Mental Health Riddles and Solutions
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Running head: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDY ON DISABILITYCRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDY ON DISABILITYName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
1CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDY ON DISABILITYDisability is termed as a disadvantageous condition that may pertain to cognitiveapproach, developmental process, intellectual potency and mental, physical and sensoryhealth. Such conditions considerably affect an individual’s life and might be present sincebirth that is congenital or can be caused during life time due to accidents or otherpsychosomatic complications. Disability is a broader term that encompasses impairment ofvarious forms. These include participation prohibition, activity restriction and difficulty incarrying out general tasks. Disability is not only associated with one individual’s limitationbut it also reflects on the relationship between the individual and the society he or she livesin. Disability is a much deliberated issue. It carries different meaning for differentcommunities. The term may point towards physical and mental anomalies that can beaddressed by the respective medical care (Shakespeare, 2013). The social model of disability focuses more on the social constraints and how thesurroundings society perceives the disability condition and concerned quality of life. The wayto define disability was of prime concern in UK and US in 1970s and at that time the medicalmodel used to persist as the sole mode of explanation of such conditions. Debates haveprevailed in the community and legal guidelines were set up to acknowledge disabilityconditions and therefore make necessary provisions within the scope of formal healthcare(Campbell & Oliver, 2013). There are special benefit packages as well for the disabled peoplein the sector of private health care. The International Classification of Functioning, Disabilityand Health (ICF) generated by World Health Organization makes a distinction in between thebody function and body structure. Disability in the structure or function can be defined asinvolving a loss or other significant variation from certain points generally known aspopulation standards, which might change from time to time (Fulcher, 2015). Activity can bedefined as the implementation of an action or task. This particular essay focuses on theunderstandable facets of mental retardedness as a potential disability up on choosing it from
2CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDY ON DISABILITYthe memoir, the influence of mental impairment on personal and family life, influence ofmental impairment in social life and roles of human service professionals. The human serviceprofessionals who work in this field are required to be humanitarian in their perspective andaspect.Mental retardation is an everlasting condition that can be characterized by sub averageintelligence. It can cause limitations in adaptive function and the learning process of a person.Persons suffering from mental retardation might be able to stay freely in the society. Theycan also attain various levels of job which mainly depends upon the severity. The increase inthe severity causes the increase in need of training which will help in support to complete thedaily tasks. This part describes about the health conditions of people living with differenttypes of mental retardation. Mental retardation happens in all races and societies, despite thefact that there is a bigger pervasiveness in general among the male persons than ladies.Roughly 1-3% of the populace is affected among all. The greater part (around 85%) is namedhaving mild seriousness, around 10% of cases have moderate and approximately 4% ofpeople is having extreme mental retardation. The time of beginning normally relies upon thecause for the mental retardation. Generally, mental retardation can be caused by anycircumstances which disturb the development of brain during birth or in childhood.Mental retardation unless congenital can be caused due to several factors whichinclude Down syndrome, hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, lead poisoning, fanconi anemia andphenylketoneuria. There could be some procedural malfunction in case of in vitro fertilizationthat might lead to mental retardation later on (Sandin et al, 2013). Down syndrome is themost common mental disorder in US and it happens due to delay in development andchromosomal aberration. Hydrocephalus is a brain condition in which water gets accumulatedin the brain causing retardation in brain function. Cerebral palsy is a consortium of symptomsthat affects muscular movement and associated coordination (Werne & Stawski, 2012). Lead
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