Community mental health service

Depression affects 11% of adolescents during the teenage years. Across America, depression is one of the highest diagnosed mental illnesses. With the rising stress levels of day to day life, more teenagers are getting diagnosed with this mental illness. Depression is not just simple sadness; it is a mental illness that restricts many people from performing to their highest capabilities. Each individual handles depression in different ways. Many of the symptoms involve the individual secluding…

emotions. Affecting 20% of teenagers, this mental illness is not something to take light heartedly. Its effects dramatically decrease the pleasure of life, as its victims lose hope for the future and interest in the activities they once enjoyed. Contrary to what appears to be a reasonable assumption, those of higher socioeconomic status are not “immune” to depression. Money is not always a source for happiness, but in fact, can be the cause of an onset of mental disorders. While the affluent do…

to be abnormal. The world of medicine was split into two as synthetic drugs emerged; one was western medicine, where synthetic drugs are highly utilized, and the other was eastern medicine, where natural remedies still dominate. Treatments for mental illnesses today are mostly dealt with by using the western medicine approach, but what if nature itself is a cure or a factor that can alleviate the symptoms of these illnesses? Before the urbanization of the world, exposure to nature was a…

Mental illness is defined as a health condition that is characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior, associated with distress and/or impaired functioning (Mental Health Basics, 2013). "Both the rate of diagnosis of depression in the U.S. and rate or prescribing an antidepressant for its treatment has increased over the past two decades" (Sclar, 2012). There are also some research studies that indicate the rate of diagnosis and treatment vary by ethnicity/race (Sclar, 2012). In…

The dictionary defines the word “blind” as the lack of perception, awareness, or discernment. Symbolism, irony, and foreshadowing is used in many ways by the author in her short story called “The Lottery”. Shirley Jackson uses these literary devices to emphasize the idea that people will follow traditions blindly if that was how they were raised. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story about a strange tradition. Once a year, the town gathers together and one member from each…

In the movie Patch Adams, directed by Tom Shadyac a young man named Hunter Adams admits himself into a psychiatric hospital. While he is there he learns that he has a passion for helping people with humor. He also gets the nickname Patch while there when talking to a patient. The movie shows that doctors should not be walking around the hospitals like they are above everyone else. That doctors should befriend the nurses and focus on patients and not the disease. When Patch Adams was in the…

Erving Goffman’s Stigma helps explains the basis on how people become stigmatized in society. There are many circumstances where people do not follow the standards that are placed on by society. Theses people often do not fit in due to the fact that they will never be normal to society’s standards. Goffman believes that the virtual character and the factual character creates discrepancies between them and causing stigmas. The stereotypes and attributes an individual or group can have will lead…

The theme of the poem relates to being human because many people can relate to feeling alone and pretending to be happy. I believe that this poem relates to being human because people experience many emotions and depression is a really common mental health disorder that many people in the world face. People who are struggling with depression or have struggled with depression…

above seems to do well to portray the mentality of an individual who demeans another individual who has a mental health condition. It is clearly this attitude towards mental health which NEEDS TO STOP. When people see messages like the one I gave above, it not only affects the individual suffering from mental health issues but it also contributes to a negative public image of mental health and all that the area encompasses. People who have a psychological condition should not be seen as being…

from major mental health issues including depression, bipolar disorder and many more. Our mental health should always be fit and be maintained very well. In the Book, Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Edmund Bourne, he specifically speaks about the struggles to anyone with anxiety disorders, panic attacks, social fears, certain phobias along with providing helpful skills to overcome those problems. All these complications fall under one main category which is our mental health. Mental health is…