Does Your Community Have Good Mental Health

The community mental heath team are there to help those who are suffering from mental health problems. The first port of call for anyone who thinks that they are suffering from some kind of mental health problem is your doctor who will be able to recommend the right sort of help.

The community mental health team consists of a number of professionals who are trained in their specific areas and can include psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, and of course the community psychiatric nurse or CPN. Some specific problems or issues that can arise in addition to existing mental health problems or which can exacerbate or trigger mental health problems and which might need extra consideration include:

o Financial problems

o Physical disabilities

o Housing issues

o Divorce or relationship problems

o Childcare issues

Certain kinds of mental health problems may result in different needs and may therefore require some specialist help to deal with and these can include:

o Elderly depression and dementia

o Child or Teen depression

o Postnatal depression

o Bipolar disorder

o Schizophrenia

Obviously, finding one person fully qualified and skilled in all of these areas just isn't possible so the community mental health team work together in order to ensure that the best advice and support is available as many of the professionals involved will be trained in specialist areas that allow them to offer a better service to people suffering from specific problems. So who is likely to be involved in the community mental health team?

Psychiatrist

Patients can be referred to a psychiatrist by their doctor. After an initial assessment, the psychiatrist will recommend a suitable course of treatment and medication. If a mental health problem is particularly severe then they are also able to recommend that the individual be detained in hospital for a period of time. However, this is a last resort and also requires the approval of another doctor and a social worker who all agree that this is the best option for an individual concerned either for the individual's safety or for the safety of others.

Psychologist

Psychologists have an understanding of human behaviour, emotions and how the mind works and although they cannot prescribe medication they can offer various types of psychological therapies. Patients can be referred to them by the doctor or other members of the community health team.

The Key Worker

People suffering from mental health problems will usually be assigned a key worker, which can be anyone in the community mental health team. The key worker ensures that the individual gets the right kind of help that they need. They will regularly assess the progress of an individual and report back to the rest of the team.

Community Psychiatric Nurse or CPN

The key worker will often be a CPN who will usually make regular visits to people with mental health problems in their own homes. They offer an important lifeline for people who are feeling isolated and alone with their mental health problems or who are experiencing particular difficulties. They are aware of the many issues surrounding mental health and can listen as well as help people talk through their problems in a setting in which they feel comfortable.

The CPN will liaise with and work closely with other members of the team to make sure that any practical support and assistance is offered when needed. They monitor medication, make sure the individual knows how to take their medication and they also look out for additional symptoms or side effects of that medication. The family and loved ones of a person suffering from mental health problems often need additional support in order to understand mental illness and to be able to cope with it, the CPN can offer practical advice and guidance.

Occupational Therapists

Occupational therapists help individuals to cope with practical issues on a day to day basis in areas such as dressing, toileting and feeding themselves and can help individuals regain some control of their lives.

Social workers

Social workers can ensure that an individual gets access to various social services that will improve their quality of life and that they may be entitled to such as home help, respite care and perhaps admission to day or residential centres. They can also offer assistance in dealing with housing needs, financial difficulties or other social problems.

The best care

Many other people can be involved in the community mental health team including various support workers, therapists, counsellors, and of course loved ones. Together they all make sure that the individual suffering from mental illness gets the best care possible. Each team member can make a valuable contribution to the individual's quality of life and can help them not only to cope with their illness on a day to day basis but to regain control over their lives and integrate with the rest of the community in a positive and productive way.

Do you suffer from mental health problems like depression and low moods? If so please come and visit our site where we offer free self help advice.

Who Else Wants to Sponsor Their Sports Or Community Club With a Health Drink?

In this economic meltdown we have all just been through, conventional support for charitable and community projects have proven to be very difficult. However, two of the fastest growing trends in creating wealth happen to be wellness products and relationship (network) marketing, and it is a combination of these two areas that is actually providing a superb platform to create quite substantial levels of financial support.

