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In the spring of 2023, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker laid out a plan to “transform” the youth mental health care system. In this plan, he pledged to “transform the frayed connective tissue that permeates the health care system” in order to enable families to more easily access help. Some of the (12) recommendations include: expanding eligibility for services, developing more transitional housing so that fewer young people wait in Emergency Rooms, and creating an online portal for easier family access to information. In the first paragraph, make an argument for why you believe Pritzker’s plan an example of a functionalist, conflict theory, or symbolic interactionist approach to the problem of youth mental health. In the second paragraph, explain why you believe Pritzker’s plan will be successful or not. Both paragraphs should include evidence (i.e. examples) to support your argument. You should include examples from the text, DBQ resources, and/or lectures.

Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals promote stability in society by providing healthcare to sick people. 

Our assumptions about and understandings of poverty are shaped by how socially close to it we are.

If an illegal drug is discovered to be useful in treating illness (such as psychedelic drugs and their potential for healing PTSD), it will quickly be legalized.

Which of the following are functions of drugs? Select ALL that apply:

Match each example with the type of poverty that best fits. Each type will only be used once.

The meaning that abortion has for someone is shaped by their social location. 

I want to conduct an experiment in which I look at how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision in June 2022 affected Americans’ attitudes toward legal abortion. In this case, attitudes toward abortion is an example of:

Criminal activity may be more prevalent among younger rather than older people because younger people have less power in society. 

Mental health is referred to in our text as a “hidden epidemic.” Which of the following statements is the best example of this?