Mental health professionals

of people participate in sports every single day. From gym class, to amateur sports, to the big leagues; homophobia is a very prevalent issue throughout today's sports world. This problem has proved detrimental to many LGBT athletes’ emotions, mental health, and ability to play the sport they love due to their sexual orientation. A study showed, "84% of participants have witnessed or experienced homophobia in sports" (Dennison). Throughout all levels of sports it is extremely likely a LGBT…

“Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Relapse in Recurrent Depression” by Kuyken, Willem, et al, shows when patients get diagnosed with depression and take antidepressants, they attempt suicide, or have relapses in their mental illness…

from a health professional that enable SUs to access support for increasing physical activity in a cost effective way (Patel et al., 2013). A study clearly reported that physical activity, healthy diet, education and lifestyle change interventions have shown significant improvement in their outcome measure compared to their baseline measurements (Usher et al., 2013). Furthermore, MHNs can address health inequalities of SUs by coordinating with their GP services for regular physical health…

the abnormal behavior or illness. In the 1950s a drug was introduced called psychotropic. It is one of the greatest medical advances of the 2000s. There are many drugs available for different disorders. Giving these pills out became a decrease in mental…

have ended up using performance enhancing drugs. But were later striped from that title when they were caught using ped’s. You can also go to jail for up to seven years or even more. Ped’s causes long term health effects. There are many negative effects that ped’s have especially your health. There have been many types of cancer there is more than a two hundred types of cancer you could get. Not only cancer but tumors those round balls in the body that can attach to your brain. The amount of…

in the mid-1800s to mid-1900s but outside they were not treated any better. In this research paper I am going to look into the treatment of the mentally ill in the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s. Predicated on accumulated information, it is known that mental institutions in this duration were cruel and they brought immense damage…

(Solitary Facts). Breslow states, "Today, it is not unusual for inamtes to spend years at a time in solitary. Supporters say the practice helps keep prisons safe, but according to the medical literatures, solitary confinement can also take a heavy mental toll."…

There are many different mental disorders that affect people throughout the world. One of the leading causes for the development of mental illnesses is trauma. Trauma plays a significant role in the development of borderline personality disorder. McLean and Gallop (2003) express that the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder was quite higher in patients that suffered from trauma in their childhood, than the patients that experienced trauma in their adult life. This portrays that trauma…

The stigma surrounding mental illness is an invisible and disconcertingly resilient issue that distresses the mental health community, which is what Lexi Lyon illustrates in her drawing. Stigmas are often harmful, causing more pain and suffering than the medical diagnosis itself. Though anxiety or depression can be taxing, the ultimate culprit of agony is the way people are treated due to their disorder. Lyon made this illustration from the deepest, darkest, most sinister thoughts that were a…

Anorexia nervosa is a very serious psychological mental illness which is characterized by self starvation and excessive weight loss. Some physical symptoms of anorexia include extreme weight loss, fragile appearance, fatigue, insomnia, dizziness or fainting, dehydration, low blood pressure, and loss of menstruation. Not only are there physical symptoms with anorexia, but there are some emotional and behavior symptoms that go along with it as well. For example, restricting eating food or the…