Crazy, By Pete Earley

My words arrived in the soft, piercing voice of my aunt, “Don’t be surprised if she turns out crazy like her mother.” My twelve year old self may have agreed, my own worry and uneducated thoughts wreaking havoc and rearing their ugly teeth, but this me, this educated and wiser me, was merely infuriated. Through all my mother’s being, she has never once been crazy. Crazy, such a harsh, uneducated word, that should never be used in the context referring to one with mental illness, yet it is still in rampant use. Mental illness is just that, an illness, and it should be treated as such. My mother is sick, which I have explained a million times, her label is firmly stamped on, never willing to loosen; bipolar disorder is what it boldly

He grabs his hair in an attempt to escape the constant, faint hum in the back of his head as the internal voices maintain their persistent ridicule. A swarm of people stands around him after his involuntary wails attract their attention. The man glances up from his knees and asks the mass, “Why won’t you help me?” In No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America, author Ron Powers explores the historical aspects of schizophrenia while exposing his sons’ struggles to deepen the reader's knowledge about mental illnesses and fade the line dividing ‘crazy’ and ‘normal.’

Earley highlights this with his son as he leaves the hospital system and is processed through the judicial system. The next responsibility is to understand where we are in a system and where we need to go. The book portrayed Mike, Earley’s son, could not be hospitalized unless he voluntarily committed himself or verbalized harm towards himself or others. It was clear to Earley, who knew his son’s baseline, was deescalating further into psychosis. The situation explains how we can get assistance for clients who may not be able to make adequate decisions in a psychotic episode. Lastly, the clinician should develop a strategic plan of how to achieve the desired results, and the key participants involved. Earley researched the systems involved for over a year before he concluded writing a book would reach the vast of persons involved. He interviewed and studied the systems involved to strategically plan how he could assist his son.

people are willing to embrace the monster or freak label, even in order to humanize

story in a memoir titled Madness: A Bipolar Life, in an attempt to shed some light and insight on the

“Against Medical Advice” is a book about a family who care for their son, Cory, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, Severe Anxiety Disorder, Depression and Seizures. Cory takes around fifty to sixty medications to treat him, and not one of which actually works. The only thing that helps him cope is alcohol. The story is told in the eyes of Cory which brings a unique form of storytelling to the table. It tells the story in the eyes of one who is mentally ill rather than a normal person we are all used to reading about. It is the hope of Cory and his parents to make his condition better so he can become sane again.

As medical advances are being made, it makes the treating of diseases easier and easier. Mental hospitals have changed the way the treat a patient’s illness considerably compared to the hospital described in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

I remember staring out those psych ward windows that do not open and wondering bleakly if I would recognize myself once I started taking this handful of pink pills that was suppose to make me normal. --Ashley Y. McNamara, Writer of “Anatomy of Flight” In Virginia, a woman named Ashley Y. McNamara was held captive in a psych ward and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder or manic depression. She claims that the doctors did not help her in dealing with her mind, but actually gave “tranquilizers” (4), bad advice, and belittling comments throughout her stay. With her writing, she shows the world that the medical system is not as perfect as it seems.

Daniel Dewitt, a former high school football star, was preparing for college and his life ahead of him when he started to see and hear strange things. His parents, being it their natural reaction, brought him to a hospital to be checked on. He was then diagnosed with schizophrenia and hasn’t been the same since. Schizophrenia is a one of many serious mental illnesses that many people suffer from. My paper is all about real accounts of people from mental hospitals, the problems with the mental health system, and how it’s changed over the years. You’ll read more about Daniel Dewitt and his challenges, about a school for children with schizophrenia, the conditions it which one has to be in to enter a mental

Every patient was at differing points in their lives. Some were just nearly reaching the mountain whereas others realized that there would always be mountains to climb. The psychiatric patients in peculiar helped me discover my identity although most of them had forgotten theirs. One thing that was common in all of their stories was the severe injustice they had to face for desiring treatment. Many of them resisted getting diagnosed for the fear that they would be looked at as “freaks”. I got to learn of the severe negative stigma that surrounds mental health patients: A Schizophrenic patient is not viewed the same as a Leukemia patient. This is only one of the unjust events that I grew to learn about. At home I was babied and mature adult conversations were shushed because I was too young while at the hospital I was treated as a fellow coworker who was expected to handle touchy topics. I realized that the hospital is one of the few places where everyone is welcomed regardless of their label. We live in a time where there are many humans but scarce humanity. It seems like such a miracle if someone is witnessed performing an act of kindness but as humans it should only be

Ever since I was little, I have always been a very caring, compassionate person, as well as sensitive to other’s feelings and needs. I have always tried to put other people’s feeling before my own. As I grew older, I took these attributes and decided to pursue a career in Psychiatric Nursing. Furthermore I strongly believe when treating others, it is important to provide treatment that focuses on all aspects of a patient's life including their emotional, medical, and spiritual needs.

Through the figure of the child with mental illness there seems to be something at work here. A reconfiguration of child’s rights where harmful medication becomes essential, and where interventions that course harm become treatment.

There are numerous different types of nursing fields that all have their unique necessity and benefit to the community. Out of those fields, I feel attracted to one specific field in particular: psychiatric nursing. I had always had an interest in the complexity of the mind and the behaviors that result from it. Although it is a demanding position, I believe that the intrinsic motivation and satisfaction of giving people with difficult psychological illnesses a therapeutic environment through counseling will far outweigh any hardship.

This paper will examine a person with various mental health needs. This will be followed by a discussion on the range of health needs and possible services to be accessed. It will also identify other professionals likely to be involved in the person’s care. The piece of work will look at the impact these health conditions have on the patient, carer(s), as well as neighbors and family. In meeting identified needs of the patient, a framework of care will be explored to offer a holistic person-centered care that includes psychological, emotional, physical, and social needs. There will be a further discussion on the model of care that will be suitable and convenient for the patient in order to promote effective communication and a good partnership approach that will guarantee the patient’s value, dignity and respect at all time through evaluation, plannification, and assessment of the patient mental illness, taking into consideration that all have an equal right and opportunity to high standard health care facility. Department of Health. (DH) (2012c).

Emergency rooms across the nation are experiencing the epidemic of mental health patients boarding in their departments for days and weeks. The demand for beds far outweighs the supply and for pediatric patients it is even worse. The lack of community mental health resources and poor coordination of care are just a few of the reasons (Meieran, S., 2016). Suffering alongside the patients are the many caregivers who struggle with the moral and ethical issues surrounding the care of these young patients placed in this environment.