Disorganized schizophrenia

The brain is an organ which controls all systems of the body. Unfortunately, there are some diseases which make a defect called mental illness. Two specific diseases which affect in patient's behavior are borderline personality disorder and depression. Borderline personality disorder and depression have many common things in some symptoms, diagnosis, and the methods of the treatment. These disorders also can be contrasted in another symptoms, results of untreated disorders, and priority of using…

Many people that are not directly affected by mental illness do not fully understand strains in the same manner. Mentally ill persons must navigate the negative social stigma, their symptoms, and strains from social rejection, discrimination, and life stressors. Agnew (2001) states, “The precise relationship between strain and crime is a function of the characteristics of both the strain and the people experiencing the strain” (pp. 347). Due to an increase of negative emotions that may be…

Dr. Solomon in the beginning of the lecture quoted Robert Jay Lifton, saying that we are responsible for our own extinction. He was relating to the growth of weaponry in the 20th century; yet, I believe that some of the points he made about “death” throughout the lecture, they could also be applied to the statement about extinction. To me, this lecture was not just about death, but life as well. Depression and substance abuse is a current— or even past—problem for many Americans. I am…

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to fantasy and delusion, inappropriate actions and feelings, and even more. The name of this poem is “Schizophrenia”, by Jim Stevens. Stevens wrote this poem to describe this mental disorder using a house that sounded like it wasn’t even taken care of. Stevens is also describing people who stay in the house that has schizophrenia also. The device used in this poem the most is…

I will discuss about the “Michael and Danielle and Family” video link. This couple with 6 children was renting from a landlord that let the house go into foreclosure. They were given 2 hours to evacuate their home, and were forced to live in a hotel. Although the statistics given by Berne et al., were from 1990, even current statistics still show that approximately 900,000 homeless people each year are families. Although Michael has a job, it still wasn’t enough to keep a roof over his family.…

Imagine yourself as a mental illness patient just a day; the following question is how people around you will treat you? Especially, your own family. Silver water contains a story of Rose, a schizophrenia patient. We accept details in the whole story from rose’s sister, Violet. The story begins to take place when rose was fifteen years old; her mental illness began to break down. Although her father literally is a psychiatrist, the first person who realized that Rose was about to goes off is her…

The authors investigated the usefulness of brief cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for severe mood disorders in an acute natural setting (Björgvinsson et al., 2014). Mood disorders, including bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder, are known as psychiatric disorders and can cause substantial functional deficiency and decreased quality of life. Furthermore, the worth of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for symptoms of mood disorders, such as depression, is significantly recognized; yet,…

Ableism have been serious since it started. Here are some facts about ableism. I will tell you about what is it, how does it affect people and examples throughout history. First of all, what is it? What is ableism? Well, ableism is a type of discrimination for people who are handicapped, etc. An example of ableism is getting turned down for a job because you are handicapped. However, doing something like that could get you arrested and charged today. Another example is being made fun of because…

The clinician should understand what being Muslim and being an immigrant means to the client. What specific stresses they are experiencing such as acculturation stress, ethnic identity stress, or economic stress. The client may be experiencing any number of stresses including ones associated with their religion or spirituality. The clinician should pay particular attention to how the client explains their presenting problems, both verbally and non-verbally. (Ahmed & Reddy, 2007) Some Muslim…

There are many factors that can affect a person’s development. One of which is isolation. There have been many tests to determine the effects of isolation on children and the makeup of their brain compared to a normal child. Isolation can lead to many mental illnesses over time, some of which can be fixed through therapy and medication. Boo Radley suffered one of these mental illnesses because of his living conditions; however, it is difficult to determine an exact diagnosis with the information…