Week 8 Mental Illness Paper HCA 240 For this week’s assignment‚ I have selected to write about Post traumatic stress disorder. I have quite a bit of experience will this illness as well because my husband suffers from Post-traumatic stress disorder following a severe car accident that he was in about 6 years ago. Exposure to trauma is anything but new to the humankind. Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ has been around for centuries but was not given the name Post-traumatic
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A client’s culture can contribute in a big way when it comes to personal bias and diagnosis. In the African American community specifically mental illness is a disease that is not discussed and something that you definitely do not go to see a doctor about. African Americans are presumably more affected by mental than any other culture does to reasonings such as ongoing racial discrimination‚ high poverty‚ and constant segregation(Clifton‚ D‚ 2015).Those in the African American community tend to rely
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The main character in the novel the Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is often debated; some believe he has a mental disorder‚ while others argue that he is a normal teenaged boy. The novel is told from Holden’s perspective‚ and shows his take on the few days before Christmas in the 1950s‚ during which he is expelled from Pencey Prep.‚ a boarding school in Pennsylvania‚ travels to New York City‚ goes on a date with an old friend‚ and finally decides to run away‚ the only thing
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Media Portrayal of Mental Illness in America The media in American society has a major influential impact on the minds and beliefs of millions of people. Whether through the news‚ television shows‚ or film‚ the media acts as a huge database for knowledge and instruction. It is both an auditory and visual database that can press images and ideas into people’s minds. Even if the individual has no prior exposure or knowledge to something‚ the media can project into people’s minds and leave a lasting
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" is considered a feminist piece of literature because it is written by a woman‚ and deals with the issue of male doctor’s treatment of women with possible mental illness; based on unscientific theories about what causes mental illness and the best treatments. The male medical hypothesis is that the lady in “The Yellow Wallpaper” is suffering from‚ “…-a slight hysterical tendency-…” (526) ‚ according to Gilman. This was a common diagnosis at the time and was a way to keep women
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Is Addiction a Mental Illness Is addiction a worldwide controversial debate for everyone‚ to me it’s a mental illness that can be cured because you can break obsessions and bad habits it just takes help from people who are willing to help them. There are more than just one type of addiction‚ there is gambling‚ overeating‚ playing video games‚ working‚ internet are all other types of addictions. For those other people who think that you can fix an obsession or bad habits by punishment is a bad choice
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Introduction Mental Illness is when your thoughts feelings and behavior have a negative impact on your life. Everyone known mental illness exist but are uncomfortable about the fact it can be happening right in front of them. People who struggle with mental illness to get the help they need. Depression A serious medical condition in which a person feel very sad‚ hopeless and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way. Depression effort about one and four people.in American. Elizabeth
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sympathized character. This is a symbol of her family’s history of mental illness‚ which she in turn inherited and ultimately affects her as her life progresses. Homer Barron’s close resemblance to Emily’s father‚ an unwillingness to let people go‚ and her isolation from the world which resulted in subsequent loneliness all point towards the argument that Emily’s mental illness is what lead to her killing Homer Barron. Mental illness
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DISSCUSS THE WAY IN WHICH GILMAN WRITES ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS Charlotte Perkins Gilman ’s "The Yellow Wallpaper‚" relays to the reader something more than a simple story of a woman at the mercy of the limited medical knowledge in the late 1800 ’s. Gilman creates a character that expresses real emotions and a psyche that can be examined in the context of modern understanding. "The Yellow Wallpaper‚" written in first person and first published in 1892 in the January edition of the New England Magazine
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Said trauma can include death of a loved one‚ illness‚ accidents‚ violent personal assaults‚ and more. In the case of The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ suffered the unfortunate loss of his brother Allie‚ thus leading him to carry on in un life in solitude‚ depression‚ and fear of what he once loved. Consequently‚ prompting the diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a mental illness that occurs after one has either experienced or
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