Essays on Mental Health

Anxiety: Effects on the Body and Mind Anxiety is a mental health disorder that determines the natural response that an individual develops after experiencing stress, worry, or fear among other feelings. This condition is common across various demographics such as gender, age, occupation, education, and religion. Anxiety has significant effects on...

Mental health is a person’s cognitive, behavioral and emotional well-being and mental health instability can be as a result of biological factors, traumatic life experiences on goes through family related. Some of the most common mental disorders are such as anxiety disorders, schizophrenia disorders, and mood disorders. Mental health instability...

Depression Depression is a term that can be used to describe a variety of situations depending on the context of the application. The majority of the scholars define depression as the appearance of a person expressing sadness. The term can also refer to a disorder determined by clinical diagnosis or fleeting...

Klontz, Bradley, Alex Bivens, Deb Leinart, and Ted Klontz. "The effectiveness of equine-assisted experiential therapy: Results of an open clinical trial." Society " Animals 15.3 (2007): 257-267. The research document outlines the efficacy of administering equine assisted experiential therapy. The article describes the approach that is used in this form of...

Recent studies in the world today reveal that the society is continually struggling with the growing number of depression and anxiety cases mainly affecting millennials (Luxmoore 38). Anxiety refers to the escalated levels of worry and nervousness of uncertain situations or the future. Depression, on the other hand, refers to...

Euthanasia and its Controversies Euthanasia can be described as the termination of a person's life with or without their consent to save them from and suffering. Commonly referred to as physician-assisted suicide, the process is mostly admitted to patients who are at the vegetative phase upon request by the family members...

Hall, G., " Weis, B. Elder Abuse. Elder Care: A Resource for Inter-professional Providers. Retrieved March 9, 2015, from http://aging.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/elder_abuse.pdf (2007). Elderly abuse has become one of the most concerns on tribal lands despite many cultural norms stressing on the respect for the old. The author notes that, Native American elders...

Grossmann, L. (n.d.). Brief Interventions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Non Pharmacologic Approaches). American Academy of Pediatrics, 1-10. The article indicates the need to engage in non-pharmacological approaches to treating ADHD. Based on the article, therapeutic interventions should be considered first before medication, and the interventions should be tailor-made to fit the...

In writing about negative stressors Greenberg notes the importance of time management as a tool to reduce stress. In his Life-Situations Intervention chapter he gives a series of steps that a person may use to make better use of their time. It begins with “Assessing How You Spend Time”, goes on...

Mental Health Drugs and Their Impact on Society In each country, the number of people under mental health drugs is high and has been rapidly increasing over the past few years (WHO, 14). When prescribed mental health drugs are cheaper and highly available to everyone, then the economic value of the...

A pragmatic and timely solution in the provision of sound mental health care to children entails formulation of regulations and policies that allow parents, caregivers and early childhood-based institutions the capability for early identification, monitoring, and treatment of children with mental disorders. If detected at an early age, treatment can...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: The Use of Marijuana as a Treatment Option Post-traumatic stress disorder has over the recent years been so prevalent in different populations and mostly between the veterans. Antidepressants are presently being used as the cure for PTSD patients. However, they are believed to produce low reduction proportions and...