In the modern education landscape, the prevalence of mental health issues among students has become an increasingly alarming concern. This essay delves deeply into this critical issue, aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of its various facets and exploring effective strategies for addressing the challenges…
Essays on Psychiatry & Mental Health
Introduction Mental health issues among students have become a significant concern in recent years. The demanding academic environment, coupled with various socio-cultural and personal factors, contributes to the prevalence of mental health challenges. This essay delves into the causes of mental health issues in students,…
Introduction School plays a significant role in shaping a student’s life, providing education, opportunities, and social experiences. However, the academic environment and pressures can also have a profound impact on students’ mental health. This essay explores how schools affect mental health, examining the effects of…
Introduction “Fight Club,” directed by David Fincher and based on Chuck Palahniuk’s novel, is a thought-provoking film that delves into the enigmatic realm of dissociative identity disorder (DID). This essay explores how the protagonist’s journey in “Fight Club” reflects the intricacies of DID, examining its…
Introduction Learning disabilities are a diverse group of neurological conditions that affect an individual’s ability to acquire, process, or express information. This essay delves into the complexities of learning disabilities, exploring their impact on education, daily life, and the importance of fostering inclusive environments that…
Introduction Emotional breakdowns, often referred to as emotional meltdowns or crises, are intense and overwhelming experiences that can affect individuals’ mental and emotional well-being. These episodes are characterized by a surge of intense emotions that may include sadness, anxiety, anger, and helplessness. This essay delves…
Introduction Mental health stigma, a pervasive issue in society, perpetuates harmful stereotypes, undermines support systems, and hinders individuals from seeking the help they need. The perpetuation of stigma surrounding mental health has dire consequences for individuals and communities. This essay presents a critical argument against…
Anxiety and stress are factors that have an influence on my love, personal, and everyday life. To cope with these factors, I have seen a therapist, took yoga classes, and I frequently go to the gym. The psychological concepts I plan on using are in…
Introduction In the article ‘Ostracism’ (2007) the author Williams reviews the literature of the past decade on ostracism, social death, and rejection. While these three terms have slightly different definitions, the author uses them interchangeably. All three terms refer to being ignored, excluded or rejected…
Whether they are positive or negative, experiences faced by two or more individuals provide an insight into the complexity of a situation through their ability to reveal a range of human emotions. The allegorical play The Crucible (1953) by Arthur Miller and poem ‘London’ from…
Introduction Ostracism or social death, ‘the judgment of the potsherds’: Athenian juridical practice in which a potentially dangerous person would be exiled from the city without loss of property or civil rights. (Forsdyke) In modern times it can be seen as the exclusion from common…
Emotions may be just a feeling, however one emotion holds enough power to destroy societies as a whole. Hysteria causes people to do and say things that they normally would not. Events like the Holocaust, the Halifax Slasher, and the Salem Witch Trails showed how…
On 1954 Leslie Irvin committed some of the most shocking murders in the tri-state area that would leave Indiana and the entirety of the United State of America in shock at the brutal robberies and murders committed by Leslie Irvin. Evansville, Indiana was once seen…
Introduction The hauntingly white clock reads 7:00 am. The pillows jump up and down while travelling in circles. The tables join in, and suddenly the room is alive- leaving you, as the only stationary inhabitant. The objects dance faster and faster until they are all…
Introduction A call-out is defined as when someone makes the wrongdoing of an individual known to a broader group of people, generally on social media. What makes them so authoritative is when the group decides to ostracize the call-outee collectively. Blackballing the victim on the…
Introduction Have you ever pushed yourself way too hard just to get things done? Do you ever get frustrated when you’re late for work? Do you work all night on the tiniest detail just so everything looks just how you want it to be? Are…
Introduction The act of “canceling” somebody has been around for as long as language has existed. In today’s society a culture has been created around this act. Call-out culture has mixed reviews, but the base reason for this culture existing is to try and educate…
Singapore is a small country. However, technological development and the economy have been growing very fast. Therefore, it makes this country become more and more competitive. According to the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum (2018), Singapore is the second-most economic competitive country…
Treatment relies upon how a lot of anxiety disorder influences one’s capacity to work in everyday life. Psychotherapy (counselling or talk therapy) and medicines are the two most known types of treatment for social anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy Psychotherapy enhances indications in people with social anxiety…
Two of my roommates are suffering from social anxiety. This prompted me to ask my research questions: ‘What do social anxiety mean about the most effective treatments and what does current medical psychology research suggest?’ My mind is spinning with many concerns I can’t answer…
As per the DSM-V, Social Anxiety Disorder is an everlasting trepidation of some or all social circumstances where one may feel extreme humiliation and their uneasiness or anxiousness is at odds to the genuine risk produced by the social circumstance in a way, dictated by…
Social anxiety (also sometimes known as social phobia) is the most common disorder to be diagnosed in adolescents (Memik, Sismanlar, Yildiz, Karakaya, Isik & Agaoglu, 2010). Social Anxiety Disorder, or SAD, is a chronic and disabling disorder that causes a fear of being judged or…
Music cannot happen without sound, so people make instruments. The creation of musical instruments in indigenous communities are influenced by different regions, for example differences in drum material, and throat singing. But why is music important? Music is believed to installs faith, revives one’s spirits,…
Recent studies indicate Depression is one of the biggest mental health problems the U.S is facing. Some problems we are facing today can be self injury, drug abuse, reckless behavior, poor performance, and even suicide. Depressed is can be treated with talk therapy and medication….
