The first question I would ask is if the patient is participating in behavior that interferes with weight gain such as dieting, fasting, excessive exercise, or purging. Although depression may cause certain behaviors that interfere with weight, Anorexia Nervosa involves a purposeful and persistent behavior with efforts to control or lose weight. Weight loss that […]
Silver Linings Playbook was a film released in 2012 that examines mental illnesses through the characterization and depiction of Bipolarism. Pat Solatano play by Bradley Cooper in the film lost his wife and job and was just released from a mental institution to return home to his parents. He later acknowledges that this is his […]
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Get startedA lot of people use psychology today in many different ways either it be research or interrogation or even experiments. Then again psychology is the study of the mind and it’s behavior. Psychology also comes with a lot of things called sub-fields including different material. Such as development, health, sports, clinical, and social behavior. Psychology […]
I think that the topic of mental illness is something that many individuals can relate to in this day and age. Though there are works that contain characters with mental illness or ones that we can speculate have a mental illness (ex. King Lear, Ophelia, or the theory that Ariel from The Little Mermaid is […]
During my university coursework, my advocacy skill and my ability to think critically were observed by my professors and thereby, they insisted me to attend in the moot court competition, seminars and public speaking activities. Moreover, I am experienced in working with the marginalized people. At that time, I, scrutinizing the contemporary legal and ethical […]
Everyone around Mary is desperately trying to make Mary stop, but on this long day, Mary chooses instead to numb her pain to escape to a broken reality of the past. O’Neill uses Mary to show a relapse that in a matter of a day makes Mary insane from drowning in the morphine. James Tyrone […]
Severe mental disorders, such as bipolar disorder, have become more prevalent in children and adolescents over the last few decades, leading scientists, doctors, and parents to question whether medicating developing minds in adolescents is an effective and safe way to treat these disorders. This topic has remained controversial for years because there is no definitive […]
I will seek approval of the university and also the ethics Committee and from Hospital’s Institutional Review Board Committee. This is because of the charts that will be reviewed and obtained for admission that will be over 6 months. This will be at an adult behavioral inpatient Unit. The information that relates to demographic, history […]
Police brutality has been an ongoing issue and controversy throughout the years. When you think about police officers, you usually think about someone who is there to protect you from danger but that is not always the case for innocent citizens. Police brutality is defined as “the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police […]
This paper, although advocating for the responsibility of mentally ill patients to be transferred over to the states, recognizes that the current system that states use for treating the mentally ill is still broken. Not only should the feral government be reformed, but the states will need to reform their some of their current healthcare […]
I took this class to help me to become a better, more empathetic future practitioner. The lessons I learned definitely achieved this goal. Some of the things I learned from the class include, how to be respectful of people’s boundaries, how to make sure that patients are comfortable and relatively unafraid, and how to be […]
Food, is something we all love. Restaurant, a place we all go to sit down and enjoy a meal. Sanity, most of us have it. But have we took a second to reflect and wonder about the people behind the scenes making sure we get fed? Not only that we get fed, but we get […]
Robert Whitakers book Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America argues that mental illness has been exacerbated by pharmacological treatments. He does so by dividing his book into five sections to thoroughly make his points. The five sections of the book are; the epidemic, the […]
When looking at the artwork of David Jacque-Louis, entitled “The Death of Marat,” I could see this masterpiece being analyzed in a couple different ways. With my first glance of the painting, I thought for sure it was a young man that was very tired after a long day, who then decided to relax in […]
Exact Speech Purpose: To inform my audience on abortion and the positive or negative consequences that may bring to women. INTRODUCTION I. Attention-getter: In today’s society, there is a lot of stigma about abortion. According to northcarolinarighttolife.org, abortion is defines as “any premature expulsion of a human fetus, whether naturally spontaneous, as in a miscarriage, […]
As the old saying goes, it takes two to tango. So, why is it that it only takes one to choose life or termination? As a step mother and being married to a man that feels trapped after being forced into fatherhood can give great insight to the heartache, injustice, and lack of choice that […]
Colorism is a dark side to the internal prejudice acts or attitudes against our own brothers and sisters. Colorism is a seed of deceit, a silent hatred that divides us as a nation, race and as a people. We were given equality by our four founding fathers declaration through our constitution. We have a right […]
Numerous individuals don’t’ know what abortion is, who can receive abortions, and why people would indeed select to induce them. Abortion according to the dictionary it is the termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival. This essentially implies, inducing birth to kill the fetus, or […]
According to Rosalind Hursthouse, an action is right from a virtue ethical perspective if and only if it is what the virtuous agent would do in the same circumstances. Now, if we take into consideration the case of pregnancy, is abortion the right act or wrong one? When considering if one should abort or keep […]
The divisiveness of abortion in regard to personal feelings is reflected in state regulations. In the United States, abortion laws and regulations vary among states. Although abortion is legal in all 50 states, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1992, that states have the right to restrict abortions based on certain intricacies (Zastrow, Kirst-Ashman, & […]
An induced abortion is the act of purposefully terminating an unwanted pregnancy. There are correlations to suggest that the medical procedure increases the woman’s risk of breast cancer because of its impact on the body. The damage is escalated even further if the abortion is performed before the third trimester. Young women have breast lobules […]
Forty years after the Supreme Court legalized abortion in its landmark Roe v. Wade decision, the controversial issue continues be a battle nationwide. Republicans who support anti-abortion controlling the White House and Congress have women around the world worrying about their legal right to the procedure. People that oppose abortion are optimistic that their years […]
One of the most controversial pieces of legislation ever passed in the State of New York made national headlines this week. Through the passage of what is called the Reproductive Health Act or RHA for short, New York legislators passed and the governor signed a bill that strips away the most vital of protections for […]
The most controversial topic of the past and even more so today is the right to abort or the right to life. The most important between the two is the right to life and to thrive. However, one of the first arguments that rise to such a controversial subject is that of what defines life? […]
What does the word “bipolar” mean? A man named Gary R. VandenBos, Ph.D. defines bipolar as “ something with two opposites or extremities…”. Bipolar disorder is an episodic illness, where people who are diagnosed with it will experience two kinds of episodes: manic/hypomanic episodes and major depressive episodes. Manic episodes and major depressive episodes are […]
Everyone desires the ability to be independent. Therefore, the minute wellness problems start making it hard to move around and do daily labor it is time to seek professional wellness. Physical therapy helps relieve infliction allowing one to move better. Individuals who pursue occupational therapy right away tend to regain more movement and independence than […]
My impression changed though out the number of times I watched this Ted talk. Each time viewing this video it got harder to understand why this type of illness exists. Jennifer Brea is a very strong woman to be open about her struggles and help others become aware of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. Jennifer stated that this […]
Imagine this, bleeding without a stop. Ounces, pints, even liters of blood just flowing out like a river. Hemophilia is a severe hereditary bleeding disorder in which factors needed to make the blood clot are missing. There are ways to detect it, such as double vision, prolonged headache, convulsions, and seizures. There are also many […]
Pathways/Resources for human development (RHD) organization provides service to patients with severe and persistent mental disorders. Like every disease, mental illnesses are also shaped to a great extent by physical, social and economic environments: born, grow, live, work and age. Patients with severe mental illnesses generally live 25 years fewer than the general population. Thus, […]
Studies show gun control laws do not impede crime; in fact, gun ownership impedes crime. A Nov. 26, 2013 study found between 1980 and 2009, “bans on assault weapons did not significantly affect murder rates at the state level” and states with restrictions on carrying concealed weapons had an increase in gun-related murders. During the […]
