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Psychological Evaluation of Hughes

age 70. He was a legend as well as a mystery throughout his lifetime. He was a millionaire several times over as soon as he inheri...

Hamlet

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

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...

Articles by Fox and Levin and Rosenhan Critiqued

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

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...

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...

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 and Substance Abuse Dual Diagnoses

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

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...

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...

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...

Literature Review of Psychosocial Treatment of Mental Illness

more common in boys than girls (Silka and Hauser, 1997). Determining the cause of retardation can be difficult and hard to pinpoin...

A Review of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder As Reflected in the Movie Good As It Gets

habits are partially responsible for keeping him at arms length from the rest of the world. Considered for decades to be a diseas...

A 'Norman Bates' Analysis

studying the film Psycho, does Norman represent a typical psychopath? First, does Hitchcocks film create an accurate repres...

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 ...

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 ...

Literature and Male Cruelty

on love, but rather an arrangement. This book sheds light on the cruelty of arranged marriages, but things get worse. It is not me...

Mothers Who Murder Their Infants

performed. Indeed, there is no argument that mothers who kill their children suffer from mental illness, yet it is the manner by ...

Three Theories of Human Psychology

presents a discussion and his belief that the unavoidable conflict is created in every individual by the demands made by their ind...

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...

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...

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...

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...