vaccine for the virus of social ills‚ although it has been spread widely since hundred years ago? It is possible if we have found the vaccine for social ills before the black day‚ 4th June 1981; the HIV virus may not spread throughout this world. This is because the HIV virus had been firstly detected from a couple of homosexual in America. A popular saying goes‚ “it is as well to know which ways the wind blows‚” as it is better to know first the causes of the social ills before we eagerly take precautions
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Dan Chaon’s Ill Will One of the darkest books of the year‚ Ill Will is a story you will never forget; it’s dark subplots are intertwined to unveil difficulties all humans face. “People can find patterns in all kinds of random events. It’s called apophenia. It’s the tendency we humans have to find meaning in disconnected information.” -Dan Chaon. Examining something as intricate as the human brain takes great meaning and caution; but when handled right‚ can be a powerful message. Writing with the
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Social ills are issues that relate to society’s perception of people’s personal lives. Nowadays‚ the common social ills faced by society are truancy‚ violence‚ erosion of culture‚ drug abuse‚ cyber-relationship to mention but a few. Internet is the main cause of today’s social ills‚ I totally agree with this statement because it causes addictions‚ obsessions and depressions. To begin‚ internet causes addiction. Internet is all accessible to anyone without age limit nor gender. Having an unlimited
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There is a large sum of groups that populate prisons‚ from offenders with AIDS to youthful offenders usually under the age of 25. The population of offenders that I will be discussing is the group of the mentally ill in prisons. Mentally ill offenders are individuals with mental disorders‚ according to NAMI.org (National Alliance on Mental Illness)‚ a mental illness is “...a medical condition that disrupts a person’s thinking‚ feeling‚ mood‚ ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just
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Mentally Ill Executions "An eye for an eye‚ and a tooth for a tooth" is the philosophy many people use when it comes to the punishment of criminals. The death penalty has been debated for many years as it has come into and then fallen out of favor for the American public. Today the death penalty by lethal injection has been put on hold on a couple of states. The legality of the "cruel and unusual punishment" is being heatedly debated. The death penalty is especially volatile when it comes to
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Advocacy and the Mentally Ill Summer Fleming BSHS/442 January 13‚ 2014 Dr. Elizabeth Thompson Advocacy and the Mentally Ill The American mentally ill population faces numerous barriers to acquiring basic services that those without mental illness receive daily. Advocating for the mentally ill population gives a voice to those who cannot voice their problems or may not know how. Mental illness is often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed. Individuals who are not properly diagnosed cannot receive
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Vulnerability of the Mentally Ill Eva Morris American Sentinel University Vulnerability of the Mentally Ill Evaluation and treatment of the mentally ill population has developed from confinement of the mad during colonial times‚ into the biomedical balancing of neurological impairment seen in these modern times. There were eras of mental health reform‚ medicalization‚ and deinstitutionalization sandwiched in between (Nies & McEwen‚ 2011). Regardless of the stage of understanding and development
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Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill Deinstitutionalization refers to releasing a mentally or physically handicapped person from an institution whose main purpose was to provide treatment into a community with the intent of providing services through the community under the supervision of health-care professionals. There have been many positive outcomes from deinstitutionalization for both the patients and society but there have also been many drawbacks of deinstitutionalization. Deinstitutionalization
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Violent‚ dangerous‚ unpredictable‚ incompetent‚ disabled‚ abusive‚ anti-social‚ and insane. These are just a few of the characteristics that are commonly associated with the mentally ill‚ despite the fact they are inaccurate‚ unfair and help to perpetuate negative stereotypes. The mentally ill continue to be marginalised through stereotypes which is wrong. Mental illness does not equate to insanity. Everything we are now is the product of what we have seen‚ smelt‚ heard‚ tasted and experienced
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mentally ill in the prison system. When a person with a mental illness commits a crime or break the law‚ they are immediately taken to jail or sent off to prison instead of being evaluated and placed in a hospital or other mental health facility. “I have always wondered if the number of mentally ill inmates increased since deinstitutionalization” Since prison main focus is on the crimes inmates are incarcerated; the actual treatment needed for the mentally ill is secondary. Mentally ill prisoners
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