...These findings can be attributed to the idea that the staff in these types of housing statuses harm the inmates placed there. Haney (2008), looked at the heightened risk of inmate abuse that occurs in Supermax prisons, he suggest that the environment within the prisons can have an effect and take a toll on the correctional officers, which can cause harm and mistreatment. When prisoners are placed in these type of segregated housing in this case in supermax prisons mentally ill people end up placed in confined places where guards are not necessarily train in order to meet their needs (Haney, 2008). With this comes the idea that since these guards are not trained to deal with mentally ill offenders they tend to not have patience for them, don’t...
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...Lorella Croswell 21 March 2013 Discrimination Continues To Harm the Mentally Ill; Throughout the World In recent years, the American led globalization of mental health has increased the interest of public health officials and psychiatrists throughout the world. The Cultural and social values, and attitudes of a particular society influence the beliefs that people have about mental illness. The knowledge about mental illness has spread globally, and it has begun to break down some of the barriers between cultures and countries. There has been a substantial increase in research on the stigma related to mental illness; however, the stigmatization of people with mental illness continues to cause discrimination. Stigma, myths and misconceptions lead to discrimination. In addition to the many aspects of discrimination that have been discussed it is important to know that the mentally ill in our society often lose their ability to make decisions. The stigmatizing beliefs concerning mental illness have given the public and lawmakers an opportunity to control the mentally ill. Due to discrimination, the mentally ill have blatantly suffered many human rights violations. Society can improve this situation by continuing their education effort and enforcing legislation in order to help the mentally ill feel more accepted by society. Globalization has increased the communication and interaction of people between countries and cultures; specifically, it has influenced the exchange...
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...Dorothea Dix, an advocator for the mentally ill, changed the lives of such people directly. She spent countless years working towards her cause, and regardless of the multitude of setbacks she encountered, was able to thrive and reign with her visions. Dorothea Dix advocated for the humane treatment of the mentally insane to be changed, however, in order to achieve her vision of benevolent management of the mentally ill, she overcame many setbacks, including personal struggles, gender inequality, and difficulty with legislation. Before laws were created to mandate civil treatment of the mentally ill within prisons, hospitals, or other institutions, those people were treated very poorly. The mentally ill were confined to cages and other small areas, in a way not suitable for a human being to live. The states did not provide heating for the patients. The way that the people were maintained led Dorothea Dix to begin a career centered on advocating their rights. “The popular belief was that the insane would never be cured and living within their dreadful conditions was enough for them” (Bumb). The social...
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...Certain people who were not for the betterment of the people would be the church and their cruel treatment of those with mental illnesses. In the past it was much worse than it is today due to the advancement of medicine although the church never cared much for advancement. Their involvement with the mentally ill goes back a long time and none of it makes the church look good. In the past, Christians in particular, believed that the mentally ill had the devils spirit inside of them and so it was okay to harm them (“Treatment of the Insane”). The mentally ill were subjected to harsh treatment in the form of purging, beating, exorcisms and many more. In one particular institute involved with the church called Bethlehem or Bedlam, they would allow...
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...communities contain a mentally ill population. Their behavior is considered to be inappropriate and abnormal. Every society has cultivated solutions in which to treat the mentally ill in order to prevent disruption of the strong civil function. Normal behavior varies through generations and societies. When deciding if a person is mentally ill, the generation and culture must be taken into consideration. Approximately 26 percent of the U.S. population suffers from mental illness, with six percent of that percentage suffering from such debilitating mental afflictions that their ability to function is limited. The History of Mental Illness In ancient times, mental illness was thought to be madness caused by demonic possession. Skulls of the “mad” were drilled to allow the demon to escape. During the middle ages, mental illness was believed to be the result of witchcraft and demonic control. The tormented were treated as criminals and subject to torturous acts. They were often tied up and thrown into bitterly cold waters. If the person floated, they were considered to be a witch and were murdered in an inhumane and heinous manner. If the suspected sunk, they were found not guilty of witchcraft. The freezing water was accepted as a cure for “madness.” By the mid 1700’s, mental illness was considered an issue for the afflicted’s family. As the American colonies grew, the mentally ill began to negatively impact the society. Almshouses were used to board the mentally ill. Specialized hospitals...
