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Colonial Era and How Mental Illness and Retardation Was Treated

Iin six pages this paper examines the colonial era's unfair treatment of individuals suffering from mental illness. Four sources ...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Perspectives on Mental Illness

In twelve pages mental illness is examined from the perspectives of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in terms of labels suc...

Treatment and Evaluation Methods

In five pages these student submitted fictitious case studies examines how to evaluate treatment methods in clinical environments ...

Therapist Suffering from Mental Illness and Mary Redfield Jamison's An Unquiet Mind

way that conformed with the basic characteristics of manic depressive illness. "My manias, at least in their early and mild forms...

Mental Illness and Sigmund Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents and The Id and the Ego

In six pages this paper discusses how mental illness is addressed in these two essays by Sigmund Freud. Three sources are cited i...

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Women in the 19th Century

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...

Mind and Body Connection of Thomas Szasz

In five pages this research paper examines the correlation between the mind and body within the context of Dr. Thomas S. Szasz's T...

Mental Illness and Juvenile Delinquency

age of sufferers continues to drop as depression in young people is on the rise. "Runaway, homeless youth as compared to nonhomel...

Child Abuse and Its Social Causes

In nine pages 3 student submitted case studies examine child abuse in terms of their social causes with alcoholism, pedophilia, ...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and Insanity

In 5 pages this paper examines how the theme of insanity is depicted within the characterization of Emily and her mental illness. ...

Hamlet

the man is very chaotic, regardless of mental illness. With this simple illustration in mind the first thing that one can argue is...

Mental Illness Is Not The Only Reason For Being Homeless

Critics call homelessness a clear indication of how social services in incapable of addressing the vastness of the problem. Feder...

Questions About Treatment and the 1999 Film Girl Interrupted

is a misconception that can lead to problems in effective treatment Dr. Grohol believes that the best approach to treatment is to ...

Inadequately Treating Mental Illness

continuation of any mental imbalance. It was not until the concept of the "mind" began to overtake such simplistic approaches, al...

United Kingdom's Criminal Justice System, Crime, and Mental Illness

the criminal justice system has to protect society and seek to gain a balance between the required protection for each group. In...

Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Dual Diagnoses

context of the problem of addressing dual-diagnosed populations. The Dual Diagnosis The term dual diagnosis is a relative...

Mental Illness Attitudes in a Correlational Analysis

social distance. The researchers found that individuals with some knowledge of mental illness were more likely to apply stereotyp...

Implications of New Dual Diagnosis Terminology

there are others as well (Glossary of Terms, 2004). For example, MICAA is an acronym for Mentally Ill, Chemical Abusers a...

Punishment Determination and Mental Illness Implications

implement comprehensive mental health programs not only to help alleviate prison overcrowding but also to rescue those inmates who...

Questions on Health Care Delivery System in the U.S.

therefore, highly desirable to have a variety of types of LTC settings. Furthermore, alternatives to institutionalized care can o...

BiPolar Disorder on Television

Stereotypes and stigmas about mental illness have been consistently fostered by the media but in recent years, there are some tele...

Articles by Fox and Levin and Rosenhan Critiqued

means always present. In any event, it...

U.S. Day Treatment Mental Health Facilities and Demographics

of self-care, vocational training and community living so they might become integrated into society and acquire independent housin...

Mental Illness from Ancient Times to the Present

the cause (2003). Again, while today it seems that psychology has focused on physical causes, as history progressed from ancient t...

Legal Excuse of Mental Illness

rationale for this plea and the heart of its meaning. The desirability of even raising these questions seems hardly to have been n...

Mentally Illness Treatment in Geel, Belgium

seems that the seriously mentally ill must live in a hospital setting for their own safety and the safety of others. Yet, in Geel,...

What Leads to Homelessness?

are many people in the lower and middle income brackets who have little put away. If they have no credit, and no one to bail them ...

Overview of the Social Service Agency

into mainstream society. The WCC has completely removed the stigma of the developmentally disabled and positively changed the way...

Nutrition and Exercise in the Treatment of Mental Illnesses

is vast, the most common being depression and anxiety. There are few comprehensive definitions of mental illness, one of the best ...

Criminal Offenses and Substance Abuse

with 0 meaning definitely not and 100 meaning definitely. A definite score indicating mental illness caused the person to commit t...