Click on the link above to find your Discussion Board Group. Click on your group. Then Click on Discussion Board Group to enter the Discussion Boards for your group. Click on the Module 5 Discussion Board Forum. Create a New Thread to post your response to the below prompt. Module 5: Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Discussion Board (15 points): This discussion board relates to this week’s learning objective: Examining health care and health care policy in America. Discussing the mental health care system in America. Reviewing substance abuse’s effect on society, the human body, human development, and relationships. Additionally, Social Work skills, values, and ethics will be discussed in regards to substance abuse, health care, and mental health care. The purpose of this discussion board is to help you become more familiar with how individuals and families are treated by their local health care, mental health care, and substance abuse treatment systems. Policies, treatment programs, and Social Work roles will be applied to the case study. You will begin to identify the needs, problems, and resources in the health, mental health, and substance abuse communities. Connecting course concepts to the features of your case studies will allow you to see how each system (health, mental health, substance) work together and work apart. Directions: Create a new thread and in the subject line have your name and the title. Posts should be no less than 300 words and no more than 500 words. You need to address the following questions in your response: 1. How do you think the healthcare/mental health care system handled your client’s case so far? Is there an area where the health care system could have assisted your client in a better way? 2. Discuss whether or not your client is a part of an “at risk” population for substance abuse. If they are, what would your role be as a social worker? If they are not, how would you educate your client about dependency/addiction? 3. Discuss one “health/mental health” ethical issue that would affect your client/case study. How would you discuss the ethical issue with your client and keep your personal values in check? 4. What is one question that you have about your case study/client and its relation to this week’s module material? Mrs. Harjo and Tony:​ Mrs. Harjo is 65 year old female who identifies as Latina. She lives in Globe, Arizona, and subsists on Supplemental Security Income, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps), and her garden. Mrs. Harjo has been living alone since the death of her husband five years ago. She is the daughter of Mexican immigrants, and visits her hometown in Mexico for Semana Santa every other year. A paternal grandson, Tony (age 13), recently moved in with Mrs. Harjo following his mother's death from acute alcohol poisoning. Tony's biological father is serving five years in county jail on a third conviction. Tony's biological parents were never married, and his mother did not obtain a legal divorce from her first husband. When Tony was born, the hospital registrar listed the first husband as the legal father on his birth certificate. Trying to do the right thing, Mrs. Harjo went to Tony's school to give notice of a change of address and to put her name on file as guardian and emergency contact. School officials pointed out that Tony was not legally related to Mrs. Harjo, and that therefore she had no authority to authorize medical care, or to enroll Tony in school. The principal referred Mrs. Harjo to an attorney, where she appealed for help in getting Tony's paternity corrected. The attorney advised that the biological father adopt Tony in order to change the legal parent, but refused to take the case because Tony's father was incarcerated, and the likelihood of an adoption by an incarcerated parent was too low. Moreover, the whereabouts of the legal father are unknown, and thus no relinquishment can be secured. (Garcia, Bain, Avera, Armenta, 2005) Tony’s grades have dipped to a C average (he typically earns A’s and B’s) since the death of his mother. He is on the freshman baseball team, and cites this as one of his favorite activities, but will be barred from playing should his grades continue to decline. Tony has no specific academic interests but wants to remain eligible to play baseball. Teachers report that Tony has always been quiet, but has had difficulty concentrating in school since his mother's’ death two months ago.
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