American Psychiatric Association

year,1 in 5 adults in the U.S will experience some type of mental illness. A vast majority that suffer from mental or psychiatric disorders in the United States do not get the treatment and attention they need often because of the excessive cost of therapy and prescription drugs (Anxiety and Depression Association of America, n.d.). The long term effects of a mental or psychiatric disorder that goes untreated, can be detrimental to a person 's overall well-being. With the prevalence of mental…

An estimated one in four of all adult Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in any given year. These mental disorders can range anywhere from mild mood disorders to extreme, uncontrollable cases of schizophrenia. Criminals who have been found guilty of committing a crime may have difficulty with both serving the punishment and recovering from their mental disease because of the sentence given to them. Often times, this sentence is crippling for the mentally ill individuals, as a…

Upon his arrival at the asylum, McMurphy causes a rather large disturbance to the regular and mechanised schedule of Nurse Ratched’s ward. During his time there, McMurphy manages to change the scene in the ward so that the patients become more empowered. In Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, McMurphy evolves from a regular gambling con man to a hero to a saviour, characterised by his many selfless acts to protect and bolster the other patients. Although McMurphy seems to be just…

a child, she often heard of her mother criticizing a young adult in her neighborhood who often hospitalized for his psychiatric illness, probably schizophrenia. When Erika and her mother saw him walking around, her mother strictly warned her not to get close to him. Around the same time, she was seeing a dentist in a hospital that consisted of two departments, dental and psychiatric. She already created images of mental illness as monstrous. She has not Acculturated in psychological problems as…

“Oh, I have been in this group for more than 12 years” shared by a gentleman from a gambling anonymous (GA) group that I attended as a homework assignment. My first impression for group psychotherapy is that group will help people to reduce stress level without knowing how, why or what group counseling actually is. With the limited knowledge regarding group counseling, I am surprised to learn how much impact a support group can have for each person who participates. During the first lecture,…

“I just want to kill myself!” said the annoyed college student. “Why are you so moody today, are you bipolar?” said the over-dramatic friend. “You need to smile more often or you won’t make any friends,” said the oblivious mother. Walking around a college campus one hears remarks that have become a normality to say, but are offensive to other people. When people joke about killing themselves or throw around terms such as bipolar or depressed they do not realize they are supporting the mental…

procedure whereby patients were committed to psychiatric hospitals on the order of two magistrates (subsequently Peace Commissioners) was repealed and the Mental Treatment Act 1945 set out the procedures for the admission of both voluntary patients and involuntary patients, other than mentally disordered persons charged with criminal offences and Wards of Court. The Mental Treatment Act 1945 specified two main classes of patients received in psychiatric care -- the voluntary and the…

The problematic christ, and struggle between male and female power. Veronica Roth once said, “Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.” In the Novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest written by Ken Kessey in 1962, the story of a man named Randal Mcmurphy who is brought onto the ward after a court decision, is told through the eyes of a schizophrenic named Cheif Bromden who has frequent hallucinations. When Mcmurphy arrives to the hospital…

Psychology in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jacob P. Brugh Fort Mill High School  Psychology in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest the film is based off of a critically acclaimed book by the same name written by Ken Kesey. Kesey intended the novel to explore psychological principles and took psychedelic substances to immerse himself in the world of the patients he characterized (Lehmann-Haupt, 2001). The film reflects this, and psychological principles are…

During the Victorian Era, there was a change in the views towards mental illness as people began to realize the conditions and treatments towards patients of the mental institutions. Jane Eyre follows the story of a girl who is living through the social discriminations of the Victorian Era and observes the way the mentally ill were treated. In most cases, judging someone’s mental health was closely related to gender and where they stood on the social scale. Charlotte Bronte’s accurate yet…