Mental confusion

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…

The authors state that the first three stages are the most crucial. I found it interesting that each stage is almost exactly like the stages of development the only difference is that they are geared towards mental disorders rather than general development. The first stage of human development proposed by Erikson is trust versus mistrust, for recovery it is trust versus doubts. To me trust versus mistrust is basically the same as trust versus doubts. In the…

Psychotropic drugs are medications that can exert a therapeutic effect on a person's mental processes, emotions, or behavior. Some of the uses of these drugs are to treat fatigue, wake fullness, ADHD,MDD, Bipolar, anxiety disorders, and psychoses. These are also some of the benefits of these drugs. Some risks include nervousness, insomnia, tachycardia, G.I. disturbances, dependence, dry mouth, nausea and suicidal tendencies. They can also lead to the death of the patient. There are over…

identity, consciousness and memory” (Mental Health America). As mentioned before, escaping through hobbies, getting lost in a book, your favorite game, or even when a person is driving down a long road and realizes that they don’t remember the…

doctors would form to conclude a concrete and exact diagnosis of the illness demonstrated physically by the patient. When faced with the diagnosis of a mental state of disease, a guessing game begins and the one who is arduously being examined is thrown wild cards in hopes of achieving…

Mental Health is Everybody’s Business Atiba Legrande Walden University Mental Health is Everyone’s Business Mental Health carries a “negative stigma” within our society. There are individuals who may suffer from various Mental Health disorders such as Bi-polar disorder or Depression, but are afraid to share their personal struggles in fear of being judged by others. There was a girl that lived in a nearby neighborhood who had behavior problems in school like fighting and…

such as depression, poor lifestyle, and life history for preventing it. In other words, the effects of suicide also shows the importance of solving this problem. Firstly, suicide is mainly caused by mental illness, and it is among the most common causes. Some people suffer from their constant state of mental pain and despair, and it makes these people…

most police officers are not trained to deal with mentally ill people, normal police procedures often, “increase the chances of violence, confusion, or even death” of mentally ill people (Stephy 1). In making this comment, Stephy, the author of “De-Criminalizaing Mental Illness”, explains that we should teach police officers how to spot and treat people with mental illnesses. Too often, police officers intimidate mentally ill people when confronting them. This creates a seemingly dangerous…

physical health to also be impacted. The main person who provides the most care and support is known as the “key carer” (Gutiérrez-Maldonado et al., 2005). This person is usually the one to develop the most health issues, whether physical or mental. The mental weight that comes with caring for and being a relative of a person with schizophrenia has been…

crazy?”- Craziness is a big theme in this novel. The phrase “Are you crazy?” isn’t something these mental hospital patients take lightly. When someone says this, or they say it to themselves, because they don’t see things the same way as someone else, they actually believe it. B: Brain vs. Mind- The brain talks to itself and changes its perceptions as different parts are interacting with each other. Mental illness means the different parts have different opinions about something. The message…