Research Question: Does believing in the Supernatural affect a person’s mental health? If so, has it mostly had a positive or negative outcome?
Warnock, Adrian. "The Battle for our Minds - the Supernatural and Mental Illness." Christian Medical Fellowship - cmf.org.uk. Adrian Warnock, Oct. 1992. Web. 11 Feb. 2017.
The article decides to concentrate its main point around a quote said by the famous philosopher, Plato. He states “This is the greatest error of our day in the treatment of the human body, that physicians separate the soul from the body”. They strongly argue that many realistic views from professional psychiatrists are downgraded and ignored with Christian’s views of right and wrong. Most victims who suffer from mild and dangerous …show more content…
"THE DIVINE OR THE PHYSICIAN? FEARS OF GHOSTS AND THE SUPERNATURAL IN APPROVED SOCIAL WORK." THE DIVINE OR THE PHYSICIAN? FEARS OF GHOSTS AND THE SUPERNATURAL IN APPROVED SOCIAL WORK (2008): n. pag. Web. 20 Feb. 2017. This article is very useful to me because it explains how the fear of the supernatural (along with other aspects of monsters such as the undead), can be very severe to a person suffering from mental illness. They also explain how the constant gnawing idea in the back of one’s head on whether the supernatural truly exist or not, can make one overthink and fear everything, thus causing mental distress and/or severe …show more content…
The fact that most people do not know much of mental illnesses, makes them immediately assume that it’s something beyond their reach or reason, such as the supernatural. When in reality, it could be a simple case of anxiety or another form of mental illness that can easily be treated with a psychiatrist. The article explains how if the public knowledge about mental illnesses is improves, there will be much less fewer mentally ill patients being incorrectly treated for their
Warnock, Adrian. "The Battle for our Minds - the Supernatural and Mental Illness." Christian Medical Fellowship - cmf.org.uk. Adrian Warnock, Oct. 1992. Web. 11 Feb. 2017.
The article decides to concentrate its main point around a quote said by the famous philosopher, Plato. He states “This is the greatest error of our day in the treatment of the human body, that physicians separate the soul from the body”. They strongly argue that many realistic views from professional psychiatrists are downgraded and ignored with Christian’s views of right and wrong. Most victims who suffer from mild and dangerous …show more content…
"THE DIVINE OR THE PHYSICIAN? FEARS OF GHOSTS AND THE SUPERNATURAL IN APPROVED SOCIAL WORK." THE DIVINE OR THE PHYSICIAN? FEARS OF GHOSTS AND THE SUPERNATURAL IN APPROVED SOCIAL WORK (2008): n. pag. Web. 20 Feb. 2017. This article is very useful to me because it explains how the fear of the supernatural (along with other aspects of monsters such as the undead), can be very severe to a person suffering from mental illness. They also explain how the constant gnawing idea in the back of one’s head on whether the supernatural truly exist or not, can make one overthink and fear everything, thus causing mental distress and/or severe …show more content…
The fact that most people do not know much of mental illnesses, makes them immediately assume that it’s something beyond their reach or reason, such as the supernatural. When in reality, it could be a simple case of anxiety or another form of mental illness that can easily be treated with a psychiatrist. The article explains how if the public knowledge about mental illnesses is improves, there will be much less fewer mentally ill patients being incorrectly treated for their