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The Stigma of Mental Illness & Forms of Treatment It is still clear as ever in this contemporary day and age that a great stigma remains attached to the subject of mental illness. Even in recent scientific surveys conducted, results demonstrated that “increased awareness” of the neurobiological cause of mental illness still has not tempered … Read more
Introduction Through Social Health Determinants (SDH), it is possible to understand the relationship of mental health with the society. Mental health is a concept that is related to both social and emotional wellbeing (Germov, 2005). The social origin of health can be explained through comparison of life expectancy in various countries. Good mental health leads … Read more
More Imperfect Than What’s On the Surface Joel Quartuccio of Being as an Ocean once said “I’ve learned that hardcore music isn’t for happy kids with perfect lives”. He was absolutely right. But what effect can the punk/hardcore music scene have on these young teenagers listening to this music? I lost my grandfather in 2009 … Read more
Treatment of Mental Illness During the Middle Ages The first mental hospital was established in Baghdad in A.D 792, later more hospitals came about in Damascus and Aleppo. In these hospitals (or asylums rather) people with mental disturbances were isolated from general population and treated. In that time period many of the people classified as … Read more
Stigmatization of Mental Illness Mental illness, though it is common and occurs in 1 in 5 adults in a single year in some form (“Mental Health Numbers”), is not very understood in today’s society. Many people do not understand how mental illness occurs, how it presents itself, or what people with mental illness are like. … Read more
Abstract This paper explores a film, A Boy Called Po, discussing the challenges Patrick, best known as Po, lives with the daily challenges of autism. Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts (Google). Introduction There … Read more
A child must feel comforted, cared for, and loved consistently to learn how to love and trust others as they grow and develop. Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is an uncommon but serious disorder that can affect children. It is when a child does not establish healthy relationships with their parents or caregiver, resulting in a … Read more
Because mental illness is so prevalent today, the most impactful informer of mental illness, the media, must be evaluated and analyzed for accuracy. Careless characterizations of the mentally ill can further contribute to stigma surrounding mental illness, preventing those is need of help from seeking treatment and creating unfounded fear and social discomfort. To that … Read more
‘Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Mental illness is an issue that is all too familiar. However, it is perturbing that a significant section of the society still experiences difficulty in accepting mental conditions. Mental illness currently represents a significant proportion of the global disease burden and is considered by physicians to be a common … Read more
Schizophrenia, severe mental illness characterized by a variety of symptoms, including loss of contact with reality, bizarre behavior, disorganized thinking and speech, decreased emotional expressiveness, and social withdrawal. Usually only some of these symptoms occur in any one person. The term schizophrenia comes from Greek words meaning “split mind.” However, contrary to common belief, schizophrenia … Read more
Wisconsin has a problem on its hands and it is not being dealt with in the right manner. The problem keeps getting bigger and bigger everyday. Instead of giving treatment to the mentally ill, hospital facilities have pushed thousands of mentally ill people on to the street. The idea behind this is to give those … Read more
Mental illness and madness is a theme often explored in literature and the range of texts exploring these is tremendously varied. Various factors can threaten a character’s sanity, ranging from traumatic events which trigger a decline to pressure from more vast, impersonal sources. Generally speaking, writers have tried to show that most threats to sanity … Read more
