Essays on Mental Disorder

A number of people around the world suffer from different types of mental disorders. Mental disorder or mental illness refers to as a mental or behavioral pattern that result in anguish or a failure to function in ordinary. In addition, ‘mental disorder’ is a transformation of how one feel or experiences events in life that impede one’s capabilities of dealing with life’s stressors. There are many different factors that cause mental disorders in individuals. The causes of mental disorders vary and include genetics, life experiences, lifelong abuse, biological factors, brain damage, and substance abuse during pregnancy, and ...

Introduction

Schizophrenia is a disabling brain disorder which has severe and chronic symptoms. Study has shown that 1 percent of American citizens suffer from this disorder. People suffering from this disorder often believe that other people can read their minds, control their thoughts or they are planning to hurt them. People suffering from this illness get extremely agitated causing them to get withdrawn. Patients suffering from this mental disorder seem okay, until they talk and one realises that they are not making sense. The patients are unable to concentrate, making them unable to care for themselves. They have to rely ...

Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterized by a severe disabling brain disorder that becomes chronic in some cases. A person with this disorder often changes his behavior, perception and thinking such that they become disoriented from their sense of reality. Much stigma is associated with schizophrenia due to the changes in behavior that occur once the disease strikes. A person with schizophrenia may get delusional whereby they acquire false beliefs of guilt, special powers, persecution and, they may keep on feeling like other people are plotting evil against them (Larry, 2003). These people may also get hallucinations ...

In psychology, it has been proved that critical analysis and experience in mental and behavioral pattern considered abnormal and not socially acceptable can be detected through correct presentation about incidences that relates to psychology by experts. Dexter Morgan from the show Dexter that is an American television drama series has presented a good example of an accurate portrayal of a mental disorder. Dexter Morgan, an analyst with ‘Miami Metro Police Department turns out to have another underground job of hunting down criminals who have evaded the justice system in one way or the other. Dexter from this role presents ...

This paper is a critique of the article “Experiences of Domestic Violence and Mental Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” The writers of this study are Sian Orem, Gene Feder, Kylee Trevelyan and Louise Howard. The writers are associated with a department of women's health at King’s College, UK. Feder is working with School of community medicine at Bristol University. The writers are a part of policy formulation of the World Health Organization as well. This study was published on 26th December, 2012 in PLOS One.
The major purpose of the research is to elucidate the relationship between ...

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that has no known cause yet. However, some of the proposed causes include genetic factors, biochemical factors, environmental factors, and substance abuse. Although research is still underway to learn more about these causes, this paper discusses some of the existing evidence that proves or disproves environmental factors as causative of schizophrenia. This paper concludes that environmental factors alone do not cause the mental disorder but that they work in conjunction with the genetic factors towards the disorder’s development. This paper then suggests that further research be conducted in order to come up with ...

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Medical reforms in the form of legislation have played a big role in bringing about parity in the health care sector. The 2010 Affordable Health Care Act, the 1996 Mental Health Parity Act and various other legislations have improved the accessibility, affordability and quality of group health plans and insurance plans. Although a few loop holes and old laws continue o hamper efforts to bring about health care parity, the legislations are a big step in the right direction.
The efforts aimed to integrate behavioral health services into mainstream medical service will affect the lives of many Americans positively, ...

Introduction

Mental health defines the well-being level of a person in terms of psychology. A bad mental health is defined as mental disorder. Mental health also includes a person’s ability of enjoying life while creating balance among life activities. This results in achieving psychological resilience. An individual’s mental health is also defined as the expression of his emotions while signifying successful adaptation from demands range.
There have been a large number of mental health related cases which are not properly addressed in United States. No support plans and coordination services are provided so as to cope up with ...

In the 20th century, lesbians created their own identities over time. Just like in other societies, lesbians formed rules and acceptable and unacceptable behaviors in their groups or communities. Lesbians needed a community just like the other people in the society. Although lesbianism occurred even in the olden days, most women did not think of themselves as particular types of people based on their behaviors. This is because; sexual identity only appeared in the 20th century after the coming of the sexologists (Art#1). Lesbians have created identities for themselves and their communities because when they came out as ...

