Preliminary Care Coordination Plan: Mental Health

Preliminary Care Coordination Plan
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Preliminary Care Coordination Plan
The selected health concern is mental health, which refers to cognitive, emotional, and behavioral well-being or, essentially, the absence of any mental disorder. Mental health is a prevalent problem in America, where 20% of U.S. adults are reported to experience mental illness annually. Half of all lifetime mental disorders begin by puberty and 75% by early adulthood: the annual prevalence of mental illness among American adults is high among specific marginalized populations, especially among Pacific Islanders and members of multiracial and LGBT groups (NAMI, 2021). The most prevalent mental disorders include major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
One of the associated best practices for mental health improvement is gathering as much relevant information as possible. This involves liaising with the case manager, support worker, clinicians, and patient's families and friends to determine all unmet needs, including cultural, psychosocial, and physical factors impacting the individual or population's mental health. Another associated best practice for mental health improvement is applying the guiding principle of good care coordination, including recovery-focused, person-centered, respectful of individual's values, socially inclusive, and based on clinical research coordinated service delivery.
Other good care coordination principles that the care must demonstrate are: works together with other care stakeholders, allows for proactive family and clinician involvement, and provides a sense of proprietorship and responsibility for everyone participating in the individual’s care. All these principles are essential when conducting broad care coordination approaches (such as care management, patient-centered medical home, medication management, and health information technology) as well as specific care coordination activities (such as developing accountability concerning care roles, sharing knowledge, facilitating transitions of care, developing a proactive care plan, responding to alterations in patients’ needs, linking to community resources, and aligning resources with patient and population needs).
Mental health, in general, is not purely affected by biological factors but also includes genetic, social, and psychological factors. Preliminary care coordination requires a thorough understanding of the psychosocial, physical, and cultural factors that affect mental health to consider the intersectionality of mental health-related treatment experiences. Attitudes towards mental illness vary among individuals, countries, ethnicities, families, and cultures. Each of these cultural factors influences beliefs about mental illness and shapes how people perceive people with mental illness.
Therefore, they are one of the most significant influences on mental health care planning: cultural influences and norms impact people's ability to accept that they have a mental illness or even the decision to seek treatment. Besides, specif...