Mental health law

In social psychology, … The fundamental attribution error is a personal attribution bias everyday people often commit in society. As everyday people commit the fundamental attribution error, they fail to recognize how harmful it is to those affected. Everyday people can become more aware of and plan to reduce the harmfulness the fundamental attribution error presents through message complexity and attention. Notably, the fundamental attribution error is a personal bias that is problematic in…

Risk Factors for Late-Life Suicide Article Critique In the article by Turvey, Conwell, Jones, Phillips, Simonsick, Pearson, & Wallace, (2002), titled Risk factors for late-life suicide: a prospective, community-based study, the authors wanted to know what some of the risk factors for suicide in adults ages 65 and older. They performed a 10-year long study on 14,456 individuals that met the researchers criteria to see if any particular risk factors could be identified. This is an article…

Among the commonly known unethical MC practices include, stereotyping, controversial messages, targeting vulnerable groups and covert marketing. Stereotyping is to form a fixed idea that many people have about a thing or group that may often be untrue or only partly true (Merriam-webster.com 2017). For example, the elderly are often shown as ignorant, and helpless and other cultures of the world are often portrayed in a stereotypical way that may offend them and stimulate prejudices in society.…

The gender-focused event that I attended was ‘Girlfriends Guide to Mental Health: From self-loathing to self-loving’. The sold out event was presented by The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center; a mental health care center devoted to creating faster recoveries for those suffering with mental illness. The goal of the presentation was to teach participants to “silence the malicious voice in [their] head[s], the one that says you will never be good enough, loved enough or valued enough”, as well as…

A mental illness is a disease that disturbs thoughts or behavior, resulting in not being able to cope with life’s ordinary things and routines. Mental illness is a common thing and, more than 54 million Americans suffer from a form of mental disorder each year. There are more than 200 forms of mental illness. Some of the names you might have heard are depression, anxiety, dementia, and bipolar disorder. These disorders can make a person miserable and cause issues in their life. There are many…

Mental issues does not increase the levels of violence According to, (Gilbert and Daffern, 2011) those who engage in violent and non- violent offending are likely to meet the criteria for personality disorder. Personality disorders are conditions in which individuals differ significantly from an average person this is through the way they feel, think, how they perceive things and relate to situations and people. Other symptoms may include negative feelings, emotionally disconnected, abusing…

Challenges and Adjustments of the Mentally Ill Mental illness is a condition that alters a person's thinking process, reasoning, mood and behavior. There are many conditions that are identified as mental illnesses. However, the most common types are Anxiety, Mood, Post traumatic stress disorder, Personality disorder, Obsessive Compulsive disorder, depression, Autism, schizophrenia and bipolar. Most conditions may affect a person's ability to interact and communicate with others, they may require…

HelpGuide.Org is a non-profit website devoted to mental health, providing “guides” (overviews, symptoms, tips, resources, treatments, and other information) on many different mental health issues, as well as lifestyle guides; the website has a wide variety of topics, such as: abuse, Alzheimer’s Disease, exercise and fitness, grandparenting, learning disabilities, schizophrenia, and suicide prevention. The page specifically about Separation Anxiety in Children has a lot of really useful…

According to recent findings, 1 in 5 Adults have a mental health condition. That's over 40 million Americans; more than the populations of New York and Florida combined (Mental Health America). A Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner makes medical and psychiatric diagnoses, conducts physical and mental health assessments, designs treatment plans, prescribes medications, provides counseling and therapy, and takes on many other tasks to promote psychological health and well-being. Neuropsychological…

How has Mental Health affected many people around the globe? Today we take a closer look at what it is, and what can be done to help those it has affected, and how it can be treated. Learning to identify Mental Health A “mental illness is a disease that causes mild to severe setback in the mind and or behavior, resulting in the ability not to cope with life’s regular demand and routines. Mental health problems may be related to, too much stress due to a certain situation or series of events.…