Essays on Mental Illness

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that affects a person’s thinking, the way of expressing emotions, relating to others as well as how they act and perceive reality (Frith, 2014). Although it is a rare mental disorder, Schizophrenia is the most chronic and most disabling of the major mental illnesses....

Most Americans are suffering from stress, anxiety, and depression according to the new studies. Primarily, those who are affected the most are low-income earners without proper medical insurance that can facilitate their treatment. According to the federal government record, the period between 2006 and 2014, about eight million people demonstrate...

Edward Thorndike was among the first researchers who discovered that punishment and reward for behavior evoke learning. An individual responds to conditions based on the expected outcomes. According to Instrumental conditioning, a behavior associated with an awful consequence is likely not to be repeated while a behavior linked to a...

Introduction: Bipolar Disorder 1 or Manic Depression Patients with a mental illness characterized by swing moods, or out of control moods that occurs in a vast mode are said to suffer from bipolar disorder 1 or manic depression. The patients under this condition are believed to have once in a lifetime...

The Belief in "Full Moons Cause Crimes and Craziness" The belief that “Full Moons Cause Crimes and Craziness” is common in some societies around the globe. However, I think this belief is false. Individuals who hold to this belief claim that full moon is associated with “aggression, unintentional poisoning, absenteeism, and...

Proposition 2 was a ballot proposition that took place in California during the state’s general elections that were held on 6th November 2018. Proposition 2 focused on the use of millionaire's tax revenue for the conduct of homelessness prevention housing bonds measure. There were yes votes which supported the authorization...

The medical field in the United States has been faced with a couple of a meticulous campaign debating whether the psychologists should have a bequeathed mandate to prescribe medication to the patients or not. In addition to the above statement, the American Psychological Association (APA) has been on the front...

The Focus on Mental Health of Collegiate Athletes The focus on mental health of collegiate athletes has seen tremendous growth in recent decades primarily due to the awareness of its effects on the mental, physical, social and performance in the relevant sports. According to 2O14 NCAA report prepared Davoren and Hwang,...

When Robinson claims we need more gun control, he overlooks the cause of the violence. Once we have taken the mental state of the shooter into consideration, it becomes clear we must focus on the lack of psychological care in our country to stop the mass shootings. Based on the...

Crime incidences by gun users are rampant in the society. As a result family, friends and even the entire American communities have been devastated by such occurrences. For instance, there was a recent incident in a school in Florida, where the attacker managed to shoot children and eventually kill himself....

According to Taylor (2016), ableism refers to most recurrently used actions which identity and names prejudice as well as discrimination with the aim of demeaning people with disabilities. Ableism actions can either be intentional or unintentional. In a school setting, ableism is expressed both subtly and overtly at cultural, structural,...

1. Bloomberg, Michael R. Reducing gun violence in America: informing policy with evidence and analysis. JHU Press, 2013. The main argument of this book is that there is little effort by the federal government to strengthen the existing gun laws despite there being thousands of deaths because...