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Mental Ill-Health in the Works of Browning and Gilman, 2008.
A comparison of the dramatic monologue "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
990 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper discusses the dramatic monologue "My Last Duchess" and the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" which both deal with issues of mental ill-health. The paper explains that while the Duke in the poem "My Last Duchess" is prone to bouts of megalomania, the woman in "The Yellow Wallpaper" is beset with depression, post-pregnancy. The paper then looks at how both these texts are self-narrative, thus allowing the reader to explore individual and universal predicaments through the sufferer's psyche. The writer points out that the purposes of the two pieces also vary. Browning's poem is intended to chill the reader and narrate a loosely historical story that ends with the gory implication that the Duke is unchecked and might continue to murder other people. Gilman, on the other hand, wrote her short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" to instruct what should not be done in cases of depression, to create awareness of the complexity and seriousness of mental ill health and to disturb the reader out of his/her sphere of comfort and provoke productive thought.
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"The story is narrated by a woman who's come for a holiday, with her husband and her infant. She writes how her husband, who is a doctor, refuses to believe what she tells him, regarding her mental ill health. He instead, attributes it to a mild form of 'feminine' hysteria and highly sensitive nerves and brings her on a holiday, hoping that the change of scene will do her good. She is advised not to read or write (two things that she enjoys doing), or take walks in the fresh air for it might tire her. She is forced in a loving way to 'recuperate', cooped up in a room that is given to her. The woman becomes obsessed with the peeling wallpaper in the room, her subtle pleas of someone believing her unhappiness and depression going unheard; she consequently becomes mad at the end of the story."
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Mental Illness - A Novel Approach, 2001.
This paper presents an in-depth look at mental illness using two stories - "Sybil" and "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden", each details a different type of mental illness.
1,850 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 2 sources, £ 41.95
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This paper presents an in-depth look at mental illness using two stories - "Sybil" and ?I Never Promised You A Rose Garden?, each detail a different type of mental illness. The two types, MPD and schizophrenia are often confused with each other.
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"Mental illness has been with us since the beginning of time. There are many types of mental illness and they vary in severity and duration. Two of the most misunderstood and often misdiagnosed mental illnesses are Multiple Personality Disorder and Schizophrenia. These disorders are often confused with one another. If we examine the characteristics of each one we will see where their differences are and how they are treated. There are two movies that underscore the ramifications of the disorders and the treatment options of them both. Sybil and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden are both portrayals of mental illness in women and how that illness affected their lives and families. "
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Mental Illness and Incarcerated Juveniles, 2005.
An investigation of how inadequate mental health resources have created a mental health crisis for incarcerated juveniles with mental illness.
20,801 words (approx. 83.2 pages), 121 sources, MLA, £ 176.95
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This study examines the impact of inadequate mental health resources and the subsequent mental health crises that have been created. The design of the study contains two types of questionnaires. The paper shows that results of the study support the hypothesis that inadequate resources have led to a mental health crisis among incarcerated juveniles with mental illness. These include lack of resources, misuse of resources, increasing needs for mental health, budget cuts, and alarming trends within the mental health system. Gaps in the mental health system were also noted by the participants in the questionnaires. In conclusion, the writer submits the results of this study as an offering to the developing collection of knowledge regarding the issue of inadequate resources as they relate to mentally ill juveniles in the criminal justice system.
