write a letter to your congressperson About Mental Illness and the Impact on Society

Discipline:
Psychology

Type of service:
Essay

Spacing:
Double spacing

Paper format:
APA

Number of pages:
1 page

Number of sources:
1 source

Paper detalis:

To help you prepare with the Assignment, review any of the supplemental sources:

Lockey, C. J. (2013, February 9). To treat mental illness, we need amore reasonable civil commitment law: Guest opinion. Oregon Live.Retrieved fromhttp://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/0…

Editors. (2012, February 23). The neglect of mental illness exacts ahuge toll, human and economic. Scientific American. Retrieved fromhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-negle…

PBS. (2005). Frontline: The new asylums. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/asyl…

Next, locate one credible source from the Library or the internet aboutthe prevalence of mental illness in the U.S. and the effects it has onsociety (e.g., criminal behavior, alcohol or drug abuse, negativelyimpact interpersonal relationships, or homelessness). Use thisinformation to write a letter to your congressperson (without theintention of sending it) to explain the following:

a. The magnitude of the problem of mental illness.
b. What is being done to improve the situation (such as your state’s programs or organizations).
c. How the problem affects a society.
d. What steps you believe should be taken to combat the problem andreduce the prevalence of mental illness or the specific problem youchose.