Mental Disorder
Pharmacological Treatment of Medical Disorder
Student’s Name
Institution’s Name
Introduction
Mental disorder is an illness of the mind that is characterized by disorganization and confusion in the mind. Mental disorder is by far not realizable early enough, for early realization occurs in very minimal instances. In a survey by Harding, De Arango, Baltazar, Climent, Ibrahim , Ladrido-Ignacio, and Wig (2009), the existence of the ailment cannot be underestimated for of the 1624 patients who needed mental attention in 4 developing countries, 225 cases had psychiatric mobility attributing to 13.9%. Once realised, there are several ways through which a mental condition could be treated, among them drugs (pharmacological), counselling and psychological treatments (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This paper will address different issues concerning mental disorders, different types of mental disorders and how they affect an individual, and it will show why pharmacology is so far the best way to treat these disorders.
What does Mental Disorder Entail?
According to Marchesi (2008), mental disorder is one of various conditions characterized by distortion of an individual 's normal cerebral, emotional, or behavioural functioning, often induced by social activities, physical activities, how the body functions or the genetic factor or among other factors. Research has it that mental illness is most times caused by a combination of several causes including psychological, biological, genetic and environmental factors. Recovery from a mental illness is never a matter of will or self discipline, for the causes are not depended of personal weaknesses or character.
Treatment of mental illness depends on the type of mental illness the patient is suffering from, the severity of the illness, and the treatment that works best for the patient. According to Whitaker & Cooper (2007), treatment of
Student’s Name
Institution’s Name
Introduction
Mental disorder is an illness of the mind that is characterized by disorganization and confusion in the mind. Mental disorder is by far not realizable early enough, for early realization occurs in very minimal instances. In a survey by Harding, De Arango, Baltazar, Climent, Ibrahim , Ladrido-Ignacio, and Wig (2009), the existence of the ailment cannot be underestimated for of the 1624 patients who needed mental attention in 4 developing countries, 225 cases had psychiatric mobility attributing to 13.9%. Once realised, there are several ways through which a mental condition could be treated, among them drugs (pharmacological), counselling and psychological treatments (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This paper will address different issues concerning mental disorders, different types of mental disorders and how they affect an individual, and it will show why pharmacology is so far the best way to treat these disorders.
What does Mental Disorder Entail?
According to Marchesi (2008), mental disorder is one of various conditions characterized by distortion of an individual 's normal cerebral, emotional, or behavioural functioning, often induced by social activities, physical activities, how the body functions or the genetic factor or among other factors. Research has it that mental illness is most times caused by a combination of several causes including psychological, biological, genetic and environmental factors. Recovery from a mental illness is never a matter of will or self discipline, for the causes are not depended of personal weaknesses or character.
Treatment of mental illness depends on the type of mental illness the patient is suffering from, the severity of the illness, and the treatment that works best for the patient. According to Whitaker & Cooper (2007), treatment of
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