Chapter One
Introduction / Importance of the Study
National Research Agenda
Rationale for the Study
Purpose of the Study
Overview of the Study
Hypothesis
Problem Statement
Scope of the Study
Definition of Terms
Review of Literature
Context
Introduction to Mental Illness
The Culture and Climate of Mental Illness
Chapter Two
The Economics Associated with Costs/Resources
The Role of the Mental Health System
The Role of the Criminal Justice System
Summary and Conclusions
Method
The Approach
Why a Questionnaire
Data Base of the Study
Data Gathering Method
Design of the Questionnaire
Pre-testing the Questionnaire
Implementation of the Study
Data Analysis
Validity and Uniqueness of the Data
Limitations to the Study
Summary of Chapter Three
Data Analysis
Overview
Pre-testing the Questionnaire
Implementation of the Study
Descriptive Statistics
Factor Analysis
Analysis of Written Comments
Limitations of the Data
Summary of Chapter Four
Summary and Recommendation
Introduction
Hypothesis
Implications of this Research to Health Care
View of Future Research
Conclusion
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"Most delinquency theories have been strongly influenced by their perceptions of adolescent's relationships with elements of their social environment (Schmalleger, 1995). More specifically, the interactions with family, peers and school are believed to be the most powerful influences on their conventional and delinquent behaviors (Schmalleger, 1995). Today, it is estimated that 24% of youth in the Colorado Division of Youth Corrections are diagnosed with a mental illness. (Jarrett, 2002) A sample of detained youth were studied in Colorado and 41% were found to have a clinically meaningful level of mental health problems. (Coen, 2002) However, there have been a number of these approaches offered over the years to help youthful offenders overcome the challenges and obstacles they face as part of becoming involved in the criminal justice system, with varying degrees of success. Nevertheless, despite the evidence that supports providing timely and effective mental health interventions during these formative periods of life, many states have been unable or unwilling to dedicate the resources required to ensure that all incarcerated juveniles are afforded the opportunity (Kozol, 1991)."
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Incarcerated Juveniles with Mental Illness, 2005.
An investigation of how inadequate mental health resources have created a mental health crisis for incarcerated juveniles with mental illness.
29,634 words (approx. 118.5 pages), 91 sources, APA, £ 176.95
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This study examines the impact of inadequate mental health resources and the subsequent mental health crises that have been created. The study evaluates the financial support, funding and services for the mentally ill juvenile offender and identifies issues related to inadequate mental health resources in the literature review. The study also evaluates level resources and service delivery at two different mental health centers and a juvenile facility and examines data obtained from other sources. The results of the study are intended to help institutions develop future action plans to address the issues of inadequate resources and levels of service needs.
Introduction /Importance of the Study
National Research Agenda
Rationale for the Study
Purpose of the Study
Overview of the Study
Hypothesis
Problem Statement
Scope of the Study
Definition of Terms
Review of Literature
Context
Introduction to Mental Illness
The Culture and Climate of Mental Illness
The Economics Associated with Costs/Resources
The Role of the Mental Health System
The Role of the Criminal Justice System
Method
Data Analysis
Summary Discussion and Recommendations
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"Inadequate mental health resources are an often-cited factor for the mental health crisis, especially the incarceration of juveniles with mental illness. There have been a number of these approaches offered over the years to help youthful offenders overcome the challenges and obstacles they face as part of becoming involved in the criminal justice system, with varying degrees of success. This study examines the impact of inadequate mental health resources and the subsequent mental health crises that have been created. Costs are rising at an alarming rate and there are more illnesses than resources available to meet the needs of the mentally ill juvenile in the criminal justice system. Lacking in resources, the mental health system has not kept pace with the diverse needs of the community or the prison system. Consequently, the justice system inappropriately places juveniles in the criminal justice system, instead of the mental health system."
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Mental Illness, 2008.
Compares the view and prevalence of mental illness among modern and traditional societies.
2,085 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 46.95
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This paper examines the view that traditional societies are less friendly to individuals with mental illness, which leads to the perception that there is less mental illness when, in truth, it is simply more well hidden. The paper then compares views of mental illness in modern socieites, and, in particular in Canada, to those of traditional socieities such as China, the Aboriginal socieites of Canada, and Middle Eastern societies and concludes that there is no single answer to how traditional cultures treat mental illness.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Mental Illness in Modern Societies
Mental Illness in Canada
Mental Illness in Traditional Societies
Mental Illness in Canada's Aboriginal Population
Conclusion
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"It is this kind of practice that differentiates the Chinese and the Canadian process of caring for the mentally ill and may lead to a difference in how they are perceived. However, the practice goes far beyond simple numbers on a percentage scale. Some traditional cultures rely first on their own traditional forms of mental healing, turning only to modern solutions when their preferred methods fail to work. In Morocco, for example, a Berber family might first consult a fquih, a traditional healer, before turning to the services of the Centre Psychiatrique Universitaire Ibn Rochd (CPU) to treat mental illness."
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Social Class and Mental Illness, 2008.
