Congenital disorders

suffering from anxiety and depression go a considerable amount of their lives undiagnosed. What triggers them to seek treatment is often not that they are having mental health problems, but physical health problems that have been brought on by their disorders. If the illness goes undiagnosed for too long it will generate an assortment of complications that can lead to the sufferer being buried under a myriad of medications. This spiraling effect can make the diagnoses feel out of control. Though…

The Native American Genocide that swept America “The Shining” is a classic horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, released on May 23, 1980. The movie takes place in the home of the three main characters Jack Torrance, Wendy Torrance and Danny Torrence aka Doc. Jack goes for an Interview and ends up getting the job during the winter as the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. The Overlook Hotel is known to have many Native American patterns on the floor and curtains even on Wendy’s clothes.…

Referral Reasons: The primary reasoning for the referral of Howard is due to having obsessive thoughts. Howard called his primary care doctor because he was feeling ill. The doctor reported that despite persistent effort , Howard was relentless to leave or allow anyone inside his theater room. He would talk to people through a wall claiming he did not want to get anyone sick. He seemed to have obsessive thought, and repeating certain words. Howards also believed that he was in the room for…

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is the tragic story of a young Hmong girl named Lia who suffers from epilepsy and who was the victim of a cultural collision and misunderstanding between her Hmong parents and her American doctors in Merced, California. The story follows Lia’s family, the Lees, as they navigate the American culture and system while maintaining strong ties with their traditions, practices, and rituals. The author, Anne Fadiman, uses the battle between the doctors of Merced…

Robert Dewey is an example of a wrongful conviction. He was sentenced to life for rape and murder after a young woman was found dead in her own apartment. The woman, who was 19- year old Jacie Taylor, was found dead June 1994, she had been strangled to death and left for dead in a half-filled bathtub with a dog leash wrapped tightly around her neck. Sadly, she had been abused and sexually assaulted prior to her murder. A year later Dewey was put on trial for Taylor’s murder. The police and…

Cynthia Howard Andrea Yates Case Study CRJ 598: Crime and Forensic Mental Health Samuel Hawes, PhD Andrea Yates Case Study The Social History/Background of Andrea Yates Andrea Yates grew up in the Houston Texas. She came from a middle-class family. Her father was a retired teacher in auto shop, and died of Alzheimer’s before Andrea killed her children, and her mother was a stay at home mother. Of the five children her parents had, Andrea was the youngest. Andrea was predicated to have…

The significance of “madness” in Hamlet In the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, the main character Hamlet experiences an irrational behavior of madness throughout this piece of work. While reading this play there is a question that crosses the reader’s mind of, “Is Hamlet going crazy or is he going mad?” The reader can often wonder this because of the way Hamlet starts to act as soon as his father dies and the actions and choices he makes leads the audience to think that he isn’t…

Most people have had some fight or disagreement with a member of their family. Some might say it is natural for families to argue, but sometimes the reasons behind them are much bigger than they might appear at first glance. The short story “Everyday Use” by Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker deals a situation like this (Kirszner and Mandell 344). Walker feels strongly about people reconnecting with their heritage, in fact, she retook her maiden name three years into her marriage to…

Tuesdays With Morrie: Themes In Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom, Morrie uses several aphorisms to teach Mitch about life. In the memoir, life lessons taught by Morrie are learned on Tuesdays, leading up to his death. Morrie, a professor of sociology, suffers from ALS, in which he learns the true values of life. He learns the importance of love, family, and where a person’s values are placed. Morrie talks about a different topic on each of the Tuesdays over a span of fourteen weeks. He…

Whenever one is startled, or caught off-guard, the innate human response is to either flee or fight. Most human brains are wired to run from danger. This runs parallel to when humans are faced with a problem or a difficult situation. Many individuals would rather run away from problems than work at resolving them. The novel “Things That Fly” by Douglas Coupland conveys the themes of Escape as well as The Human Condition in his short story by utilizing the symbols of Superman, the narrator’s…