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    Schizophrenia: Explained and Treatments Jeffrey A. Hurt Professor Leary Abnormal Psychology 203 2 May 1996 Schizophrenia is a devastating brain disorder affecting people worldwide of all ages‚ races‚ and economic levels. It causes personality disintegration and loss of contact with reality (Sinclair). It is the most common psychosis and it is estimated that one percent of the U.S. population will be diagnosed with it over the course of their lives (Torrey 2). Recognition of this disease dates

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    Changes In psychiatric Treatment Psychiatric treatment is an ancient practice that dates back to around 5000 BCE as evidenced by the location of skulls that showed signs of trepanning. In ancient world cultures‚ trepanning was a renowned method for treating mental illnesses‚ which the early man believed to arise due supernatural influences such as sorcery and demons. This method employed a procedure whereby the psychiatrist used a stone to make an opening (trephine) in the patient’s skull

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    Various efforts are being done to raise awareness about mental health disorders in celebration of "Mental Health Awareness Month"‚ especially with Hollywood stars slowly admitting them publicly. With increased awareness‚ the community hopes it will hopefully end the stigma surrounding the disease. ’Girls Approach’ In Discussing Mental Health Disorders An article from TIME discussed one way on how to end the stigma of mental health disorders. According to Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas

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    Robert Luke Benson Mr. Lowe Composition 1 June‚ 7 2013 The Silent Treatment Trying out for Chain Lightning was one of the harder things I have done in my life. I showed up to try out for one of the top ten ultimate teams in the nation the summer of my senior year of high school not expecting much at all. I ended up making the team‚ probably not for my speed or disc skills‚ but more than likely for my ability to keep cool. When I was trying out people kept looking down on me as if I didn’t belong

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    Effective Treatment for Drug Addiction Introduction “Every year‚ hundreds of thousands of Americans undergo treatment for substance use disorder‚ also called addiction” (Hart & Ksir‚ 2013‚ p. 409). Drug addiction is a complex brain disease because the abuse of drugs leads to changes in the structure and function of the brain. It is a condition characterized by an overwhelming and uncontrollable desire or craving to continue taking a drug to which one has become habituated through repeated consumption

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    Autism Treatment & Therapy A: Always‚ U: Unique‚ T: Totally‚ I: Intelligent‚ S: Sometimes‚ M: Mysterious‚” by CafePress. Autism is a spectrum disorder that affects certain parts of the brain and lets the child view the world in a different way then we do. There is sadly no known cure for autism‚ but there are ways of treating it. Autism can be managed with different types of treatments and therapies. So how do you tell if your child has autism? Do you know what is wrong with them? Well there

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    The recovery model of treatment is a new way of showing clients and patients how they can be treated in a facility. According to Rosenberg & Rosenberg (2013)‚ recovery is looked at in two different ways. One is that it is understood in the terms of outcomes; people learn how to overcome or live with their psychiatric disabilities as well as any symptoms or dysfunctions. The second way recovery is viewed is as process; reintroduction to such an important process in a way of rehabilitation (p. 3).

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    medication. Without the proper treatment and care this inmate was still considered a danger to himself and others. He got a lethal injection ending his life (McLellan‚ 2004). If this man would have been the proper care by the jail they would have been able to keep his paranoid schizophrenia in check. It was not right to end this man’s life because he committed a crime because of his mental illness‚ and then not give him a proper treatment to control his illness. Treatment in Prison In prison‚ it is

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    Schizophrenia and It’s This paper will go over the basics of what schizophrenia. The various types of treatments that are available for patients with Schizophrenia will be covered more in depth. Treatments “To be a schizophrenic it is best summed up in a repeating dream that I have had since childhood. In this dream I am lying on a beautiful sunlit beach but my body is in pieces . . . . I realize that the tide is coming in and that I am unable to gather the parts of my dismembered body

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    Holistic approaches to Health The diverse effects that holistic approaches to health have. Definition: The word ‘holistic’ is defined as being “the treatment of the whole person‚ taking into account mental and social factors‚ rather than just the symptoms of a disease” (Pearsall‚ 2013). Therefore‚ a holistic approach to health can be defined as approaching health in a more open manner and not solely focusing on just the illness‚ but the individual’s mental/emotional‚ physical‚ social and spiritual

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