Illness With Mental Illness

Mental illness is a hard process, not just for the person, but the family as well. We don’t want to see anyone we know and love go through these type of things. Having been able to see a family member that suffers from a mental illness, it is a sad sight. It literally eats them alive, to the point where they cannot see their value anymore. We tend to put our personal feelings before their well-being, but not in a selfish way, it is a way where we don’t want to

Making it difficult for patients to receive adequate health care for their psychological issues. From a nursing standpoint, this book was interesting and informative. It demonstrated that the legal and psychological health care systems need to be fixed. At the end of the story, Pete concluded that mental illness is a disease that his son must endure for the rest of his life. However, he will be there to help his son, and will never abandon Mike (Earley page 361).

This book goes into helping family members who are dealing with a mentally ill family member. It was written by the medical director of the New York State Office of Mental Health Lloyd Sederer. This book is a support group in print, it has so much information on how to not only deal with but understand what the mentally ill family member is going through. Sederer uses and eight step process to help, one is to “Analyze the Behavior” the rule of thumb with this is if the person is showing signs for at least two weeks. Number two is probably one of the most important it is, "Remember It`s Not Your Fault," so often caregivers are quick to judge and place the blame on themselves. "People fall prey to mental illness because of the way their brains

Children can find it hard coping if a family member has mental health issues. It can affect their lives and their emotional/social and intellectual development.

It is estimated by the American Psychological Association that there are 15 million children in the United States that can currently be diagnosed with a mental health disorder (Ahmann, 2013). Elizabeth Ahmann (2013) the Co-Editor of “Family Matters” in Pediatric Nursing, interviewed four mothers of children who were diagnosed with a mental illness; in an attempt to find out how they were able to reach out to escape the grief and isolation that comes with having a mental health diagnosis for one’s child in an article entitled, “Making Meaning When a Child Has Mental Illness: Four Mothers Share Their Experiences.”

Nordby,K. Kjonsberg, K. Hummelvoll, J.K.(2009) Relatives of persons with recently discovered serious mental illness: in need of support to become resource persons in treatment and recovery.(Appendix 1). Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing. 17, 304-311.

According to the World Health Organization estimation, mental disorders constitute 14% of the global burden of disease and the overall prevalence rate of mental disorders in India is 10-12%. It is estimated that about 80% to 90% of the mental disorders are not diagnosed and often go untreated, due to the negative attitudes people hold regarding mental illness. Lack of knowledge plays a role in this as well. In Indian culture, the family is regarded as the most important structure in caring for vulnerable family members. It is estimated that approximately 90%, of those diagnosed will live with their families. These caregivers provide the basic needs of care, such as housing and financial aid, as well as other day to day needs, on behalf of their mentally ill family members. Family caregivers monitor the mental state of their loved ones, identify the early signs of illness, relapse and deterioration, and help the patient in accessing services. Still, some participants’ hold negative perceptions such as that, the mentally ill are to blame for their condition, and that they are not capable of working or to maintaining friendships. Negative attitudes of participants regarding social participation of mentally ill in the community, has also been revealed by the current study. Many participants in the study admitted that they would be ashamed, if people knew that someone in their family, had been diagnosed with mental illness. They

However, the support given by government and non-government organization are not enough for those who had mental illness and their family. This essay will argue that the support for parents with mental illness or for

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, “1 in 4 adults live with a serious mental illness (Ken).” This means that in American there are almost 62 million people suffering from mental illness (Mayo Clinic). With that being said, only a small portion of the United States’ healthcare budget is used to fund mental health related research and facilities. Sarah Kliff, journalist for the Washington Post, reported, “…about 5.6 percent of the national health-care spending, according to a 2011 paper in the journal Health Affairs (Sarah).” Kliff also expressed that the United States has a budget of $113 billion dollars annually to spend on healthcare. Consequently, that means that only 6.3 billion dollars are spent on mental health issues every year. This is a staggering number consider that roughly 25% of the United States’ population is living with a serious mental illness (Sarah) Due to the large portion of American’s living with serious mental illnesses it directly impacts family communication. To get a better understand on family communication and mental illness this paper will discuss what a mental illness, communication symptoms of mental illness, how to improve mental illness, as well as communicating options for help with your loved one.

Fisher, H., Tobitt, S., Saleem, S. and Steele, S. (2004a) Siblings’ and mothers’ grief reactions to the diagnosis of psychosis in a young family member.

Recent years have seen a movement to help destigmatize mental illness and encourage people to receive mental health treatment if they are in need of it; however, the movement has neglected one of the groups of people who are most in need of mental health treatments. People suffering from terminal illnesses and those receiving palliative care, care that is designed to provide relief from symptoms, often do not receive treatment for mental illness, and this can have an extremely detrimental effect on their overall health. Untreated mental illness can lead to worsened physical symptoms, and can also severely decrease the quality of life of these patients. Doctors are not spending as much time looking after their patients’ mental health as they

When mental illness first strikes, family members may deny the person has a continuing illness. During the acute episode family members will be alarmed by what is happening to their loved one. When the episode is over and the family member returns home, everyone will feel a tremendous sense of relief. All involved want to put this painful time in the past and focus on the future. Many times, particularly when the illness is a new phenomenon in the family, everyone may believe that since the person is now doing very well that symptomatic behavior will never return. They may also look for other answers, hoping that the symptoms were caused by some other physical problem or external stressors that can be removed. For example, some families

First of all, the stigma associated with a mental illness has a major toll on families. Particularly, it leads to the idea that a family is weak. For example, a mental illness diagnosis can divide a family and generate differences on what steps should be taken towards recovery (Interview). A divided family may appear weak because not everyone will have matching ideas on what is best for the person with the diagnosis. In other cases, the potential of a family member’s being shamed can prevent him or her from seeking treatment. In detail, family shame most commonly comes from the idea that mental illness is a disgrace to one's family (Corrigan). Nobody wants to be a disgrace to his or her family, and unfortunately, sometimes that can lead to

This table shows how Positivity beyond Disability and Adapting to the Condition fall under the emergent theme Hoping and Coping. According to APA Help Center, having a serious mental disorder is very hard. It is also a hard one especially when the one who have diagnosed is your family member. All the family members may also be affected when that happens. But these family members can help the mentally-ill one by supporting them. They can find some organization to help them (APA Help Center, n.d). In this case, they are bringing their loved one in homecare.

“In psychiatry, Doctor -unlike, perhaps, the world of sexually transmitted disease clinics- there is no such thing as a cure. There is only adjustment.” Neil Gaiman’s quote on psychiatry in the world perfectly explains why “43.8 million (American) adults experience mental illness in a given year” (“Mental Health By the Numbers”). Mental illness is something not to take lightly. In my personal experience, mental illness can be life-changing. My older sister suffered from serious depression, and still suffers from anxiety.