To many people, the thought of paying out for the best in a wellness product when times are hard may seem an anathema, but believe me, where people are looking for better sleep, less aches and pains (both due to sports or age related issues), more resilience to inflammation related illnesses, and a more all-round feeling of health and wellbeing, well - they only have one life, and that to millions, is paramount.

To prove a point, have a look at this quote from Paul Zane Pilzer... Paul Zane Pilzer is a world-renowned economist, a multimillionaire software entrepreneur, and he has quoted that ten million new millionaires will be created between 2006-2016, and his book (published in 2006) The Next Millionaires explains how you can become one of them--especially if you are in direct selling, technology, home-based business, product distribution, or an emerging trillion-dollar industry like wellness. OK - so how can this be of benefit to your charitable or community organisation?

Well, first of all, if we can come up with a health drink that is actually jam-packed full of antioxidants, glucosamine and esterified fatty acids (one that tackles inflammation and the other lubricates those over-worked joints) then here is a product that most people in the world would want to consume on a regular basis This is especially so in our current day and age of fast (mainly junk) food, and a total disregard by millions of the importance of regular daily consumption of at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables. Now given that we can find a product that tastes delicious, and just 4 ounces per day gives the antioxidant value of 13 fresh fruits and vegetables, you can see the power here, especially for members of health and fitness clubs.

So - we have identified a wellness product - a health drink - that can live up to these expectations - this is the first criteria. But how is this going to benefit your organisation? Well, for that now let's look at the second criteria - relationship or network marketing. But before you run away mumbling something like 'That's a Pyramid, its illegal, it will never work... etc etc', just remember that relationship marketing is NOT illegal, and if you go back to the paragraph above where we quote Paul Pilzer as saying this is an area of tremendous growth over the next 10 years, you can see that this is really worthy of more serious investigation in terms of generating a residual income for your organisation. With relationship marketing, the way a product or service is promoted, is not like 'conventional' selling, with the usual plethora of massive advertising campaigns, store-rooms full of stock, and highly paid salesmen.

As the name implies, with relationship marketing, the product or service is not 'sold' - it is recommended to others by people who have experienced it first-hand. A health drink, especially a world-renowned variety, will be distributed by people coming, in the main, to small, informal tasting parties. At these parties, experiences are shared between those users present with the new prospects. Now, people who get 'jacked up on the juice' and want to get regular supplies, can sign up as a distributor, and get their supplies at wholesale, not retail, so they immediately save around 15% of their costs. For many people, that will be all they ever want to do. But here's the clever thing. If these new users then invite their friends to the next tasting party, based on their own personal enthusiasm, then guess what? If their friends get all fired up, and want the juice, they sign up as distributors under their friends. This now means that the original people in the team are now getting a commission on the juice their friends consume, and very soon, they will find that not only are they getting their juice for free, but they are starting to make a little money.

Nothing difficult in that is there? And nothing illegal either! In over 10 countries across the world, people are making genuine 4, 5, 6 even 7 figure incomes in this fashion, and guess what? The product we have in mind will not be launched in the UK until later this summer! So, putting this all together, how will this benefit your organisation? Well, as long as your organisation is an official company (i.e. they have a unique tax ID), your company can be signed in as a distributor. If this is not the case, a member of your committee will have to sign up, and have an agreement in place on how the income will be distributed.

Then, make sure you get a decent supply of marketing material from the person who sponsored you, and see If you can get them to either attend your first few Tasting Parties, or persuade them to give you some stock for your own Tasting Parties. Make sure you also get sign-up forms, and before you know where you are, not only will you have built up a healthier, happier bunch of members, but your cause will have an ever-growing residual income stream on its way to your bank. As long as you select the right product, with the right management behind them, and preferably a good 'cause' behind them already, a powerful compensation plan, and of course a good person who sponsored you, the financial future of your organisation will start looking a lot brighter.

Geoff Morris has been involved successfully in network marketing and has already built up a substantial team beneath him for a fantastic wellness product. If you would like to join his team, just visit http://www.thebritgroup.com/ and Geoff or one of his Leaders will get back in touch. You never know, this could be the opportunity to jump start you into working part time on your fortune...