Expressive language disorder

Imagine a teen who was unable to sleep during the night, then woke up early in the morning for school the next day. That teenager has a higher chance of falling asleep in class or even falling asleep at the wheel due to lack of sleep and early school start times. Early school start times have a bigger effect on teenagers then most researches thought. Adolescents are sleep deprived for one main reason: early school start times. Teenagers perform worse in school due to the lack of sleep they…

Anxiety disorders are on the rise in our country, because of the multifarious etiological influences surrounding this mental illness, anxiety is often misdiagnosed: are we causing an anxiety epidemic? The interconnection of the biological, psychological and environmental influences of this disorder is often debated, questioning the true origin; is anxiety predetermined by our genetic makeup or do social and cognitive influences shape the severity of the disease. I believe all these factors play…

this a problem? For example a 47 year old man with bipolar disorder, he hears voices and has been arrested five times since October because of petty offenses such as loitering, and is most recently serving time because of his refusal to leave a Laundromat. (New York Times). According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness, one in four adults here in the U.S. experience serious mental health issues such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. The United States leads the…

When things don’t turn out the way people want them to, they easily blame others for theirs actions. Taking responsibility for one’s doing is easy if the outcome is accepted by others. But if the outcome is bad, they easily pass the responsibility to others. Humans are prone to blame others for mistakes they make. A unchangeable mistake was made when Victor Frankenstein created a monster in Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein. The monster was abandoned at first sight by his creator. Knowing nothing of…

One in four adults in the United States (61.5 million) is affected by a mental illness (McEnaney). Of the 61.5 million adults suffering from a mental illness, only 40% (24.6 million) are getting the proper treatment for it (Nieves). Additionally, 1/3 (250,000) of homeless people in the U.S. suffer from serious mental illness, and that number increases every day (Nieves). While health care for mentally challenged individuals in the United States has improved since colonial times, their care today…

Over 401 million people all over the world suffer from depression and schizophrenia. There is a link between mental illness and creative genius, and scientists have found that eminently creative individuals have a much higher rate of chronic depression. On the other hand, it has also been proven that depression is the cause of two-thirds of the suicides in the United States every year. If those with depression and schizophrenia are not forced to get treated, the illnesses could cause self-harm…

can’t be stuck in the past. It doesn’t matter how we, as a culture, used to do things. Technology has made things easier for us, whether some people like it or not. Without the technology we have today, we wouldn’t be able to treat diseases and disorders. People would die from small pox while we hang the autistic kid because we don’t understand him. We would be stuck in an age of unacceptance. This technology gives us a broader view of life, how valuable it is, how short it is. We may as well…

“I’m sorry... I am happier now.” This was the note of John Lutz, a 24 year-old marine veteran who committed suicide on January 12, 2013 after the tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lutz struggled to cope with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He transformed completely after combat, battling mood swings and recoiling from loud noises. Although Lutz had received treatment at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, he failed to heal from PTSD and perceived his only option as suicide.…

Thinspiration photos are known to be detrimental to a person’s health and promote eating disorders as a ‘lifestyle’. The use of this genre of photos is a highly controversial topic for the plain fact that it supports unhealthy behavior. Also, the fact that this genre of photographs has been known for provoking lower self-esteem and disordered…

“..substance use disorders and untreated mental illness were prominent characteristics among those who took their own lives.” (Christensen, 2013). The most important element is to align these issues into one umbrella where everything is together and includes every possibility…