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    Depression affects 11% of adolescents during the teenage years. Across America, depression is one of the highest diagnosed mental illnesses. With the rising stress levels of day to day life, more teenagers are getting diagnosed with this mental illness. Depression is not just simple sadness; it is a mental illness that restricts many people from performing to their highest capabilities. Each individual handles depression in different ways. Many of the symptoms involve the individual secluding…

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    Susanna Kaysen’s book, Girl, Interrupted, is an amazing piece of literature that tells the story of the two years she spent at McLean Hospital. Kaysen depicts the theme of confusion between freedom and captivity through her experience at McLean Hospital to show how one cannot be found without the other. While questioning the difference between non-conforming and being crazy, Susanna Kaysen also allows the readers to question themselves and their ideas of normality. The use of literary elements,…

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    and raised. Emily has been living in this house and taking care of her father all her life. However, when her father died, she decided not to leave her old house and began to develop a series of behaviors that can lead the reader to think about a mental condition. By examining Emily’s behavior, her social relationships and the towns people lack of response, one can infer that Emily suffers from schizophrenia. Emily is an isolated woman who lives by herself, does not like to be around people in…

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    Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (PMHN) has been the most interesting class I have taken at Baptist College thus far. With only six weeks to learn the basic knowledge of psychiatric nursing care, our instructors were still able to cover an abundant amount of information. Through this knowledge and information learned in lecture, we were able to better prepare and care for patients in the psychiatric clinical setting. Although I thoroughly enjoyed learning about psychiatric concepts of care and…

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    Lost, alone, depression, confusion, and suicide. These are all words that teenagers think throughout the duration of their life. These feelings are often concealed and bottled up, due to the fear that if one were to share them, they would be rejected. They try and look for ways they can understand these feelings, while trying to avoid the possibility of opening up about them. However, if they cannot turn to family or friends, what are they going to do? There is a solution for these…

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    The term psychopath was established in the 1800’s to signify a personality disorder which is characterised by anti-social behaviour, lack of empathy, care and bold behaviour. Throughout history the world has witnessed a countless amount of horrifying psychopaths, but the infamous Edward Theodore Gein was a perplexing psychopath who was known for his unorthodox crimes. His real-life cases has influenced media and the creation of several fictional characters like Leather Face from The Texas…

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    Although mental illnesses were diagnosed as early as the 5th century by Hippocrates, there is no single solution or cure for mental illness (“History of Mental Health Treatment”). Multiple national programs have been established by the government and non-profit organizations to aid those affected with access to treatment and support. One of the oldest programs in the United States, Mental Health America, was founded in 1909. The primary program Mental Health America offers is online Mental…

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    Agnosia describes a wide variety of phenomena associated with an inability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells when presented with that stimulus. That failure also occurs in the presence of a usually fully-functional sensory system and without any significant memory loss that could explain the recognition deficiency. Often, the disorder is caused by injury to the brain or some sort of neurological illness that damages certain pathways of the brain. This damage can be induced…

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    enforcement officials and first responders are aware of this. In Debbaudt’s list of suggestions for individuals involved in law enforcement, he says that colloquialisms should be avoided because they can create more tension and confusion for the person with autism or another mental illness. When encountering a situation with an individual who may have autism it is suggested that colloquialisms and expressions, such as metaphors, are not used. This can be a difficult feat for officers and people…

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    Criminal punishment is an immensely ongoing controversial and societal issue in the United States, Europe and other parts of the world. There are thirty-one states that have kept the death penalty as a legal punishment and nineteen states that have abolished the death penalty, including New Jersey in 2007. Statistics show that 39 percent choose life without parole plus restitution, 33 percent would choose Capital Punishment, 13 percent chose life without parole, 9 percent picked life with parole…

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