Chronic illness

About 42.5 million Americans are affected with a mental illness. This affects their daily functioning and can often lead to unemployment, reliance on government assistance and even death. Many suffer from chronic depression and other mental illnesses like anxiety and schizophrenia. Their lives are often drastically changed from the moment they are suspected of having a mental illness. But hundreds of thousands of psychiatrist, doctors, nurses and volunteers are on hand to help guide patients…

Implementing charges for inmate medical services negatively affects prisoners by, limiting inmate finances for basic needs, deterring inmates from seeking treatment, and inviting another avenue for segregation within prison walls. The implemented charge for medical services would significantly limit the funding prisoners have for basic needs. Once imprisoned, a civilian no longer has the access to the luxuries of the free world. The civilian becomes an inmate. They are stripped of identity,…

In his book, The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing and the Human Condition, Arthur Kleinman poses ideas and eight questions about illness experiences that every patient endures. The eight questions provide an insight into how the patient views the illness they have, what they think it does, fears about what it will do and any additional problems it has triggered. For this assignment, I have used these questions as a way to guide my interview with a childhood friend of mine, Sydney Karre.…

constitutional rights is health care. Some people do not elicit any compassion for prisoners, and believe that they do not deserve health care. Although, prisoners may have made mistakes, prisoners deserve health care due to the prevalence of mental, and chronic…

The returning vets were often diagnosed as being depressives, psychotics and schizophrenics, and were administered brain operating operations. It was believed that these brain surgeries would bring them relief from their mental illness, but at what cost? After a lobotomy was administered patients experienced seizures, loss of motor skills, and even death. This form of treatment was usually used on severly mad patients, who failed to be cured using other forms of treatment (Lobotomy…

Introduction: Individuals should seek appropriate and timely medical attention to facilitate early intervention and management of any acute illness or chronic disease (Jin, Sklar, Oh, & Li, 2008). Participation and compliance with prescribed medical treatment is often crucial in preventing further complications and has proven to significantly affect prognosis and best outcomes (Dang, Giordano, & Kim, 2011). After implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the question still persists: What…

Chronic illnesses are only dealt with in the medical aspect. Physicians typically overlook the social aspect of these illnesses. However, how the patient functions in their day-to-day lives with a chronic illness is just as important as treating the illness. With any chronic illness, continuum of care is important. This would ensure that the patient is receiving the proper care in regards to the chronic illness and any other illness that may occur. It is important to ensure that the patient’s…

population to put DNR on their advanced directive – they are elderly and no longer want to be in pain/suffering. However, it is unusual to see a pediatric patient with an AND order. AND, meaning to allow natural death is something that individuals with chronic illnesses will put in their advanced directives. This particular patient requested that no chest compressions or cardiac medications be utilized in the case of distress. This patient is nineteen years old and for her to have an AND order…

stress. This effect will not keep the stressors from entering a person’s life. However, it will provide some protection against the harm of stress. For example, an individual just found out that their love one was diagnosed with a life threatening illness, which can be stressful and overwhelming. However, the individual receives social support from family or friends to relieve a lot of stress. Another example is taking care of an elderly parent. The social support from family or friends will…

a huge distress, using a wheelchair may and can reduce contact with other people and make them fall into a mental health depression. Equally having a mental illness can cause physical illness, many signs of physical illness are stimulated and connected to mental health. I believe that depressive illnesses can make a person’s physical illness extremely hard for them. In order for a person to be completely healthy they must take care of not only their physical health but also their emotional and…