History of mental health

Doctors still find it difficult to diagnose this mental illness, as not long ago, it was often confused with Unipolar Disorder Schizophrenia. However, in today's world, there is a better understanding of mental illness. Psychiatrists usually base the diagnosis on abnormal behavior reported by the patient's parents, teachers, or close friends. Psychotherapy is also a very useful tool for a diagnoses. Signs detected during sessions are taken into consideration. Along with evaluations, there are…

ADHD formally was recognized as a disorder by the medical community and included in the DSM II in 1968 under the title hyperkinetic reaction of childhood. This then expanded to include criteria for adults in the DSM 5 of 2013. However before the inclusion in the DSM II there were several examples of attention problems by early physicians and philosophers. The earliest reference to attention was made by William Shakespeare. In 1623 Shakespeare describes one of the characters in King Henry VIII…

Environmental therapies provide a powerful element of consequence, containment and motivation that give children and families the chance of self-knowledge, self-awareness and understanding (Fryer-Kelsey et al., 2012) Environmental therapies are based on the human behaviour or behaviourism, which emphasize the importance of external factors in producing thoughts within the human mind. Most of the behavioural therapies are based on the classical conditioning (Ingleby and Oliver, 2012). An…

gender influences on mental illness perception, however, seem to focus on media impacts, the characterizations of mentally ill persons in popular culture, and long term attitudes towards the mentally ill in relation to mental health literacy or illness recognition, usually taking the form of a meta or content analysis (Pirkis, Blood, Francis, & McCallum, 2006; Lauber, Nordt, Falcato, & Rossler, 2003; Nairn, 2007). When literature utilizes an experimental design concerning mental illness…

Article #1 Stuart, Heather. "Media portrayal of mental illness and its treatments: what effect does it have on people with mental illness?" CNS Drugs, vol. 20, no. 2, 2006, p. 99+. Academic OneFile, go.galegroup.com/PS/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=kaea136&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA 199865961&it=r&asid=597855df3f8683b82148a3b18850418a. Accessed 30 Mar. 2017. Summary: Dr. Heather Stuart works in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In this…

There is a huge problem with the American mental health care system that is largely unseen until something drastic occurs, such as killings or suicides. However, identifying and jailing the individual that conducts a mass shooting does not solve the larger problem. The health issue stems from health insurance companies that do not prioritize the well being of their customers over making a profit. They reduce their own budget when they deny payment for a person to stay in the hospital, under…

This class has opened my eyes in the supervision of probationer and parolee. Even though I work in the law enforcement field, I did not have direct contact with probationer and parolee. In the beginning I did question why was there so many probationer and parolee in the community and not in prisons or jails? After reading the textbook and many thoughtful discussions with fellow classmates, I learned that parole and probation serve as “release valve for overcrowded prisons”. I did not fully…

In social psychology, … The fundamental attribution error is a personal attribution bias everyday people often commit in society. As everyday people commit the fundamental attribution error, they fail to recognize how harmful it is to those affected. Everyday people can become more aware of and plan to reduce the harmfulness the fundamental attribution error presents through message complexity and attention. Notably, the fundamental attribution error is a personal bias that is problematic in…

in four Americans suffer from mental illness, a number that adds up to over 45 million people (Barbara Wexler). This is not a number to be ignored and one that certainly isn’t. Over half of those aged eighteen and older received the treatment they needed between 2005 and 2006. This percentage is expected to rise and continue to rise as further developments are made to support the mentally ill; as of now, all that can be done for those suffering from a form of a mental disorder is being done.…

Risk Factors for Late-Life Suicide Article Critique In the article by Turvey, Conwell, Jones, Phillips, Simonsick, Pearson, & Wallace, (2002), titled Risk factors for late-life suicide: a prospective, community-based study, the authors wanted to know what some of the risk factors for suicide in adults ages 65 and older. They performed a 10-year long study on 14,456 individuals that met the researchers criteria to see if any particular risk factors could be identified. This is an article…