What Does the Recovery Model Look Like Today?

The criminalization of women living with mental illness is a significant social justice issue, especially given the fact that the majority of incarcerated women report lifelong histories of trauma, often involving childhood physical and sexual abuse. In this assignment, you will write a brief reflection on the videos you watched and consider the effects of trauma on mental health among women.
Before beginning this assignment, be sure to watch this week’s videos:
What Does the Recovery Model Look Like Today?
What Is Recovery in Mental Health?
Generation Under Fire: Barriers in Mental Health Treatment
Culture Matters: Indigenous Perspectives on Behavioral Healthcare
Greater Boston Video: Cultural Barriers and Mental Illness
Inmates With Mental Illness Tell Their Stories
What Life Is Like for the Mentally Ill in Prison
Cite information from at least three of the videos to write a two-page, APA-formatted critical reflection paper that addresses the following:
The videos focus heavily on recovery and the recovery model in the context of substance abuse. However, for this paper, use critical thinking and synthesis skills to explore and suggest ways the recovery model might be used in social work practice to address the mental health needs of female clients having lifelong histories of traumatization beginning in childhood.
What features of culture might need to be considered to ensure culturally responsive practice?
Remember to include citations in the body of the paper and to include their complementary reference on the References page.

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