The stress impact on health essay delves into the intricate relationship between stress and well-being, highlighting the physiological, psychological, and behavioral effects that emphasize the importance of managing stress for optimal health. “9 am meeting/presentation, rush for the early morning train, crowded commute, exam, sports…
In 2011, approximately 50 million prescriptions for medications that treat ADD and ADHD were given out by pharmacies all around the United states, which is up from about 20 million in 2007. How did this disorder, which first appeared as ADD in 1980 (the first…
Abstract From the views of National Geographic, stress is a killer. Stress is a disease that can affect you in unimaginable ways, clogging arteries, restricting blood flow, affecting the heart, obesity in the torso, killing brain cells, unraveling chromosomes, and can even cause a person…
One thing I found intriguing was the various negative effects stress has on people. The first physical negative effect of stress on people was discovered 70 years ago: a peptic ulcer. It started as a mainstream medical gospel until the early 1980s when a causal…
MR A’s son is suffering from anxiety. The child demonstrates impulsive behaviors and is performing poorly in class. Teachers identify losing concentration easily or the troubles of paying attention in class when the child appears to be more distracted from the class than the rest…
Introduction Evolution of behaviours and emotions is at the core of research in evolutionary psychology. Differential reproductive success drives evolution by natural selection (Caporael & Brewer, 1995). Through an evolutionary psychology lens, emotions could have evolved in order to solve adaptive problems in a broad…
Introduction Stress as an invisible danger is the most important problem of our life. In our daily based routine life we face so many problems which increase our stress level. Being stressed affect our life in a very negative way by decreasing our working output…
In our modern society, mental health has become a big subject for debate. The issues of mental health awareness has been ingrained in political and social movements that attempt to change the way society looks at mental health. Around the world dissociative disorder is well…
Dissociative Identity Disorder is characterized by someone who has more than one distinct personality states which are present at different times. The person usually has no cognitive recollection of what occurs while the other personality was active. I personally have a fascinating relationship with close…
Dissociative identity disorder, also called multiple personality disorder, may be a very rare disorder, but by no means is it one that should be overlooked. It has a history of being doubted and it took several decades before the medical community accepted it as a…
Emotions are a negative or positive experience that associates itself with a particular pattern of physiological activity The thought of being in control of your emotions is different with everyone The extent of you being in control of your emotions is dependent on you and…
“Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Usually, we try to avoid misunderstanding others or being misunderstood. However, misunderstanding happens between all people without them noticing. Without talking and expressing how…
Overthinking, it is something that we always do, not just me. I am sure that we have all been in bed trying to sleep, but instead, we lay there, overthinking every single thing about your life. Now I’m not saying it’s terrible because some of…
Mental health and illness have had a negative stigma on the African American community for decades. It is a conversation that has been ignored and looked over, but when are we going to face the real issue? Most people don’t understand the definition of mental…
Physician-assisted death (PAD), physician-assisted suicide, death with dignity, and voluntary euthanasia all refer to the practice where physicians provide potentially lethal medication to a terminally ill, suffering patient at his or her request that he or she can take at the time of his or…
The current culture of nursing has shifted its focus to maintaining quality, safe patient-centered care. This has caused nurse to face new challenges in the healthcare setting. Many nurses are faced with deciding between leaving the profession or trying to “stick it out” and ultimately…
Nurse burnout is an exceedingly growing and real problem in today’s modern nursing workforce. There are many factors that contribute to why a nurse can become so burnt out, and evidently it is due to unsafe nurse-to-patient ratios, stress, work environment dissatisfaction, and workplace violence….
