Classification of mental disorders

“Tradition is our security. And when our mind is secure, it is in decay,” laments Jiddu Krishnamurti wisely. While tradition is a solace to many, as Krishnamurti puts it, once outdated, it can result in the deterioration of society. And worse, perhaps, are the consequences faced by those who protest antiquated values. Set in a stereotypical American town and initially written with a joyful tone, “The Lottery” explores such paradoxical views on tradition shifting to a dark and sinister tone…

Oftentimes, new experiences can be the source of discomfort and anxiety. People try to find their comfort zones in times of duress in order to be familiar with their situation, and to be able to control things the way they want to. In the poem, Upon Hearing Tagalog, Fatima Lim-Wilson tackles a scenario of feeling lost, and momentarily being found. Yet, with these emotions comes an inner turmoil, one that may be born from expected disappointments. Her use of the figurative language and ability to…

Esther digs herself into a hole of deep-rooted depression and mental…

Mathari Mental Hospital, later the name was changed to Mathari Hospital in 1964, currently it is called Mathari Teaching and Referral Hospital. Mathari Hospital is Kenya’s sole National referral and teaching psychiatric Hospital Olwendo, W. M., (2015), it offer services to those suffering from a wide range of psychiatric disorders. In 1978, the maximum security unit was opened for law offenders with mental illness. In 2003, rehabilitation and centre for drugs and substance abuse disorder…

One would call someone else a ‘psychopath’ as another word for crazy or insane. In media the word often applies to a killer with an especially gruesome or horrific crime. A crime only an insane person could commit. This is far from the truth. The diagnosis is hard to place, because psychopaths exist on a spectrum, and are not black and white. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and William Golding's Lord Of The Flies have their fair share of characters like: Lady Macbeth, Malcolm and Roger who are…

The theory of deindividuation is complicated, and different researchers in the field have very diverse definitions of deindividuation. A few believed the deindividuated state is achieved when a person becomes anonymous and realises that he or she will not suffer the consequences of his or her anti-social behaviour. However, Diener and others believed that deindividuation is caused by the loss of self-awareness and self-regulation in a person. Gustave Le Bon (1960) created the theory of how a…

The world is full of challenges, obstacles, and difficulties. The human being is created in order to undergo difficulties, and overcome their obstacles. However, some people with a weak character cannot endure the difficulties of life, and even they do not attempt to deal with these challenges. On the other hand, the people whose character is strong enough, and who can hold on the life always make efforts to find a way through barriers in their life. They try to seek an opportunity in their…

An article taken from moviepilot.com, “Mental Illness In ‘Moana’ & ‘Finding Dory’: Are Disney Done Celebrating Difference?” criticize recent Disney movies regarding to differences. The author Trevor Norkey states his disappointment when several characters in Moana and Finding Dory were mocked by other characters from the movie due to their disabilities. The characters do not developed into better ones that snapped off animated movie stigmas. Differ from the former movies when the stories tell…

THE SQUID AND THE WHALE The Squid and the Whale written and directed by Noah Baumbach in 2005 is a semi-autobiographical comedy-drama about his childhood in Brooklyn and the effect of his parents' divorce on the family set in the mid-1980s. It is a painful account of the break-up in 1986 of the marriage between middle-class writers Bernard (Jeff Daniels) and Joan Berkman (Laura Linney and its effect on their teenage sons Walt, 16 (Jesse Eisenberg) and Frank,10 (Owen Kline)…

The psychological reactions that involved in the movie In this movie, several psychological reactions involved, one of them is self-defense mechanism and the other one is 5 Stages of Grief. First of all, in the movie, Charlie had forgotten everything about being abused by aunt Helen as a child. Actually, Charlie was using self-defense mechanism to avoid being hurt. Self-defense mechanism was first suggested by Sigmund Freund. (Meleod,2009) The theory claimed that when experienced unacceptable…