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Mental Health in a Digital Age What is Mental Illness? With the predominance of social media, how is it affecting our psyche and our mental health? It’s a strange concept to think about because as we progress more and more into the digital age, we become more connected in various ways. Our stoves, microwaves, refrigerators, washers, etc become connected to the internet and we can control them from anywhere, yet we can’t seem to get a handle on mental illness when we have the information about…

aspects depending on the situation; however, our general gut reaction towards seeing or hearing about someone with a mental illness is a bad one. Often times we get a feeling of uneasiness around people who are diagnosed with a mental illness and we associate words such as “psychotic” or “dangerous” without really understanding what it is like for them. In addition, the way mental illness is portrayed in pop culture, especially in movies or graphic novels, such as Arkham Asylum, does not…

Every year about 42.5 million American adults suffer from a mental illness. Also 1 in every 10 children suffer from mental illness(¨The Rise¨). Mental illness affects younger generations more frequently than middle aged generations. Half of all chronic mental illness begin by the age of 14(¨Mental Health¨). Additionally, the rates of depression and anxiety among young people in America have been increasing steadily for the past 50 to 70 years. ¨When I first started working in depression 30 years…

Have you ever washed your hands scrubbing them to the bone thinking they are still dirty after being clean? Did you drop a dollar and keep thinking you put it in your pocket when it’s still on the ground? Is the oven left on that you thought was turned off two or three times? Or have you repeated a task several times to ensure yourself that everything is okay so no one will get hurt? Sometimes in life people will try to make choices for you, have something negative to say about everything you…

crazy. Maybe it was the 60s. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted” (Girl et al., 2016). Girl Interrupted a movie produced by James Mangold from 1999 based on the book written by Susanna Kaysen. Kaysen wrote a book about her own 18 month stay in a mental hospital during the 60’s. The movie stars Winona Ryder, Whoppi Goldburg and Angelina Jolie. Winona Ryder plays the role of Suzanna Kaysen; in the movie the actress Winona Ryder portrays Kaysen during the time she attempted suicide while also…

Today’s topic focuses on the complexity of Nash’s schizophrenia, a mental illness that devolves and progresses accordingly to the narrative structure of Ron Howard’s “A Beautiful Mind.” Did you know the prevalence rate for schizophrenia is approximately 1.1 % of the population over the age of 18? Within his film, Howard explores the development of this mental illness, highlighting the adversities Nash faces along his journey. These challenges offer insight into his sufferings, as he is…

both men and women are at an all- time high across the country. Eating disorders and negative body image, have the highest fatality rate out of all mental illnesses. Not only are our self-body image issues increasing, our beauty and fashion industries profit is increasing. In Both the beauty, and fashion industries, the standards are unrealistic and are causing; eating disorders and negative body images on both men and women. These industries standards need to show a dramatic change, to fit a…

The PBS Great Masterpieces production of Macbeth conveys powerful monologues of the characters with strong, visual, and disturbing images, as well as using precise movements to show how guilt affects with one’s mental health. The use of movements that occurred in this film portrayed what was going on in the character’s mind without much talking from them. The movements showed the tolls that guilt had on them. For example, when Lady Macbeth went down the elevator and into the room where a…

debilitating disease can destroy our physical health (Bassett, Doug 170).” A negative/unhealthy emotions/thoughts are as destructible as diseases that destroy people 's mental health and physical health. For men, it 's usually pride and vanity that affect them. In the book, Of Mice and Men, Curley, the anti-protagonist suffers from a mental disorder called napoleon complex, “Well . . . . tell you what. Curley’s like alot of little guys. He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big…

stigma for those living with metal disorders, by regularly portraying characters with mental illness as problematic, uncontrollable and violent. Larger than life negative characters have been repeatedly displayed on the big screen with these stereotypical cliché behaviors, and used as the focal point, or “hero” of the movie. Silver Lining Playbook is not just another one of Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of mental illness. However, discrepancies are inevitable when the story line plays a…