Role of Social Movements in Mental Health for Promoting Consumer Rights

SOCIAL WORK IN
MENTAL HEALTH
STUDENT DETAILS
STUDENT DETAIL

SOCIAL HEALTH 1

SOCIAL HEALTH 2
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Role of social movements in mental health for promoting consumer rights.............................3
Roles and responsibilities of the social workers in mental health practice................................4
Intervention plan........................................................................................................................5
Step 1: Diagnose the problem by understanding the current mental condition of the person6
Step 2: Judge the level of their mental disorder:....................................................................6
Step 3: Planning for the treatment including medications and other treatment.................6
Step 4: Guide the person for focusing on the positive aspects...............................................7
Step 5: Focusing on the treatment at the physiology level.....................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

SOCIAL HEALTH 3
Introduction
This report will revolve around the question which describes that the domain of social
work in mental health is that of the social context and social consequences of mental illness.
Mental illness is the important focus area of social work which implies the mental disorders
that affect the mood, thinking and behaviour of an individual (Colvard, et. al., 2017).
Examples of mental illness include depression, addictive behaviours, schizophrenia, anxiety
disorders, eating disorders, etc. In this report, there will be a discussion about the role of
social movements in mental health for promoting consumer rights. Apart from this, the roles
and responsibilities of social workers will also be discussed. In the end, an evidence-based
intervention plan will be based.
Role of social movements in mental health for promoting consumer rights
The consumer movement describes the efforts to promote consumer protection
through the aspects of an organized social movement. Social movements of consumer
protections advocate the rights of the people who are suffering from mental illness. Mental
illness of the people is linked with their mental disorders (Dieterich, et. al., 2017). At the
early stage, the mental illness starts with the negative thoughts then sooner or later these
negative thoughts of an individual started settling in the deep portion of their subconscious
mind. As they continue to think for the negativity around them people started incorporating
more negative thoughts than positive thoughts (Meadows, et. al., 2012). Later on, their
negative thoughts started putting an adverse effect on their mental process which changes
their behaviour, mood, thinking ability, etc. Resultant, they become more depressed and they
encounter with the anxiety-related disorders (Guntuku, et. al., 2017).
In Australia, both private and public organizations run various social movements to
empower people and support them to fight with the problem of mental illness. Even, in