Analysis Of Munchausen By Proxy

Most people will find it hard to find differences and similarities in the videos Acres of Skin: Medical Abuse Behind Bars and The Deadly Deception. Both are gruesome stories about men being experimented for scientific research in Holmesburg prison in Philadelphia and Tuskegee. The real-life stories introduce strong healthy men and men with Syphilis being used in dangerous and vile research. Equally, Acres of Skin: Medical Abuse Behind Bars and The Deadly Deception share many similarities and differences using vulnerable people, Violating the Nuremberg Code, and in scientific discoveries.

Humans who are being over diagnosed with disorders, causes the spending of too much money on drugs and medication that could be harmful and is not needed for them to take. The objective of this book is to let people become aware of what is going on around the world. The audience that this book aims towards is the public. The main objective of Dr. Frances is to alert the public, health care professionals and clinicians about the misinformed diagnosis of people and the misdirected treatment and medications that are prescribed to people who are “normal.” Everyday pains and suffering are being diagnosed as mental illnesses and disorders. Psychiatry has specified people with false labels. The first of many arguments is that people are very worried that when a new disorder is brought up, that they have this disorder or illness. Another argument in this book is the misdiagnosis between mental disorder and normality. Many people who experience completely normal grief could be mislabeled as having a psychiatric problem. The next argument is to separate the people who have diseases from normality. Allen Frances blames the internet and social networking for the over diagnosis of mental disorder. This book is also about the high percentage of people who are now diagnosed with a mental illness,

“…She’s somethin’ of a cunt, ain’t she Doc?” Although Milos Foreman’s character, Randle McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), put his opinion of Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) in the most vulgar of terms, he was not so far from the truth. In the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Nurse Ratched’s treatment and care of the patients was unethical when compared to the standards one would expect of a health care administrator. She used control over her patients to ensure order, without regard to the feelings and concerns of the patients. This issue is presented by the director, Milos Foreman, through symbolism, characterization and scenes. This, in turn, determines how the director wants us, as viewers, to feel about the issue.

Moreover, social media can be very beneficial to patients suffering from chronic conditions as well as their family and friends (Norton & Strauss, 2013). For rare diseases local community support groups may not be available. Social media steps in to fill this void by offering users a variety of different online support groups, blogs, newsletters, and networks. Individuals can use such resources to reach out to others with similar issues, find much needed support during difficult times, and become aware of treatments and medications that worked for others with their same illness that may prompt them to contact their doctor about other possibilities in treatment options. When used properly, smartphones and social media can be very beneficial to healthcare providers and patients.

Some people may wonder what effect social media has on people worldwide. Many people are using social media daily and because of that, they might not know the effects that can be lurking behind a screen and causing harm to their mental health. Social media has many negative effects on mental health. Some people could think that mental health and social media has no relation, when it does. It is a fast-growing issue with many “cause and effect” reasons behind it. Each cause needs to be recognized along with the effect it has on the people who use social media.

Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome is a very dangerous disorder. This disorder came about to identify a parent who intentionally causes harm to their child. This disorder was named after Baron von Munchausen who discovered it. Symptoms are hard to identify because many do not believe a parent could harm their own child. The main symptom is that the child only becomes sick or is harmed in the presence of their parent. The parent tries to maintain a relationship with the doctor of the child because this disorder is based on the parents need for attention from the doctor, other parents, and their child. MBPS is caused by a need for attention and sympathy of the parent for “helping” their child. The only treatment known for this disorder is extensive psychotherapy. Munchausen by Proxy is a very rare behavioral disorder. “This form of abuse claims the life of nine percent of children that fall victim to it.”

Technology throughout its existence has improved the overall quality of life for many people around the world. Its impact is evident in our generation, where many people rely on technology to gain information on current events, increase work efficiency and even helping us understand ourselves. “Advances in neuroscience, technology and research sophistication have greatly increased understanding of mental illnesses and improved the treatment of these disorders.” (Wahl, 2011). Despite our knowledge on various mental illnesses, many individuals stray away from professional assistance due to the stigma that is attached to the illness; many individuals do not opt for help because they do not want a label attached to them. Social media is a huge platform that influences many people and the slandering that many media platforms do when they discuss the topic of mental illness is slowly increasing and is an issue that must be discussed.

From schizophrenia to bipolar disorder to severe depression there is no question that these are serious mental illnesses that are debilitating and require constant medical care and according to the American Psychiatric Association(APA) hording and internet disorders are just a couple of new diagnosis that they have added to the manual of mental disorder or DSM. But is this addition of new mental disorders really beneficial for the patients or is this a way for doctors and pharmaceutical companies to cash in? , this paper proposes both drawbacks and benefits to the diagnosis of mental disorders as well as investigation of some specific examples of diagnosed disorders. However, the paper’s main direction is to focus on the drawbacks which

In the first study Wittenberg, Saada, and Prosser (2013) explore how illness affects family members by using an internet

Attention Getting Device: “All day, every day, life is like this. Fear. Apprehension. Avoidance. Pain. Anxiety about what you said. Fear that you said something wrong. Worry about others' disapproval. Afraid of rejection, of not fitting in. Anxious to enter a conversation, afraid you'll have nothing to talk about. Hiding what's wrong with you deep inside, putting up a defensive wall to protect your "secret". You are undergoing the daily, chronic trouble of living with this mental disorder we call social anxiety disorder.” How many of you know someone or have heard of mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, or personality disorders?

A case study reported by Cunningham and Feldman (2011), for example, reviews the context of MBI development in a chronic illness patient by the name of Helen who initially turned to the Internet sources in hopes of finding more information and social support following a recent diagnosis of a relatively rare disease. Not long after Helen joined an online support group aimed at connecting patients with her specific condition, however, did the offender’s motivation change from learning more about the condition to an abnormal solicitation of both attention and sympathy from the other members of the group. In attempt to attract the attention she was so desperately craving, Helen developed a number of different fictitious characters and online personas

Physical limitations and sickness are often handled differently then that of mental disorders, despite both being recognized by health professionals throughout the world. Recently, the world has been making strides in recognizing mental illness as a serious health issue. A website by the name of Robot Hugs has been making leaps and bounds, attacking social issues head-on, including the stigma surrounding mental health. They specialize satiric cartoons, and in their most recent cartoon entitled Helpful Advice, artists criticize the way the majority of society treats a mental illness.

The subject of self-disclosure has become a popular point of debate and contention within the psychoanalytic literature. From the conservative stance of traditional Freudian schools of thought to the more permissive stance of the Relational school, the choice to self-disclose and what content is permissible to disclose to patients has been the subject of diverging viewpoints. As mediums of communication continue to evolve, self-disclosure has become a complicated issue, specifically as it concerns the Internet. The pervasive role the Internet plays in the lives of many people and the ways in which effects patient-analyst communication have yet to be fully explored by analytic thinkers. As result, both the intentional and unintentional opportunities for self-disclosure via the Internet can be anxiety provoking for an analyst to navigate. However, this paper proposes that an analysts’ and patient’s presence on the Internet underscores aspects of Intersubjectivity Theory, and that, when thought about intersubjectively, the anxiety of internet self-disclosure can be better managed and assuaged as compared to other theoretical frames that largely rely on Cartesian, subject-object working models.

Many see this as only pathetic and harmless due to it all being kept in the digital world but for many there as serious

There are dangers of online communication such as social networks where users can lie about who they are [4]“Megan thought she was being abused by 16-year-old Josh Evans, she was actually talking to Lori Drew, the 49-year-old mother of one of her former friends who, it is alleged, had set up a fake profile to taunt Megan.” in social networking sites it is very easy for people to