Essays on Mental Illness

Men and women are both affected by depression in Australia although men are affected mostly. There is a number of variable factors that can result to depression which include; Consuming an unhealthy diet which has high sugar level, high salt level, high fat and lack of fiber. Anxiety which in...

Psychological disorders Psychological disorders are mental illnesses that affect how an individual's brain functions. Voices in the head affect the ability to distinguish between imaginary and actual experiences. Mental disorders affect individual's emotions, which results in moody and abnormal body behavior. Mental disorders damage emotional senses and eventually affect physical health....

This proposal will present three articles on schizophrenia in homeless persons, influences of homelessness on the living standards of people with schizophrenia and the last article examine about how the risk of homelessness increases in schizophrenia in the presence of three factors. The aim of this study is to find out...

The paper will address the understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder among people affected. The determination of the symptoms which are categorized in various ways will also be discussed within the paper. These consist of re-experiencing, avoidance, hyperarousal, and negative beliefs and thoughts. Besides the identification of diagnostic process of the...

Based on the lesson material, I think women suffer more from depression than men due to biological differences. Biologically, women are considered to have a stronger genetic predisposition depression development than men. Besides, women are subjected to fluctuating hormone levels than men, especially during childbirth and menopause periods, both of...

Different crises continue to assail the global population, some caused by human beings themselves while others by nature. Regardless of causes and magnitudes of the outcomes, most of these crises have a detrimental impact on overall mental health of their victims (Silva, Siegmund " Bredemeier, 2015). This may be as...

Professor Eugene Bleuler has immensely contributed to the study and research of schizophrenia. According to him, schizophrenia is a severe disorder which directly affects how an individual thinks, acts, relates to others or even perceives reality. Schizophrenia is the most severe and chronic of all the mental illnesses and hence...

The treatment of a chronic illness is supposed to be collaborative unlike the treatment of the acute illnesses which is done on a patient. For instance, patients with acute illnesses only need to follow the doctor s prescriptions for them to stabilize their conditions while the treatment of chronic diseases...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common psychological condition that may develop after an individual is exposed to actual or threatening events that are traumatic, such as sexual violence, serious injury, death, among others. In this case, exposure refers to “directly experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, or learning that...

Gender is a synonym used for sex difference. It is said, depression is more common to women that men. Studies have been done all over to give women solutions on how to cope with depression. What about men? Coping with depression is a daily trauma for anyone. I settled...

Decision Making and Mental Health Care Up until recently, decisions regarding mental health care for an individual were being made by mental health care professionals based on what the professionals thought the client needed. However, things are now changing with clients’ aspirations now being incorporated. A person receiving care to their...

The DSM-5 Process of Diagnosis The DSM-5 process of diagnosis involves series of critical steps aimed at creating a comprehensive formulation and medical care plan. According to the American Psychiatric Association (2013), DSM-5 ensures that clinicians from any part of the world establish a consistent and sound diagnosis useful in the...