Psychiatric and mental health nursing

need extra attention because of these mental illnesses. Or when people are lead to cause harm to themselves because they don 't have the help that they need. It’s not anything to joke about in those circumstances, neither should it be when talking to say our friends or peers jokingly. What exactly is Stigma you say? Stigma is…

remedy both patients and the stigmas attached to their mental illness. For people with mental illnesses, comedy brings them a sense of fulfillment in a way. On the otherside, for the audience they stop believing in the stereotypes that society likes to instill in everyone. In fact, a comedian and actor Robin Williams was known as a genius on the audience 's side, but for him, comedy was a way to help him. Sometimes, we see laughing at mental illness as an issue but in reality it shows how people…

Description of Issue The lack of mental health services available to the mentally ill has created a public health concern. The deficiency of mental health treatment for those in need has long-term consequences which negatively impact communities and families. Folsom (2005), shows a correlation between homelessness and untreated mental health issues in the United States. The research suggests that approximately one-third of the homeless population have a significant mental health diagnosis such…

et al, shows when patients get diagnosed with depression and take antidepressants, they attempt suicide, or have relapses in their mental illness…

Mental health conditions are common among teenagers and transitional age youth (TAY). Youth between the ages of 16 to 25 are considered transitional age youth; these individuals are transitioning from childhood to young adulthood (United States Department of Labor [U.S. DL], 2009). About one- half of these individuals develop a mental health condition by age 14, and three-fourths by the age of 24. According to San Francisco 's National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI, 2015), approximately one…

Prior to 19th century, mental illness was viewed as a criminal act rather than an involuntary affliction, until one woman’s persistence changed the world’s perception of mental health. Dorothea Dix was an author, teacher, and reformer renowned for her strides in the improvement of treatment for the mentally insane. In her early years, she indulged her passion for learning through a career in teaching and encouraged women to pursue an education. In her later years, the hints of rebellious…

Serious Mental Illness Personally, I believe that every person should be able to have a support system because not too many have the pleasure of having it. To show what a supportive system is having someone there to listen, motivate, inspire, and care of a person well being. When reading "The Lived Experience of Serious Mental Illness" it brought joy to me because she manages to marry someone who cared for her and has such a loving heart. This is what support is about she had her mental…

Community Connections is a mental health agencies established in 1984. Its mission during establishment was to, “provide mental health services to consumers who were transitioning from institutional care into society” (“Community Connections History,” 2008). The focus of the agency then was to, “provide treatment for people who were diagnosed with major mental disorders and needed help to regain skills lost after years of institutional care” (“Community Connections History,” 2008). The founder…

The concept of mental illness has been around since the beginning of time, and is referred to when relaying the unhealthy emotional and psychological state of a person. There were early theories regarding the cause of such ailments that were broken down into three primary classifications: biological, psychological, and supernatural. Consequently, therapeutic approaches were generated as a result of these primary general notions. However, during the 16th century through the early 17th century,…

the twentieth century, mental health was not regarded with the amount of importance as it is today. People did not prioritize mental health as much as it is today, often resulting in the overlooking of people struggling with mental illness. Albeit this, over the past decade, mental health has become and increasingly supported and viewed issue and topic of resolution, most specifically among youth. Nowadays, there are many services, ideas and places to go for help with mental illness and the…