Essays on Mental Disorder

Although Teresa is eating three meals a day she is not getting the recommended daily amount of nutrients from her diet. During her 24-hour diet recall, she only had 4 1/2 oz of grains and 4 oz of protein. She did not have any dairy, fruits, or vegetables. Teresa’s total caloric intake was almost 1400…

Mental health is a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional/ social well-being. Mental illness is a condition that affects a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, and behavior. It affects everything about someone, how they act, what they think, how they feel, and what they do. It also shows how people relate to each…

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT Herbert William Mullin was born on April 18, 1947, in Salinas California (Newton, 2000). Dr. Lunde and Morgan describe Salinas as a farming community in Monterey County South of Santa Cruz (1980). Herbert is the younger of two children his sister Patricia being the elder, born to Jean and Martin William Mullin. Jean,…

A wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking and behaviour.Examples of mental health disorders include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors. Binge Eating Disorders Binge eating disorder (BED) is a severe, life-altering, and treatable eating disorder portrayed by recurrent incidents where patients eats large quantities of food (very quickly and to…

There are multiple definitions of what a mass shooting is. The one most frequently used was introduced by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) back in the 80s, and it includes a casualty threshold of 4 people or more fatally injured (excluding the shooter). Throughout the years, some authors have included shootings with no fatal…

How can kids stop from thinking about harming themselves? Some schools need this because they aren’t getting the support they need to get through school without thinking no one likes them. Students should receive mental health education and support in school because some people don’t know how to notice or to deal with mental health….

In literature, there often seems to be a mysterious, hidden aspect. Often, a writer intentionally crafts his story to include a deeper meaning, but, sometimes, a writer’s sub-conscious is at play. In Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” (1920), I would strongly argue that the motivations behind Miss Brill’s actions are caused by the mental illness, schizophrenia….

Aggression is a behavioral characteristic that refers to forceful actions or procedures (such a deliberate attack) with intentions to dominate or master. It tends to be hostile, injurious, or destructive, and is often motivated by frustration (The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 1995). For an individual, aggressive behavior is considered understandable and normal under appropriate circumstances, but when…

            The client is an 11 year old female. She presents with swollen legs and soreness. She is utilizing crutches due to difficulty walking. A surgeon from the orthopedic department referred this client to the psychology department. According to the orthopedic surgeon, a physiological impairment did not explain the client’s symptoms. The onset of symptoms…

Introduction According to research, there are more than 300 psychiatric disorders which are different which have been listed with the DSM-IV. However, with the continued research, there are more which are arising on an annual basis (Shankman 2017 pgs.433-440). Mental disorders are usually categorized in accordance to the features which are predominant. In considering some…