You are to choose one issue connected with social justice issues in mental health and

present the topic to the professor for approval. In the issue paper, you are to state the

issue, and in light of your research (using books, articles, interviews, internet resources,

and artifacts of practice) discuss it in the context of society and the psychiatric consumer and in the context of psychiatric mental health nursing practice. Your issue paper should answer the following seven questions:

• What is the scope of the social justice issue?

• What is the current situation?

• What are the societal impacts and consequences of the issue if it is not addressed?

• What long term changes must be made to improve and/or eliminate the situation?

• What current actions can be taken to lessen immediate impacts?

• What programmatic or corrective actions could produce these changes?

• Who else is addressing this issue in your organization? Why or If no one else is

addressing it, Why not?

The paper will be evaluated according to its focus, coherence, depth, discernment,

evaluation of different points of view, relevance, use of sources, and written quality. It

should not be a mere report on the subject matter, such as one might be able to find in

an encyclopedia, but rather demonstrate assimilation of and critical engagement with the

issue as it relates to the conditions of social justice.