Mental Block

caring for those with a mental illness. However, for the purpose of this assignment, the focus will be on the main issue in the film. Near the beginning of the film, we learn that one of the main characters, Nathaniel Ayers, developed schizophrenia as a young adult. Having never received any kind of treatment or public assistance for his condition, he ended up dropping out of Julliard, abandoning his family, and becoming homeless on the streets of Los Angeles. People with mental illnesses…

anyone in authority being mentally unstable may rattle some, but this scenario plays out in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. The play describes how the title character uses violence to maintain power but gradually plummets into the abyss of mental illness. In Macbeth, Shakespeare asserts how power drives people to a descent into madness, as demonstrated by the title character and his wife experiencing guilt after committing murder to attain authority. Macbeth imagined the consequences of…

CONCEPT 10: HOMELESS This concept is taken from module 9 of block 2 entitled “Introduction to public health nursing”. 10.1 Significance of the Concept Homelessness, a condition of people without a regular dwelling is one of the major factor rendering people vulnerable to poor health condition. The effects of homelessness on homeless people are large. They range from health issues to personal entrapment. It is believed that many homeless individuals failed in their lives to cope with their…

I believe in friendliness, or as Merriam Webster states, “the quality of being a friend”. According to the CDC, suicide rates in teen boys and girls have almost tripled since 2007. Numerous people would relate this to mental illness and argue that the only cure was medication, this is not always the case. Freshman year Kevin Hines shared his story, he had tried to commit suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate bridge but survived. He now spends his time talking to teens about suicide…

Mental Health in a Digital Age What is Mental Illness? With the predominance of social media, how is it affecting our psyche and our mental health? It’s a strange concept to think about because as we progress more and more into the digital age, we become more connected in various ways. Our stoves, microwaves, refrigerators, washers, etc become connected to the internet and we can control them from anywhere, yet we can’t seem to get a handle on mental illness when we have the information about…

psychological disorder which affects people mentally, emotionally and physically. Around 2 out of 100 people are affected by this condition. It is treatable in a number of ways and does not lead to any serious problems, but it does impact a person’s mental state severely. Panic attacks can be caused by underlying trauma, stress, catastrophic thinking and genetics. Panic disorder is a misunderstood disorder, with many people not knowing enough about it. It is not taken as seriously as some other…

Method Design This experiment was a 3 x 2 mixed factorial design. The first independent variable had 3 levels representing participant training (psychiatry, psychology and no training) x the second independent variable, which had two levels representing conceptualization of depression (biological conceptualization and psychological conceptualization). The dependent variable of the study was participants’ rated likelihood of recovery from depression for affected individuals (described in…

old taxi driver. He is living with wife and son in a public house unit. He worked as a bus driver for 23 years and was being dismissed 1 year ago after involving in a bus traffic accident. For the information collected from Mr. Wong’s, Mr. Wong had mental problems since 3 months ago and elicited paranoid ideas for several times that staffs of previous bus company had ganged up to victimize him in the traffic accident. Moreover, his wife stated that he had a poor sleep problem, self-muttering…

ceiling or behind his back while talking. No gross physical impairment was observed. Numerous tattoos appeared on his arms and neck. Large print letters were tattooed on each of his forearms. Across his right arm was the word ‘loyalty’ in large block letters. His left forearm featured similar lettering and the word, “respect.” He also had a tattoo of the word, “angel” on his neck. This evaluator asked the defendant the meaning behind his tattoos to which Mr. Abbadi looked confused and…

I Born This Way or Made This Way? “A mental illness generally suggests that something is wrong with the brain. Our brain is our control center. It’s responsible for everything we do, and the idea of something being wrong with the brain generally suggests that we’re out of control. And as humans we hate that idea. We hate it so much that we just don’t talk about it” (Harries, Let’s Talk About Mental Illnesses). The argument of who we are, pertaining to mental disorders, has been around for…