Essays on Social Withdrawal

Part 1

Compromised levels of safety in her house During the nurses’ visit to Ms. Fisher’s house, a couple of factors were observed to expose her to dangers that were likely to impact on her wellbeing. The level of lighting in the house is low; therefore, her chances of tripping and falling over are very high which may result in her breaking bones. Secondly, she is wearing slippery shoes. This aspect added to the realization that the rug in the house is not placed appropriately may result in her falling and hurting herself. In this direction, there is the need ...

The addiction simulation exercise using ice cubes as the drug of choice has become a truly revealing experience showing how easy it is to become addicted and how hard it can become to keep leading a normal life, meeting with friends and family, studying and doing any other activity during addiction. This exercise showed how easy it is to lose connection with the reality during addiction that makes a person view everything from the perspective of addiction. However, indeed, this exercise could not demonstrate the hardships people can experience when trying to break free from the addiction, since I ...

Eating disorders, which include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating without purging the food, have become increasingly common with the constant change of unhealthy demands towards female and male bodies popularized through media. While people of both genders and all ages are susceptible to this set of disorders, adolescent girls are considered an especially vulnerable group. According to Goodheart, Clopton., & Robert-McComb (2012), about 14% of adolescent girls have subclinical eating problems, while 30% of teenage girls having anorexia nervosa will continue suffering from this disorder in the course of their entire lives (p. 33). The worst consequence of ...

Role of the Media in Shaping Public Perception of Mental Illness and how this affects Mentally Ill People and their Families

Introduction

Inappropriate information from the media including television stations, newspapers and movies is among the reasons mental illness is viewed negatively in the society. In most cases, the media has contributed to the high degree of stigmatization and discrimination due to the negative influence it has on the public perception of mental illness. Individuals have been made to believe that mentally ill people are a risk to the society and that their condition is permanent. The media has often ...