Essays on Mental Illness

How does self-esteem affects individuals mental health and well-being? The question investigates the existing link between well-being, depression, and self-esteem. In an attempt to measure self-esteem, I would inquire about an individual s social interactions, possibilities of depression and anxiety, and drug addictions. Given that self-esteem is a psychosocial...

Most of the psychological concepts are on the brain and how it affects the behavior of a person.  According to psychology, mental processes greatly affects the behavior of a person and this includes his learning process, emotions, and cognitive behavior. The physical and mental processes in the brain lead to...

"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales" is a book written by neurologist Sacks Oliver in 1985. The book describes the case records on some of his patients. Oliver decided on the title from the study of "Dr. P" who had visual agnosia. The...

According to Ormond (2016) proper sleeping habits and consistent physical exercises promote better brain functioning. The author further states that sleeping within the recommended period of 6-8 hours helps to boost mental alertness because the brain is able to consolidate new memories. The essay discusses the effects of sleeping habits, durations...

Bipolar Disorder and its Characteristics Bipolar disorder is a psychological disorder that is characterized by episodes of mania or hypomania, which involves a shift in moods, activity and energy levels (Strakowski 6). Episodes of mania are characterized by high moods and extremely high energy levels, while hypomanic episodes are less severe episodes...

IntroductionSuicidal behavior, which includes repeated thoughts and feelings of ending one’s life (suicide ideation); the actual incident of trying to end one’s life (suicide attempt); or ending one’s life (completed suicide), is more prevalent in veterans diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) and other psychiatric disorders such as depression...

Depression has been on the center of the psychology field for several years now. It is one of the most relevant topics given that it affects more than 20 plus million people (Bassett, Dickerson, Jordan, " Smith, 2016). The causes of it are still under scrutiny with most researchers concluding...

Eating Disorders Eating disorders include a series of illnesses that are characterized by irregular eating habits whereby the victims are also afraid of their body shapes and height as well. Categorically, one with an eating disorder will desire to overeat or even eat small amounts of food. Eating disorders are psychological...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a nervousness disorder that makes a person suffer from continuous and undesirable thoughts, sensations or ideas which tend to make them have a constant urge to do something. As such, some repetitive behaviors like checking on items, cleaning, and hand washing may interfere with an individual’s...

Numerous psychological disorders are uncommon but even so, psychologist are often required to deal with the cases by treating them or forming part of the team that deal with the cases such as pyromania disorder. “Pyromania is characterized by the deliberate and purposeful fire-setting on more than one occasion” (Schereiber,...

In this article: In this article, Peter, Arntz, Klimstra, and Vingerhoets (2018) report that previous studies in emotional intelligence (EI) in borderline personality disorder (BPD) have failed to incorporate various models of EI in exploring BPD. Background of the Study: Besides, they noted that studies involving BPD patients applied the ability model of...

The Medicated Child is a moving documentary that demonstrates how so many children have felt victims of drugs that have not been tested to work. It is unfortunate that both the certified and the uncertified doctors are not sure if the strong medications they give the children will have negative...