Mental Healthcare: A Comparative Analysis of America and Germany
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Carter Harbert, M.Ed.
Description
The United States faces a growing mental health crisis, contrasted by Germany’s proactive stance in addressing mental illness. This study aims to compare the mental healthcare systems of America and Germany by utilizing peer-reviewed academic sources exclusively from the University of South Florida library databases. The sources used may have done their studies on more than one country but this study will only focus on the data pertaining to Germany and America. The research will focus on data no older than seven years to ensure that it is current and pertinent to the subject. To find shortcomings in the American mental healthcare system, a minimum of five and a maximum of ten academic sources will be examined. By scrutinizing disparities and best practices between the two nations, this research seeks to identify areas for improvement in American mental healthcare policy and practice. This study seeks to find the faults in the weaker system. With this knowledge, global change, awareness, and proactivism can be encouraged. A limitation to this study is that America is a much larger country than Germany and the nations function differently at a foundational level. This research study cannot account for the differences in each state of America and will only focus on what occurs federally. The expected outcome is that America will have a far worse system that is not capable of serving its underrepresented communities. This study is expected to find what policies America uses that makes its healthcare system weaker when compared to Germany’s.
Mental Healthcare: A Comparative Analysis of America and Germany
The United States faces a growing mental health crisis, contrasted by Germany’s proactive stance in addressing mental illness. This study aims to compare the mental healthcare systems of America and Germany by utilizing peer-reviewed academic sources exclusively from the University of South Florida library databases. The sources used may have done their studies on more than one country but this study will only focus on the data pertaining to Germany and America. The research will focus on data no older than seven years to ensure that it is current and pertinent to the subject. To find shortcomings in the American mental healthcare system, a minimum of five and a maximum of ten academic sources will be examined. By scrutinizing disparities and best practices between the two nations, this research seeks to identify areas for improvement in American mental healthcare policy and practice. This study seeks to find the faults in the weaker system. With this knowledge, global change, awareness, and proactivism can be encouraged. A limitation to this study is that America is a much larger country than Germany and the nations function differently at a foundational level. This research study cannot account for the differences in each state of America and will only focus on what occurs federally. The expected outcome is that America will have a far worse system that is not capable of serving its underrepresented communities. This study is expected to find what policies America uses that makes its healthcare system weaker when compared to Germany’s.
