Oppositional defiant disorder

One in four adults in the United States (61.5 million) is affected by a mental illness (McEnaney). Of the 61.5 million adults suffering from a mental illness, only 40% (24.6 million) are getting the proper treatment for it (Nieves). Additionally, 1/3 (250,000) of homeless people in the U.S. suffer from serious mental illness, and that number increases every day (Nieves). While health care for mentally challenged individuals in the United States has improved since colonial times, their care today…

Over 401 million people all over the world suffer from depression and schizophrenia. There is a link between mental illness and creative genius, and scientists have found that eminently creative individuals have a much higher rate of chronic depression. On the other hand, it has also been proven that depression is the cause of two-thirds of the suicides in the United States every year. If those with depression and schizophrenia are not forced to get treated, the illnesses could cause self-harm…

can’t be stuck in the past. It doesn’t matter how we, as a culture, used to do things. Technology has made things easier for us, whether some people like it or not. Without the technology we have today, we wouldn’t be able to treat diseases and disorders. People would die from small pox while we hang the autistic kid because we don’t understand him. We would be stuck in an age of unacceptance. This technology gives us a broader view of life, how valuable it is, how short it is. We may as well…

“I’m sorry... I am happier now.” This was the note of John Lutz, a 24 year-old marine veteran who committed suicide on January 12, 2013 after the tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lutz struggled to cope with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He transformed completely after combat, battling mood swings and recoiling from loud noises. Although Lutz had received treatment at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, he failed to heal from PTSD and perceived his only option as suicide.…

Thinspiration photos are known to be detrimental to a person’s health and promote eating disorders as a ‘lifestyle’. The use of this genre of photos is a highly controversial topic for the plain fact that it supports unhealthy behavior. Also, the fact that this genre of photographs has been known for provoking lower self-esteem and disordered…

“..substance use disorders and untreated mental illness were prominent characteristics among those who took their own lives.” (Christensen, 2013). The most important element is to align these issues into one umbrella where everything is together and includes every possibility…

Solitary confinement should be removed from the U.S. prison system, due to the severe adverse mental and physical impacts it has on any person subjected to it. Prison is meant not only to keep away the dangerous people in society, but it is meant to reform and rehabilitate those people so they can actually function in society once they’re released. There are over 2.4 million people currently in prison in America, and statistically speaking over 50% of those people will become re-offenders after…

“I was embarrassed of my home because of the condition it was in. My parents did not have jobs. My mom tried to sell her artwork in art shows. The only money they received was through my father’s fund granted to my mother after he committed suicide so that she could take care of me. My life was not one depicted by the Brady Bunch, it was definitely different and bizarre. It was colorful.” At first glance, you may deem my mother careless or too free in spirit. Her nature has been culminated by…

Discuss the ways in which Pete Earley utilizes logical, ethical, or emotional appeals in Crazy. Quote from the book to support your position. The bestselling book Crazy by Pete Earley showcases the mental health crisis in America. Earley discovered the crisis when his college-aged son, Mike, suffered a breakdown. Earley quickly learned that options to help a mentally ill individual that didn’t recognize they were in need of help was nearly impossible. Crazy tells many stories that grip the…

There are plenty of policies and laws in place that provide mental health services to individuals in our society. However, these mental health services are not necessarily required. The only institutions that seem to require some consistent type of mental health evaluation or service are mental institutions and prisons. There are plenty of civilians that may need these services but may not realize that they need it, or simply won’t take advantage of them. The general public may not need these…