Anti-psychiatry

including medical professionals, believed it was caused by demonic possession or angering the gods. Over time, there this view was debated and various treatments for mental disorders developed. Treatments such as herbal remedies, the “rest cure,” anti-psychotic drugs, and therapy were used and many psychiatric hospitals were established. The “rest cure” was criticized by female writers as it required patients to give complete control to their physicians. Major developments in mental illness…

“Once mainstays in psychiatric institutions, many OTs left the mental health arena when psych treatment moved en masse in the 1980s…” (Glomstad). The exit of occupational therapists from the mental health branch is mind-boggling. Today, occupational therapists are nearly nonexistent when it comes to mental institutions, “…the number of OTs and OTAs practicing in the mental health arena is now a meager 2 percent nationally” (Lagrossa). Society doesn’t realize what occupational therapists bring to…

Introduction There is a schism in the public opinion on the topic of memory, and there seems to be no clear consensus on, just how the human memory works. Not only there not widely spread misconception on how memory works in the public, but this misconception in the way memory functions has spread to our highest levels of law and justice too. There was a time that even the field of psychology was confused and divided by this issue. So, if psychology is what everybody looks to in for the answer…

Life is not without problems and as such, humanity share’s stories of struggles and for many these struggles are merely a part of the cycle of this life. Yet there are those that cannot cope with these struggles in terms of a positive solution and there for seek the guidance of a therapist to provide an unbiased view of the whole picture and train the client to get back on track, managing life once again. Therapists are trained in the field of mental health and provide experience in identifying…

In recent years, it has become somewhat of an expectation to obtain a college degree. Landing a steady, high-paying, job without a degree is more of a rarity than it should be. Those who choose not to attend college face being labeled as failures, said to be destined for unemployment and unhappiness. Equating postsecondary education with success, our society tends to shove freshly graduated high school students into a new phase of life that they may or may not be ready for. As the amount of…

apparent that those with mental illness would best benefit from community programs such as the Supported Housing project. Total Institutions By the end of the 1800s there was a movement to treat those with mental illness more humanely with the use of psychiatry/psychology and religion, as well as an emphasis on the belief that there was a cure that could be found through treatments. This shift in belief lead to psychiatric facilities that provided long-term care of those with mental illnesses.…

In just a few moments the jury will decide if the suspect accused of killing five year old Samantha will be prosecuted and charged with murder. The young innocent girl had no chance to fight off the man. It is so hard understanding why a human being would harm another person. Why do the people in our society commit hate crimes if they know this is wrong? Approximately 2,300,000 people are in prison or jail—at least as of yearend 2009—more than every man, woman, and child in Detroit, San…

One look at this case study and one will immediately wonder, would Lisa Miller be competent to stand trial and if so would she be able to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity? First, a solid understanding must be reached as to what it means to be competent to stand trial. A look at how Costanzo and Krauss (2015) define competency to stand trial and how it pertains to the Miller case. Then an examination of an article in which competency to stand trial is the main focus. Next, what…

Effects of Adult Mental Health on Families: An Annotated Bibliography Goodyear, Melinda, Terri-Lee Hill, Becca Allchin, Francis McCormick, Rochelle Hine, RoseCuff and Brenda O’Hanlon. “Standards of practice for the adult mental health workforce: Meeting the needs of families where a parent has a mental illness” International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (2015) 24, 169-180 This article highlights the standards for mental health practitioners to effectively address what is needed by a family…

Have you ever loved one diagnosed with hoarding disorder? A mother describes a situation with her son having a small Christmas tree set up in his bedroom, and his sister and brother in law visiting while eating off dinner trays in his room. (BÜScher, 2013). The family formed a sanctuary amongst the clutter, to savor the moment. Hoarding disorder develops into a manifestation of possessions causing conflict amongst the living area. The individual suffering from the hoarding disorder commonly…