Mental Health Essays Page 12

Mental illness is perceived as something worse than a regular illness. People think that because someone is mentally ill that they are dangerous to others and themselves. They think of them as less capable than others. This puts a stigma on the mentally ill that makes it harder for them to live daily life. People…

The pursuit of happiness is a futile endeavor rooted in insecurity and unfulfillment. The real pursuit of happiness is a journey of self-discovery, which has no end in sight – however, the definition of happiness has been altered by our consumerist society. The metric of happiness is no longer how much we’ve achieved in our…

Since its implementation in the third edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III; American Psychiatric Association, 1980), personality disorders have been assessed categorically, requiring individuals to present with a predetermined number of symptoms to receive a diagnosis. Though it is the prevailing classification system, the categorical model has been widely criticized for…

The highly complex nature of intelligence raises substantial questions of the efficacy of intelligence quotient testing, especially when analysing intelligence of people of colour, intellectually disabled people and those with learning disabilities. IQ testing is a psychometric tool that has been weaponised against marginalised communities in the western world for over a century. It has…

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States (Locke, Kirst, Shultz, 2015) and the most common anxiety disorder for which people see a primary care physician (Ormel et al., 1994; Wittchen et al., 2002]. GAD effects nearly 7 million adults with women more likely to have GAD…

Abstract The purpose of this particular proposed research study is to investigate if composing tests with humorous questions aided in lowering student’s test anxiety and also improved their test performance. The participants of this study will be enrolled at University of West Florida and recruited from undergraduate and graduate courses, taken both during the day…

Some studies discussed the similarities with this current study. The previous study of Mak (2011) conducted speaking-in-class anxiety with Chinese ESL learners. There were 313 of first year university students as participants. This study utilized the quantitative (questionnaire) and qualitative (semi structured interview, discussion, and participant observation) to collect the data. The result showed there…

Introduction The Nature vs Nurture debate is regarded as one of the most controversial topics in Psychology. For decades, Psychologist and everyday people alike tip towards one side of the scale. Do you believe a person’s traits, talents, and personality are determined by the world around them and their personal experience? Or do you believe…

Shockingly about 450 million people around the world suffers from mental illness. Many of these illnesses and disorders are mostly common in the prison and populations. The high number of mentally ill inmates in prison are related to numerous factors: the common stereotype and stigma associated with people suffering with a mental illness is that…

Many people in the United States are affected by a mental illness. The National Institute of Mental Health states that “Nearly one in five U.S. adults lives with a mental illness.” Most people have a mental illness or know someone who has a mental illness. They could be affected by illnesses such as depression, anxiety,…