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...The uncontrolled distribution of LSD to children at the Harvard Medical Center through Professors Alpert and Leary are all broad examples of how the neglect and mistreatment of the human population has deliberately killed us off and caused the arousal of unknown diseases and pathogens that seep into our body all due to a shot administered by our fellow doctors (Kansra, N. and Shih, W.C., 2012) ( Referred from http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/5/21/harvard-lsd-project-leary/ ). Human experimentation's dark history began when the line between treatment and experimentation was blurred. In the early 1960s, the public began to notice the ethical neglect for test subjects by their experimenters. Those charged with administering research funding, took not of the public furor generated by the exposure of gross abuses in medical research; doctors and scientist alike began to use the data and notes gather from the Nazi experiments before and after World War II, in order to conduct these unethical experiments. People who unknowingly and willingly volunteered to participate in these experiments, were placed into unkempt conditions and unsanitary environments. The promotional and uncontrolled distribution of thalidomide throughout America, labeled as an experimental drug; the administration of cancer cells to senile and debilitated patients at the Brooklyn Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital (Katz, 1972). As a result, the public was very sensitive to these experiments since...
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...evidence of individuals who were dealing with schizophrenia. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (2013), Schizophrenia is defined as abnormalities in five domains which are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking and speech, disorganized or abnormal motor behavior, and negative symptoms (p. 87). For this reason, this article will examine the history of Schizophrenia from three time periods which is in the 1800s, mid 1900s, and in the 21st century. 1800s In the 1817, the first moral-treated asylum was opened in America by the Philadelphia Quakers along with the Congregational Church in 1818 (Whitaker, 2002, p. 25). The Quakers and the church would not use any form of treatment to treat the mentally ill, however; they would help the people cope with their illness by creating activities for them such as gardening or playing games (Whitaker, 2002, p. 26). In the asylum, there were people who varied in mental illnesses. Emil Kraepelin, a psychiatrist, was one of the first people who presented schizophrenia in a category which he called dementia praecox. He would diagnose his patients by putting them into categories based on the symptoms and the patterns of the symptoms (Lyons and Martin, 2014, p. 33). Kraepelin believed that those who had schizophrenia was because of a genetic or biological cause. He believed that schizophrenia, or dementia praecox was caused because of an abnormality in the person’s sex glands. Kraepelin was a large contributor...
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...visitors. Women during this time are seen as overly-dramatic and not as smart as men. Since her husband is also her doctor, the way her husband isolates her possibly leads to her condition worsening later in the story. According to Esposito, “In the late nineteenth century, "women's diseases" such as "hysteria" were often associated with actions or emotional responses that were seen as inappropriate for women.” As well, doctors in the nineteenth century knew little to nothing about mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety. This means that although the narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper” may not have been mentally ill to begin with, her isolation caused her to mentally decline. As well, Emily’s emotional response to the death of her father and the passage of time causes her to be labeled as crazy by the citizens of the town. Eventually the isolation causes her to become mentally unstable enough to kill Homer. The limiting ideology of the time period causes Emily to actually develop a mental disorder. The narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper”...
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...Mentally Ill in Prison PSCH/610 Mentally Ill in Prison Abstract The increase in incarcerated individuals with mental illness in the preceding decades has made the prison system a prevalent mental health provider even though they are not prepared or equipped for such task. Prison life is tough on an individual’s mental health; overcapacity, lack of privacy, violent behavior, lack of activity, inadequate health services, seclusion from family and friends, and the insecurity of what life holds after prison contribute to the inmate’s mental health. Inmates whose judgment is altered or impaired by depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other severe mental illnesses are impacted more severely by the tribulations of prison life. Inadequate mental health services is also something mentally ill inmates face, this absconds them undertreated or mistreated. Numerous prisoners do not receive proper psychotropic medication due to the lack of mental health services and care, further impairing their capability to function. The security mission of prisons tends to overlook mental health considerations. Prison rules and codes of demeanor teach staff about security, safety, supremacy, and power. Coordinating the needs of the mentally ill with prison regulations and goals is almost impractical. Factors of the sources and effects of the concern between prison and mental illness will be observed in this research proposal. Reforms will be provided to improve mental health...
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...facilitates department of justice (DOJ) to protect the rights of people dwelling in institutions which are run by the State they are jails which are run locally, various mental health facilities, juvenile correctional facilities, psychiatric or developmental disabilities-oriented institutions, pre trial detention centers and public nursing homes. CRIPA provides the Department of Justice to provide method to inflict the already existing laws. CRIPA does not create new laws to people living in the institutions. (Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons, 2016). It gives the Attorney General the authority to intervene in law suits and support the people residing in State institutions. He can also personally sign the complaint on behalf of the mentally ill.(The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 2005) The preceding pages in this paper gives information about approaches to mental health policy analysis findings of the articles reviewed. Politics involved in developing civil rights of institutionalised persons act: The main reason why this policy was enacted was because institutionalised people more or less lack the ability to protect their rights provided by the constitution. They cannot take decisions on their own sometimes. In some cases they are not even getting the adequate conditions to reside in the institutions. Reports designate that the institutions were shaped with ruthless conditions such as physical abuse by correctional officers, poor hygienic conditions and lack...
