Anti-psychiatry

interesting from this video was how faith and the search the search for identity comes into play when looking at the foundation of psychiatry. Hearing that for some reason made me realize my own way of thinking about psychiatry is to think about it being this solid then when in reality it is a fluid and ever changing. Overall this video gave me a better understanding of psychiatry that was much…

Psychotic Disorders that afflict the mind are a large series of diseases. These diseases make a person can not think clearly, decide valid decisions, response emotionally, realize actuality and reply well. When symptoms are dangerous, people with psychotic disorders have deficiency maintain connection with life and most of the time are incapable to tolerate daily life. However, even dangerous psychotic disorders almost all types can be treated. There are different types of psychotic disorders…

Malingering. Malingering is often used as a topic in some researches especially those in line with the medicinal field. The concept that fakers use less severe symptoms to escape detection was validated in 2001 in a research study. Individuals were asked to fake mental illnesses in such a way as to avoid detection by sophisticated psychological tests. All or portions of the following tests were employed in the research: the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology, the Psychopathic…

different with each sufferer (Farrell 32). Physicians have done research to help define and cure this disorder. The research has shown a few problematic symptoms due to medication. Addiction afflicted the majority of the population who were taking anti-anxiety medication in the 1980s. This later led to reimbursements. Physicians declared that anxiety affects a person in a way they cannot control (Dowbiggin 432). It has become clear that this psychiatric illness must be taken seriously. Although…

Holly is a 46 year old divorced Caucasian female who lives with friends. Holly presented with concerns about depression as well as anxiety. Holly says that she has had these symptoms for a long time and is coming to treatment because she had recently moved and it running out of her medications. Holly as a lot of abuse, physical, emotional, and sexual, in her past though she did not want to talk about it and did not speak about it effecting her daily life during intake. Holly says that the…

Tracy Letts once said, “when books and plays are made into movies, they frequently want to cut out the valleys and just show the peaks.” Award winning books are often made into movies to expand the viewers of the books. Many times parts are added, taken out, or deleted changing the perspective of the movie and sometimes the plot. Harper Lee’s, Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird was published on July 11th, 1960 and turned into a film that was released in 1962. On of the…

Judicial Proximity Shortly after starting Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson represented a man named Herbert Richardson. Richardson was “a Vietnam War veteran whose nightmarish experiences in brutal conditions left him traumatized and scared” and he returned home with PTSD and other mental instabilities (Stevenson, 74). Stevenson represented Richardson during his appeals from death row after being erroneously convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s niece. In the end,…

Impact of Child Psychiatrist Shortage Maintaining good grades, balancing work, keeping up with a social and family life are examples of the types of pressures today’s society puts on teens and children. There has been a rise in mental health disorders in teens and children but the numbers of psychiatrists haven’t been keeping up with this increase. Given these circumstances, it is important that children and teens have local access to psychiatrists because it would significantly help children…

Close your eyes and imagine, you are walking down the street and you come across a house. At first glance there is nothing special about this, probably just a regular house with people in it. You take a look across the street before looking back at the house, but instead of just a house there is a woman standing in the yard screaming about some obscene event that never happened or there is a person on the porch just staring at you. What you’re feeling is caution, fear, and confusion. “Well 25%…

After graduating with a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling, I intend on attempting the National Counselor Exam to become a National Certified Counselor and become a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida. Subsequently, my focus will remain on social justice in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) community while maintaining a robust educational background in order to aid individuals who suffer with addiction. Thru the work at a local…