Mental disorders are a common illness in the society. Scholars and medical practitioners have taken time and effort in attempting to understand the causes and treatment methods for these conditions. However, since the biological processes that leads to mental illnesses are quite difficult to understand, several hypotheses have developed to assist studies. Genetics and other environmental factors have been associated with numerous mental disorders. This paper first evaluates the issues of mental disorder such as depression and provides review into the genetics involved. Then the paper reviews studies into twin cases, association and neurodevelopment disorders. The research will then ...

Psychosis is a mental disorder that leads to extreme impairment of the brain. It makes a person have difficulties in communicating, and it influences the performance of the individual. This condition occurs because of many factors. It occurs due to use of drugs like cannabis, methamphetamine and cocaine. The condition can arise because of a mental disorder that a person has. The condition results to hallucinations and delusions. Delusions refer to false, strange and an irrational belief held by a person. The members of society do not accept the belief. Hallucinations refer sensory perception that occurs in the absence ...

Introduction

Depression is a mental disorder characterized by the ‘depressive triad’: 1) depressed mood and loss of the ability to experience the pleasure (anhedonia); 2) impaired thinking (negative judgments, pessimistic view of what is happening, and so on; 3) motor retardation. The depression is characterized by lowered self-esteem, the loss of interest in life and usual activities. In some cases, a person suffering from depression can begin to abuse alcohol or other psychotropic substances (Salmans, 1995).
As a mental disorder, depression is a violation of the affect. Depression can be treated, but now the depression is the most widespread ...

Introduction

Genetics is the study of genes and variation in living organisms. Genetics characteristic generally considered the field of biology but it is clear that it does happens frequently with many of the life sciences, strongly discussed, and linked in the study of information systems. The genes structure and function variation and distributions extended in the study of the cell, the organism and within the context of a population. Nature versus nurture is the process of genetics work with the combination process with an organism’s environment, and experiences to influence development and behavior.
The extra-cellular environment includes on switching ...

Mental disorder or mental illness is not well thought-out as a standard growth of human kind. There are various kinds of mental disorders like the Depressive disorder, Dysthymia, Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, Sexual disorder, Anxiety disorder, Eating disorder and many more. The mental disorder is common in America and other continents. Among college students 46 percent had at least one mental disorder in the past twelve months (Mcnally 7). Depressive disorder is the toughest disorder to cure as it comes and goes frequently and therapists find it hard to diagnose. Most ...

Introduction

Mental health is perhaps one the most important forms of health that humans consider to be vital. Several mental conditions such as Alzheimer’s and depression have been recorded with high prevalence in the society and this has alarmed medical practitioners and government bodies as well . While these condition may abound, little knowledge exist as to the manner in which they occur and treatment methods. Scholars and medical practitioners have taken time and effort in the endeavor to comprehend the causes and treatment methods of mental disorders. However, since the biological processes that lead to mental illnesses are quite ...

Introduction

Courts often face the challenge of false confessions. False confession takes center stage when an individual admits they are guilty of a crime, and yet they are not responsible for that crime. It is a disturbing behavior that is challenging to detect (Kassim, 2008). This phenomenon can be induced by the incompetency or mental disorder of an individual or through coercion. False confessions fall in three main types.

Voluntary False Confession

These types of confessions are given freely even in the absence of police probing. At times, voluntary false confessions might be done as a form of sacrifice (Kassim, 2008). In such ...

Abnormal psychology deals with unusual patterns of thought and behavior that are considered as a mental disorder. Scholars and prominent academicians have attempted to explain the psychological and biological causes of mental disorders. Abnormal psychology can be classified as normal, abnormal and supernormal. Clinical psychology and psychopathology are some of the branches of medicine that deal with abnormal psychology. It is a complete departure from the traditional and archaic methods of diagnosing and treating mental disorders. A case in point for these treatment methods was the trephining method. Stone Age physicians believed that evil spirits caused mental disorders. They ...

