Mental Health in Dandenong Community: Challenges and Solutions

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Mental health as the health in Dandenong as the community
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Mental health as the health in Dandenong as the community
Introduction
The World Bank defines mental health as a state of well-being for realizing one’s
potential to cope with the stress of life, work productively and make a contribution to the
community. In Australia, 45% of the population is assumed to experience mental health
condition through anxiety and depression. The city of Dandenong is not a direct provider of
mental health solutions but rather only promotes the well-being and health of residents (Greater
Dandenong City of Opportunity, 2018). This transcript is a presentation on mental health and
wellbeing on the Dandenong community.
Why mental health exists
The condition exists due to challenges in dealing with biological factors, life experiences
and family history of health problems. This is due to the inability of people to cope with life thus
making them exhibit certain behavioral tendencies (Nordqvist, 2017). This, therefore, is a
characteristic of a lack of emotional and social maturity due to a lack of adequate integration of
instincts to both the individual and others. The outcome is a lack of balance of love, work and
leisure. The Mental Health Foundation (2016) suggests that mental health mostly exists through
mental disorders that people experience like anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and
schizophrenia. Anxiety disorders exist in the form of panic disorders, phobia, obsessive-
compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress. Mood disorders can exist through major
depressions, people with bipolar disorders, seasonal affective disorder, and persistent depressive
disorder.
How the issue exists in the community

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Mental health does not exist as a disease but rather a pattern of behavior that
characterizes people as having the problem. This means that the condition exists as a social
construct in the community due to the variation in the normal behavior expected by the society
(Compton & Shi, 2015). Therefore, the condition exists as a challenge of coping with intra-
personal, spiritual, economic and political challenges that people face.
Who is more likely to be affected?
According to Allen, Balfour, Bell, & Marmot (2014), the condition is common to people
aged between 18-85 years who are prone to experience the mental disorder at one point in life.
Since the condition is related to managing life conditions, it means that most people experience
this condition in the Dandenong community but the difference exists in how people manage the
condition. The prevalence of mental health in decreases with age and is thus more in people aged
between 18-24 years where 26% of this population is affected (Heary, Hennessy, Swords, &
Corrigan, 2017). This is the preference population since it is mostly affected by social factors
that affect the risk for mental illness.
Reflection
Hampton (2010) suggests that the Gibb’s reflective cycle provides a basis for students to
reflect on their actions and develop better outcomes for improving their learning
Description
Risk factors for mental health are associated with social, economic and physical factors
within the stages of life. This means that the poor and disadvantaged suffer from the conditions
that they go through. These hard economic conditions make people in Dandenong to develop
mental stress that eventually leads to mental health problems (Australian Institute of Health and