Mental Health Professionals: A Documentary Analysis

According to article Youth Perspective on Bullying in Adolescence, children cyber bully out of boredom. During cyber bullying, a person’s character is attacked by spreading negative rumors on social sites.Bullying takes place on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, SMS, and Instagram. One out of every four teens has experience cyber bullying, and about one out of every six teens has done it to others (Justin Patchin). Cyber bullying has been an effective way to tear ones’ image down.Cyberbullying is done with negative posting and uploading images. Just recent teens have started to photoshop (electronically alter) pictures in order to make their negative posting convincing. Some create false profiles impersonating the victim on social sites to bully peers. American rapper Juaquin Malphurs, Waka Flocka Flame, and his mother Debra Antney recently started an organization, No RIP (No Reckless Internet Posting), to fight cyber bullying. Cyber bullying claimed the life of his brother, Kayo. Kayo was not happy with what the world posted on the internet about his family. He committed suicide in December of 2013, by shooting himself. When family members searched for reasons why, they discovered the answer in his laptop. As a result of people being judgmental, we have direct, indirect, and cyber bullying.

Family members of those with a mental illness should have the right to be involved in treatment. They should be allowed to have access to documents, treatment plans, progress that their family member has made, and any regressions their family member has made. This could be considered a violation of HIPAA, but considering the mentally ill is unable to think clearly and make valid decisions for him or herself, it is important to have the family fully informed so that they are able to make the best choices for their parent or sibling. Family members are expected to care for their parent or sibling with a mental illness, but that is often difficult to do if they do not have any sort of access to the treatments or plan of care for their family member.

It had been said by Reed, Cooper, Nugent, and Russel (2016) that, “Evidence supports that cyberbullying can contribute in the development of adolescent depression” (40). Those who are diagnosed with depression can be given medication to help cope, and although it is good for the pharmacies, it is not good for his or her mental health. With cyberbullying and social media effecting one’s mental health with depression and possible suicide, it is important that people know the correlation of the two.

In the Survey of British School Teachers, 38.6% of the teachers that had been bullied said that it “reduced [their] confidence and self-esteem” (Document B) and 25% said that it “made [them] ill or stressed…” (Document B). This tells us that cyber-bullying can produce drastic effects because the teachers got sick and/or got stressed. In the same survey, 19.3% of the teachers said that it “affected [their] home life” (Document B). This tells us that the bullies really go deep because if something is troubling a person even at home, then it must be really big. Cyberbullying and all other types of bullying hurts it victims really

Cyberbullying is a relatively new threat, and it is very similar to traditional bullying. Despite the fact that cyberbullying and traditional bullying both share the common goal of harassment, cyberbullying differs from traditional bullying in that it does not stop at the schoolyard, and can continue when the victim is far away from the aggressor. It is just as devastating as common bullying, and sometimes is even more damaging. Professors Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin note in their journal, “Cyberbullying Creates Dangerous Stress and Anxiety”, that cyberbullying affects anywhere between 10-40% of students (contingent on their age group) (par. 1). J.D. Kelly A. Albin, in her article “Bullies in a Wired World”, defines cyberbullying as “…the ‘willful and repeated harm inflicted through use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices’” (157). It is caused by the fact that children feel their actions are mitigated when they use social media, as it creates the illusion of indirectness, and its effects range anywhere from mild depression to suicide.

A large sum of suicides are indirectly or directly influenced by experiences with online aggression. Suicide is not an uncommon result of tormenting through social media. “The psychological impact [of cyberbullying] can be devastating, and suicide is not unknown among young victims. For some victims, the damage to their sense of dignity and emotional well-being could persist for years." (“Jessica Mendoza”) The effects of online bullying are extremely harmful to children. Any child that is having suicidal thoughts from online bullying is a deeply harmed child. Suicide in teens is not uncommon either. Jennifer Holladay states, “Our study of upwards of 2,000 middle school students revealed that cyberbullying victims were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide compared to students not targeted with online abuse.” Online abuse it a growing problem with the modernizing society. More and more people at younger and younger ages have more access online, and to social media. This increases the online abuse, and will lead to more and more suicides in teens

