Introduction Itâs 2022. As modern an era as it can get. Never before has life been so chaotic, challenging, and quick-moving. On one hand, modern life stands on the pinnacle of comfort and happiness; on the other, it is fraught with the many tensions and anxieties that come with advancement. For some, it might be the generic tensions encompassing life such as rent, utility bills, work, etc., and for others, the traffic and stress of living in big cities. Stress...
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Have you ever envisioned yourself on the reciprocating end of a story that sensationalizes only a portion of relevant information towards you? Shon brightly through a negative light, the media is evidently responsible for disseminating of adverse stereotypes and false descriptions of innocent victims who are silently suffering with mental health issues. Through the influential forces of manipulation and stigmatization, the media holds the power to control societyâs thoughts and attitudes towards mental health patients. Inaccurately depicted throughout all media...
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Mental Health Awareness: How does it expose and increase stigma? Mental health nowadays has been taken for granted and lightly regardless of how critical the illness is. According to New Straits Times by Arumugam, one-third of adults in Malaysia are grappling with mental health issues, whether they realize it or not. A survey conducted last year by Deputy director-general of health, Datuk Dr. Lokman Hakim Sulaiman revealed that 4.2 million out of 14.4 million Malaysians aged 16 and above suffered...
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In this essay I will be discussing my opinion on mental health, my personal experience, and why I believe it is not taken as seriously as it should be. Most people have been or will be diagnosed with a mental illness in their lifetime. Unfortunately, though everyone does not receive the help they need for these illnesses. Mental illness is normal and can affect anyone, even being passed down genetically. But yet there is still shame behind having it. I...
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Abstract One in four women will suffer from depression at some point in their life. âDepression is the leading cause of disease-related disability among women in the world today.â (Kessler, 2003) ‘In the United States, there are about 15 million people suffering.'(2009, February). Young teenage females are more likely to become depressed than young teenage males. In early childhood, males are at the same risk as girls but are unlikely to suffer from depression in early childhood. Depression is very...
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Anxiety is a very bad thing to have. You can never get out in public because it scares you. You are afraid of people, you don’t like meeting people that you don’t know, and you don’t do sports, cause you don’t like big crowds. My grandpa passed away in 2014, we had just started getting close, he was in the hospital for a while and then finally he told them that he was ready to go. So then they turned...
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Abstract: This essay will discuss the issue of modern music and its effect on a childâs development. This will include the influence of the lyrics that modern music has as well as its accessibility in the modern age. Parents who may be uninformed are not aware of how lyrics can have a long-lasting effect on their children, good or bad. This paper will show how the lyrics of popular music are harmful to childrenâs development at such a young age....
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What is an Eating Disorder? Eating disorders are a common medical condition that can affect anyone. It is a disorder that is caused by various behavioral conditions. Eating disorders cause a disruption in eating and the way food is digested. Anyone who suffers from eating disorders will often develop unusual behaviors and attitudes that will prevent them from eating properly. Such as distressing thoughts, emotions, and psychological issues. This can become serious, therefore medical attention is required. Another name for...
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Dementia is a disease that causes the loss of cognitive functioning and behavioral abilities to a degree that it affects a person’s day-to-day life. This syndrome affects a personâs memory, language skills, problem-solving, self-management, and the ability to focus. Dementia mainly has an effect on older people, and the risk of dementia continues to increase as age increases. Some individuals that have dementia cannot control their emotions, and their personalities may change from time to time. Dementia ranges in severity...
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Are psychopaths born or made? The nature vs nurture debate has been in motion for decades, looking at the true origins of how some people are psychopaths when others are not. In this essay, I will explore whether psychopathy is a predisposed trait, or caused through upbringings containing trauma, learned behaviors that caused the development of psychopathy ‘ or perhaps, a combination. The neuroscientist Dr. James (Jim) Fallon’s experiment suggests that there is not one clear answer for this debate,...
