Treatment Plans And Interventions For Depression And Anxiety Disorders : An Article Analysis

In Lukianoff and Haidt’s essay, “The Coddling of the American Mind,” the authors contend today’s college students want to be protected from any words that might harm them. The authors argue doing so harms them in other ways.

Cohen’s article is a reminder to be careful when reviewing research. This article shows how not all research is true and people put their faith into what they want the research to mean. It is damaging to the progression of psychology as a science if researchers do not claim something as significant for being true. We do this by claiming something is significant because that is what NHST says, and

The authors examples help explain why trying to control what people do and say has a negative effect. On several college campuses, associations are trying to stop people from being offended by anything that did not make them feel comfortable or welcome. One example was in Florida when an instructor used the phrase “It looks like you guys are being slowly suffocated by these questions” (Lukianoff & Haidt) and students turned in his statement causing him to get suspended. Adults and students are both being affected from these ridiculous rules. This rule is “creating a culture in which everyone must think twice before speaking up” (Lukianoff & Haidt), but not everyone is going to agree or like everything people say.

Arguing that coddling students from words and ideas affects the education and mental health, Lukianoff and Haidt effectively uses rhetorical questions to communicate to their audience. Lukianoff and Haidt start off by asking their audience “What are the effects of this new protectiveness on students themselves?” This rhetorical question allows the audience to be introduced to what the article will be arguing towards and allows them to contemplate on their own before the authors give their own viewpoints. The audience can consider whether over protecting students can really be harmful and if the effects can

Lukianoff and Haidt also discuss their opinion on the use of “trigger warnings” (2015). Trigger warnings are said to be words that warn students of the use of graphic content in class. Trigger warnings are

The implication was that students who support trigger warnings and safe spaces are narrow-minded, oversensitive and opposed to dialogue. The letter betrayed a fundamental misunderstanding of what the terms “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” mean, and came across as an embarrassing attempt to deflect attention from serious issues on campus.

In, The coddling of the American mind, Greg Lukainoff and Jonathan Haidt argue that trigger warnings harm the intellectual development of the collegian students and trespasses individuals rights to freedom of

The authors in my opinion did a great job in arguing their points, which overall made this piece valid. However, as I have stated throughout this paper that I do not agree with all the arguments they are giving for example, how they often speak negatively about the way SNL is informing people though comedy, and how they give off the vibe that all people prioritize things that are happening in the same way. When people have the right to feel and prioritize things however they want. The way that both authors Mark McBeth and Randy Clemons argue their side of the argument was with opinions therefore, they may have been more persuasive if they used more statistics.

One thing brought up which stood out to me was the mentioning of how doctors act as if they are fully knowledgable on all matters when in reality, they may not be fully experienced with matters other than what they are passionate about. At one point in the text, Lewis stated, “just because the patient is better after I treat him doesn't mean he got better because I treated him” (221) which ultimately shows that the attempted solution may not be the reasoning behind the solution. Many claim to recognize a direct relationship between an attempted cure and an effect; however, this is not necessarily always the case. This shadows the idea that there may be additional variables which come into play that are almost left out or considered unimportant of recognition at first. The text addresses several misconceptions of human thinking, all which carry great weight in terms of influencing society’s perceptions— that our perceptions and expectations come from the easy ability to ponder it as opposed to its actual chances of manifestation. There is much to learn from both Kahneman and Tversky in the sense that they offer several new perspectives on human thinking, centralized around this concept of behavioral economics. As opposed to abiding by the majority of people in their thoughts and

a 44 year old Divorced African Male came into Henry Ford Hospital ED as a walk-in and told the HFHS staff that he was having mental health issues he does still struggle with depression and anxiety. The consumer stated that he initially went into the hospital after his brother was shot twice in the head. At that time the client reports that he was placed on Risperdal, while at Kingswood in January, and he became a zombie at that time. He stated that he has been in and of the hospital multiple times since then, and each time, he has been placed on Risperdal and he doesn't feel that his meds were ever adjusted correctly.

An important but rarely discussed problem, anxiety, is a public health issue that impacts a large population in the United States with different level of severities. Anxiety is a feeling of stress or abnormal emotion that can cause several types of anxiety disorders. According to the statistics of Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), anxiety is one of the most common mental illnesses in the United States, which affect nearing 18 percent of the U.S.’s total population. This mental illness can affect one person’s general mental ability, which is the ability to understand the significance of his or her behaviors, in normal life. Most people develop anxiety through the feeling of panic, fear, and uneasiness in their life, especially on homeless young adults. Generally speaking, the cause of anxiety can vary. Homeless young adults who are impacted by anxiety issues can suffer from both physical illnesses and psychological social disorders. Although the causality of anxiety issues can vary, the common characteristic for the group to develop with anxiety is that they all suffered from a significantly stressful life event which made them more vulnerable in the community in many ways such as experiencing anti-social behavior and mental illnesses.

Not all labels are bad that are used to describe a person with a disorder. Such as labels that are used in the medical field to diagnose someone with a certain disease. Some of those labels are Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Organized Conduct Disorder (OCD), anorexia,schizophrenia, obesity, autistic and bipolar. Bipolar is used to say that person has a mental disease and their emotions are all mixed up. ADHD is exactly what is sounds like, a person can not focus very well and are normally really hyper. Same with OCD the person has a issue with things and everything has to be in a certain pattern. Schizophrenia causes people to act abnormally. Obesity is defined as an excessive amount of body fat. Anorexia is when the

The author writes that trigger warnings are warnings on certain offensive material such as race, rape, war, etc that may upset some people. The author writes that these trigger warnings are an approaching threat to academic freedom. They write that one university named Oberlin College has already started to make trigger warnings a mandatory teaching practice for teachers. The author then proceeds to state what they believe the classroom should be, writing that the classroom is not made to protect students but to challenge them. Even if at some discomfort for that will be inevitable. The author also states that trigger warning can create a chilly climate that stops critical thinking and make students afraid to ask questions. Making students afraid to ask questions and causes an echo chamber of ideas and not having any other opinion in the discussion. The author then gives an example of how trigger warnings can be a censorship tool like the American Library Association who give ratings for many books, on labels for some material because if the people labeling are biased against one opinion they can see an opposite opinion and call it offensive making other not read the material. The author then moves to teachers and their rights on how to teach, writing that teachers should be able to choose whether or not they want to use trigger warnings, one of the reasons for this idea, according to the author is because triggers can be so extensive that you wouldn't be able to accommodate for all students causing punishments on teachers if not done correctly. The author then writes that teachers may not want to use trigger warnings, because they can denture a student's attention from the overall meaning of the material or not even do it. The author then goes on to defend her point of trigger warnings not being appropriate for the class by stating that the class is no place

College represents a form of higher learning. For many, it is also a time for personal growth as we transition into adulthood. This in itself is a stressful situation as one must make drastic adjustments to a new role, environment, and demands. Stress is a major contributor to the development of mental and emotional issues (Rodgers, L., Tennison, L. 2009). Research has been done to determine the impact of depression and anxiety on university students. It has been

Anxiety treatment could most accurately be described as having a tool belt with lots of different options to take given the situation. Breathing exercises are a great way to increase the amount of chemicals in your brain that tells itself to calm down. By taking a few deep breaths before doing something that you are nerves about, you will find that a lot of the pressure to take action will have lifted off of your shoulders. It’s much easier at that point to take action because you feel less constrained by your fear.