...Mental Illness Paper HCA/240 Health and Diseases July 24, 2011 “Nervous loss of appetite” is what anorexia nervosa means, and based upon certain misunderstandings, this meaning hasn’t been necessarily good. Most people assume that individuals who are suffering from anorexia nervosa have just made a solid decision that they are no longer going to eat, when in reality, those who are suffering from this mental illness do not at all have a lack of appetite. Being mentally frightened of gaining weight is the main concept of anorexia nervosa. The word “weightfobia” could be used as a better expression for anorexia nervosa. According to Web4Health (2008), “In 1684, anorexia nervosa was described for the first time, but it was not until 1870 that it became identified and described with its own diagnosis.” By then, behavioral scientists and psychologists had a full understanding on anorexia nervosa, but it wasn’t until the 1970s when America began to broadcast the world about this mental illness. 1974 was the year when stories were reported about how young women began to refuse to eat anything, but nobody would go into full detail on how serious the illness was. In 1978, a psychologist named Hilde Bruch wrote a book which was based upon 70 actual cases of young women’s testimonies that related to anorexia nervosa; the book was called, “The Golden Cages.” With the new book is process, Hilde Bruch was able to confirm that this mental illness was becoming more frequent in young women...
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...Mental Illness Dallas Wilkerson University of Phoenix HCA/240 Brandi Sillerud June 27, 2010 Mental Illness Schizophrenia is a serious brain disorder that distorts the way a person thinks, acts, expresses emotions, perceives reality, and relates to others. People with schizophrenia often have problems functioning in society, at work at school, and in relationships. It is a life-long disease that cannot be cured, but usually can be controlled with proper treatment. Schizophrenia is not a split personality, which was a popular belief. A person with schizophrenia cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. A sudden change in personality and behavior, which occurs when people lose touch with reality, is called a psychotic episode. Schizophrenia varies from person to person. Some people have only one psychotic episode while others have many episodes during a life time, but live a relatively normal life between episodes. Schizophrenia symptoms worsen and improve in cycles known as relapse and remissions. Schizophrenia There are several types of schizophrenia and some may have the same symptoms. The different types of schizophrenia are named based on symptoms. The different types include: 1. Paranoid Schizophrenia 2. Disorganized Schizophrenia 3. Catatonic Schizophrenia 4. Undifferentiated Schizophrenia 5. Residual Schizophrenia The most common type is paranoid schizophrenia, which causes a person to have fearful thoughts and hear threatening voices...
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...Mental Illness Mental illness is a behavior or condition that influence the way a person thinks, the way a person feels and the way a person relates to others. Mental illness can range from being mild to severe. The cause of mental disorders remains unclear. Mental disorder is a leading cause of disability. Complications can also occur, and untreated mental illness can be dangerous, sometimes can even end on fatalities. Other complications with mental health condition include; major depression, conflicts with family members and friends, financial and legal problems, poor self-steam, social isolation, self-harm and harm others this includes homicide or suicide. Mental illness can affect anybody no matter the age, gender, religion or...
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...Mental illnesses Mental Illness is a term used for a group of disorders caused by severe disturbances in thinking and feeling. There are many different kinds of mental illnesses that have been discovered throughout time such as; Sociocultural, Biological, Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Humanistic and Existential. But Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is the most common through humans today. Technology has come so far that Scientists can now study the brain and how these illnesses come about. Some studies have shown that mental illnesses can overall damage your brain. Brain damage and strokes can cause loss of memory, impaired speech, and unusual behavior. Brain tumors, imbalance of hormones, and infections are also factors. Freud...
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... The Mentally Ill Mental illness includes many different illness that affect a person’s feelings, thinking, and daily functioning. “Serious mental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and borderline personality disorder. Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, race, religion, or income. Most people diagnosed with a serious mental illness can experience relief from their symptoms by actively participating in an individual treatment plan” (NAMI, 2011). For years, the mentally ill have been the misunderstood population. There was a time when people locked away the mentally ill because they were not accepted and not to be a part of society. Many people did not understand what was going on with the mentally ill and really did not take the time to understand the disease process. For a while the mentally ill were thought of as being just a little different, the severity of their illness was not being recognized. Now that there are several advances in science, medicine, and the human body, mental illness is a little more understood. Many people no longer dismiss the mentally ill and realize that the mentally ill really do have serious issues that need to be addressed and not just swept under the rug. There is no need for the mentally ill to be secluded from society and now more people realize that. Throughout this research paper, there will be statistical...
