According to Mentalhealth.gov, one in five Americans are diagnosed with a mental illness and one in twenty-five Americans live with a serious mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Mental illness has a huge impact on American society, due to the sheer number of people that are diagnosed with a mental illness. If I had control over the NIH grant budget, I would increase funding for projects dedicated to improving our knowledge about mental illness. Those who suffer from severe mental illness have trouble with everyday activities like self-help skills and transportation. In addition, they may have difficulty getting out of bed due to overwhelming depression. However, when mental illnesses are treated correctly, people can recover fully by living successful lives (Lauveng et al. 2015).
The daily battle that each patient faces is something that is not easily overcome. I believe that mental illness patients deserve the chance …show more content…
al., patients that experienced a nurturing environment in their daily lives also experienced complete recovery from their mental illness. Some could even discontinue their medications. On the other hand, those who experienced discontinuity or lack of support in their lives showed no signs of improvement and bounced in and out of wards constantly. They had suicidal thoughts and some developed addictions as a way to cope with their disability and depression (Lauveng et al. 2015). To me, this evidence proves that here is more to treatment than just medications. We live in an age where it is believed that medicine can fix everything from a headache to depression. The brain is capable of powerful things and I believe that we have more control over our brain than we give ourselves credit. I have a really drastic dream to own my own neurology practice one day that hires psychologists, doctors, pharmacists, therapists, and researchers to create highly personalized medications and treatment plans for each
The daily battle that each patient faces is something that is not easily overcome. I believe that mental illness patients deserve the chance …show more content…
al., patients that experienced a nurturing environment in their daily lives also experienced complete recovery from their mental illness. Some could even discontinue their medications. On the other hand, those who experienced discontinuity or lack of support in their lives showed no signs of improvement and bounced in and out of wards constantly. They had suicidal thoughts and some developed addictions as a way to cope with their disability and depression (Lauveng et al. 2015). To me, this evidence proves that here is more to treatment than just medications. We live in an age where it is believed that medicine can fix everything from a headache to depression. The brain is capable of powerful things and I believe that we have more control over our brain than we give ourselves credit. I have a really drastic dream to own my own neurology practice one day that hires psychologists, doctors, pharmacists, therapists, and researchers to create highly personalized medications and treatment plans for each