Mental health

to be abnormal. The world of medicine was split into two as synthetic drugs emerged; one was western medicine, where synthetic drugs are highly utilized, and the other was eastern medicine, where natural remedies still dominate. Treatments for mental illnesses today are mostly dealt with by using the western medicine approach, but what if nature itself is a cure or a factor that can alleviate the symptoms of these illnesses? Before the urbanization of the world, exposure to nature was a…

attention is the tremendous stigma on mental health. People think that someone with a mental illness are “crazy” or “attention seekers” or “not all there” but that’s not the case people with mental illness don’t decide to have one, they can’t control. A stigma is a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something. The mental health stigma would be considered a social stigma. Why treat someone poorly because they only have mental disorder not cancer?…

media portrays such as: People with mental illness are violent, they're unpredictable, and they don't get better. These myths come from the media. The media represents mental illness by exaggerating the truth, but some do not realize that this can affect society. 25% of students use social media for more than 2 hours daily, which means 1 in 5 of those people suffer from mental illness. Many teens are receiving false information and/or developing negative mental health, because of the media. The…

Mental health has a direct relationship with an individual 's physical health, and their ability to succeed in school, at work, and in society. Both physical and mental health affect how people think, feel, and act on the inside and outside (Children’s). There are many options available to help the mental health of children, but the help of a single individual could change the life a child forever. Counseling provided in schools not only tends to help the mental health of children but helps…

my personal experience with addiction and my long history of sponsorship with my newly acquired clinical mental health counseling skills. I realize that addiction can be an amazingly difficult problem to treat. I know that it takes a strong minded, experienced sponsor to help individuals find their way to sobriety. I also believe that recovery must go beyond just being sober, and a mental health counselor is in a better position to help with compounding issues that a person who suffers from…

holds. The rapid decline of mental health institutions in the United States can be correlated to the rise in prison population and homelessness. America is a country with such advanced medical technology and supposed equal opportunity, and this would lead one to believe extensive resources are being poured into treatment and protection for those with mental illnesses, but this is not the case. With a disturbing history, people have a flawed idea of what inpatient mental health institutions would…

Many students with mental illnesses, such as depression and anxiety experience stigma both in and out of the classroom setting. This is an important problem to resolve because mental health stigma in schools can directly affect students’ academic success. If a student is struggling with a hidden disability it is possible that it may be impeding on their ability to perform adequately (Coduti, Hayes, Locke, & Youn, 2016). There is a disconnect between students and professors that often occurs…

The relationship between mental health and physical health is apparent in human beings. From previous studies, 75% of Australians experience chronic illness and approximately 50% will combat depression. Depression increases the chance of chronic illness and vice versa. Also, lifestyle effects the phenomenon of the relationship between chronic illness and depression. Chronic illness, such as type 2 diabetes, associated with depression has a poor prognosis. Certain lifestyle behaviors such as poor…

the world, Canadian adolescents are at high risk for mental illness. Research has shown that in Ontario alone, about one out of five 4 to 16 year-olds suffers from some type of psychiatric disorder. Even though treatment of mental illness is generally covered by the Canadian government, one thing that people are not protected against is the social stigma and discrimination that comes along with it. All over Canada, youth are struggling with mental illness, and the services offered to them are…

Mental Health Illness in our society often times goes unnoticed. It is a profound issue that impacts our society more than what we would care to acknowledge. Recent tragic shootings like the one in Orlando Florida, and New Town, Connecticut, open the debate for discussions, as to the mental health system and support for our mentally ill. Mental illness does not have a face, race or socioeconomic class, it can happen to anyone. We as a society have to face it head on and realize that it is…