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Dr. Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) was a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author who was well known for his criticisms of the field of psychiatry and the concept of mental illness. He moved to the United States from Hungary when he was a teenager and pursued a degree in physics followed by a medical degree in 1944. In 1958, Szasz began discussing his theories on the history of mental illness and the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry. He also explained modern day views on mental illness…

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…

psychiatric medication prescribed by non-other that our trusted doctors. Psychiatric drugs are dangerous and unpredictable. Therefore, general practitioners should not be able to prescribe psychiatric drugs to children when they…

of disorder addressed. Psychopharmacology is utilized in a few different ways in dual diagnosis treatment. One use of psychopharmacology is prescribing psychiatric medications that are non-addictive to patients that are necessary to treat the mental disease. The second use of pharmaceutical drugs is in the administration of medications to accomplish medical detox, medicated detox, and, or manage withdrawal symptoms during inpatient…

Think about this situation, you are at school and suddenly there is an earthquake tornado or some other natural disaster. Sadly most of the students are killed, later the parents are called in to help identify some of the remains. How are these parents going to figure out if this corpse is their child? Hmmm… maybe by what they saw their child walk out of the house in that morning, so uniforms actually could cause a problem instead of help fix them.      School uniforms…

Place of safety Section 136 states that once an arrest has been made police must assist the individual to a place of safety (Mental Health Act 1983, s. 136 (1)). To ensure the safety of the individual and the public, until an assessment can be conducted and future treatment has been decided upon (House of Commons 2015). A place of safety, is defined by law, as residential accommodation provided by a local authority (Lynch et al 2002; Borschmann et al 2010), such as: A&E departments, police…

18. 19% of adults in the United States suffer with some form of mental illness; 3.77% have had serious thoughts of committing suicide (“Adult Population with Mental Illnesses in the US, by State, 2015”). While this doesn’t seem like a very large number, this is a nationwide average. When you look at states individually, the numbers do go up. In 2013, Nation Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) said that one in four adults experience mental illness. Despite these statistics, mental illness is still…

intrigued by the questions posed by this song. Are prescribed medications worth taking? Do the rewards outweigh the risks? Macklemore’s opinion that America is overprescribed is obvious through the song. He discusses issues such as corruption of pharmacy companies, addiction, and dependence. This inspired me to investigate both sides of the argument to form my own opinion. B. The problem is the overprescription of psychiatric medication. This problem impacts people…

As stated by the National Alliance of Mental Illness (2016), in a given 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…

She Enculturated to hold prejudice against individuals with mental illness. As 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…