The phrase “just pray on it” is a common saying in regards to mental health issues, disparities and emotions in the black community. Major mental disorders are often ignored due to lack of knowledge and understanding. There’s this stigma about psychological openness, and help-seeking, which…
Over 1,000 people are diagnosed with a terminal illness every day. After a diagnosis, they attend therapy with their family and receive prescription medication to help with their pain (Milan Stojanovic). However, as the illness progresses so does the pain, and the need for more…
In several legal systems, the criminal charge needs both an immoral act as well as a guilty state of mind since one of them is not sufficient to judge someone. For instance, an individual judged to be insane is not normally handled a similar way…
In this life span project I will be talking about a child that with dyslexia but his family will not accept that this child have dyslexia. In this life span project, I will be sharing the signs that this child is showing that is related…
Phobias are defined as ‘an overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal’. There have been many theories as to why phobias develop such as the cognitive, evolutionary and biological theories. One specific theory is the behavioural theory. This theory states…
This assessment will discuss Claire’s case in detail, such as, the main aspects, which is suffering from dyslexia, preparing for her GCSE’S, taking the bus to school every day and living with her dad and her younger brother. This will be linked to the current…
As I walked out of the nursing station I noticed Waker sitting alone at the corner of the hallway just peering out the window to the courtyard, he noticed the nursing students entering the common area and waived us over. My fear and anxiety of…
Racism is an unstable factory that classifies people by their gender such as race, nationality or religion, and other classifications. Discrimination is the main factor that is derived from these factors, throughout the world, and its history it has been a major concern to the…
Mental health and mental illness sound like they mean the same thing but they are different. The two have some key similarities and differences. The similarities between mental health and mental illness are that both of them can hinder a person from performing their duties…
The root of Frankl’s logotherapy was thusly a significant issue of consistency that critics argued was possibly questionable for Frankl because he had laid out the primary components of logotherapy while working for the Nazi-associated Göring Institute (Wong, 2014). Primarily Frankl’s 1937 paper was distributed…
Has the idea the of the direct relationship between physical and mental health ever cross your mind? When I get sick or injured, my mom would always say to me that it is because of my mindset; that I was too negative about something and…
If you knew that your time was limited due to a terminal illness, would you choose to suffer until the time comes or end it as soon as possible? People with incurable illnesses are often in a state of hopelessness and helplessness which, in turn,…
Stress is commonly viewed as the brain’s response to a demand or a challenge. These stimuli are referred to as stressors and can be real or perceived. Not all stress is bad, as it is needed for survival and to be kept out of harm’s…
Physician-aided suicide (PAS) where a qualified medical specialist supplies a competent critically ill patient with a lethal dose of medicine underneath the direction from the patient. The individual has specifically made a decision to finish their own existence because of the terminal disease. Physician Assisted…
Getting overwhelmed has become a norm these days. While juggling over daily activities in school, work, family, and or other commitment, one become stressed out. Therefore, one must inculcate skills and set time asides to unwind physical and or mental health issues/suffering resulting from stress….
The determination to find a silver lining in everything makes people unrealistic. This is true in Silver Linings Playbook. Impractical dreams lead to a skewed sense of reality. Furthermore, the recognition and acceptance of mistakes are vital to one’s success and personal development. In and…
Back in the 1980s, there wasn’t any social media. In a neighborhood there would be kids playing outside all over the place. They would play outside with friends and skip dinners because they lost track of time. Bikes were how kids found out where their…
Have you ever felt depression? 9/10 answered positively while one person did not. What are the main effects that you felt while you suffer from it? Among the effects, there is sadness, lowliness, headaches, constant fatigue, loss of appetite, some even did want to suicide….
