Essays on Mental Illness Page 2

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…

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…

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…

The world today is cornered with an enormous challenge of exponentially rising mental health cases. In 2017, it was estimated that 792 million people suffered from at least one mental health illness (Ritchie & Roser, 2018). The population affected indicates that nearly one in ten people is a mental health disorder victim. Depression leads to…

Introduction Bipolar disorder, also commonly known as “manic depression” is an illness that affects approximately 2.5% of Americans and is said to be the fifth most common disability in the world (Delta Medical Center, 2019). A large group of people do not realise the symptoms and it goes unnoticed in lots of cases. Bipolar disorder…

Bipolar is a multifaceted disorder that comes with a many different treatment options depending on the characteristics and symptoms. Many research studies have been done on causality, frequency and best intervention practices which helps when evaluating this disorder. The behaviorist view as applied to bipolar discusses how many different factors play a role in psychopathology…

Schizophrenia is relatively similar to disorders like melancholia, mania, or generic which were discovered before the Middle Ages. This Greek word is broken down into two parts, “Schizo” meaning split and “Phrenia” that does not refer to multiple personalities but the mind’s split from reality. Schizophrenia is defined as a severe brain disorder that affects…

Abstract Now a day’s popularity of social networking sites leads to the problematic usage. An increasing number of psychological disorders in social networks, dependence on cybernetic relationships, information overload, and Net Compulsion have been reported recently. Symptoms of these psychological disorders are usually observed passively. In this situation, we argue that online social behaviour extraction…

Abstract Joe is in excellent health and has great company benefits which include medical insurance, dental insurance, and retirement benefits. He is happily married, employed at a successful company, is valued and is progressively climbing up the corporate ladder. Joe also has two kids, who are doing well academically, they are loving, respectful kids, and…

Anxiety disorders include disorders that have features of excessive, anxiety, and related behavioral differences. Anxiety is the precondition of future threat (189). Individuals that have anxiety disorders fear and enters into a fight or flight mode. The brain becomes overly aware of the surroundings around that individual. Richard G. Heimberg author of “Social Anxiety Disorder…