Mental state

New Zealanders will experience a diagnosable mental condition in any given year (Ministry of Health and Health Promotion Agency, 2014). Contrary to this, despite the commonality of mental illness it is incredibly stigmatised. This can have extremely adverse implications on a person’s recovery. Ill mental health can be described as a condition that causes serious disorders in a person’s behaviour or thinking (Szabo, 2014). Schizophrenia is one mental illness in particular that has a serious…

Awareness is the state of being aware or having the knowledge. This is what society today is lacking for those who have a disability or a mental illness. Many of people suffer from these problems and many of others do not know about the importance of them. There are many false assumptions about those who have a mental illness or a disability and the main one is that they are harmful. Mental illnesses and disabilities is becoming more and more of a problem and no one knows about them. The…

In her essay “I am Adam Lanza’s mother: A mom’s perspective on the mental illness conversation in America”, Liza Long begins by urging the American population to have a conversation regarding the connection of mental health and the mass shootings taking place in our society. She compares her self to Nancy Lanza, the mother of Adam Lanza, who perished by the hands of her son. Adam is the individual who in December of 2012, opened fire in a classroom full of children at Sandy Hook Elementary…

are not many medications that can do that (Mora-Ripoll, 2010). We chose to design a health promotion campaign that aims to improve the mental health of university students by using laughter. The goal of health promotion is to provide information, motivation, and assistance to individuals and communities so that they will take control of their own physical and mental health (Kozier et al., 2014). Empowerment and encouragement of healthy living is the catalyst behind all health promotion…

approach Houston’s mental health network should take its complexity into consideration while building some thread between its services. There shouldn’t be an attempt to standardize or rank the facilities. First, because the plurality of mental care programs is a valuable source of innovation, not a detrimental…

defines mental health as a state of well being in which a person realize the ability to cope with stresses of everyday life. People who suffer from mental health illness can still work and be able to complete tasks. They are still able to make a contribution to the community. Mental health issues are not as straight forward as they seem. People with mental health issues can experience oppression when applying for a job. As recruitment officers might think that taking on a person with mental…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger has always been controversial. The novel brought the feelings of a new generation and exposed it to the rest of the world. The book, a confessional by protagonist Holden Caulfield, takes the readers through his mental breakdown, as he flunks out of school for the fourth time, as well as the continued stress of his brother Allie’s death three years prior. Readers can observe Holden’s thoughts, and see how he changes over the course of three days as he breaks…

the views towards mental illness as people began to realize the conditions and treatments towards patients of the mental institutions. Jane Eyre follows the story of a girl who is living through the social discriminations of the Victorian Era and observes the way the mentally ill were treated. In most cases, judging someone’s mental health was closely related to gender and where they stood on the social scale. Charlotte Bronte’s accurate yet insensitive portrayal of how mental illness was viewed…

existence of the book. Catcher in the Rye sparked many debates and controversy about the moral issues the book has raised. Throughout the book, Holden Caulfield is narrating from a rest home or mental hospital. In the end, the question that still stirs controversy is if Holden Caulfield should really be in a mental institution? After a thorough investigation, it will be proven that the author does indeed display why Holden should be in a rest home because of his attitude towards death, his need…

The treatment of mental patients has greatly improved since the 1960s, but it still is not perfect. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey and published in 1962. Chief Bromden, a schizophrenic patient in an insane asylum who pretends to be dumb and deaf to avoid confrontation, narrates what happens in the ward. When authority hating Randle McMurphy is committed to the ward, he notices the head nurse, Nurse Ratched, manipulates her patients to keep her authority, rather…