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...------------------------------------------------- BSBA-2 A Term Paper Developing the Concept Mental Illness In Partial Fulfillment of the Course SocSci 111 Submitted to: Mr. Marlon B. Ramirez Submitted by: Ray Mark B. Labuanan Introduction Mental illness has been part of human condition for as long our species has existed, affecting countless individuals, families, and communities. Major advances regarding mental disorder are now appearing with regularity with respect to treatment options. Yet, emotion reaction to mental disorder are still dominated by fear, pity, and scorn; societal responses continue to be characterized by banishments, punishments and neglect. Although the very nature of mental illness makes it understandable that empathy is difficult to sustain. The lack of respect and fairness signals deeper currents issues. Many aspects of mental illness are difficult for relatives or members of society to contend with. Indeed, despairing angry, irrational, or out – of – control behavior pattern can raise fears over safety and may threaten the fundamental sense of stability and mental control. Body Mental illness is a term used for a group of disorder causing severe disturbances in thinking, feeling and relating. They result in substantially diminished capacity for coping with ordinary demands of life. There some different perspective on the cause of mental illness. The perspective include the biological psychodynamic...
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...Introduction: The first Part of this paper will review the literature to define Classification. Briefly Discuss DSM IV and ICD 10 and list the main categories of clinical disorders. The paper will discuss the main dangers of classification identified as labelling and Stigma which have lifelong implications for those diagnosed with a mental illness. The main advantages of classification such as most appropriate treatment and community education Definition of the Classification system used to Diagnosis Mental illness. As Social workers it important to try and grasp the concepts of how classification of mental illness is arrived at and to have a basic knowledge of the types of mental disorders people can be classified as having so we can understand the basis of a diagnosis. According Mendelson (2001) “Classification refers to ordering of objects into groups on the basis of their relationship. The result is a classificatory system. Nomenclature related to agreed names that have been assigned to disease or syndromes. Taxonomy covers principles and methods underlying the practice of classification. Finally, nosology denotes the conceptual system that supports the strategy of classifying.” ( Mendelson 2001 p. 63) Golightley (2004) text states that classification is an important step towards the diagnosis of a mental disorder. Mental disorder is broken down into various classifications that represent groups or syndromes of symptoms. Thus if a series of symptoms fits into...
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...Safety and Mental Health are crucial elements in early development of children. As early care professionals is important that we are knowledgeable of the facts that are associated with safety and care of children as the effects of safety and the mental health of children can have a lifelong effect on them. The affect that it may have on them depending on the type of environment can be a positive impact which can lead to greatness or the a negative impact which can lead to a lifelong of pain an heartache that stem from not being a safe environment when not in the comfort of their home or not being properly diagnosed at early age because their early care professional was not knowledgeable of the signs to look for. In this paper I will discuss the difference between mental health and mental illness, along with the effects of a safe environment and the importance of the role of an early care professional. Young Children’s Mental Health Mental health is not just the absence of mental disorder. It is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community. Mental illness is when one is not able to cope with the daily life obstacles; usually one has to be medicated in order to cope with daily life. A person has been diagnosed by a medical professional with a mental illness and mental illness range from all...
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...superior rulings. This paper will discuss three such organizations; the services they provide, and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Nami.org (National Alliance of Mental Illness)NAMI is an organization that increases understanding of what it means to have a mental illness while providing advocacy programs for the mentally ill. It offers aid for the military, their families, and friends. While attempting to eradicate the many issues in care of the mentally ill, the organization offers support and optimism to those of various cultures. The organization also provides legal counsel to those in need. In addition to supporting those living with and those caring for individuals with a mental illness, NAMI edifies the public in an attempt to reduce stigma. inaops.org (International Association of Peer Supporters)The international Association of Peer Supporters is committed to linking individuals with a mental illness to others with a mental illness so that they can share personal experiences and gain support. Staff is constantly looking for innovative ways to make the public aware of mental illness. They want to show that with education and training, advocates, recovery counselors, and all mental health workers can be brought together to share new concepts, tactics, and novel concepts for new agendas. This organization has many advantages. It attempts to bring individuals together who share the same illness to support each other....
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...The Hidden Criminal CRJ308: Psychology of Criminal Behavior (BLG1231A) Instructor: Stephanie Myers September 3, 2012 The Hidden Criminal “I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree.” (Desiderius Erasmus) Determining mental disorders among the criminal population is difficult as well as tedious but it is important that they are continue to be researched to better understand the criminal mind and to distinguish those that are plagued by mental disorders from those that choose the life of crime. In this paper I want to address the way the criminal with mental disorders perceive situations compared with what we would consider a normal person and that of a person who commits a crime for personal reasons. The first thing that should be known is that a person with a mental disorder(s) can seem like a completely normal person. In several segments of Hidden in Plain Sight: Looking for Mental Illness we see that picking out a person with a mental disorder is almost as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack even when you know what you are looking for. This research was on a group of ten people that some experienced different disorders while there was nothing wrong with others. Gathering these people to live together for five days while three different Psychiatrists observing. Their goal was to pick out the ones with disorders from those who were considered normal. This...
