Psychiatric medication

Goldstein approached her and asked her if she knew the time. Shortly after, without any warning the man pushed Kendra onto an upcoming train and died instantly. It was later found that Mr. Goldstein had schizophrenia and at the time was not taking his medication. This event caused the public to be upset and demand for safety precautions for the community against individuals like Mr. Goldstein. The Kendra law became effective that same year, allowing courts to order certain individuals with…

We have a Code 4: The MMPI-2 as a Predictor of Violence among Sexually Violent Predators Introduction The release rate of sexually violent predators (SVPs) from psychiatric hospitals is extremely low; it is almost nonexistent. The ongoing controversy of civil commitment laws among SVPs indicates a need for further research in the areas of diagnosis, treatment, and policy. This paper looks at the violent behavior of sexually violent predators and attempts to identify personality traits measured…

more positive communication with their patients, and also having sufficient communication with their patients during drug searches. Other research looked at treatment within mental health institutions. These treatments include group therapy, PRN medications, exercise, and electroconvulsive therapy. For group therapy, the results showed that the type…

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey in 1962. This story is about a psychiatric hospital in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s, where a new patient named McMurphy, attempts to take power away from the head nurse, who controls the ward in an authoritarian manner. In this presentation, I will be discussing important symbols in the novel, and how they affect the wider world. Before we begin, I’m going to start with an introduction of the main characters. Chief Bromden,…

History and Treatment Behind Mental Institutionalization Shonna Carlson University of New Haven Within American History, it is clear that people have made some mistakes. There are points within the U.S’s past that fill citizens with question as to what the reasoning behind certain events and standards were. However, that history should never be ignored our it will end up repeating itself. When looking back at the history of mental institutionalization, it is…

I began to be interested in this career two years ago, when I discovered better for my stepmother. She treats children with autism with a master degree in psychology, goes to their homes and gives them therapy, it is not exactly the same as you would an occupational therapist but I 'd say it 's the closest thing I 've seen the area that interests me, Mental Health. That could be considered one of the reasons for my taste for this world also included something happened in my life. When I was…

The film One Flew Over the Cuckoos nest gives insight to a mental hospital during the 1960’s. Criminal Jack McMurphy is arrested and convicted of statutory rape of a 15 year old girl. To avoid being in jail and a sentence of hard labor at the work farm, McMurphy gets himself transferred to the mental institution where he is under the order to be further observed for signs of having a mental illness. Due to the setting of this film being in a mental hospital, there are many examples and…

In mental illness, we come upon many obstacles. The obstacles in both stories in “What She Left Behind” by Ellen Marie Wiseman and “Ten Days in a Mad House” by Nellie Bly, gave us an understanding about the history of mental illness. These impediments were lack of clarity over idiom, miscommunication and understanding. When questioned about history being told to contemplate stories by Bly and Wiseman, were out of the ordinary to any individual who is captivated in acquiring knowledge on history…

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. A book that contains crude language throughout, paints images of rape and violent adult situations surely deserves to be banned. But One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest has a deeper meaning than all the language, rape and drugs to be banned from this school. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is based in a mental hospital in the 1960’s, where things such as homosexuality was illegal and considered a disease back then. It is told from a first person perspective by Chief…

Is it justified to incarcerate an individual for having a uncontrollable health condition? Should people be punished for dispositions that are hereditary and uninhibited? More and more mentally ill individuals are getting arrested and being put into jail instead of getting the proper help so they can coexist in society. As soon as an mentally Ill individual is jailed they have no true hope of getting better and most likely get worse due to the harsh environment jail imposes. The individuals…