Introduction

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that makes a patient fail to establish between real and unreal things in the surrounding. Schizophrenic patients experience hallucination that makes them hear sounds and voices that other people cannot hear. In most cases, schizophrenic patients are aggressive because they think that people close to them influence their way of thinking. Various scholars have written much about this mental condition; however, most of these elite learners dealt with various aspect of the mental condition. This paper seeks to conduct an analysis of schizophrenia, which include the theoretical perspectives, research methods used to analyze ...

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I will also rely on the evidence presented by an expert in Battered woman syndrome, Mrs. Dominique Stephens and a doctor, Sidney, who works at the emergency services. Mrs. Dominique’s evidence will show that she has been suffering from battered woman syndrome. The expert witness in battered woman syndrome will corroborate Dominique’s evidence and proof that she was suffering from the syndrome at the time when she shot her husband. The expert studied the defendant for one month and affirmed that she is suffering from battered woman syndrome. His ...

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" Hamlet is a coarse and barbarous play.One might think the product is a work of a drunken savage's imagination."—Voltaire <http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-quotes-about.htm> 
After being considered to be Shakespeare's well-known, most popular and most loved play for some time, many persons would tend to disagree with Voltaire's quote. It can be assumed that Hamlet has retained its popularity for a decent period of time because it deals with very topical and interesting issues. As it relates specifically to Act 1, Scene 2, many critics dispute the significance of this scene to the overall development ...

ABSTRACT

Children often rely on their parents for their cognitive, emotional and psychological developmental processes. Having reared by a parent with schizophrenia exposes a child to a unique environment during their childhood developmental and formative years. To a certain extent, the child exposed to living with a schizophrenic parent can make him vulnerable to different behavioral, emotional and mental challenges that are risk factors in the development of personality and mental disorders. This paper will present the effects on children with a schizophrenic parent and to evaluate the extent of the challenges in their coping ability that may tend to ...

I. Background of the Research
Military service members and veterans may be exposed or suffer posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to severe combat-related traumatic stressors. Because of their exposure to an extreme trauma, they suffer from persistent re-experiences of the threatening or traumatic event, continual avoidance of associative stimuli for the trauma, unusual numbness for general sensitivity, and other symptoms of exaggerated arousals. Any direct personal contact, witness of an actual recurrence, or experience with seemingly similar events may pose a threat to their physical integrity. Victims of PTSD manifest disarrayed behavior, intense horror, fear, agitation, powerlessness, etc. because ...

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to discuss the most common mental disorders and depression tendencies that individuals with chronic somatic illnesses carry over to the adult stage of their development. This is not a very common topic and in fact, one of the most commonly taken for granted one. The paper will focus on the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of a short listed group of adults who have or had a disabling, impairing, or function-limiting disease during his or her childhood years. The health related quality of life would most likely correspond to the tendencies or ...

The movie Shine, tells a story of an Australian child David Helfgott, the main character, who is a talented pianist. David had a traumatic childhood life and narrates this life in his flashback. The movie shows how his father abused him together with his sibling. He also losses his family due to poor conditions that were present in the camps they called home. David gets a scholarship in his teenage age. Though his father denies, Katharine, a co-founder of party encourages David’s father, Peter to allow him to go (Sardi & Scott 56).
David therefore leaves and enters to ...

The mystery behind the calamity that took place in Newtown is still unknown and no final conclusion can be drawn on reasons behind the incident. Detailed discussion and studies have spotlighted very cruel reality about the overall health setup in America. The system is not fashioned in an appropriate manner to deliver quality health facilities to patients. Coordination level is very low between the care department and agencies working in the law, education, disability, and welfare programs for children. These two sectors work against the interest of each other. Many different type of behavioral tactics are been used by ...

Psychiatry in the Film Industry

Introduction
Cinema is a medium used to entertain people. It portrays many issues about the society, science and various myths. It depicts different psychiatric disorders such as suicide and drug abuse to schizophrenia and personality disorders. Gone are the days when films were used to negatively portray psychiatric conditions. Nowadays films are used for educational purposes as well as to change the negative attitude towards people with psychiatric conditions. Film portrays that even psychiatric people are geniuses and that they can solve complex problems. Mental conditions are portrayed in different ways in the film industry. Film is used to ...

