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Based on the first 2 seasons of the hit HBO series The Wire, Identify the various ways the problem of Preventing the revolving door in behavioral healthcare is currently addressed in the community and the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches. Identify current approaches used in other communities and their strengths and weaknesses.
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Preventing the revolving door in behavioral healthcare
It is important to remember that an individual's social environment can have a major impact on their development. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion estimates that 20% of children and adolescents in the United States are affected by mental health disorders during their lifetime. Understanding SDoH give behavioral health providers a more comprehensive view of a client's health and can prevent patients from entering the "revolving door" of behavioral healthcare.
The "revolving door" refers to patients who are admitted to inpatient psychiatric care, are stabilized through treatment, discharged to the community, and then return to the emergency room or inpatient care. When behavioral healthcare providers screen clients for SDoH they can minimize the chances that a patient returns to the hospital.
Screening for SDoH ensures that clients are discharged to the community with referrals and community connections that increase the chance for success. This "social prescribing" involves connecting patients with support resources beyond the healthcare system, including housing advocacy organizations, employment agencies, and more.
"if she hadn't been neglected and sexually abused in childhood, if her parents had been treated for substance use disorder, if her parents hadn't been incarcerated for their substance use, if she hadn't been arrested for prostitution, and if her community had offered more resources to her family and her school, such interventions surely would have made a difference and possibly reduced or prevented her psychiatric symptoms."
What are some current approaches and some ways these issues can be addressed?