Mental Illness Essays

There is an urgent need for improved techniques in understanding the causes, progression, diagnosis, prevention, and intervention surrounding psychiatric conditions. A relatively new field of extracellular vesicle biology offers a promising approach. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) refer to vesicles that are derived from the lipid membranes in cells, which contain exosomes …

Whether you are a college student, a new mom, a retired football player, or a famous celebrity, everyone gets blues at some points of their lives. Its normal to have occasional ups and downs when unfortunate events happens and to be joyful when better things occurs, but it’s not normal …

Mental disorders are often misdiagnosed due to Similar symptom of other disorders. Educating your self on the differences in mental disorders can increase your chances of distinguishing amongst the many disorders. A mental disorder is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Two examples of …

If his symptoms include at least six elements of each of these, his diagnosis would be Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Combined Type. Most children diagnosed with ADHD have the Combined Type (APA, 2013). While Inattentive Type is most associated with academic deficits, and Hyperactive/Impulsive Type is most associated with social problems …

If you have seen the Disney Channel Movie, Camp Rock or Princess Protection Program, you would know who Demi Lovato is. The 26-year-old actor and singer was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1992. Lovato started her career as a 7-year-old actor on the show Barney and Friends for several …

The connection between geniuses and mental disorders is a debate that has covered years of research performed by scientists. The side who supports the connection provides anecdotal evidence, such as a family member who had a certain mental disorder is somehow inherited through the next generation. Research conducted showed desirable …

The debate over gun control is not a new argument, neither is the existence of mental illness. There have been those who support and those who oppose gun control for many years. What has recently re-ignited the debate is an increase in mass shootings over the past few decades; one …

What are some methods that were used to treat individuals who were presumably suffering from some form of mental illness prior to the Renaissance period? What are the rationales behind these methods? Prior to the Renaissance period, Enlightenment thinkers urged the reformation of treating mental illnesses, which many treatments were …

            Since early times, music has been used to improve happiness and diminish pain and distress. (Kathi J. Kemper & Suzanne C. Danhauer, 2005). “The concept that music has healing qualities has persisted for centuries” (Doron K. Antrim, 1944, p.409). Singing has been used to heal by many primitive tribes, …

Introduction             People are different and as a consequence, they behave differently. People have varying ways of thinking, talking and feeling. People have varying ways of seeing the world and going about their lives. Such a fact can be attributed to the unique qualities in every person that cannot be …