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Obesity numbers have tripled around the world since 1975, killing an estimated 2.8 million adults every year (World Health Organisation, 2018). Globally, it is one of the largest causes of preventable deaths and serious illness, due to many socio-economic factors, as well as the lack of individual and social responsibility. These factors contributing to obesity will continue to cause serious damage for future generations if more is not done to reverse this disease today. Poverty, and the lack of education...
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Bipolar disorder, today, can be defined as a brain disorder that causes changes in a personâs mood and energy that cause significant impairment in daily functioning. It can be categorized into three different conditions: bipolar I, bipolar II, and cyclothymic disorder. Symptoms-wise, patients with bipolar disorder experience mood episodes in which they experience extreme and intense emotional states. These mood episodes can further be categorized as manic, hypomanic, or depressive. Patients with bipolar disorders also generally have periods of normal...
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In 2010, the United States Department of Veteran Affairs began an intensive effort to shorten delays associated with access to the National Death Index (NDI) data. The motive is to increase understanding of suicide among all Veterans by developing data-sharing agreements with all 50 U.S. states. In 2012, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted a study stating that an estimated twenty-two veterans commit suicide per day. Nonetheless, twenty-two per day is not a legitimate representation of the number of...
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Introduction Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) has been around for many years and has always been hotly debated. As a Christian-based hospice organization, we have vowed to treat each patient with love, care, and dignity. Our staff all have the same beliefs and feel that âlife is a gift from God and is to be regarded as a sacred trust. God is the owner of life. God gives life, and only God can take itâ (Tuten, p.61, 2001). Currently, we have a...
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End-of-life care is the treatment of someone with a short amount of time left in their life or somebody with a terminal or incurable illness. When some patients reach the point of making this decision, they want to enjoy the rest of their life without a machine assisting them or worrying about any type of treatment. The big debate with end-of-life care is whether or not the patient should have the right to refuse care when the patient reaches the...
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I will provide some suggestions for the UK government to take into account in respect of legalizing assisted dying law. In the future, this might will help the UK government to change the current law of assisted dying under section 2(1) of the Suicide Act. Perhaps the UK government may follow Switzerlandâs current law of assisted dying model and may take into account its application in Swiss society. Therefore, I am going to put some suggestions, suggestions are: Assisted suicide...
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Assisted suicide, unlike euthanasia, consists of actively assisting someone who wishes to terminate his or her own life, and is unable to do so themselves (Sartori, 2018). At present, assisted suicide, in some form, is legal in four European countries, Canada, and some states of America and Australia. However, assisting suicide is prohibited by the 1961 Suicide Act. This essay will consider legal obligations to protect the right to life of vulnerable people but also the need to safeguard against...
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Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide have been the subjects of religious, ethical, and legal debate for over 3,000 years. The word âeuthanasiaâ is of Greek origin, and translates to âgood deathâ. In this paper, I will be exploring both traditional and modern arguments about the permissibility of physician-assisted suicide, and our individual autonomy to decide when, and under what circumstances, our own physical lives should be terminated. When, and whether we choose to act upon the freedom to end our own...
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Alcohol is one of the most controversial products of relatively common consumption. Its side effects affect many elements of our body, having the serious problem of not being able to differentiate the supposedly positive effects that we notice from the harmful effects it produces inside. With insomnia, alcohol has a double effect on our body that evolves over time. By not knowing in depth its consequences we let it act hoping that it happens alone, based mainly on our experience...
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After the patient’s urine is analyzed using dipsticks and based on the information and results obtained during the test, the disease that the patient is suffering from can be diagnosed as anorexia nervosa. In this report, I will explain how I made this diagnosis. The first indication that led to this decision is from the patient information received prior to the test. It can be seen that the patient is greatly underweight, weighing in at 43kg. Including her height of...
