Essays on Mental Illness

Over the centuries new influencers shaped medical thinking by writing theories, conducting experiments and giving their own understanding of what the disorder could mean (Fountoulakis, 2014). Jean-Pierre Falret in 1851 defined bipolar disorder as an illness with its current name (Fountoulakis 2014, p.11). This lead…

Correctional facilities were originally designed to punish criminal offenders or people who exhibited deviant behavior in society so as to keep the community safe and conducive for all. Over the years, most correctional facilities in the world have become overcrowded and understaffed due to a…

The Case of Jane Cognitive behavioral theory CBT can be applied to a variety of mental problem. CBT is based on the notion of how people reason which is referred to as cognition, how they feel emotions and how they act behavior (Lorenzo-Luaces, Keefe &…

Having Bipolar Disorder Los Angeles Mission College People of all gender, cultures, ethnicities, and race live day to day life. What I mean by that is we as human have a life to live; people too see, places to go and things to do. But…

The idea of mental illnesses is a concept that is still, even in this day and age, not fully understood by most of society, even though it is fairly common. In order to find an immediate “cure” we turn to countless doctors, psychiatrists, and even…

Mental illness inside the prison system could be declared as one of the greatest plagues occuring within the Department of Justice system. With intercessions being put into place, such as mental health courts, to help with lowering the rate of recidivism within the correctional system…

The following essay compares the effectiveness of similar techniques used by Iain Banks in ‘The Wasp Factory’ and Dennis Lehane in ‘Shutter Island’ in order to make the reader feel fearful, exploring mental illness as a major theme. Both novels can be characterised as fictional…

Elyn Sasks is a highly respected professor at USC and Yale-alumni, who is also diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia. In this ted talk, Mrs. Saks presents to the viewers and audience her personal experiences and views towards schizophrenia. In this talk, Elyn also discussed with the…

Magda’s Depression Depression is a very serious issue and left untreated it can even prove to be fatal. However, not all cultures openly accept depression as a mental condition that needs to be treated by medicine. This week’s prompt asked us to consider a woman…

This essay will discuss what stigma is and in which ways it affects not only people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) but also their families. It will analyse the definition of stigma and the different types of stigma as well as the impact of it on…