Psychiatric treatments

Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted is a story that takes place in a psychiatric ward during the late 1960’s in Massachusetts. The main character is an eighteen-year-old girl Susana Kaysen, who suffers from borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder is a debilitating high-risk disease associated with strong emotional suffering that impairs everyday functioning (Fertuck, Karan, & Stanley, 2016, p. 1). She is a troubled teenager who recently left high school and appears…

the 1960s struggling with the uncertainty of her own illness. With the parent’s persuasion, Susanna Kayson admits herself into a psychiatric institution and is later diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. The movie provides a great idea of one's own battle with discovering the truth behind their condition. Her battle shows that those suffering from a psychiatric disorder may not always meet the stereotypical picture , specifically displayed when taxi driver taking her to the institution…

through treatment and punishment, but not execution. “In some cases, a murderer who is in prison for life without parole can kill again with the hope of being found insane or not criminally responsible” (Crime and Criminals, 3). Culprits get the idea at times to act like they are crazy to get away with the crime that they have committed. Treatment is highly recommended for perpetrators that have a bipolar disorder. Thus, some mentally ill individuals who do not receive appropriate treatment…

connotation since its first conception. The connotation refers to horrid, vivid images of the mentally ill being strapped down to a table and experimented on. If almost any sane person were to go through the humiliating, straining, disgusting events a psychiatric patient goes through on a daily basis, they would feel as though they deserved to be classified as insane. Mental correctional facilities need a reform of their procedures for correcting the mentally ill. Asylums have a long, horrid…

By definition, mental illness is “an affliction with a mental disease or mental condition which is manifested by a disorder or disturbance in behavior, feeling, thinking, or judgment to such an extent that the person afflicted requires care, treatment and rehabilitation” (Hall, Miraglia, Lee, 2011). This definition of mental illness provides a broad overview of what many individuals in our society are dealing with every day. Although it may be seen as a problem in mainstream society, it is…

Deinstitutionalization is the policy of taking the severely mentally ill out of state institutions, and then closing those institutions. The idea is that the mentally ill will no longer be placed permanently in psychiatric facilities, but will be able to have a life in the community with proper treatment from a community health center. This makes deinstitutionalization sound like a terrific idea, but it does not come without problems. Deinstitutionalization has created a huge crisis among the…

Mental illnesses can not be avoided, but the earlier they are detected, the easier they are to manage. When a child grows up in an abusive environment; witnessing traumatic events: alcoholic parents, drug addicts, homelessness, foster care, it is not surprising for them to develop a mental disorder. These events are common triggers for a child with a long line of mental illnesses in their families and it is rare for them to escape the cycle; since they most likely lack the proper resources to…

end of the 1800s there was a movement to treat those with mental illness more humanely with the use of psychiatry/psychology and religion, as well as an emphasis on the belief that there was a cure that could be found through treatments. This shift in belief lead to psychiatric facilities that provided long-term care of those with mental illnesses. These facilities were problematic because they intended to cure and treat those with mental illness but the institution prevented its patients from…

compromise between public health and medical practice models (Cameron, 1989). The law offered States financial incentives to build community-based outpatient centers to replace hospitals (Cameron, 1989). Due to the complexity of public health and treatment, the law has been revised numerous times since its implementation (Mental Health Commission Report, 2003). During the law’s development period, the United States housed over 559,000 mentally ill patients in state-mandated hospitals (Dowdall,…

Description and Qualifications Agency Mission and Services Legacy Treatment Services is a nonprofit organization that employs more than 700 employees, and offers services to 13 out of New Jerseys 21 counties (Legacy Treatment Services, 2016). This organization’s mission is: “To change the behavioral health and social service outcomes for people of all ages from surviving to thriving” (Legacy Treatment Services, 2016). Legacy Treatment Services is the result of a 2014 merger between two…