Obviously, someone with mental illness would care about the medical community’s understanding of mental disorders. If they are academically inclined, they may wish to contribute themselves. I have read, however, that you should never include your own mental illness in an application essay. Can someone with a mental illness succeed as a psychologist or psychological…. Click Here to Read More
Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves and treatment of anorexia is difficult, because people with this disease believe there is nothing wrong with them. Anorexia is one type of eating disorder and another is bulimia. Both are applicable to men but much more common for women. Preteens, girls especially, can develop a serious eating disorder. Eating disorders may begin in children as young as 8 years old. People with eating disorders really do harmful things to their bodies because of their obsession about their weight. The most widely and rapidly spreading eating disorder is compulsive overeating or binge eating disorder. There are three types of eating disorders:…. Click Here to Read More
I really and truly believe that the hardest thing about being human is trying to understand other people. Think about it. With over six billion people on this planet, each of us is a combination of genetics and experiences that blends each one of us into something unique. Another thing that I have noticed is that you can have two people go through the same or similar experience and have two completely different outcomes. As different as we may all be though, I have come to understand that we’re not really all that different. If you go into the deepest reaches of some jungle and encounter natives with no experience with the outside world, even they wear loin cloths. I never really thought…. Click Here to Read More
Product Description”Dale Johnson brings a rare and unique assortment of skills to this enterprise. . . .he has personally been immersed in the world of severe mental illness for many years and adds a compendium of appropriate tools for the research community.” –Harriet P. Lefley, PhD University of Miami School of Medicine (From the Foreword) This book discusses the rationale for the selection of psychosocial measures used to assess adults with serious mental illnesses. The chapters examine the use and efficiency of various measurement tools that intend to evaluate diagnostic and functional specificity, life stressors, supportive resources, quality of life, and more. The…. Click Here to Read More
I was just wondering if anyone knew of any good books about mental illness and how it was treated, stigmatized, etc. before the 1950s. I’d especially like ones about women and mental illness in the Victorian era. I love the Bell Jar, but I haven’t read that Yellow Wallpaper book. I’ll have to look into it. And I keep meaning to see Arsenic and Old…. Click Here to Read More
Should they be allowed to fly if their mental illness is “under control” with medications? I’m just putting the question out there,…. Click Here to Read More
Product DescriptionThe past two decades have seen serious reappraisal of the role of psychiatric institutions and mental health services in modern societies, and in recent years there has been much greater sympathy for the purpose and benefits of dedicated, as well as secure, accommodation from those suffering from more serious forms of mental illness. Taking forward the debate on the role and power of institutions for treating and incarcerating the insane, this volume challenges this recent scholarship and focuses on a wide range of factors impacting on the care and confinement of the insane since 1850, including: * the community* Poor Law authorities* local government* the…. Click Here to Read More
I am intersting in hearing from people who have had friends or family with severe mental illness. One of my close friends has developed severe paranoid schizophrenia. I’m just not sure I can handle it…. Click Here to Read More
Any documentaries on mental illness and its treatment. Please give links for the sites where you can watch these if you know any!…. Click Here to Read More
Do you suffer from depression? Are you close to someone who suffers from depression? Do you try to hide this fact from the rest of the world? Depression is a mental illness. MENTAL illness. Oh that can’t be admitted to anyone! Why not? We accept that our physical body becomes ill, gets diseased, sustains injury so why not our brain? There is such a stigma attached that we are kept from disclosing to others what is wrong. Others appear to think that a sufferer is either “mad” or needs to pull himself together. Fortunately society is coming round to the realisation that depression is as much an illness as cancer. For this reason it is becoming easier for the sufferer to…. Click Here to Read More
If you check out the health website of the state of Rhode Island, you will find that there is a very strong correlation between substance abuse and mental illnesses. In fact, substance abuse in Rhode Island is considered to be nothing more or less than a psychiatric problem and as you read further on their health website, you will find that even the treatment program chalked out for it is in accordance with this belief. Treatment for substance abuse in Rhode Island is of a similar form and manner as it should be for some kind of mental illness. So, how far is this consideration valid? Is Substance Abuse a Mental Illness? For this, we need to analyze the way the body works when a person…. Click Here to Read More
For those who have a family member or close friend with a chronic mental illness, life can be filled with challenges. Chronic mental illness takes its toll on families, who often don’t have the training or emotional resources to adequately care for their loved ones. It’s difficult to navigate the waters of the legal and mental health care systems, and doubly difficult to find a good home for a loved one with a mental illness who can’t live on his or her own.Despite a family’s dedication and willingness to do whatever it takes to ensure that their mother, father, brother, or sister receives the care he or she needs, it’s not always clear what housing and care options are available or…. Click Here to Read More
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