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    study provides adequate evidence that by implementing the MATP, clinicians and mental hospital staff can be better prepared on how to deal with non-adherence, and provide more effective treatment for patients within mental care facilities. The MATP is just another way that nurses and clinicians can improve their relationship with their patient and contribute to higher efficacy within mental hospitals. Treatment in Mental Institutions In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the relationship between…

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    this life she was in and along with the continual struggle over who she was allowed for the development of both depressive and anxiety filled mood disorders. At age 16 Marie attempted to take her life, thus forcing a social worker to place her into a mental ward. Which would later consume the next few decades of her life. Throughout the 20-year span of Marie’s disorder she would be transferred from one institution after another. Creating a catalyst for lucid thoughts and voices to occur. In…

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    Before the shooting, the shooter “De Van” had been in an asylum twice but was "pronounced well about three years” before the shooting. Every since Byrne’s grandfathers death he has been working to change mental health policy. Byrne’s main problem is that there are too many people in America with mental health problems and are able to get guns without getting treatment. Even though Byrne’s family was involved with gun violence, he doesn 't think Obama 's curbing access to guns is the right way to…

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    Recovery in Mental Health: a Qualitative Investigation”. This title does not descriptively describe the study but it does tell what the study is going to be about, which is art and recovery. The authors include the variables in the study in the title of the article. These variables include art and recovery of people with mental health issues. The title does not specifically include the population of the study but one could conclude that the population would be people with a mental health…

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    seems as though there is an alarming lack of education surrounding mental illnesses and the severity of them. While these statements can be heard in almost any high school, and with teen suicide rates “have more than tripled since the 1950’s” (King et.al, 2012) there is a lack of programs available in high school’s dealing with mental illnesses. An accumulating and alarming lack of awareness protrudes among members of society on mental health, including the population in general, patients…

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    The Insanity Defense

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    crime are legally sane but were not in the right state of mind when the crime had taken place. The insanity defense is a chance to help the person who was not in the normal state of mind. This defense is a compromise of society and law because not all mental ailments can be proven or disproven. The benefits of the insanity defense include rehabilitation, preservation of life and finding out if the person is a real criminal or not. A common misconception that citizen’s think about the insanity…

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    Should assisted suicides be allowed in every state in the U.S.? 2 Legalization of physician assisted suicide (PAS) in the USA has been a controversial topic in recent years. In fact, most of states are still forbidding assisted suicide as it is illegal. There are only four states in this country allows PAS. They are Oregon, Montana, Washington, Vermont, and California. Despite being controversial, majority of people that choose to die…

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    Mental Illness And Poverty

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    individual living in poverty. Mental illness either genetic or from trauma, affects the way an individual relates to other people, their ability to learn in a class room setting, gain and maintain employment, raise a child, maintain a residence, or have normal interactons with other members of society. Many choose to self-medicate with drugs and/or alcohol. Those who do take medication prescribed by a doctor, may start to feel better, and stop their treatment. Mental illness such as bipolar…

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    For the last 40 years, the quantity of children, who have been affected by divorce, incredibly increased. The truth is that family institute is undergoing global changes, unfortunately not in the positive direction. This is the last chance for us to stop and ask ourselves: what is next? This paper will cover the reasons of growth in the number of the divorced families and the psychological impact of divorce on children under the age of eighteen all the way through adolescence and on to…

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    Although the methodical cause of most mental illnesses is unidentified, after reading multiple studies about mental illness it was comprehensible for me to research that many of these conditions are caused by a combination of inherited genetics, psychological, and nurture. For this paper I will address one ethical dilemma situation within my population of interest that requires ethical decision making. Since, the population I am interested is mental health it requires a lots of energy to solve…

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