experiencing any symptoms of mental illness is likely to become a client of a social worker. 15% of the general population experience some form of emotional disturbance at least once. In this field of social work practice, the social workers are required to have higher level of education(Master's degree social work) in order to help the cilents with mental health problems. They help them to learn how to cope with problems in their lives and work to change or eliminate the negative factors that cause the problems at the same time.
There are three settings that social workers engage in this field. These include:
1. Out patient mental health clinic
Where social workers provide clinical ro theraputic services to individual and famlies or small groups of clients.
2. Inpatient psychiatric hospitals
Where social workers provide variety of treatment activities to the patients. They also connect the patients to the outside world, family and friends while they're in the hospital.
3. Private practice
Where social workers focus on individual and families' treatment. Small group intervention approaches may be used sometimes.
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