Essays on Mental Illness

The medical field is expanding ever so rapidly in today’s society. Occupational Therapy is a form of therapy that help patients with physical or mental illness by providing rehabilitation through the performance of activities that required in everyday life. The writer of this essay, Alia…

Not a topic often brought up in vocational studies in architecture, mental health can be briefly defined as psychological wellbeing. It affects how a person exists in a space in terms of their behaviour and how they think. This is not the same as believing…

When we think of virtual reality, perhaps the first thing to come to mind is its role in gaming. But narrowing the technology’s value to its capacity to simply entertain does it a disservice. As many reports and studies around the world have shown, virtual…

The social media is a phenomenon that is considered an infection that spreads between us and has no cure for it. Sadly, social media controls not only our habits but our behaviors as well. It is impossible to imagine our life without social media nowadays….

Youth in the contemporary world are vulnerable and fragile. They are at a greater risk in struggling the life game, adversities and choices. Depression is inevitable in this phase wherein it’s agonizing, confusing, and disturbing. Youth are drain, lost, hopeless, and broken. It is relentlessly…

Since time immemorial the “MAD PERSON” intrigues, amuses, but most of the time worries and scares. Because of his madness the individual will be labeled and considered out of the ordinary, put away from society. Depending on the age and place, “Madness” could give rise…

In the past few years, the rate of developing mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety and loneliness have all increased significantly. These mental illnesses are more prominent and usually observed in the lives of adolescents and adults (Stacie & Bearman 2001; Selfhout et al. 2009)….

This paper discusses the case study of Jasmine Mack. Jasmine was an 18 year old college student who began having mental health issues during her first semester. Her fellow classmates, resident dorm assistant, and parents began to notice changes in her mood and behaviors that…

Anger is a normal emotion that everyone will feel at some point in their lives. However this can become a problem when it causes harm to yourself or others around you and it gets out of control. Anger has a negative impact on a person’s…

What are you thinking of right now? Got it? Okay, now imagine thinking of that thing for six months on end. Imagine that one issue getting to you so much it turns to a negative thought. It constantly is distracting you from living your life…