Mental Illness Pros And Cons

The definition of mental illness or a psychological disorder refers to the distress, impairment and atypical behaviour of an individual over a period of time. This definition has changed throughout history. The different definitions have caused much controversy in the views and treatment of the mentally ill. These views and treatments have been both disgusting and caring (Barlow & Durand, 2016). Events, such as the institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of mentally ill patients have had important effects on the development of mental illness as a phenomenon as a whole.
Institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation are forever evolving concepts. They can both have negative and positive connotations and both are very important when
There are many needs that were never considered when governments decided to deinstitutionalise, for example: housing, employment and social integration and support and treatment of patients focuses on those who have less severe mental illnesses. Recently, those countries that have already started to implement deinstitutionalisation have begun to consider all these factors to ensure the correct treatment of mentally ill patients. There are both pros and cons to this process. The cons are that there seems to be an increase in homelessness in places where deinstitutionalisation has occurred, as well as an increase of criminalisation of those with mental health issues and those with mental health issues seem to be dying earlier than the average person. Another issue with this process is that people are expecting a quick fix or inexpensive solution to mental health issues and therefore, it is difficult to gain support and funding from the people in the communities. The pros of this process are that if it is done right there are multiple rehabs programmes, support groups, clinical and housing that lead to results of patients being able to live better lives (Dvoskin, Bopp & Dvoskin,