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The problem of mental illnesses has accompanied mankind for centuries. Many generations of thinkers, philosophers, artists, and doctors were analyzing the impact of mental illness on the mind of a human being and its various dimensions â psychological and physical â repeatedly emphasizing the relationships between them. Many authors have tried to use this subject in their works. Edgar Allan Poe in his novels is often referring to various mental diseases. The characters in his novels tend to be psychotic...
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Laws and regulations concerning the insanity defense have been under constant change. When is someone deemed legally insane? And how can we determine insanity based on psychology and law? This paper provides an overview of the different laws used to determine insanity over the decades and the implication of psychological input in court. Criteria of the Insanity Defense in Court The M’Naghten Rule The M´Naghten rule, established in the 1840s, entails two criteria to determine whether someone eligible is for...
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For this essay, I chose the article called ‘Nightmare Disorder and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in Inflammatory Arthritis: Possibility Beyond Neurodegeneration’ by Luca Baldelli because I would like to learn more about sleep behavior disorders in general, and the cases found due to sleep behavior disorders. Back when I was in high school, I never slept late like the other kids at my school. I would sleep at 10 oâclock and wake up at 6 in the morning to get...
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Macbeth’, by William Shakespeare. With particular reference to Act 1 Scene 5, Act 1 Scene 7, and Act 5 Scene 1, explain how Lady Macbeth changes through the play. Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ is one of his most well-known tragedies, and it was first played in 1611, while it was written in 1603. Despite the fact that the kingdom was led by a woman, this was during the Elizabethan period, which was largely a male-dominated society. Lady Macbeth is one of...
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Introduction Jeffery Lionel Dahmer is a well-known ‘âŚAmerican serial killer and sex offender’ (Crime Library). He was born on May 21st, 1960 in Milwaukee Wisconsin. His crimes were committed throughout the span of 1978 to 1991. He targeted solely young boys and men. He was finally apprehended in July of 1991. Personality Profile: Jeffrey Dahmer had always seemed to be more of an outcast throughout his whole life. He never had many friends and his only close family was his...
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For the first in many days, I watched a very exciting and pleasant film in that I donât have to think about the story but I can just feel the movie itself. Fabulous hip-hop music and awesome dancing performances fascinate me and all other audiences in the theater throughout the movie. With the 4 weeks U.S. box office high-ranked renown, âStep upâ gives us excitement and a warming heart impression. The movie takes place in the slums of Baltimore, Maryland....
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Bradley was just three years old when his parents, Tim and Carrie, began noticing how different he was compared to other kids. While other children were able to have a full conversation, his vocabulary was limited to almost eighteen words. He was a sweet kid but didnât interact with other children, never made eye contact, and never wanted to be touched. Bradley was high-functioning, with a high level of intelligence, but he also showed social, behavioral, and language differences. His...
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Lifeline Aotearoa: Youth suicide is an urgent health issue in New Zealand (NZ), particularly for young MÄori aged 15-19, in which suicide is 250% higher than their non-MÄori counterparts. Literature shows that combining culturally appropriate mental health promotion and suicide responsiveness in adults is more likely to be effective in preventing suicide. Suicide is a serious public health issue resulting in approximately 800,000 annual deaths globally, which are preventable given timely, evidence-based intervention. In NZ, suicide is the leading cause...
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Are firearms truly the issue in America? This topic is truly important due to the nature of society today and how violence has begun consuming the populace and how violence is in our everyday lives. A second reason this is truly important is that mentally ill or disabled people have always been overlooked in the United States of America and these people being overlooked can cause events such as murder or worse of all a mass shooting. I truly believe...
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This disorder has been passed down in my family for generations. My dadâs family had it and I do as well. Sometimes I do not like to talk about most days but since this course is about abnormal psychology and around this subject, I want to have a discussion. This disorder is quite serious and needs to be discussed and hope it is as interesting to you as it is to me. Bipolar Disorder DSM Criteria Bipolar disorder is disorder...
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