Illness

Individuals diagnosed (currently or formerly) with mental illness often face many difficulties in life such as, prejudice and stigmas. Mental illness is still seen as a sign of weakness despite of all the knowledge known about it (Byrne, 2000). Stigma is a term with Greek origins. Stigmas are a sign of disgrace that makes a person different from other people (Schaefer, 2004). The Greeks cut or burned the skin of a person with a stigma to show that they are a blemished, and should be avoided at…

Our society has been continuously affected by mental illness. Many people tend to believe that an individual with a mental illness cannot operate in society, whether it’s in school, work, a relationship or at home. There are many individual attitudes, beliefs, and judgements about mental illness that lead to stigmas. Before anyone begins to judge others in society, he or she needs to learn the proper terminology. Mental illness can refer to many health conditions, like disorders that affect…

There are approximately 324,707,000 million legal U.S. citizens as of October 2016. According to the mental illness statistics about 26.2 percent of the American population ages 18 and older, in other words, one in four individuals suffers from either one or more of the 200 classified forms of mental illness. With the population of individuals with mental illness being larger than the population of law enforcement, and having 200 classified forms of mental illnesses. This “special population” is…

million Americans, experience mental illness in any given year. One in seventeen, about 13.6 million, live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder (Drug Abuse and Mental Illness Fast Facts). Many may not realize the large number of people who deal with mental illnesses, nor do they understand mental illness. The lack of knowledge about mental illness leads to misconceptions about the connection between mental illness and violence. Mental…

“You’d never say ‘It’s just cancer, get over it.’ So why do some say that about depression?”- Unknown. Mental illness is a wide range of disorders affecting emotions, thinking and behavior and millions of people suffer with it. But, there is still a stigma against mental illness making many people with it afraid to come forward with it and get help because they are afraid to be called weird and deranged and be grouped in with pyschopaths that shoot up schools and bomb concerts. This is a fear…

Mental Illness The issue of mental health resonates among all cultures worldwide. Each one of these cultures has their own ideas and ways of treating people with mental health issues. Some decide to treat them harshly, sending them away or shunning them for being different from the majority of the population. Others realize that mental illness is a real problem that shouldn’t be ignored and work together to provide support people that are affected by a mental health problem. Mental health has…

Dear Mrs. Zukowski, I am writing to you to inform you that I will not be in class the next couple of days, as I've recently been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I am planning on going to a wide-array of doctors to find a treatment that best suits my needs. Luckily, I only have a mild case of MS. After a visit to my doctor to find out why I was having numbness in my left leg, he had me take a neurological exam along with a MRI, from which he found out I have MS. My symptoms are pretty minor,…

Mental Illness Through Education tests the effects of educational programs in teaching students about mental illness stigma. According to Watson, stigma is a serious issue because it prevents individuals from recognizing the issues and possible treatments of mental illness. For example, numerous studies have found that individuals with mental illness are often seen as irresponsible, incompetent, and at fault for their own illnesses. However, despite the concern of reducing mental illness stigma,…

Mental illness is a condition that affects an individual’s thinking, feelings, mood and daily functioning. It also affects an individual’s ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. Serious mental illnesses include depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder and borderline personality disorder. It can affect an individual at any age, race or religion. It can also occur due to illness, personal weakness and poor childhood. Mental illness is…

What I consider a human service, as well as, a spiritual problem is mental illness. The internal cause for mental illness may vary, based on or depends on the specific disorder. Mental illness could be triggered by different biological, psychological, and environmental factors, which contributes to the advancement of mental disorders. The external cause could come from life’s circumstances such as: pain, bereavement, incapability and loss of independence (Stein, 2013). My son was…