Stress is when someone instinctively responds to change. Regardless of whether if the stress is good or bad, many will experience it at some point in their lives. At least once a year a stressful event will happen to 75 percent of college students. Three…
In this modern world, Social media became an essential tool to stay up to date in order to compete with the world. Today, Social media is not only a platform for entertainment but also communication, news, and controversies. It has really changed the way people…
Substance abuse is the serious issue rising alarmingly in young as well as old age people in almost every part of the world. It has damaging effects on physical as well as mental health of the addict which if not cured; can lead to a…
More than 30% of people have had one episode of depression in their lifetime; therefore depression affects a large amount of the population. “In a clinical setting the term depression refers to a syndrome compromising mood disorder, psychomotor changes, and a variety of somatic and…
Life or death is a choice sacred to each. When a person chooses to die, he typically goes through with it. In Oregon and Washington, physician-assisted suicide is legal. This is the act of administering a lethal dose of medicine to a terminally ill patient….
In this day and age, a lot of technological progressions have been made, especially with regards to our mediums through which we interact. Since the rise of technology has become so vast, people have upgraded their phones, tablets, and computers to catch up with the…
Growing up as a First Nations woman in Canada, the flaws in the way officers administer and enforce the law have been obvious in my life since I was a young child. Witnessing the broken justice system at the Provincial Court of Vancouver was not…
Health, as described by the World Health Organization, “is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of any disease or infirmity” It’s been an ongoing trend since a decade and more now, where people tend to not see…
Mental health is an important component of human health. This is primarily due to the fact that the human body, in which all the elements are interconnected with each other and act on each other, is largely controlled by the nervous system, so the mental…
There are two mass communication theories that work together to influence the construction of mental illness stigma. The two theories are; Cultivation Theory and Social Learning Theory. Cultivation theory suggests that people who spend more time living in virtual world watching television, are more likely…
Blood vessel injury and bleeding are reduced by specialised cells that reside in the blood, called platelets. Platelets are made by cells in the bone marrow, called megakaryocytes (MKs) which release long pseudopodial extensions called proplatelets.(Patel, Hartwig and Italiano, 2005; Machlus and Italiano, 2013) Proplatelet…
Being mentally ill makes it hard for anyone to be stable. Your mental stability is important. Recognizing when you are depressed allows you to get the help you need faster. It’s not always a bad thing to be depressed because we as humans need to…
At first sight, the fact that social media may influence your well-being may seem shocking. However, as we remember how much time people devote to sites like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube, and others, it makes sense. Anything that consumes large amounts of your energy, like…
I’m a pedant, a perfectionist, and I’m constantly at the mercy of my too-high expectations. There’s a voice in my head that tells me I’ll never be good enough. I’ll never be smart enough, I’ll never be thin enough, pretty enough, talented enough, popular enough..the…
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states, are present in—and alternately take control of—an individual. D.I.D previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is a really sensitive yet beguiling mental disorder. But Hollywood doesn’t…
Assisted suicide involves interventions that cause death. Qualified practitioners overdose barbiturates to cause loss of consciousness and at the end the. The topic is still a controversial subject. This paper provides an in-depth analysis of different concepts relating to the physician assistant. It also clearly…
Crazy. This word by itself carries enough stigma to alienate the entire population of those with a mental illness. People regularly use this word to describe completely sane individuals who act out in a way that seems odd from time to time. The definition of…
In the tragedy-driven play, Macbeth, William Shakespeare epitomizes through character and symbols compelling depictions of mental illness, specifically schizophrenia, through Macbeth. In like manner, the madman authored by Edgar Allan Poe in The Tell Tale Heart displays damning manifestations of schizophrenia; Poe depicts the madman’s…
Both Edgar Allan Poe and Toni Morrison explore the psychologically fracturing nature of trauma, by portraying hauntings as an intrusive return of the past. The complex mother-daughter relationship in Beloved amplifies the fracturing effect of slavery and Sethe’s and Denver’s personal psychological damage represents the…
Hamlet is suffering from mental illnesses. He has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Bipolar Disorder. They are shown through the way that he thinks, behaves, and says things that show he is going through tough times. Hamlet has gone through very rough time dealing with…
The narrator in Tell-Tale Heart written by Edgar Allan Poe has some sort of mental illness that causes him to become very paranoid, psychopath behavior and have a tendency to become very obsessive about something that interests him or drive him insane. In this case…
