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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 ...

Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia

environment which fed the development of the disease, relapse is not uncommon ("Schizophrenia," 2006). Complete recovery is a poss...

The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Workplace

that if employers fail to make accommodations, that litigation can occur. In 2004, Armour argues, the Equal Employment Opportunit...

Dorothea Dix, Pioneer of Nursing

Dixs problems with mental health may have inspired her passion for aiding those who were diagnosed as being mentally unstable or i...

Criminal Behavior: Psychological And Personality Theories

the inherent connection between why some people engage in criminal activity and others do not (Barondess, 2000). III. DIFFERENTIA...

Substance Abuse and Schizophrenia Dual Diagnosis

In six pages this paper examines the counseling and therapeutic challenges of dual diagnosis particularly as it relates to mental ...

Penal System and Mental Illness

population. The figure had been in line with a previous literature review which suggested that about 6 to 15% (1999, p.210) of peo...

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...

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...

Disease and Sigmund Freud

In seven pages this paper discusses mental illness from the perspective of Sigmund Freud. Six sources are cited in the bibliograp...

A Nursing Perspective on Patient Mental Illness

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

Whites, Blacks, Mentally Ill, and Criminal Sentencing

are mentally ill. One of the questions that then arises from this data is, are the white mentally ill sentenced to incarceration ...

A Comparison of The Snows of Kilimanjaro” and The Yellow Wallpaper

his insistence that he does not love her, is accounted for by the delirium which is affecting his mental faculties. However, the g...

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. ...

Delinquency and Crime Correlation

of aggravated assault yet lacks the capacity to ascertain that he actually committed a crime, then it would seem prudent that he b...

The Theme of Violence in The Prince Of Tides

episode at some point in life. Depression often hits the elderly more than any other age group; however, with each passing ...

Senior Citizens and Mental Illness

In ten pages this paper examines the problem of mental illness among senior citizens in a consideration of background, causes, dia...

A Euthanasia Discussion

The pros and cons of assisted suicide and euthanasia are considered using the case studies of Oregon's 'Death With Dignity Act' an...

Mental Illness and Confidentiality Issues

In seven pages this paper explores the Tarasoff v. Regents Of The University of California case in this consideration of mental il...

Mental Illness in Shelley and James

This paper examines Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Henry James' Washington Square in terms of how Szacz's The Myth of Mental Illn...

Elderly Mental Impairment, Illness and Medication Impacts

In ten pages this paper examines how the mental impairment of senior citizens over age 70 can be attributed to the medications pre...

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 ...