Barriers to Accessing Health and Social Care Services for People with Mental Disorders

Key barriers to accessing
health and social care
services in case of people
with mental disorder

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Mental health issues are widespread among younger generation and are related with
harmful effects. There are several barriers which create problems or difficulties to access health
and social care service in case of mental people such as difficulties in communicating and
recognising distress, shame, stigmatising belief, anticipation and a preference to self reliance. All
these findings have appropriate to health care professional and general professional in decreasing
the barriers for caring and enhancing accessibility to health and social care in case of people
associated with mental disorder (Byrow, and et. al., 2020). In UK, one in four young people
experience any mental health issue at any stages of life and it is evaluated that three fourth of all
lifetime mental health issues appear through the age of twenty five years. Bad mental health can
be the reason of crucial disability, and to younger generation it is related with an enhanced risk
of substance misuse, antisocial behaviours, suicide and unemployment (DeLuca, 2020). In this
essay, some barriers to access social and healthcare services in case of mental disorder people
such as financial barriers, lack of mental health professionals, mental health awareness, the social
stigma of mental health conditions, and racial barriers are going to discuss.
MAIN BODY
The barriers to access health and social care service in case of people with mental health
disorder are significant issue facing by many people in UK. More than 50% of young adult with
mental problem in the UK do not get mental social and health care treatment, 28 million young
adult in going untreated. When the mental health illness and issues go untreated then this can
impact on the ability of person to live a satisfying life and carry on with family, school or work
responsibilities. Apart from this, it can direct to social and physical issues with some serious
impacts. By the finding of this barriers, it can be ensure that soles have access to mental health
and social care which can enhance communities and lives. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance
the utilization of mental health and social care services and for this it is essential to evaluate the
different barriers to mental health and social care access (Lazar, and Davenport, 2018).
Financial barriers to mental health and social care access: at the time when care care act need
some medical insurers to offer coverage to mental and behavioural healthcare, the expense of the
treatment yet frequently restricts access to mental and social health care services. Even with
financial or insurance supports, mental health and social care services can be too expensive.
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