This paper argue that there are problems in connecting mental illness specifically with social class, ethnicity and gender.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 29.95
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This paper explains that the association of mental illness with social class contains implications resulting in stigma for the patient, errors in psychiatry approaches, and misinformation about mental health policies. The author points out that the belief that mental illness was associated specifically with the lower social classes and certain ethnicities began in the 19th century; however, today, the conclusion is that mental illness is manifested across all social classes and ethnicities. The paper relates that the fundamental research problem remains that, whatever means are used to measure the association of mental illness with social class are still not standardized. The author states that another problem is that, when social class is linked to mental illness, the real meaning is easily distorted. The paper concludes that the more common mental disorders such as stress are not the result of social class but of social disadvantages.
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"In Song and Biegel's (1997), there is an assumption that the family caregiver of the mentally ill is also likely to have mental illness. The symptoms the caregiver experienced were caused by the care giving burden, the patient's behavior, and lack of social support. However, lower social class and race were presumed to be factors in the appearance of mental illness symptoms. The reason is that caregiver burden differs between the white middle class and lower classes which are not white. The link between care giving and developing symptoms is based in patient impairment and behavior which results in severe caregiver stress."
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The Connection between Violence and the Mentally Ill, 2001.
A look at whether the mentally ill are more violent than the non mentally ill and why this a common misconception in our society.?
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"Over the past decades a number of prominent individuals have been attacked or killed by people with a psychosis or other mental disorders, including ex-Beatle John Lennon and former U.S. President, Ronald Reagan. Although these cases may be spectacular, violence and aggression displayed by the mentally ill is usually directed against partners or family members, rather than others (Danielson et al, 1998). There is little evidence of an increasing number of violent acts made by patients with psychosis, but literature suggests that patients with major mental disorders have an increased risk for committing such acts compared with the general population (Munro, 2000). ). Fed by highly selected information in the mass media about their very rare contribution to one type of tragedy, homicide, the public and politicians believe, or are being encouraged to believe through the mass media, that unless people with a mental disorder are once more segregated, the streets will not be safe."
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Mental Illness, 2002.
An insight into the history, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
1,804 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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This paper examines the history of mental illness from the earliest colonial times, when it was believed that mental illness was caused by the baby being born under a full moon or having slept in moonlight to the medical prognoses and classification of different disorders today. It discusses the attitudes and diagnoses of mental illness over the past couple of centuries and the development of treatment. It evaluates whether genetics or physical environmental damage are the sole cause of mental illness and how researchers now believe that nature and nurture work together and that causes of mental illness will never be boiled down to one gene or a set of genes.
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"The last decade of the 20th century brought an explosion of knowledge regarding the causes of mental illness. Improvements in ability to make images of the brain as well as genetic research coming out of the Human Genome Project are forcing mental health experts to take a fresh look at the causes of mental illness. This new information also has treatment implications. Where previously, all mental illness was viewed as faulty emotional and psychological development, evidence is now emerging that many forms of mental illness may have a strong genetic component. People with the genes for a mental illness might or might not develop it depending on what happened to them in their lives, so in this model, mental illness still is somewhat environmentally based, but the physical evidence for mental illness is mounting."
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Homelessness and the Mentally Ill, 2007.
A discussion of the factors contributing to the high incidence of mentally ill individuals among the homeless population.
2,349 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 51.95
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This paper discusses mentally ill individuals and homelessness. The paper looks at the incidence of mentally ill persons among the homeless population and suggests reasons why they make up such a high proportion of that population. The paper suggests ways to reduce the incidence of homelessness in the general population and in the mentally ill population, in particular. The paper then discusses the book "Treating the Homeless Mentally Ill: A Report of the Task Force on the Homeless Mentally Ill," written by Richard H. Lamb.
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"What treatment and services that did exist in state hospitals were in one place and under one administration, however in the community services and treatment are under various administrative jurisdiction and in various locations (Lamb). Lamb points out that even the "mentally healthy" have difficulty in dealing with the numerous bureaucracies, both governmental and private, and actually succeeding in getting their needs met (Lamb). Moreover, it is much easier for patients to get lost in the community as compared to a hospital, where, although they may have been neglected, at least their whereabouts were known (Lamb)."
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Homelessness and the Mentally Ill, 2002.
Examines the strong connection between homelessness and mental illness and solutions available to the problem.
