Question

Discuss barriers to care for psychiatric services and the current paradigm shifts related to these

Answer 1

• Barriers to care for psychiatric services:

- Stigma associated with mental disorders
- Scarcity of care in rural areas
- Inability to afford health insurance
- Fragmented care for children and adults with serious mental illness
- High unemployment and disability among seriously mentally ill
- Undertreatment of older adults
- Lack of national priority for mental health.

• Issues That Affect the Delivery of Psychiatric Care & The Paradigm Shift in Psychiatric Care are--

- Homelessness
- 20% to 25% of homeless have a severe mental illness
- 50% to 75% of homeless suffer from alcohol or drug abuse, or both
- Homelessness can be directly linked too benchmark IV