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This article focuses on the families ' experiences of mental illness rather than the individual. Boschman explains that having an external party that has seen everything first hand is beneficial in the diagnosis process (2007). LeFrancois and Diamond would note that this actually delegitimizes the individual 's experiences as the individual cannot make sense of their experience for themselves because family members ' accounts are taken as truth (2014). This could also be because 'mentally ill '…

are teased beyond general reason for their parents going through divorces or for being a little slower than the rest and therefore being taken out of class. Students are often bullied for being affected by any sort of disorder, though statistically those suffering with a mental disorder are far more likely to be bullied to the point of self-harm or suicide (NAMI,…

In the state of California, there is advertisement everywhere you go, from billboards, to benches, from poster to flyers, and of course, our mobile devices. Today on average kids across America spend over two hours of their day in front of a screen. During that time, todays youth is subjected to inappropriate content through social media. Leaving todays youth more vulnerable to a life of mental illness. Without limiting the amount of social media intake on todays youth we subject them to a life…

The treatment of mental patients has greatly improved since the 1960s, but it still is not perfect. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey and published in 1962. Chief Bromden, a schizophrenic patient in an insane asylum who pretends to be dumb and deaf to avoid confrontation, narrates what happens in the ward. When authority hating Randle McMurphy is committed to the ward, he notices the head nurse, Nurse Ratched, manipulates her patients to keep her authority, rather…

Mental health is a state of wellbeing where every individual realises their potential, the ability to cope with the stress of life and can work productively (Who, 2016). In Australia headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation designed to provide early intervention providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds (Headspace, 2016). This has prompted Professor Anthony Jorm to write for The Conversation, Is headspace really improving young people mental health?…

from taking their own life. One researcher writes, “Suicidal behavior has shown to significantly correlate with multiple psychopathologies, such as depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, impulsive behavior, social phobias, obsessive-compulsive and affective…

eating disorders trying to achieve this ideal look, “While it’s true that Americans outside…

I have been in a psychiatric facility for the first time. Of course, there are some stereotypes about what is psychiatric facility looks like people picture from the movies or media. I tried to read about therapeutic communication and nontherapeutic communication before going to that facility to have a better way to talk to them. But it was not easy to use these ways because of what I saw there was different from what I expect. The first observation is that they look like normal people in many…

When I first signed up for the class, I did it on a whim. I had always wanted to study abroad at some point during my college years, and I have always been interested in mental health issues, so I decided to take this class. Even though it was a rather rash decision to go to the Netherlands, I was interested in learning about how “European socialists” and the always liberal Dutch people deal with many social issues impacting the society, and I was eager to know if their approach can be helpful…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger has always been controversial. The novel brought the feelings of a new generation and exposed it to the rest of the world. The book, a confessional by protagonist Holden Caulfield, takes the readers through his mental breakdown, as he flunks out of school for the fourth time, as well as the continued stress of his brother Allie’s death three years prior. Readers can observe Holden’s thoughts, and see how he changes over the course of three days as he breaks…