Question

Tell us why health services administration is of interest to you.

Discuss the difference between mental illness and mental disorders give brief examples.

Discuss why people with mental disorders have been "stigmatized" throughout history give examples.

Answer 1

Health service administration is of interest because of following reason:

1. The opportunity to make a difference: As a health care administrator one is responsible for making sure the hospital or other healthcare facility stays organized, on budget and efficiency. A lot of people go into the healthcare field because they want to make a difference in other people lives, and the administrator could help improve the lives of thousands of people every time he/she is on duty - The ability to affect change and do something positive and meaningful through work.
2. An important role in the community: As a healthcare administrator one has both reputations and can use his role in the community to make a difference in many different ways. Such as, an administrator would be credited with employing, managing and protecting the jobs of hundreds or even thousands of people.
3. A long list of career opportunities: Healthcare management is a wide field that serves as essential Industry that is one of the largest in the United States. Healthcare industry as a whole supplies about 11 millions jobs to eager workers all over the country. Also, large percentage of private sector jobs in the last few years have come from healthcare, and it's a field that's still growing quickly. All these jobs needs supervising and managing. There are also job opportunities in a variety of geographic regions, from small towns in rural areas to big cities to international positions.
4. Excellent salary:  Health care managers earned on average about $88000 a year- the equivalent of about $42.50 an hour.

Difference between mental illness and mental disorders:

Mental illness: is maladaptive responses to stress from internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviour that are incongruent with the local and cultural norms, and that can interfere with the individuals social occupational and physical functioning. Eg. Anorexia nervous.

Mental disorder: is significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation of behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological biological or development processes underlying mental functioning. Eg. Eating disorder

Mental disorders have been stigmatized:

• Many people with serious mental illness are challenged doubly. They are challenged by stereotypes and prejudice that result from misconceptions about mental illness.
• The impact of stigma is twofold. Public stigma is the reaction that the general population has to people with mental illness. Self stigma is the prejudice which people with mental illness turn against themselves. Eg 1.Many persons can recall stereotypes about different racial groups but do not agree that the stereotypes are valid. 2. People who are prejudiced, on the other hand endorse these negative stereotypes and generate negative emotional reactions as a result.