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...I remember as a child reading my favorite series called the Ranger’s Apprentice. It was a story of a young man training to become a spy and a warrior for a land that needed them when times became rough. In one of the books, it focused on the social mistreatment and refusing to include those who were physically and mentally different. In other words, people who were disabled. In this book, the ranger became friends with these individuals and found that their unique special techniques that they had gain living in the forest despite their disabilities helped him save the king from being murdered by his cousin. Though this books showed that those who are disabled can learn and adapt to a normal living style, it also showed the ugly truth of how...
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...Mad in America…or just Mad. The healing hand is commonly known as a “mothers touch;” gentle, pure, healing. But what exactly is the healing hand? According to sources the healing hand is when “the practitioner alters the patient's energy field through an energy transfer that moves from the hands of the practitioner to the patient:” (Medicaldictionary.com) The healing hand of kindness is what Robert Whitaker entitles the second chapter of his book Mad in America. (Whitaker, 19) No, the healing hand is not the topic to my essay, but it is the first step in coming to terms with the why this chapter is just mad. When you combine two terms, both in relative meaning, it turns into a contradiction. The healing hand is kind. Kindness is a friendly act toward another. So where is the contradiction? The first section of the book describes accounts from a man names Benjamin Rush, from his book Medical Inquiries and Observations Upon the Diseases of the Mind. (Whitaker, 21-22) It describes patients being treated as animals: beaten, sedated, and verbally abused. (Whitaker, 22) This was the healing hand for many patients until 1793 when, as the book describes, was the lunacy reform in Europe. “Moral treatments,” and I use that phase sparingly, included, one pound of bread a day, extreme heat and cold weather in concrete cells, and sedation. Physician Philippe Pinel thought by talking to his sedated patients he was connecting with them, understanding their sorrows. He described this new...
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...Mental Health Services is defined as “assessment, diagnosis, treatment or counseling in a professional relationship to assist an individual or group in alleviating mental or emotional illness, symptoms, conditions or disorders” (bcm.edu) Mental health services didn’t start out the way it is now. It’s evolved into something much more than what it used to be. During Colonial America, society believed that insanity and mental health disorders was caused by a full moon at the time of a baby’s birth. Those without family were placed in prisons and were chained to walls. The first hospitals built in 1773 were designed to keep those with mental illness away from society and not treat them. The mistreatment of the mentally ill in prisons during the 19th century inspired the increase of creation of institutions to treat them. The society’s focus on these patients led to state legislative committee in 1827 to look into institution conditions. The construction of a 120 bed hospital...
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...CMU 201: Introduction to Leadership Tanjie Hoover April 15, 2013 Search For a Leader Case Study: Gloria Steinem Gloria Steinem was born in 1934 in Michigan. She spent her childhood going back and forth between Michigan, Florida and California. After he parents divorced whenever she was 11, Steinem and her mother moved to a dilapidated home in Toledo, Ohio. Over the next few years, young Gloria was responsible for caring for her mentally ill mother. Whenever she finally left home to go to Smith College, she was determined to challenge the status quo and majored in government, an unusual choice for a woman of that era. She graduated in 1956 and was awarded a fellowship that took her to India, where she worked for the Independent Research Service as a freelance writer. Steinem’s first official act of feminism was in 1963 whenever she went undercover at the Playboy Club in New York City as a waitress. Her article, which was published in Show magazine, exposed the club’s mistreatment and overt desensitization of women. In the late 1960’s, Steinem was instrumental in the development of New York Magazine. It was there that she found her platform for political change. After she reported on an abortion hearing, she felt the need for more reform in this area of women’s rights. Over the years, she published many essays and articles about abortion and other women’s issues that were previously considered taboo, like domestic violence. Steinem went on to form Ms. Magazine...
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...Literary Research Report: Without A Home “Being homeless is probably the only thing I’ve ever been good at” (Alexie 1). The sad truth in the matter is that some people do not function well in society. In the short story by Sherman Alexie, “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” the reader gets to learn what one old homeless Native American man does in a twenty four hour period. Of course, people become homeless for a multitude of reasons, which we will explore further in this paper. Homelessness can be caused by many factors including addiction, domestic violence, family conflicts (particularly runaway youth), unemployment, post traumatic stress, and mental illness (Portland Mental Rescue Mission). Although these factors are certainly reasons for...
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