Types of Mental Disorders Essay

There are plenty of mental health issues that can be addressed in a mental health group where teaching can be done to help patients learn and improve their quality of life. The mental health issue that we addressed in our group at Harding Hospital was geared towards nutrition and exercise. Healthy eating determines the nutrients that circulate in your system and affects the function of not only the body but the mind as well (Mental Health America 2010). Since there are many patients that come…

Literature Review One of the greatest barriers to mental health care systems is financial security. Not enough money is put into all facets of mental health care because there are not enough resources, trained professionals, or sponsors willing to flood the system with enough funding to make a difference. In some areas mental health care is not as available as it could be, and more often than not the mental health care system could be greatly improved if it were monetarily supported in a more…

Malingering is related in some ways to somatoform disorders and factitious disorders. However, there are also distinct differences. A patient with a factitious disorder like Munchausen’s, does not pretend to be sick in order to get drugs, money or disability. They lie, exaggerate and actually make themselves genuinely ill in order to be a patient. According to (Conroy, 2006) a person who is malingering is behaving intentionally, which means it is done with conscious awareness. Therefore,…

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety disorder where a person has uncontrollable obsessions and compulsions that he or she feels the urge to repeat. Obsessions are urges, thoughts, or mental images that cause a person anxiety or stress. Compulsions are the repetitive behaviors that a person feels the urge to do based on the obsessive thoughts. Symptoms of OCD can interfere with all aspects of life. A symptom of OCD is fear of germs or contamination that leads to excessive cleaning.…

appropriate. The researchers begin by explaining how mental health research has traditionally focused on consumer outcome variables, but has only recently begun looking at the process. This means that research is now starting to look at the effect the client/worker relationship has on outcomes. As most research traditionally focuses on outcomes, there is not enough research understanding why these outcomes are what they are. They address the voices of mental ill individuals in research on…

the United States prison system, mental health problems among prisoners are somewhat high. Some like to think that prisons are now becoming institutions for those with mental health problems. Hearing these statements and thoughts from others makes many feel that people need all the help they can get with such a strong disability, not to be thrown away and locked up in prison. The next few paragraphs and pages are going to be a brief investigation of the mental health problems among those in…

I was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder type I when I was 14, after being treated for Clinical depression for over a year. It made so much sense, and it was a relief, but it was also scary and overwhelming. Another year later, I have learnt to accept it, am functioning well, and am succeeding at school and at my work as a pharmacy assistant. I love the place I live as well; I love the way I can hear waves crashing as I fall asleep, and how the sunset looks from my balcony at night. I love how the…

Government Role in the Treatment of Mental Health Although some may say that the government is already too involved in the treatment of mental health, in order to further lower rates of depression and suicide in adolescents the government must stay involved and in some cases do more, including, increase the availability of treatment, improve mental health care in schools, and ameliorate the use of contemporary advancements in the mental health field. "At least 90 percent of people who commit…

Criticisms and Current Uses of the Rorschach Test The Rorschach Inkblot test is a psychological test that is used to determine certain mental disorders and hidden personalities. The inkblot test can provide some very innovative insights into someone’s unconscious, including hidden personalities and feeling. But it is frequently questioned for it’s validity and reliability. The Rorschach Inkblot test is highly controversial for many reasons but is still widely used today. Before someone…

drug that is a very debatable concern is psychotherapeutic drugs. Psychotherapeutic drugs are medicines that are prescribed by medical physicians to mental illness patients. But are these psychotherapeutic drugs overprescribed to mental illness patients? Many Americans are…