American Psychiatric Association

models, have shed consistent evidence that treating common mental disorders (such as depression or anxiety) in primary care settings is more effective approach compared to the prevailing mode of delivering treatment through specialist facilities in psychiatric hospitals. It is suggested that an integrated care model, in which primary care physicians working in joint collaboration with psychiatrists and trained hospital staff, can lead to better patient…

cover up a sexual assault from another patient in the psychiatric ward. The suit accuses of the hospital trying to conceal the existence of video recording and soon the woman told a police officer what had happened, but Davis, the assumed sexual assaulter, denied touching her inappropriately and was not arrested. A couple months later, a police detective viewed the surveillance cameras in the hospital and arrested Davis (Rene Stutzman, Psychiatric patient who was…

would not know about. People nowadays are given multiple options for treating their illness, whereas many years ago, mental illness was frowned upon and was not given many or even sane approaches to treatment. Asylums, mental institutions, and psychiatric hospitals have all provided us with the history of how people were treated. I am hoping that after I finish this project, this will guide me to potentially learning as much as I possibly can about the psychology field and…

This replies to the case of Mr. Gregory Thompson and his request for appeal in the year 2004. Due to the crime that Mr. Gregory we accept his appeal based on the following reasons. Mr. Thompson mental health history and the competency to stand trial. Gregory Thompson was convicted of first degree murder and received a sentenced to execution following a jury trial on 22 August, 1985. Thompson and had a women name Joanne McNamara, was deserted in Shelbyville, Tennessee with neither money nor…

This learning brief will discuss the history of various policies that were enacted through the 1960’s until the 1980’s with regards to mental illness. The brief will discuss the factors that lead to the 1970’s deinstitutionalization movement for persons experiencing mental illness. It will also discuss both the advantages and consequences of deinstitutionalization. The brief will conclude with a discussion on issues that are important for social workers to consider today. In 1963, the…

The development of the antipsychotic drug Thorazine in 1954 relieved a wide range of symptoms for innumerous mental patients across the country pushing the public to accept the potential and encourage the progress of the institutionalized Americans. The Mental Health Study Act of 1955 called for the “objective, thorough, nationwide analysis and reevaluation of the human and economic problem of mental health.” President Kennedy’s signing of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental…

Do you know someone who suffers from schizophrenia? If you answered this question with, “yes” then you may know a lot about what I am about to tell you. If you answered, “no” than this essay can benefit you by informing you about the cause and treatments for schizophrenia. It will also give you statistical facts and impact that schizophrenia can have one a person. Schizophrenia is a brain disease where a person lacks the ability to think normally and may see illusions. The 1930s were…

medical research has advanced beyond herbs and chloroform, cases of reported mental illnesses have skyrocketed tremendously. Robert Glover, the executive director of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Director, states that “Without federal support, states haven 't been able to afford to keep their psychiatric hospitals open. States have closed 10% of their hospital beds from 2009 to 2012”(Szabo 2). With the recent incline…

The number of incarcerated inmates who suffer from some form of mental illness is at a rise. There is a wide range of questions about the treatment of the mentally ill in the justice system and wether prisons are a suitable place for the mentally ill. When a person commits a crime or breaks the law, they are usually taken into custody and sent to jail or prison without being evaluated properly. Instead of being sent to a hospital or a mental health facility to receive the proper treatments,…

Kesey’s references to Christ seem more blatant as McMurphy’s actions start to become similar to the actions of Christ. Chief Bromden, the narrator of Kesey’s novel, is enrolled in the hospital as deaf and dumb. In his whole tenure at the psychiatric ward, the chief did not say one word, and the nurses and patients did not think twice about the possibility of him ever speaking. At first, McMurphy tries to converse with the majestic Indian, but to no avail. One of the patients, Billy Bibbit,…