Anti-psychiatry

The Clinical Case Study of Lenny; a Teen in Crises Lenny, a 17-year-old Caucasian male, with a presenting diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); to date the patient receives no treatment for this diagnosis. Patient reports, quitting high school the previous year, due to what he describes as depression. He recently reentered, with hopes of completing high school. Although the patient reported depression, as the reason for his departure from school, he has never received a…

Synthesis Paper Those with mental disabilities find it difficult to receive additional help in today's society. People with bipolar disorder find it particularly difficult to acquire health insurance. ”Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.” Do people with bipolar disorders have the right to have a specific health insurance? In 2008, Congress passed a law requiring health insurers to…

Client is a young African American female estimated to be in her early 30s. She is also a single mother of three young children aged approximately one, two and three all very close in age. No concrete information in regards to client exact nationality, ethnicity, religion, culture, age, and self- identification were asked by the social worker. Demographic information was based of the presenting situation and is a possible not definite description of the client. Presenting problem in this case…

It’s understandable why individuals get weary when visiting relatives undergoing neurological rehabilitation; it’s difficult to predict how they will react and often innocent intentions can be met with a harsh scolding. However, a new study suggests that a simple change in body language can have radical effects on the responses you receive and offers new rehabilitation options for patients. Despite impairment of the left visual field in patients with right parietal lobe damage, what is…

The book crazy has been one of the best reads I’ve done in several years, being able to include a social problem along with personal experience in the right proportions made this book very interesting. Upon reading the book Crazy one of the common themes I saw Earley argue about was how he felt the mental health programs within our country have always been about money and making sure people’s pockets were filled. Along with the book there were also three films we watch to further understand…

Many people are plagued with mental health issues, which are commonly overshadowed by physical health in today’s society. However, it’s important to address them before they spiral into a situation you no longer have control of. White Spruce Counseling, located in Rochester, NY, provides a wide array of mental health counseling, as well as anger management, domestic violence counseling, substance abuse, and PTSD counseling. The expert professionals provide compassionate and confidential care,…

Many people don’t really take physiological issues that seriously. People will go to the emergency rooms for a headache, back pain, and just about any physical sleekness. However, when it comes to mental issues, such as depression disorders, or anxiety, they are viewed as being normal. Depression disorder is defined by “psychology today” as an illness that involves your body, mood, and thought, and this is not something that just comes by every now and then, depressed people may feel sad, and…

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance a loosly-autobiographical story of a man and his son, Chris, who go on a motorcycling trip accompanied by two fellow bikers. On a journey from Minnesota to California, they take the back roads and sleep overnight in motels or just set up and camp. The man talks about what it is like to hear the wind rustling the grasses around him, to see birds flying in, out and around the marshes next to the road, to ride through a shelter-worthy storm, and to breathe…

Haslam & Kvaale argue that explaining the biogenetic factors of mental health actually increases the overall stigma associated with it. Through the increase in the attribution of uncontrollability, biogenetic causes often reduce some stigma associated with blame. However, this reduction in the blame component of stigma is outweighed by the tendency of biogenetic explanations to trigger psychological essentialism. This can lead to to a higher likelihood to subscribe to stereotypes such as that of…

Paranoia is a mental disease that starts as something small and then gradually evolves into this enormous thing that takes over your mind and body but if you combine both paranoia and bipolarism then that just becomes insanely difficult to treat, specially if you are in prison. Loli was a news reported / article writer, she had the perfect job but her mind was not in the right state. She began to hear voices and caused her to become paranoid, losing everything she had, Including her job, home,…