Dexter Morgan

Dexter Morgan is the American serial killer who works during the day for the Miami Metro Homicide as a blood splatter analysis; while, at night, he searches for the perpetrators of the crimes and kills them. Dexter lives in two separate lives as he loves his job in Miami as the blood spatter analyst as each day he goes to different crime scenes. He is also able to elucidate how different victims died by looking at the blood from the scene of the crime. In the beginning, of the series Dexter is married to a lady called Rita and ...

Mental illness is a term that describes abnormality or psychological arrangement that is in theory reflected in behavior – mental and emotional behavior (Green, 590). This disorder can occur for a number of years while this behavior can be linked with disability and distress the period and intensity of the indicators varies from one person to the other. How a person acts, feels and thinks forms the basis for mental disorder and do not always follow a regular pattern. This anomaly can be linked with certain regions and functions of the medulla oblongata or even the nervous system, occasionally in ...

Pedophilia as a Mental Disorder: Why Pedophiles are not Criminals

A pedophile can be described as an adult person who gets sexually attracted to young people. Pedophiles exhibit behaviors which deviate from what the society expects-especially on sexual behavior. According to medical diagnosis, pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in which people who are 16 years of age (and above) have exclusive or primary sexual interest in prepubescent young ones; mostly children of 13 years of age and below. For the attraction to be diagnosed as pedophilia, the prepubescent child must be younger than the adolescent by at least five years (Blaney & Millon, 2009). Although many people view pedophiles as ...

Introduction

American citizens, especially adults, spend a large proportion of their overall lifetime in their respective workplaces. The fact that disability will feature in our lives is not debatable. Further, this compulsory element of our lives will eventually feature in our workplaces. Various disability cases are common features in the workplaces. Since disability is not inability, the importance of the disabled individuals in relation to the imputations they enable in the workplace cannot be overlooked. Mental disorder is an inclusive health element of general disability. This research is focused on the element of mental disorders and consequently the way ...

Experts in mental health use DSM-IV-TR system of classification to label and diagnose treatment for their patients. This classification has been universally accepted by all mental health experts because it is thought to be beneficial and accurate in diagnosis and determination of treatment approaches. However, the system of diagnosing and labeling mental health patients has been criticized by some experts who claim the method is harmful to patients. The DSM-IV-TR approach of labeling and diagnosing mental patients is beneficial and has been used successfully to treat mental health patients. However, this approach is ineffective in some cases and can ...

Introduction

The mental illness prevalence in the youth population has not increased generally, but there has been an increase in the public’s awareness of adolescents and children with these problems. Similarly, as medical awareness and knowledge of these issues grow, so should the diagnosing ability of treating adolescents and children with mental health problems. The mentally ill children’s needs receive acute neglect in the juvenile justice system. Families with such children face services denial, placements on waiting lists or even the services do not exist. This critical situation poses negative consequences towards the youth, communities and families. Without ...

Homeless individuals who are diagnosed with a double problem of mental disorder and substance abuse need special care. This is because such individuals are often in a state of unawareness due to lack of mental soundness. They cannot make decisions in a reasonable manner and are often not in a position to take good care of themselves. While the government initiates programs and allocate funding meant to help the dual-diagnosis population, the special needs of this group of people should be a critical factor for consideration.
The provision of services to dual-diagnosed people involves eight fundamental principles. These comprise ...

The National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards in Healthcare was set up to ensure that inequalities in the provision of healthcare resulting from cultural and linguistic differences are eliminated. The need for equal treatment of all persons irrespective of gender, social status, culture or religion, is inevitable in a diverse society (Jeffreys, 2010). Communication between the patient and the nurses or physicians is crucial in the health care setting. This communication can, however, be limited by existing societal or cultural barriers. Professionalism coupled with cultural competence for healthcare providers is crucial in order to understand the patients’ ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder is described as a mental disorder that is accessioned by traumatic events that might have threatened the safety of an individual, and therefore, the individual feels somehow helpless (Koren et al. 276). In most cases, PTSD is associated with soldiers who have served in major battles, as well as with persons who have experienced horrible situations in their life, for instance fatal accidents, violation of human rights for instance rape among others.
According to Koren et al. (277), about 20% of Vietnam War veterans suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and/depression. However, it is worrying to note ...

