Mental Health, A Flaw In Schools Throughout the ages mental health has been a crisis amongst men and women. People have treated those who are mentally ill with contempt and hatred; leaving a dark streak in humanity. What is truly disgusting is the continuation of this contempt in modern society. Despite the fact that some of the most brilliant minds, like Albert Einstein, had mental illnesses, society attempts to limit them by labeling them and rejecting their pleas for help. The depressing part is that undiscovered geniuses may never surface because of the treatment of the mentally ill within the American education system. Schools often dismiss students’ complaints of mental stress/illness. This can lead to poor academic achievement.
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What is considered to be a mental illness? A mental illness can be anything that severely inhibits one's mental ability to function. This can range from bipolar, a condition that, “causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).” (Mayo Clinic) to Anxiety that can cause “Difficulty concentrating.” (Mayo Clinic). There are several more conditions that range in severity, and debilitating effects, but they all have a common trait. Mental disorders frequently interfere with a person's ability to learn new material, and remember the old. Take Generalized Anxiety Disorder, just one of many anxiety disorders that can slow/stop a student's’ education. This particular anxiety disorder is recognized by the symptoms of: fatigue, irritability, trouble sleeping, sweating, nausea and headaches. Those are just a few of the physical effects. Some of the mental effects are: “Persistent worrying or obsession about small or large concerns that's out of proportion to the impact of the event, Inability to set aside or let go of a worry, Inability to relax, restlessness, and feeling keyed up or on edge, Difficulty concentrating, or the feeling that your mind "goes blank", Distress about making decisions for fear of making the
What is considered to be a mental illness? A mental illness can be anything that severely inhibits one's mental ability to function. This can range from bipolar, a condition that, “causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).” (Mayo Clinic) to Anxiety that can cause “Difficulty concentrating.” (Mayo Clinic). There are several more conditions that range in severity, and debilitating effects, but they all have a common trait. Mental disorders frequently interfere with a person's ability to learn new material, and remember the old. Take Generalized Anxiety Disorder, just one of many anxiety disorders that can slow/stop a student's’ education. This particular anxiety disorder is recognized by the symptoms of: fatigue, irritability, trouble sleeping, sweating, nausea and headaches. Those are just a few of the physical effects. Some of the mental effects are: “Persistent worrying or obsession about small or large concerns that's out of proportion to the impact of the event, Inability to set aside or let go of a worry, Inability to relax, restlessness, and feeling keyed up or on edge, Difficulty concentrating, or the feeling that your mind "goes blank", Distress about making decisions for fear of making the