Psychiatric and mental health nursing

forty years, the study supervised about 1.2 million patients and their relatives in order to prove a link between mental illness and creativity, also focusing on people who exert artistic or scientific professions and their higher risk of falling sick with various mental illnesses. In 2011, the team of researchers could proof that children being brought up in a family where a mental illness, particularly bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, is present are more likely to become artists and…

Mental illnesses are quite common. They affect 1 in 4 people (or 25%), which is more common than many people would like to believe. Yet there is a still stigma surrounding mental illness and mental health. Stigma is described as the negative view of a person because they have a mental illness. It is also described as a feeling of shame or judgement from others. This stigma can cause a person to blame themselves for something outside of their control, prevent them from getting the help they need,…

Any person back in the day who had “mental illness, mental retardation or physical deformities were largely treated the same” (“The Illness of History”, n.d.). The beliefs of people differ which causes the history of treatment to be varied. Different religions, faiths, beliefs have their spin on why this diseases occur. A method that was used back in the day ws called "Trephining" and the practice was to drill holes into a patient's skull in order to allow the spirits inside a chance to escape…

While treating mental illness the same as physical illness can help destigmatize mental in the ways stated previously, it can also help in the world of working. It has been shown that “stigma and the ‘Fear-Factor’” associated with mental illness has inhibited thousands upon thousands of capable and more than willing people from working jobs (Toscano 12). People fear what they do not comprehend, and most individuals do not understand mental illness, unlike physical illness. This misunderstanding…

person with a mental disorder is struggling to overcome. Mental illness is a condition were it affects a person’s emotions, thinking, and behavior. In the past mental illnesses were seen as a sort of religious punishment, or a personal problem. In 1840s activist Dorothea witness dangerous, and careless conditions mentally ill people were living at. After witnessing those conditions, she tried to persuade the U.S. government to help care for the mentally ill and build…

Mental health is an issue most face sometime in their life. 1in 5 adults in America have recently faced mental health issues. These illnesses are often stigmatized and viewed as having less importance compared to their physical counterparts. This situation harms the mentally ill and those close to them. The mental health system in America is inadequate to help patients due to its’ historical failures, lack of proper mental health facilities, and inaccessibility for Americans. America’s mental…

Mental Health Services in Rural America According to the Veteran’s Health Administration, “more than one-half of all the counties in the United States do not have a psychologist, a psychiatrist, or mental health social worker” (Veteran’s Health Administration Office of Rural Health (VHA-ORH), 2013, p. 1). More than 85% of areas with mental health shortages are in rural areas (VHA-ORH, 2013). In addition to these staggering statistics, it is known that rural residents have higher rates of…

Deficiencies in Mental Health Resources Mental illness is rapidly becoming an increasing epidemic, not just in America, but internationally. “One in 5 adults experiences a mental health condition every year. One in 17 lives with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder”, (nami.org). There is a vast deficiency in the resources available to this growing population. Underdeveloped nations experience a severe lack of available resources and allocate very little to mental…

In society, mental illness is a very uncomfortable issue. Society sees it with such a negative stigma that many people with a mental illness have been discriminated against. Many people go undiagnosed because of the fear of being discriminated against, whether it’s from family or society. There are different types of stigma, such as social and self-stigma. There are multiple different causes for this stigma, mainly the fear of misguided views. With this fear of violence, people can begin to…

Mental illness has been a part of human society for as long as we have existed, affecting countless individuals, families, and communities. Yet, even with its prevalence and major advancements in treatments and knowledge, people still treat it with prejudice and stigma. A recent issue that has arisen with the easier accessibility to information has been that the way the media chooses to portray mental illness greatly affects the public’s opinion of people with these illnesses. The problem with…