Mental illness is a medical condition that disrupts a person’s thinking‚ mood‚ feelings and even their ability to function in everyday life. Mental illness‚ as with any serious medical illness; cannot be overcome through willpower. It is not related to the intelligence or character of a person. Mental illness has been documented since the ancient times. There are notes‚ although limited‚ in an Egyptian document that describes disoriented states of attention and emotions. Ancient Indian‚ Chinese
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Understanding Mental Illness: Means for Lifting the Stigma As a victim of the debilitating mental illness clinical depression‚ I have a first hand knowledge of the terrible stigma attached to seeking medical help for this and similar problems. When the diagnosis was made‚ I told no one that I was seeing a psychologist. I feared what people would think of me and how they would react to one of their friends seeing a "shrink". Because mental illnesses are not well known and even less well understood
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physiological? “Physical” can be seen and felt and is relatively simple to explain. Meanwhile‚ “mental” is thought of as theoretical‚ which cannot be seen or felt and is therefore‚ more complicated and difficult to explain. Mental illness is thus subject to scrutiny and abuse which causes the patient to delay pursuit of help. On the contrary‚ Abraham Low saw mental illness as a physiological condition and developed a mental health management training method in addition to offering medical treatment. As a patient
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The Mental Illness Stigma Imagine if our society blamed people for being diagnosed with cancer‚ claiming it was their life choices that had led to such a terrible disease. Sounds horrifying‚ right? Imagine putting that added burden‚ that shame‚ on someone who is fighting for their life. This happens every day though‚ not to victims of cancer‚ but to victims of mental illness. Despite the fact that one in four Americans suffers from some form of mental illness‚ people suffering from mental illness
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A mental illness‚ according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (2014)‚ is “a condition that impacts a person’s thinking‚ feeling or mood and may affect his or her ability to relate to others and function on a daily basis” (para. 1) There are many different illnesses and each has its own side effects. Each persons experience could also be different‚ although the same disease may be present. What stays the same‚ however‚ is the impact that mood disorders have on the family. Left untreated‚
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Mental Illness Mental illness is a growing problem in the public that affects millions of individuals while making it difficult to live a normal quality of life. Struggle to maintain friendships and close relationships are common among individuals who suffer from illnesses. In this dissertation includes populations which have been personally reviewed‚ details about issues that hinder communities
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Mental health is essential to overall health as well as efficiency. It is the foundation for thriving contributions to family‚ district‚ and culture. All through the lifespan‚ mental health is the source of thoughts and communication skills‚ knowledge‚ pliability‚ and self-esteem. It is all too easy to dismiss the worth of mental health until troubles emerges (Brager‚ G. & Holloway‚ S.‚ 1978). Mental health troubles and illnesses are factual and disabling conditions that are experienced by one in
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Running Head: MENTAL HEALTH 1 Causes of Mental Illness Name Health and safety in the work Name of the proffesor Friday‚ March 28‚ 2014 MENTAL HEALTH 2 Abstract Mental Health of an individual is affected by many factors. The factors which affect the mental health of a person in negative way result in mental illnesses. There are number of causes of mental illness. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Mental Illness: Silencing the Stigma What I knew about mental illness before this project was very limited. I mean besides the T.V. shows that portray a bleak life for people with mental illness. Images of individuals with mental illness aren’t always so in your face. Subtle stereotypes pervade the media regularly. I had minimal knowledge as to what types of mental illness there were. All I knew was that there were general perceptions about these people. Just the other day before the presentations
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Running Header: Chronically Mentally Ill Chronically Mentally Illness Caprice M. Barris University of Phoenix BSHS 302 Dina Francisco October 26‚ 2009 Severely Mentally Ill – Indivuals suffering from schizophrenia‚ bipolar disorder‚ severe and recurrent depression plus several others. There are many different types of mental illness some of these illnesses are depression‚ schizophrenia ‚ bi-polar‚ dementia. Signs and symptoms can differ from person to person depending on
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