Delusional disorder

Gun Control, a Mental Health Issue in America Gun control lately has rapidly become an even further controversial topic in America due to violent acts against the public by troubled individuals. “In the United States, popular and political discourse frequently focuses on the causal impact of mental illness in the aftermath of mass shootings” (Metzl and MacLeish sec.1). Not to mention the impact these situations have on the society, this issue, unfortunately remains so overlooked, that media…

Attachment Disorders Children that are placed into community homes or grow up in a dysfunctional family develop very similar psychological characteristics. Children that grow up in these environments usually experience some sort of disruptive attachment to their primary caregiver or parent, they are not in a stable environment, and they are usually exposed to multiple caregivers throughout their life. All of these factors have been connected to attachment disorders in some way. Though these…

Introduction The Effect Misconceptions on individuals with disabilities Individuals who have disabilities are categorized as "being a punishment in society" (Grace Tsao, 2000).A girl was born with a birth defect called Spina Bifida this defect caused her to be paralyzed from the waist down. Being paralyzed made her confound to a wheelchair which changed how she sees herself within people, and society. All her life she feels alienated and neglected from people around her such as some of her…

The recovery paradigm differentiates from the medical model with the therapist as the source of healing and instead cultivates the power that the consumer holds regarding the processes and outcomes of treatment. According to Ralph, Lambert, and Kidder (2002) practitioners must refrain from seeing those with mental illness as perpetually disabled and instead as people that can recuperate. The client becomes the consumer and is expected to take responsibility for their situation as well as their…

treatments that follow the “one type fits all” concept. This new knowledge has brought people to believe that these disorders are not resulting from a sin but instead are due to physiological and environmental problems. These developments led to better lives for individuals struggling with various diseases, and may result in a cure, as society hopes. Thus, as the…

Originally named Dorothea Lynde Dix, she was born in Hampden, Maine during the year 1802. While growing up, however, Dix did not experience a normal childhood, instead she grew up in an unhappy home with neglectful parents. As a result, she suffered from depression at several times and by age thirty three, Dix had a complete physical and psychological breakdown. In order to restore her health, Dix embarked on a trip to Europe in 1836 where she resided in the home of William Rathbone and his…

More children are growing up in poverty than ever before, children growing up poor can have lifelong effects on the child. Poverty is a global issue that has caused a lot of debate about what should be done to help people in poverty. Some people think that programs should be put in place to help people get out of poverty, while others think that the current programs are good enough. Most people focus on how to help adults in poverty but children are also greatly impacted by poverty and need help…

Introduction There has been a dramatic shift, within the last couple of decades, on how women perceive their body. Unfortunately this shift has been significantly negative in nature. Women in today’s society are more dissatisfied with their bodies than ever before. The main culprit, which has driven this downward trend, is mass media. Mass media is very much a double-edged sword. On one hand, it has increased global connectivity and has allowed for the perpetuation of information in a very…

It Might be Schizophrenia By Andres Malagon The short story, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, is an amazing, suspenseful story about Emily Grierson; she is the main character in the story. She is a lonely, troubled and eccentric lady who lives in the same old house where she was born and raised. Emily has been living in this house and taking care of her father all her life. However, when her father died, she decided not to leave her old house and began to develop a series of behaviors…

In February of this year I was given the label of ‘depressive disorder not otherwise specified.’ Due to this diagnosis I also received the assumptions from friends and family that because I am labelled as depressed it must mean I want to commit suicide or that I am simply over-dramatic with my emotions. It seemed like everyone’s new most popular phrase became that “I seem so generally happy, I have a wonderful family and friend group, how was I in any way depressed?” The newfound diagnosis also…