Awareness about Mental illness

When you hear the words “Mental Illness”, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? This is one of the questions I asked while conducting a survey for high school students. Through the survey and knowledge from my personal experience as a twelfth grade student, I came up with the proposal that high schools need to address mental illness. From my research I was able to come up with a list of recommendations that can help spread and promote mental health awareness. The list consists of hosting a mental health week/month at Orchard Park, advertise mental health resources, add lessons regarding mental health issues into the curriculum and lastly, introduce programs for the sole purpose of educating the student body about mental health. For youth experiencing mental illness challenges, the period of time each day spent in school can result in a fragile stage between moving forward and standing still. Because of this, it is important to remove ourselves from the stigma that has been created about mental illnesses, and instead, better educate students about mental illnesses. If mental health issues are not addressed in childhood or adolescence; they will become more significant issues in the future. With proper resources available in schools, youth can learn strategies to deal with mental illness in…

There were two sections that I enjoy reading was “The About Mental Illness,” and “Personal Stories”. The tab “The About Mental Illness” let me see that there are different kind of mental illness and it just not about a person being crazy and talking to imagination people even though this is what the society see or know when it comes to asking what is mental illness. This tab let me see that mental illness can be internal and the person who has it is just normal just like everyone. Those that do…

with mental illness have received a different forms of care than patients with medical conditions. After all, injuries and physical diseases have visible symptoms, while symptoms associated with mental illness are typically behavioral. For millennia, those with mental illness were perceived by society as suffering from some sort of crisis of the soul. They were stricken with madness by the gods or possessed by a demon. The treatment for such supernatural conditions was to persuade the entity to…

When I was growing up, mental illness was not something that was spoken about in my community. It was generally associated with being "crazy" and unstable. For as long as I can remember, the thought of any illness or disease would cause my brain to go into overdrive causing anxiety. It was only in 2016 that my doctor classified these anxious thoughts of mine as hypochondriasis. Ever since, I've educated myself on mental illness and was shocked at the reality of how many people around me were…

Many people who have a mental illness feel that it is something to be ashamed of due to the stigma associated with mental health. How horrible would it be if someone looked a cancer patient in the eye and said “it’s just cancer, get over it”. That is the kind of thing that happens daily to people with mental illness. A person fighting his or her mental illness is in a fight for his or her life just as a person battling cancer is. The biggest issue with that is when society stigmatizes people…

Having a diagnosis of a mental illness can cause someone to feel confused and scared to speak up. Often times when being diagnosed with a mental health illness children could feel afraid telling someone because it will bring judgment and people will think he is going crazy. Nonetheless, society has created labels for anyone and anything. It has become a norm in society to label the car people drive, the grades given to children, the clubs children are part of, the house people live in, and the…

nassp.org/Content.aspx?topic=57948 The National Association of Secondary School Principals promotes student mental health and ensures safety within the social and educational aspects of high school. Their page about the recommendations and policies highlights the issue with the stigma of mental health how everyone should learn to handle students that have unfortunate cognitive conditions. It clearly states and outlines the respective duties of the federal, state, and school policy makers.…

ethnic minorities and more. In this paper, the stigmatization of mentally ill patients will be reviewed. Mental illness is a state in which influences one’s feelings, mood and thoughts. Statistics have shown there is a progressive increase in the number of in-patient discharges and death in Hospital Authority hospitals for mental and behavioral disorders from 2008 to 2012. Of all age groups, there is…

2Diagnosis Reflection paper Throughout my time in graduate school, I have been asked to spend a fair amount of time in self-reflection, exploring how my experiences, socio-economic status, race, gender, and sexual orientation all influence my work with clients. Self-awareness helps us to prevent our biases and backgrounds from interfering with the work, and allows us to better serve our clients. In this paper, we were asked to explore how our personal biases and cultural background…

State of Mind: Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness” was very attention-grabbing and inspiring. The documentary addresses the stigma created by society and the use “labels” when referring to individuals suffering from mental illnesses. The documentary mainly focuses on the programs available for these individuals in the state of California and on the numerous individuals who tell their story, where they encourage looking for professional help and how this individuals have been able to a…