According to the article “What is Mental Health” on mentalhealth.gov “Mental health inclues our emotional, psychological and social well-being. It affects how we think feel and act” (1). The National Alliance on Mental Illness explains on their website that a mental illness disorder is simply “a condition that impacts a person’s thinking feeling or mood and may affect his or her ability to relate to others and function on a daily basis” (1). I feel that depression and eating disorders are so common among teenagers because of the overexposure to photoshopped models and the glamour of movies and television and basically anything in the entertainment industry. The most popular songs and shows of this century either glorify sex, drugs and partying
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It can change, depending on the way we think” (1). It is difficult to control your thoughts when you cannot exactly control outside elements. Someone trying to “just be happy” with depression is also extremely difficult because depression is not just being sad for a little while and people who do not understand the illness seem to not realize this. When living with depression it seems almost impossible to find the motivation to do virtually anything however there are some tips to improving self-esteem. In an effort to observe the severity of the teen self-esteem epidemic, The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism conducted a nationwide survey on teens and and their self-esteem. The survey revealed reasons as to why a teenager may feel badly about themselves and how they could try to positively influence the way they …show more content…
Kings Park was famous for its use of pre-frontal lobotomies and electroshock therapy which was used until about 1955. (kingsparkpsychiatriccenter.com). The government did not completely disband the project but they simply transferred the patients still in treatment to Pilgrim State. However since some disorders are genetic it may be a good explanation as to why there is a high rate of mental illnesses diagnosed on Long Island. Another logical explanation to a heightened sense of sadness may be the cuts constantly being made to the budget for mental health services. A chart on nami.org shows the budget In 2009 for mental health services was 3,732,000 and in 2011 it dropped to 3,600,000 which is a three and a half percent decrease. Although this seems to create a paradox effect it should also be proving a lesson to the government. The less money that is allotted for mental illnesses the more people seem to be diagnosed since they aren’t receiving the attention they need thus resulting in more services being needed to help everyone going through troubling times. A solution would to find a way to produce cheaper help if it is truly such a strain on the budget or to simply stop cutting the budget by three and a half percent
It can change, depending on the way we think” (1). It is difficult to control your thoughts when you cannot exactly control outside elements. Someone trying to “just be happy” with depression is also extremely difficult because depression is not just being sad for a little while and people who do not understand the illness seem to not realize this. When living with depression it seems almost impossible to find the motivation to do virtually anything however there are some tips to improving self-esteem. In an effort to observe the severity of the teen self-esteem epidemic, The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism conducted a nationwide survey on teens and and their self-esteem. The survey revealed reasons as to why a teenager may feel badly about themselves and how they could try to positively influence the way they …show more content…
Kings Park was famous for its use of pre-frontal lobotomies and electroshock therapy which was used until about 1955. (kingsparkpsychiatriccenter.com). The government did not completely disband the project but they simply transferred the patients still in treatment to Pilgrim State. However since some disorders are genetic it may be a good explanation as to why there is a high rate of mental illnesses diagnosed on Long Island. Another logical explanation to a heightened sense of sadness may be the cuts constantly being made to the budget for mental health services. A chart on nami.org shows the budget In 2009 for mental health services was 3,732,000 and in 2011 it dropped to 3,600,000 which is a three and a half percent decrease. Although this seems to create a paradox effect it should also be proving a lesson to the government. The less money that is allotted for mental illnesses the more people seem to be diagnosed since they aren’t receiving the attention they need thus resulting in more services being needed to help everyone going through troubling times. A solution would to find a way to produce cheaper help if it is truly such a strain on the budget or to simply stop cutting the budget by three and a half percent