Crazy Like Us is a book written by Ethan Watters. Through this book, Ethan explores the spread of anorexia, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and schizophrenia. Through case studies, the author explains the causes, and symptoms of Anorexia in Hong Kong, depression in Japan, post-traumatic stress disorder in Sri Lanka, and how Schizophrenia came to Zanzibar. Moreover, he explains how these disorders are prevalent in the Eastern nations due to the American influence. In addition, Ethan Watters outlines the implications of the American influence, and the urgent need to treat these illnesses in a culturally suitable framework. Ethan states that, ...

Introduction to the Review

Clinical Psychology is the diagnoses, assessment, prevention and treatments of psychological diseases. Individuals who specialize in this field are called psychotherapists and are involved in a number of jobs like psychotherapy of clients, functioning of public administration programs and carrying out research projects.
Lots of clinical psychologists have done extensive research on the diagnoses and treatments of hundreds of mental illnesses. Amongst them, the most prominent psychological disorder is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) on which a huge amount of research is done to find the most convenient and successful strategies to solve it. It is one of the anxiety ...

Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

This is a case study of Joseph. Joseph is a twenty five year old American male. There are more than 25 million people who are affected by schizophrenia. There is suspicion and uncertainty with regards to the causal attributes of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that has multiple manifestations. It is hard enough to try to understand the cognitive processes of as healthful person, let alone understand the cognitive processes someone who is manifesting symptoms of schizophrenia. Imagine looking at a person who is sitting on a park bench pretending to argue with someone while sitting on the ...

Being able to experience fear is what keeps animals, including humans, alive. Fear is a natural reaction to a potentially dangerous event that can harm or kill a person and it can help one quickly focus on the source of danger and either prepare to fight or run away from it. However, some exceptionally traumatic situations that caused major fear can lead to its persistence many months and even years after the experience. Such situations can cause a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which, according to Psych Central, is a “debilitating mental disorder that follows experiencing or witnessing an extremely ...

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Opiate abuse in the 21st century is on a huge problem, and there doesn’t seem to be much slowing down either. Opiates are derived from opium plants, and can be seen in a plethora different street and pharmaceutical drugs. Some of these include heroin, codeine, oxycotin, vicodin, methadone, and many others. Normally. People take these medications to relieve pain, and most of them are only available via a doctor prescribing them, but once a tolerance is built up to the drug internally, the individual must use higher dosages to achieve the same effects. Also, ...

Introduction

Depression is a mental state, better considered as a psychotic disorder that is characterized by the presence of pessimistic feelings about the future (Davis, 2011), and a despondent lack of activity. In this state, the person is unable to think and concentrate properly. There could be an increase or decrease in appetite. He or she may also feel dejected and hopeless that may result in suicidal tendencies.
Depression is one of the most common and serious types of psychiatric disorder. Major depressive disorder (described below) is among the most frequently occurring mental disorders in the United States. There are ...

Problem Statement

Most medical scientist and psychiatrists have defined depression as a mood disorder that often results to incessant feeling of extreme sadness and loss of interest in most activities that one used to enjoy. Depression has various references; the condition could be referred to as major depression, major depression disorder or clinical depression. Depression results to a variety of emotional and physical problems because the condition affects one’s thinking and behavior. Depressed people find difficulty in doing everyday tasks and experience severe hopelessness.
Depression affects 19 million adult Americans, meaning it is the leading mental disorder in the U.S. ...

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Abstract

Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that has affected lives of 1 percent population of the world. It affects the people adversely irrespective of their race, sex and ethnicity. Patients of schizophrenia become helpless and unable to hold a job and rely on others for help. Delusions and hallucinations are common in schizophrenia. It can be genetically transmitted, or a person’s surroundings can be a cause. Psychological factors also contribute in the development of the disease. ...

