Mental state

of food as medicine, specifically in treating mental illness. My research question started as “How can nutrition heal the body?”. At that point, I didn't know how specific I wanted to be or what illness I wanted to focus on. With the varied research done so far I am arguing that controlling food or careful dieting should be used more frequently and appreciated as a useful medicine to treat mental illness. With the number of people suffering from mental illness growing in our country, an…

Vincent Van Gogh declared. On any margin, Vincent’s words truly expressed his mental state. As described by his brother Theo Van Gogh, he slathered paint on thickly and worked quickly, showing his frantic troubled mind, that propelled him to create works of art. Much like Vincent, Matthew in “The shock of the fall” also came of a troubled mind. Not only do Vincent and Matthew both share the connections of suffering from mental illness, they go beyond and each author, White Smith and Steven…

Anxiety, Depression, and other very common mental health illnesses seen everyday. In order to properly treat, diagnose, and handle these mental illnesses, it is important to consider its environmental origins. Factors within the student’s environment, such as socioeconomic class, the difference in residency, and changes in society, play a role in creating these illnesses within children. Considering the common environmental factors in places where common mental illnesses are most prevalent will…

Through the discussion I will refer to mental illness as mental health behaviors as I do not like the term "mentally ill" because of the negative stigma that is tied with mental illness. In my personal opinion, I do not believe we have many resources to proactively treat Mental Health behaviors, especially for the young and the addicted. Usually community services does not get involved until the individual has committed a crime or has caused harm to self or another person. Also, I believe…

and a big one right now is blaming the mentally ill for mass shootings. While it is by all means true that a few mental ill people do pose a major threat, the problem is that they do not speak to the majority. Another major problem is that there is no money being spent on mental health. In fact Tom talks about the money that is being taken out of the budgets that would help with mental health. Overall the article is a very level headed, statistical, agreeable writing into the world of the…

addiction may cause them to lose their housing. “A 2008 survey by the United States Conference of Mayors asked 25 cities for their top three causes of homelessness. Substance abuse was the single largest cause of homelessness for single adults (reported by 68% of cities). Substance abuse was also mentioned by 12% of cities as one of the top three causes of homelessness for families.” (Substance abuse and Homelessness,…

anything.” This essay will discuss the significance of health and the maintenance thereof. The Oxford Dictionary defines “wellness” as: “The state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness or malfunction.” It is important to observe that the definition refers to both mental and physical wellbeing. We often underestimate the impact that our mental health has on our lives. People often take good health for granted. Richard Evans of the Work Foundation at the Lancaster…

If health care companies can eventually diagnose mental illness by social media activity, it would be wise to reach out to users in a personal way, rather than simply a notification. In addition, lack of consideration that users are not always honest with posts and lack of in-depth analysis with every…

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a mental disorder in which a person’s identity is separated into two or more distinctly dissimilar fragments. The person affected has multiple personality states that control the individual’s behavior in different ways at different times. This disorder is thought to stem from trauma experienced by the person with the disorder. The dissociation is presumed to be a coping mechanism in which the person separates him/herself from the traumatic event that…

Akiwa Goldzman, the writer of The Beautiful Mind, whose parents are famous psychologists in New York, has a good understanding of the causes of mental illness. In "The Beautiful Mind," he used his psychological knowledge to create the "Nash" image of a typical patient with schizophrenia. Today, this image has become one of the most classic images of mental patients. Of course, for the screen effect, the pathogenesis and pathology of Nash's image in Goldsman’s painting are all artistically…