Mental health?

Question

If people that work in mental health don't have a fundamental understanding of Dyslexia (a puzzling discrepancy between intellectual ability and the achievement of litereracy) and the afects it can have on there self estime and social confidence, are they in a position to help them with there mental health

Thank you for asnsers so fare, if the couse of someones dyslexia is amonst other thing APD or servire short term memary this may give simerlar problems as AS and if the dyslexic is put on a couse of esposher therapy, this may have a negative affect. ps, can not spell check sorry

APD, for me is like hearing vire saterlite, so if body language is being read faster than sound, this gives of negalive signs, mild Asperger's Syndrome, I believe can be similar. Added to that if you forget what you are talking about becouse of your memory / concontrasion and then add the afects of stress. Add the confusion of not nowing why this is happening, just thing what a therapist world be saying to that person and the consiquences.

Answer 1

aspergers and dyslexia are both related and neither is a mental health issue on its own... they are neurological issues.. but each can complicate the diagnosis and the treatment of other issues that are mental health issues..

Answer 2

first of all i don't look at Dyslexia as a mental health problem.

however the way a person is treated with any problem of low self esteem and social confidence, is very important, whether or not it is caused by dyslexia.

if someone is told often enough they are not good at anything, or made to feel very small by people it causes huge problems well into adult life.

with the regard for people needing help, they more often and not just need to sending to the rigth people and that is said than done considering peoples attitude to seeking help.

it does not help that some employers, make people feel it is wrong to get things sorted, by adding more pressure on them, when say need time to for appointment..

the true answer tho this question is that, people who need help, need the correct help once the problem has found out, by the correct people.

Answer 3

Interesting question - I listened to a documentary which let dyslexic people describe how it affected the way they think, and dyslexics do think differently.
On the whole, I think yes, because dyslexics are able to communicate how they feel although a mental health worker who has this problem would understand better.

Answer 4

Defintely. A mental health worker will encounter a wide range of difficlties and wont be expected to expert in them all. I would however, expect them to realise that they are not master of everything and recommend additional support from an appropriate therapist.

Answer 5

I didnt know that was a mental health problem - how can people that work in the mental health trade, know everything about everything?