serve. Therefore‚ it is important that you join me in supporting S. 195 or the “Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013.” Part A: Legislation and Political Context: What is the “Elevator Speech” Overview? The purpose of the Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 is to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs. This piece of legislation seeks to revise‚ increase funding for
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Jacob Shatarang 5/22/13 Mental stability or mental health is the way humans react to‚ think about‚ and feel about what goes on in their everyday lives. It is a psychosomatic and emotional state of being. Throughout history‚ people with odd or dangerous behaviors were seen as witches or ones possessed by evil spirits. These people were thrown in prisons or institutions to isolate them from others. Not too long ago‚ in the 1950’s with a great deal of research and much more highly developed technology
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Mental health issues are one of the most misunderstood health crises facing the population in this current day (Procter et. Al eds 2014). One of the main causes as to why people are not seeking and therefore finding the help they so desperately need is due to the negative stigma attached to mental illness (Pescosolido 2013). There are many organisations now trying to “break the stigma” surrounding mental health and some of the ways they are doing this is through public education‚ first-hand sufferers
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Mental illness should be seen as an umbrella term‚ that covers a variety of diseases‚ symptoms‚ treatment and recovery options. Recovery from mental illness does not focus on eliminating the disease entirely but actually being able to control the symptoms and live a quality life. A person diagnosed with a mental illness struggles not only with symptoms of the disease but also the stigmatization of their mental illness. Stigma is not a new concept and it does not solely affect people with mental illnesses
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MENTAL DISORDER AMONGST ADOLESCENTS Importance and relevance According to the World Health Organization (WHO‚2002)‚ mental health disorders are one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Three of the ten leading causes of disability in people between the ages of 15 and 44 are mental disorders‚ and the other causes are often associated with mental disorders. Both retrospective and prospective research has shown that most adulthood mental disorders begin in childhood and adolescence (Kessler
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provide an overview of what mental illness might be and mean to the sufferer. In an effort to further understand why mental illness might be considered a social problem‚ the use of language’ will be discussed in the context of how in the past and the present it is used to depict and describe mental illness and its sufferers. These ideas will be further considered when we discuss the role of the media in relation to the public’s perception and attitude towards the mental illness and the sufferer.
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Mental health disorders are serious illnesses that affect many people every day. The number of people being affected by these illnesses is increasing every year with no signs of letting up‚ causing psychologists to be concerned. One group of people that is extremely affected by this are college students. As college students make a huge transition in their lives they begin to cross obstacles. One of these obstacles being mental health issues. The book College Student Mental Health Counseling: A Developmental
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Reading and Students with Mental Retardation Reading proficiency is considered a top priority in education‚ and a skill with myriad implications for learning and achievement in other areas. Yet in the past‚ literacy rarely has been emphasized for students with mental retardation. With interventions that recognize the importance of literacy for all students‚ students with mental retardation can build reading skills that can lead to new interests‚ increased competencies‚ and greater independence
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What classifies one as exhibiting personality traits descriptive of “mental illness”? Is it defined through observation of activity deemed “abnormal” by those normal enough to create this criterion or standard? Or is it an indication of one’s ability to give and receive information‚ tied to their capability of thinking? The meaning of illness itself is generally used to identify one as being in a state of impaired function brought about by harmful foreign influences. The term is also one that is
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affected by a mental disorder at some stage in life‚ says the department of health (Dolye and Fimrite). B. “A Report of the Surgeon General defines mental disorders as “’health conditions that are characterized by alterations in thinking‚ mood‚ or behavior (or some combination thereof) associated with distress and/or impaired functioning’” (“Mental Disorders”). “The most serious problem of this illness today is still the stigma” (Thomas). “Scientists are not certain what causes mental disorders. Research
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