Wendy Parker HIS 132-51 E. Jackson April 23, 2013 Dorothea Lynde Dix: A Woman With A Voice, Vision, and Victory For the Mentally Insane Deep in the dark dungeons of the jail or the “crazy cellar,” lived the neglected and often beaten, mentally insane. Naked, filthy, and foul-smelling, they often lived among other hardened criminals and “lunatics” of the day. There was no heat in the winter, or coolness in the summer, for it was thought they could not feel the heat or the cold, and they most
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HUS1011/30 22 May 2013 What is the Historical Background of Human, Maternal, and Child Services? Since the beginning of time there has been a basic need for human services. It has helped to make a big impact, and a difference, in our society now and then; and has helped to maintain a positive and long lasting difference in peoples’ lives, and it helps to improve our nation. How much do we know about the history of where it all began, and what challenges had to be faced in order for improvement
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Medication Madness Book Review In partial fulfillment of the requirement of N3335 December 02, 2011 Online RN- BSN Medication Madness I chose to review “Medication Madness” by Peter R.Breggin, M.D. First of all I was attracted to this book by the name medication madness which made me to be curious to know what the book is all about. Madness, we know is a state of mental imbalance and when attributed to medication, it calls for interest. I came
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Not only is the number of people under local, state, federal, and tribal correctional supervision at an all-time high, but most of these individuals are under supervision in the community by probation or parole agencies. With over 7 million people or 3 percent of the total adult population currently being under some form of correctional supervision, the role of community corrections is essential within the criminal justice field (Alarid & Del Carmen, 2011). Community corrections can best be described
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supports in the least restrictive environment possible. The goal of deinstitutionalization was to develop a full range of community services that would take the place of institutions. Several driving forces were behind this: the development of psychiatric drugs, the belief that people should receive treatment as opposed to institutionalization, and federal policy and funding. Many hoped that these factors would greatly reduce and perhaps even eliminate mental illness. The individual transitioning
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Kimberly Galloway HSM/210 Dr. Sandra M. Mancuso Deinstitutionalization is the process of state run mental health facilities being shut down in the attempt to allow people with serious mental illness to receive help from the community. "State mental hospital populations are reduced by discharging long-term residents, shortening hospital stays, and attempting to reduce the number of admissions" (Steadman, Monahan, Duffee, Hartstone, & Robbins 1984). While the intentions were good, the act
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Unfortunately in the last three years she has been unable to enjoy her life or her family as well as she wants to. She has been suffering from a severe form of Postnatal Depression which has forced her to leave her job and spend eleven months in a psychiatric hospital. While now on the road to recovery, Ellen admits that the hardest part of her illness is coping with the attitude of others: "I had no history of mental illness prior to my daughter being born. I was happy and successful in life but
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Introduction On November 2007, The Oregonian began an investigation on children in foster care that had been prescribed powerful psychiatric medications. These medications were given four times the rate of other children. Concerns have been on the rise for children that are given “psychotropic medications”. Primarily the concern is high for those children in foster care, and who receive Medicaid, because they are in a system that has lost structure of the importance of the health and welfare of
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doctors can alleviate over 50% of the symptoms the drug is acceptable. Antipsychotics are now being prescribed to children. They are in direct result having a hard time controlling their actions and behaviors. There is no definitive test for any psychiatric illnesses. Dr. Bacon chooses the medicine before he knows the diagnosis. Getting the right treatment can take a long time. This is due to the number of drugs and the symptoms that may respond to the drugs. We have mood stabilizers and (A)-typical
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Is there a strong relationship between creativity and insanity as expressed in painting? The ongoing debate of how we can diagnose mental illness has fascinated me since I began research into Psychology a few years ago. It is argued there is a fine line between being a genius and being insane. Scientific evidence has been thrown back and forth to support and refute this hypothesis and yet I believe that there is no clear answer. I hope to explore this border and, using mentally disturbed artists
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