Correcting Mental Illness

For many centuries there has been multiple arguments about what causes mental illness. Hebrews believed that mental illness was a punishment from god for those who sinned. The way they cured one another was spiritually and through health. They believed that if you had a healthy diet that it would prevent you from any diseases. The physicians were also priests who had “special ways” to heal with higher powers. The biggest theory was that whoever had a mental illness was caused from supernatural forces. There had been many different treatments to help cure ones suffering. Dating back to 5000 BCE was the first treatment preformed on record, showing that one would chip a hole into the human skull to release evil spirits. Later on, the Ancient Egyptians

The field of psychology has made great advancement in the way of treating disorders. For example, before Pinel's approach in 1745, disorders were perceived as demonic possession. Pinel and others proposed that mental disorders were not caused by demonic possession, but environmental factors like stress and inhumane conditions. Pinel's “moral treatment” involved improving the environment, replacing the asylum beatings with patient dances (PSY111: Module 9 Lecture, 2015, Dietz). Thanks to Pinel, we are able to treat disorders in the most scientific way as possible. Although there isn't a pill or shot make the disorder go away, we are able to make the most informed decision regarding treatments that are available to us, in hopes to one day find a

Almost I in every 5 in America will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetime; mental illnesses are described as a wide range of mental health conditions that can range from depression to panic disorders that affect mood, thinking, and behavior. One particular mental illness known as schizophrenia affects more than 3 million people in the United States every year. The effect of schizophrenia can have a devastating effect on the lives of those who suffer from it and experience a devastating array of symptoms that can range from delusions to hallucinations.

Mental health illnesses have been around since interrelated relationships have been present in society. The treatment of this illness has evolved immensely throughout history. Early on, those who were mentally ill were demonized and thought to be an all mighty evil, which had the ability to be passed on to others. Due to this ideology, many people shunned, and banished those who were thought to be mentally handicapped. In order to protect society from these “beasts” many people imprisoned mentally ill individuals and were stripped of the ability to live their lives. Fortunately, as society progressed and different ways of treating the mentally ill were established through scientific advancements. Along with these advances, treatment for

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly 20% of the US population may suffer from a diagnosable mental illness in any given six month period (1991). Obviously the issue of mental health warrants close scrutiny, as such illness can translate into lost work days and lost dollars. From a health care perspective, many of those suffering can be relieved of their symptoms and return to normal life, so to speak. Schizophrenia,

Since the early 1990s, the progress of mental illness treatment has increased quickly. Many patients with mental illness have been able to leave hospitals and live normal lives because of advancement in treatment. The treatment of mental illness has changed in many ways. Some of these ways are medical technology, medication, and the housing treatment. These changes in mental illness healing have led to a great success.

Other modern treatments involve psychotherapy and antidepressants such as

An estimated amount of 450,000,000 people in the world are affected by some form of mental illness, that’s 54 times the amount of people that live in New York City. Around 41,000 individuals die due to mental illness each year, and out of all those people only 1,250,000 of them make contact with treatment services.

It has been reported that the number of people with mental disorder is increasing in our communities at an alarming rate. Environmental and social changes are among the most mentioned causes of the accelerating rate of mental illness in society (Häfner, 1985). Despite the prevalence, about one fifth of the adult population will battle with mental illness every year ("Facts and figures about mental illness," 2014) and the acknowledgement of authorities mental illness is still given less attention then is needed to treat the problem successfully. Health bodies need to be putting more resources into this area as

Eventually in the 20th Century treatment evolved into a scientific approach. This presented both effective and less effective treatments and approaches in modern psychology. Today we find ourselves with a multitude of psychological approaches and modern medicine to treat the mentally disabled. The treatment of mental illness has undergone both a scientific and ethical evolution over time, progress has also seen setbacks and degradation in history but overall time, technological advances, and new psychological approaches have benefited the lives of the mentally

Today, mental illness is still a recurring sickness that can have positive and negative effects on mankind. William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, takes place in Scotland and features famous characters like Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and Banquo. Macbeth, the tragic hero, is a power hungry Thane whom seeks kingship. However, he lacks ambition and his wife attempts to urge him towards this edge. As Macbeth is urged toward ambitious ways, he commits the murder of Duncan, the king. From this point on, the reader notices Macbeth’s mind starts to deteriorate. As the tragedy continues, the reader also notices Macbeth is not the only one who suffers from an unstable mind,

It is understandable that current techniques and medications are not enough to cure all patients of their ailments, however, the field of science is a never ending pursuit of technology and techniques to improve the quality of life for the people. Because better medication and psychotherapy techniques will continue to be spit out from the bottom of the human race to propel them forward in the future, we cannot expect certain mental illnesses to be incurable in the near future. This is why the argument against required compulsory treatment for patient, with the three restrictions, is invalid for the future since the continuous advancement of the medical and psychological field will work to make all mental illnesses equally curable in the near

In America people are on the rise of being diagnosed men-tally ill. Being mentally ill is usually passed down through genetics. There are many types of mental illnesses people are affected from daily. These illnesses call for potent prescrip-tions which just make the patient numb to their surroundings. The solutions are effective in most cases but if used wrong can cause serious damaged to the mentality of an individual.

Mental illness affects many people in the world. As people are able to learn more and science improves more therapies become available. However as with all treatments there is a number of issues one must consider when deciding on the right therapy. Mental illness is not like a headache where one knows what is wrong and can take a aspirin. Mental illness varies in so many ways that treatment varies among everyone who suffers from the disease.

Mental illness is a serious growing issue, not only in the United States, but also around the world. It is estimated approximately forty-three million Americans suffer from a mental illness. The concerning issue however, is that the forty-three million estimated only represent those who have sought diagnosis. Therefore, there may still be a large number of individuals who remain undiagnosed (National Institute of Health, 2013). Although treatment may keep a disorder under control to a certain extent, many psychological disorders cannot be cured and often persist throughout a person’s lifetime. Thus the goal of treatment is to help an individual live a healthy more normal lifestyle. In order to develop additional medical treatment specifically medication in addition to psychotherapy the multiple disorders need to be further researched. Of the treatment that does exist, many people suffering from psychological disorders do not receive treatment at all; in fact, almost half of all diagnosed patients do not seek treatment (National Institute of Health, 2013).