Mental health law

Finding Compassion Mental disorders impair normal psychological functioning. Well known mental disorders include depression, alcoholism, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, and panic disorders. Hundreds of support groups are available to help individuals who suffer from mental illness, but others suffer as well. They may not suffer directly from mental illness, but caregivers, family, and friends also exhibit effects of mental illness including guilt and exhaustion. In the essay…

In the chapter “Stress and the Eyes of the Beholder” of his book Emotions, Stress and Health, Alex J. Zautra addresses many psychological and physiological effects of stress on a person. He also describes studies that have been conducted to observe these effects stress has on a person. Because stress is a very relative term, Zautra attempts to provide a clear, overarching definition of stress and explain how effects of stress are relative to an individual and their own personal experiences.…

To summarize, there has been increasing interest regarding false illusions and their relevant mechanisms and the reasons why have been quite apparent through this study. All these mechanisms and processes investigated in this study could provide a mediating tool in order to distinguish truthful memories between the specious ones. The extensive literature on DRM includes studies on some clinical cases such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer dementia, amnesia, affective disorders, anxiety, aging, as well…

effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. It is a person'1s ability to maintain a state of mental well-being and to demonstrate this in adaptive and positive behavior while interacting with others, his/her culture and environment. Psychosocial competence has an important role to play in the promotion of quality of life in its broadest sense; in terms of physical, mental and social well-beings. Soft skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable…

Social workers are often expected to use the concepts risk and resilience to assist clients with overcoming adversity as well as identifying their strengths as a source of intervention. Fraser, Richman, & Galinsky (1999) has defined risk as “the probabilistically as any influence that increases the likelihood of the onset of a problem or maintains a problem state” (Fraser, Richman, & Galinsky, 1999). Although social workers assist clients in reducing risk, they also assist clients with adapting…

Mental illness is becoming a big impairment for many Canadians today. Statistics show that “20% of Canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime.” (Public Health Agency of Canada). Even if you’re not personally affected, it is said that “all Canadians are likely to be affected through a mental illness in a family member, friend, or colleague.” (Public Health Agency of Canada). No one is immune to mental illness, so it has an impact on “people of all ages, education and…

The mechanism in which memories are formed, including mental images, language, and intelligence, is not developed at such a young age as two or three years old, according to Piaget (2013), and because of this, any supposed memories prior to that young age are actually comprised of made-up stories and “chaotic”…

Mental health and resilience are paramount factors in overcoming obstacles and adversity. While it is often thought that resilience is merely one’s ability to overcome adversity, resilience is composed of several individual components that determine whether a person will conquer the obstacles that arise in life, and to what extent these obstacles will impact the person. In her article, Harrington (2012) lists several “key elements” of resilience which include emotional, spiritual, and family…

The term “dual diagnosis” is used when a person has a co-occurring substance abuse and mental health issues. Either the mental illness or substance abuse can develop first. A person experiencing a mental health condition (eg: depression, bipolar, anxiety) may turn to drugs and alcohol as a form of self-medication to alleviate the troubling symptoms they may experience (“F”, n.d.). Eventually, they become dependent on the substances to feel “normal”. Other times, repeated use of drugs or alcohol…

women with mental health issues. As hysteria describes the historical aspect of female madness, such as its ‘supposed’ link to the female reproductive cycle, “crazy” describes the cultural side. This side deals with the stigma attached to the word crazy, such as how society has viewed those labeled “crazy” then and now. Stigma is considered one of the biggest barriers to mental health care because it “manifests particularly in a phenomenon known as social distancing, whereby people with mental…