Running head: MENTAL HEALTH AND WELFARE 1 MENTAL HEALTH AND WELFARE 3 Mental health and welfare Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Introduction The societal issue selected for the paper above would be drug abuse. Drug abuse has been a social issue affecting the masses over time. Young people tend to focus more on using these harmful drugs as the various surveys shows. Drug abuse is simply the habit of taking in substances that are harmful to the normal functioning of the body. The most commonly abused drugs would be alcohol and marijuana (Jones, Paulozzi, & Mack, 2014). The personal values associated with this societal issue would be self-awareness, self-respect and sobriety. Self-awareness is the state of acknowledging of oneself and taking care of oneself. Self-respect is acting with honor for oneself while sobriety is the state of staying sober for one’s best interest.How upholding these values might contribute to creating a society that supports the mental health and welfare of its members, remembering the broad conceptualization of mental health and human rights Upholding personal values like self-respect, self-awareness and sobriety plays an important role in building the society (Wronka, 2008). The society is bounded by love and thus, these values create an environment that promotes togetherness as they also create awareness for the dangers of using harmful drugs. Self-awareness informs the society of the various risks that surround people if they don’t take care of themselves. Self-respect supplements self-awareness thereby promoting self-esteem within the society. How to work with individuals from different professions to address the issue Participating in activities whose aim is to promote self-esteem among people because most of the ones that do drugs are mostly affected by psychological issues. Mobilizing the group members to inform the masses of the various risk factors that are more likely to bring about the issue; environmental, biological and physical factors present. References Jones, C. M., Paulozzi, L. J., & Mack, K. A. (2014). Alcohol involvement in opioid pain reliever and benzodiazepine drug abuse-related emergency department visits and drug-related deaths-United States, 2010. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 63(40), 881-885. Wronka, J. (2008). Preface. Human rights and social justice: Social action and service for the helping and health professions (p. xix). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Running head: THE ROLE OF CHANGE IN AN ORGANIZATION 1 THE ROLE OF CHANGE IN AN ORGANIZATION The Role of Change in an Organization Arroxxiccia Thomas Walden University The Role of Change in an Organization Organizational change refers to the steering of an organization towards away from its current state and towards a desirable future state to enhance its effectiveness and efficiency. During the process of initiating change, managers should .