Psychological Disorders Case Study
Throughout the years psychological disorders have been characterized in an erroneous way. The constant stereotyping of individuals with mental illnesses as well as the treatment that they receive from others, may seem like a reason for people to keep quiet. Due to the fear of being criticized and ostracized drives various individuals with psychological disorders to keep their illness a secret. Individuals constant fear of being treated differently would be great reason to remove the illness from their record once they are healed. However, I don’t believe that it would be the best decision. On the contrary, individuals with past disorders shouldn’t be ashamed of their illness and therefore it shouldn’t be removed from their record. Even
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By keeping this illness in the record, more people would be able to make a difference and psychological disorders wouldn’t be considered a taboo to many individuals. Not only would we be raising awareness by doing so, there would also be more help for relapsing individuals. It isn’t uncommon for an individual with a mental illness to relapse, and due to this the appropriate measures should be made in order to provide help to him or her, and others depending on the illness of the individual. For example, let say that an individual suffers from OCD. The individual will then meet a therapist who will help him/her manage the OCD, in a way in which the OCD will no longer control the patient. Little by little the patient will be able to gain control of their thoughts and the compulsions and obsessions will subside, however, it will not completely go away. The individual will be able to lead a normal life, however, the OCD may come back, sometimes even stronger than ever. Due to this, to be able to protect the individual and understand them better, we must not keep this hidden once the patient is believed to be normal. Society should understand that a person with a psychology disorder shouldn’t be treated different due to their illness and should instead be cared for and given as much opportunities as the rest of
By keeping this illness in the record, more people would be able to make a difference and psychological disorders wouldn’t be considered a taboo to many individuals. Not only would we be raising awareness by doing so, there would also be more help for relapsing individuals. It isn’t uncommon for an individual with a mental illness to relapse, and due to this the appropriate measures should be made in order to provide help to him or her, and others depending on the illness of the individual. For example, let say that an individual suffers from OCD. The individual will then meet a therapist who will help him/her manage the OCD, in a way in which the OCD will no longer control the patient. Little by little the patient will be able to gain control of their thoughts and the compulsions and obsessions will subside, however, it will not completely go away. The individual will be able to lead a normal life, however, the OCD may come back, sometimes even stronger than ever. Due to this, to be able to protect the individual and understand them better, we must not keep this hidden once the patient is believed to be normal. Society should understand that a person with a psychology disorder shouldn’t be treated different due to their illness and should instead be cared for and given as much opportunities as the rest of