Abstract

Anorexia Nervosa is essentially a mental disorder, but its consequences are physical in nature . To be considered anorexic according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), a person must be fifteen percent lighter than the minimum body weight for his or her height . The disorder is characterized by three symptoms: 1) refusal to maintain a healthy body weight; 2) an intense fear of weight gain; and 3) distorted body image . The disorder is common in females but is increasingly seen in males too. The paper provides details about the symptoms and behavior associated with the disorder. ...

Insanity Defense

Insanity Defense
Various legal systems provide different types of legal defenses that could be used by the defendants in their criminal cases. Nevertheless, application of these defenses depends on the circumstances and the nature of cases being faced. The insanity defense is one the oldest legal defenses. According to the insanity defense, the accused can avoid prosecution for the crimes committed is it can be proved that at the time when the crime was committed the defendant was not insane hence did not appreciate the quality or nature or wrongfulness of the acts (Fersch, 2005). It is imperative to ...

Violent Crimes

Violent Crimes
1.) The three (3) perspectives on human nature are conformity perspective, non-conformity perspective, and learning perspective. The conformity perspective states that humans are basically good (Bartol & Bartol, 2014). On the other hand, the non-conformity perspective, the humans to be unruly by nature, and that they have to be controlled by the community. The deviant behavior of humans can cause them to commit crimes indiscriminately. The learning perspective states that humans are neutral and that they have to be controlled by society. These three perspectives relate to violent crime and criminal behavior in that an offender develops negative ...

Crum et al. (2004) mentioned that the relationship between alcohol use and sleeping disturbance is complex, due to existing evidence that shows the effects of alcohol in individual’s sleeping patterns. Brower mentioned that sleep problems are more prevalent among alcoholics than non-alcoholic individuals. In a statistical point of view, in the general population, insomnia in the last six months affected 18 percent of alcoholic people while only affecting 10 percent of non-alcoholic individuals (Brower, n.d). However, the hazardous effect of alcohol abuse encompasses beyond one type of sleeping disorder. Literature will prove the existing link between alcohol abuse ...

Research paper

Introduction
Schizophrenia represents a group of similar mental disorders, in the development of which there are likely to be internally caused (endogenous) pathogenic mechanisms in the form of hereditary anomalies that are not revealed until a certain period of life. Without a needed treatment, continuously progressive course of illness usually ends with the same type of personality changes with disorganization of mental functions (thinking, emotions, psychomotor-behavior in general), with the preservation of memory and previously acquired knowledge.
This mental disorder as a disease has been discovered at the end of XIX century by the famous German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin ...

Introduction

It is a very common aspect of children that during their childhood they are likely to ignore or forget things, start anything without thinking, or having lack of focus. Such children are perceived as behaving normal but studies from research show that they can be victims of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is a very common disease that is found in children, defined as a mental disorder and behavioral disturbance that is caused by various factors including environmental factors such as inconsistent parenting (Castellanos et.al, 2002). As it is a mental disorder when a child catches the disease, ...

Human wellbeing entails health as an integral aspect of wellness. Mental health which simply is the lack of mental disorder describes psychological excellence. It is the expression of the varied emotions while signifying the successful adjustment to the numerous demands. The distinctive types of problems in mental health include: bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder among others. WHO studies, reveal that almost half of the total world's population possess some kind of mental illness that effects on their relationships, self-esteem, and capacity to function effectively in their life (Sawyer et.al, 2007, p. 43). Someone’s emotional health directly affects ...

I. Background
Combat stress or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), among military veterans and service personnel, is an anxiety disorder associated with severe traumatic conditions. It is characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt and numbness, recurrent thoughts and images, re-living the trauma in dreams, and lack of involvement with reality. Current or previous combatants who were exposed to severe combat-related traumas show characteristic symptoms such as markedly dissociative behaviors and unreasonable complaint participating in events they previously enjoyed doing. They also show decreased interest, emotional estrangement and detachment, as well as, diminished affection, tenderness, intimacy, and sexuality. Because of ...

Introduction

Joan of Arc is a French traditional heroine and a Roman Catholic saint. She was born in an era when France was experiencing a series of wars resulting from disputes over succession of the French throne, which had been going on for several years. In addition, the economy of France had also been affected by the chevauchee tactics of the English army. Joan of Arc became highly appreciated in the French society as well as among the Roman Catholics because of the role she played in liberating France and her religious beliefs.

