Learning disabilities

Disabilities can range from being mentally ill, handicap or mood disorders. One serious problem that can have an effect on a person is depression. Depression is something that affects a persons overall energy and mood. It is a disability that many people suffer from and is due to various reasons and causes. Though depression is a serious problem, it is treatable over a period of time. The reason one suffers from depression vary from individual to individual. Unlike mood swings and temporary…

As a major issue in todays society, mental illnesses pose serious problems to those suffering with the illness and the people around them.They are affected not only by the debilitating problem that is the illness in itself, but they are also presented with the major problem of not being fully understood. This is bought on by the stereotypes and stigmas associated with mental illness, and as a result a lack of general understanding and overall negative sentiment towards the issue. This presents…

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders There is a major issue with the mental health treatment in our society. With much of America increasingly being diagnosed with a mental illness, it is still a much stigmatized disease. It is estimated that one out of every five Americans have been diagnosed with a mental disorder ranging from mild to severe. Yet, the extent of therapy and support programs available for the mentally ill is considerably insufficient. Deinstitutionalization ultimately had a…

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Act. Although, this was the first attempt at trying to provide equal employment opportunities for employees with disabilities the act only applied only to federal contractors. In 1990, to further help with protecting disabled individuals in the workplace the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed. Having a broader range than the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, which is enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission applies to private employers, labor unions…

assistance” (Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 2014, pg. S43). Chinese clients promote their tradition that members of the family should “become major caregivers” (Xu & Xia, 2014, pg. 36). A family’s responsibility to care for someone with a disability is important to them. Occupational therapists ought to be aware that completing activities of daily living entirely independently may not be an essential goal for Chinese clients, as there is a strong familial interrelationship in which…

Today a mental illness is defined as a chemical imbalance in the brain which causes person to act differently. In the Past psychiatrists did not have medication to treat mental illnesses. Instead they relied on physical methods such as lobotomies, shock therapy, asylums, exorcism, trephining and many more. It is important to become aware of past treatments to better understand the reason for current treatments, it also provides us better information to move forward and create better, more…

phrase says ‘desperate times calls for desperate measures,’ If assisted dying was legalised it could stop those who are suffering from resorting to desperate measures in times of desperation. To be terminally ill or to have a life-limiting illness or disability there would be a large scale of suffering for those involved which assisted dying would put an end to (Mason, 2014).…

Voting is an essential part of a democratic society where persons who are able should be allowed and provided the opportunity to vote (Developments in the Law, 2008). The opportunity to vote should be afforded to all persons, including those who have a serious mental illness. Lawn et al. (2014) states the being able to vote is a core part of being a citizen and could play a role in helping persons with mental illness recovery. By being able to vote, persons with serious mental illness can feel…

counter, a holistic approach. The medical approach relies on the medical model, which is flexibly designed to treat the present problem. In this model, a clinician would only examine the problem and diagnosis a condition. The client is viewed as their disability as they receive their treatment. The presenting symptoms a client may express are based on a syndrome or disorder. These treatments are evidence-based practices, have an immediate effect on individual and have a high impact. There is…