Anti-psychiatry

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is a novel surrounding Clay Jensen and the late Hannah Baker. Hannah Baker had committed suicide and recorded her reasons for doing so on cassette tapes. She sent the tapes to the thirteen people she deems responsible, in some way, for her death. Clay Jensen receives the cassette tapes and is directed by Hannah through the city as he listens to her retell the events that led up to her suicide. 42,773 people die by suicide in the United States every year, making…

When it comes to psychopathy, a lack of empathy is one of the most significant and well-known symptoms. However, prior to this study, there was very little information regarding the neurological deficits in people with psychopathy that contributed to lacking empathy. Until recently, psychopathy was widely considered as an untreatable illness. Identifying a pattern in the way individuals with psychopathy process empathy would not only point out malfunctioning areas of the brain, but also pave the…

The Glass Menagerie She was an energetic and light-hearted child who was raised by a controlling, Victorian mother. Her name was Rose Williams, and her only escape from the overwhelming tensions and stress of home was time spent fantasizing, soaring paper airplanes, and creating fun memories with her beloved baby brother, Tom (Playbill, 2017). Unfortunately, there came a day when she was no longer able to evade the confining misery of her home. At the tender age of twenty-five, Rose was…

Conflicted Avoidant Personality Disorder Overview According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders handbook, avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) affects persons who display a pattern of social inhibition, often considering themselves to be socially inept, which is why they avoid social interaction for fear of being rejected, ridiculed or humiliated. They are also extremely sensitive to negative feedback and evaluation, and feels inadequate and inferior. Passive…

Last week, I had a chance to experience the psychiatric emergency service. There were many things that surprised me when I was down there. First of all, I didn’t realize how small the psychiatric emergency room was. The waiting area seated maybe 10 people, most of the rooms were triage rooms that only had chairs in them, and there were only about five seclusion rooms that contained beds. Supposedly, patients can end up waiting in PES for days before there is room on the units to be admitted. The…

It is easy to understand why the death of a loved one is widely identified as a formidable life stressor, in which the method of death may increase the risk of those left behind developing psychological and psychiatric conditions. When this method of death is suicide it is said to be one of life’s most catastrophic experiences (Walsh & McGoldrick, 2004). Jordan ( 2001) explains how the suicide of a loved one releases a poignant tidal wave of feelings and emotions in addition to the loss,…

Although psychosurgery had multiple negative implications, the procedure was still progressing. In the late 1940s, noninvasive procedures were beginning to advance in neurosurgical devices. The confined lesion allowed for manageable side effects and less fatalities. Additionally, there was an increased advancements in neurobiological research on emotion, allowing for focus on distinct areas of the brain. Papez and later MacLean led to clarifying evidence of appropriate ranges to operate on that…

Our perception of the world around us is strongly related to our vision, but sometimes it is very difficult to distinguish between reality and illusions. Illusions skew the brain’s interpretations of visual stimuli in a way that alters our perception of objective reality. When we look at the Ebbinghaus illusion as shown in Figure 1 for instance, two circles of identical size appear to be of different size when one is positioned in the middle of a ring of larger circles and the other is…

What do you want to be when you grow up? This is the number one question everyone asks. As a child, knew I wanted to become a baker, and far as I could remember that is what I wanted to be. However, as I grew older I began realize that being a baker was similar to becoming an actress or a singer. Though, this what I began to comprehend was that people were really messed up in the head, not physically but psychologically. This is where the concept of psychology came into place, and just like…

Assignment 7 In the case of minority (infancy) is less the penalty because minors (those under the age of 18, in most states) lack the capacity to make a contract. According to the textbook (chapter 14, pg 173), most minority states might be terminated by a minor’s emancipation, which happened when a minority person’s parent or legal guardian relinquishes the legal right to exercise control over the their own child who is under the age of 18. In the case of mental impairment (incompetence) is…