Yang states that it has become easier to cause bullying or harassment through the internet recently. His statements are very true, the recent burst in social media leads to sharing about your life and the people around you, and it may also result in people harassing you and/or your loved ones. In Chelsea K. Anker’s research submission, she states cases of abuse drawn from cyber-bullying and the many results upon those

Whilst cyber bullying is not physical it’s emotional and psychological effects are devastating for the victim and can often lead to suicide and depression (Hinduja & Patchin, 2010). Social Networking sites act as a platform where bullies can say things they might not usually say to someone in person, anonymity and less physical proximity act as a wall between the bully and the victim, none the less, the words or rumors’ that are shared are still just as hurtful. Bullies often feel more confident online and they can contact their victims anytime, anywhere, day or night, not just in the school yard (Smith et al., 2008).” (Procon. (24 O). Retrieved from http://socialnetworking.procon.org/)

Cary Racioppi AP Language and Composition Documentary Analysis Mrs. Watts 5/8/15 Stigmatized to Realized: The Story of Depression Documentary Analysis Stigmatized to Realized: The Story of Depression, is a personal and informative documentary directed and produced by Sarah Foley, Hannah Davidson, Sonal Kapoor, Ansleigh Huey, and Cary Racioppi. The documentary was created in 2015 and displays professional and personal testimonies in order to exhibit the common social stigmas, symptoms, and struggles of depression. Through the use of the three appeals, archival footage, and other rhetoric, a greater understanding of

Froeschle, Janet G. et al.. “Strategies to Prevent and Heal the Mental Anguish Caused by Cyberbullying”. Middle School Journal 39.4 (2008): 30–35.

Not only does open cyber space play a role as a tool for bullies, there has been a connection to those who have passed due to being bullied all suffered from depression of some sort. Ultimately, the reason for mentioning this is because sadly in turn it starts to make an individual feel different like something’s missing and with rapid torment they start to believe they’re useless and have no self-belonging. Unfortunately, at the age of 15 everything seems hard to deal with and it’s difficult to grasp onto a dream of tomorrow.

The video was very interesting from the standpoint that mental illness has such a strong stigma. Fear of mental illness is shared both with those seeking treatment and those in the community. Mental illness in America is estimated to cost one hundred thirteen billion dollars, due to lost productivity, illness, and social costs. Persons with schizophrenia on average have a twenty five year shorter lifespan than does who do not. One reason for a shorter lifespan is that medical insurance does not cover or is inadequate to treat those with mental illness. Some do not have any medical insurance at all. Mental illness in the United States cost an estimated one hundred and thirteen billion dollars due to lost productivity, illness, and social costs.

Hi, Tamara, I so glad you had decided to do the video as well. We will be well in advance for week 2, but I want to share with you my thoughts about what I did not mention in my own discussion. I was so focused on the fact about how I was going to help this young boy against immigration laws and in hopes to reunite him with his mother. I did not think about what this young boy was going mental during the process of losing his mother and living with family who did protect his best interest. So I gathered some information that will enlightened some understanding of how to help him mental if any mental distress is hidden or presented.

In the article " Teen depression and how social media can help or hurt" by Dr. Melinda Ring explains how social media helped her son see that kid were also facing mood disorder. Social media have a positive and negative impact when it comes to bullying. According to the story 's highlights "23% of teens report they are or have been the target of cyber bullying" and "social media can also be a crucial part of recovery from depression and anxiety". (1) The media allows the user to gain attention from around the world, but it can also ruin someone 's life. The internet allows us to make friends or foe, but no one can trust a person from the internet. Cyber bullying is the bullying or harassing of a person or group of people using technology. Cyber bullying can lead to serious emotional consequences, including depression, low self-esteem, anxiety disorders and suicide. Therefore, the use of technology has a negative impact on bullying

Nevertheless, some opponents argue that social media actually has a negative effect, or impact, on our society, especially on children or young adults. Some would site cyber-bullying as one of the main negative effects of social media, as it could get very serious and would even cause the depression or even suicide of certain individuals. Moreover, family physician, Dr. Jennifer Caudle, has stated that young adults who experience Cyber bullying would often catch serious diseases such as depression, anxiety, loneliness, and could even develop insomnia, or the state of not being able to get enough sleep (American Osteopathic Association, Cyber-Bullying and its Effect on our Youth, n.d.). In addition,