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...Introduction A recent health report by the World Health Organization described stigma as one of “the world’s remaining greatest obstacles to the treatment of mental illness” (Chronister, Chou, & Liao, 2013, p.2). Mental illness is defined as a serious mental, behavioral or emotional disorder that disables one’s ability to fully engage in life activities (Chronister, Chou, & Liao, 2013). In general, mental illness can range from sitting alone in a room for a while to eating less and to having severe depression/anxiety, suicidal thoughts, or schizophrenia (Kaplan, Aneshensel, Bierman, & Phelan, 2013). From a sociological standpoint, the study of mental illness deals with examining how societal notions frame the thoughts, feelings, and actions...
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...MENTAL ILLNESS October 2001, just after September 11, he started acting and behaving erratically. He was not the same man we have known as Uncle Dan for the past few years. What has happened to him? Has he suffered from some type of mental illness? According to Canadian Health Association “mental illnesses can take many forms, just as physical illnesses do” (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2009). Uncle Dan was born and raised in a small town named Quesnel, located in the South Western part of Canada. Although his parents were not wealthy, they were not financially restricted either, due to the abundance of lumber mills in this region. They had pushed and financed their children education, for they knew that it was an investment into the future. Even though Uncle Dan’s parent never received a formal education, they were fully aware of the importance of going to college. As an honor graduate from the local High school, Uncle Dan received a scholarship from the province university, BC University, to continue his education. That year, he had met Julia, my mother’s younger sister, whom he married a year later. Shortly afterward, Dan dropped out of the University and returned home to work in a local mill. The only explanation that was given to his parents was “College is not meant for people like me.” While this was not the extent of Uncle Dan’s transformation, it was not enough of a significant warning sign that Uncle Dan had a mental issue. In fact, it was not until that...
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...Symbolism has a very effective meaning in Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper short story. Symbolism is defined as “the practice of representing things by symbols, or investing things with a symbolic meaning or character” (Dictionary.com). Firstly, the wallpaper symbolizes a variety of the narrator’s senses. Throughout the story, her senses change and the wallpaper also changes. The wallpaper shows how someone who suffers from a mental illness has different perspectives on their emotional surroundings and self-perception. Next, the house the narrator is kept in and the ugliness in the patterns of the wallpaper help represent the outlook of a woman’s repression. All in all, the wallpaper symbolizes the events in which the narrator finds herself trapped...
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...I would never peer review or revise my own papers. With the amount of revisions that were undertaken in all four projects, I feel that I have become more comfortable in the act of revision. Also, I was never good at incorporating forms of evidence to support my claims, ideas and arguments. This class was very helpful in showing how to take research and incorporate it into a project. Overall, this class has allowed me to strengthen my skills as a reviser, helped me “formulate and articulate a stance through my writing”, and helped me to use more forms of evidence to support my claims, ideas and arguments. Project 1 was the simplest of the four projects. I decided to analyze a research article on Marketing and how companies have started to move their businesses into developing nations. At first I didn’t think I would be able to write a rhetorical analysis on this article because of its length but after multiple revisions and help from peers I wrote my final draft. This was the one project where the revisions really helped me grow as a writer. Without these revisions I would have written a terrible analysis because I had no idea how to explain the ideas in the article because it was so short. My peers gave me guidance and used their papers to help formulate my own paper. Prior to this assignment I had written papers detailing articles read but I had never done so with such a short piece. It was hard to fit enough words into the paper without sounding...
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...was also believed that people who expressed behavior were considered to be possessed by an evil spirit. Then, in 460 B.C. Hippocrates, also known as the Father of medicine, proposed a biological explanation to the reasons behind abnormal behavior. He suggested that an imbalance of blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow pile was the cause of mental illness. Along came the Greeks with their diagnosis and treatment for hysteria, and years later in 1896 Sigmund Freud developed his systematic theory of psychodynamics he believed to be the psychological components of hysteria. During the 20th century behaviorism, humanistic/cultural/normative perspectives emerged, drastically changing the way abnormal behavior is viewed. In this paper I will discuss how these perspectives in detail. I will also discuss how the terms normal and abnormal and how these labels can affect the people they are placed on in the workplace and in life in general. Abnormal Psychology Abnormal psychology is a branch of psychology that studies people’s emotional, cognitive, and/or behavioral problems. It focuses on understanding the nature, causes, and treatment of mental disorders. Define normal and abnormal To understand abnormal psychology it is important to determine what is considered to be abnormal behavior. . The word abnormal means ‘away from the norm’, so abnormal behavior is any type of behavior displayed that deviated from statistical norms...
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