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Abstract

Research shows that childhood traumatic experiences and stressful life events can lead to manifestation of mental disorders like Dissociative Identity Disorder in young adulthood. Individuals with this mental disorder display varying personalities at different moments especially when the traumatic memory or experience is triggered. A patient with this disorder is diagnosed using the DSM-IV classification and psychiatric management is enforced with the aim of achieving non-dissociation and acquisition of a consolidated personality and identity.

Hypothesis statement

Mental disorders refer to any condition that manifests as deviation from social norms, thoughts, perceptions, behavior, and mood leading to an impaired social functioning. Causes ...

Introduction

In America, the courts have affirmed increased acceptance of psychologist since 1940s. In Canada however, only a physician conduct court ordered assessment of fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility (Viljoen, Roesch & Zapf, 2003). The traditional trend is changing from reliance on medical personnel to psychologists as it is in America and Australia.
Establishment of test for fitness to stand trial was to ensure fair and appropriate treatment for people with mental disorder. Fitness means, one must understand the nature of the charges and legal proceedings and have the ability to communicate with the counsel (Viljoen, Roesch & Zapf, 2003). ...

Introduction

Issues associated with people suffering from mental illness poses significant challenge for policy making. This can be described by the factors that contribute to the challenge that the criminal justice system is facing in relation to incrimination of the mentally ill. Local and state criminal justice system does not have a reliable policy in dealing with cases that involves the mentally challenged. For example, Virginia’s criminal justice system lacks the resources and expertise in dealing with encountered mentally ill. In addition, the mental healthcare system does not have the resources and guiding policies in addressing similar issues (Virginia ...

Comparing Z. Freud’s Conceptions and E. Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development
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Psychosocial development theory is the theory of psychosocial reeks of personality, created by Eric Erickson, in which he describes the eight stages of personality development and focuses on the development of the individual I am.
The issue of personality psychosocial development is not only of scientific interest. Psychoanalysis seeks and finds the roots of the problems in the various stages of childhood and adolescence. It turns out that not only all of us from childhood, but our problems come from ...

Abolishing Death Penalty

Thesis Statement: Death penalty should be abolished because it is unconstitutional for violating the right to life and has not been proven to effectively deter crimes.
In the book of Evan J. Mandery entitled “Capital Punishment: A Balanced Examination”, he argued that death is indeed a grave punishment because the calculated killing of a human being by the State is considered as a denial of the executed person’s humanity and the right to life (Mandery 167). Compared to an offender who is imprisoned, he or she does not lose the rights guaranteed under the Constitution. The imposition of ...

Introduction

Incarceration refers to the act of detaining a person in prison as a form of punishment from a wrong thing done. Parent incarceration forms one of the most serious problems with a long-lasting effect in the American society, especially to their children. Research findings show children separated from parents by death do not suffer as much as the children left behind by incarcerated parents. The higher rates of incarceration indicate that more parents are being imprisoned today that before. Children left by an incarcerated parent become needy of basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter. In additional, the ...

Introduction

This research paper compares and contrasts the views of professionals with respect to fibromyalgia; whether it is of psychological or physical nature / origin. Having conducted the following research and studied the views of others, especially those who we would all hope should know – the medical professionals, the view of this researcher is that fibromyalgia is more psychological in nature, even though that opinion is changed considerably from the view that was almost universally held in less enlightened times, when referring to a condition as having psychological causes was interpreted as implying the person was suffering from a mental ...

Psychology

What is the significance of a detainee's biography in the forensic psychological assessment of mentally ill offenders?
A forensic psychological assessment seeks to provide information to attorneys and courts for the purpose of making legal determination. The psychologist seeks to discern the relationship between the detainee’s mental disorder (if any) and the offence they are charged for (if proven). Biographical investigation is one method of performing a forensic psychological evaluation. The detainee’s biography provides background information as a source of knowledge to form the basis of a biographical investigation. A biography gives a unique and personalized narrative ...