2,692 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 56.95
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This paper provides evidence through studies and reports that mental illness shares a powerful relationship with homelessness. The mentally ill often suffer from symptoms that alienate them from supportive networks, thus leading them to homelessness. Bereft of stable living conditions, the mentally ill thus have an even more difficult time obtaining treatment to improve their condition. The paper shows that on the streets, these people are victimized by traumatic situations -- assaults by criminals and harassment by police. Concomitantly, social policies have contributed to the plight of many homeless people through de-institutionalization without providing support through community mental health services and the housing market. The paper shows that with the implementation of cost-effective and well-researched intervention, the relationship between homelessness and mental illness can be increasingly weakened.
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"However, in O?Dwyer?s study (1997), the schizophrenic participants in the study also had an unhealthy and unstable home life (p. 301). Many of the younger participants ran away from home due to conflict with their parents (p. 301). The older respondents, who were more than fifty years old, led an itinerant lifestyle because of their work situations. They never considered themselves to be homeless even though their lifestyle meant that they never formed close and supportive relationships. Therefore when their illness prevented them from working, they did not have any supportive networks to assist them (O?Dwyer, 1997, p. 303)."
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Mental Illness and Responsibility, 2004.
A debate on why people with chronic mental illnesses should be the responsibility of their families, not the state or federal government.
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This paper puts forward both sides of the argument that mentally ill patients should be cared for by family and friends and not be a burden to the government. For the pro argument, it examines how assuming the state should assume the cost of caring for people with mental illness is to deny the importance of family and community in caring for people with any disease. It also looks at how state and federal governments are already burdened with exorbitant outlays for medical care and social services. For the con argument, it examines how there are still misconceptions of the severity of mental illness and how diseases like schizophrenia and depression have biological origins and are treatable with medications. It argues that no one should be denied treatment for a mental disease any more than a person should be denied treatment after a car accident and how the health care situation in America is deplorable; one of the areas needing improvement is mental illness.
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"The only role the government has a right to playing in the lives of people suffering from mental illnesses is in ensuring that no one suffers from discrimination in the workplace. Because workplace discrimination is a major issue facing all Americans, this would be a positive development, one that would preserve the rights of all persons with disabilities. People who suffer from chronic mental illness should be treated with equal respect and afforded equal opportunities. The families who care for these individuals should ensure that their insurance plan covers the necessary expenses associated with the disease. In extreme cases, the person or family members may be eligible for some assistance, but only when to do otherwise would compromise humanitarian needs."
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Executing Mentally Ill Criminals, 2006.
This paper examines the controversial and much debated issue of executing mentally ill individuals who were sentenced to death in capital punishment trials.
2,394 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 51.95
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The writer of this paper presents a detailed examination regarding the execution of mentally ill criminals. The writer explores case law, as well as moral issues when it comes to medicating the mentally ill with anti-psychotics so they are well enough to be executed. This paper analyzes the verdicts in several death sentence trials, including the cases of Ford vs. Wainwright and Singleton vs. Norris. In 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the execution of the mentally incompetent violates the 8th Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. A prisoner cannot be executed unless sufficiently competent to understand the nature and reasons for his punishment. This paper also details the recent 6-to-5 decision and the first ruling of its kind, in Singleton vs. Norris, that a mentally ill prisoner may be involuntarily medicated with anti-psychotic drugs to restore his competency for execution. The author examines the issue of executing the mentally ill after forcing them to take medication which has been upheld in several U.S. courts . The logic behind such decisions is flawed for several reasons, which are detailed in this paper.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Getting Worse Before it Gets Better
Works Cited
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"The execution of the mentally ill after forcing them to take medication has been upheld in several US courts. The logic behind such decisions is flawed for several reasons. The mentally ill who are so disordered that they cannot function are not forced to stand trial, nor are they required to answer for their crimes. They are allowed an insanity defense that allows them to seek treatment and eventually apply to be released back to society. It does not make sense, that a mentally ill person can be force fed medications so that they become sane enough to be executed, if defendants cannot be force fed medications for the purpose of understanding their crime and standing trial. The health care industry is built on not harming others."
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Mental Illness, 2004.
An analysis of the limitations of treating mental illness like any other disease.
1,385 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper contends that mental illness can not be treated in the same way as any other disease because it manifests in a way entirely different from most other diseases. The paper explains that, for individuals suffering from a mental illness, there is no clear cut answer that will resolve them of their symptoms or the stigma associated with diagnosis of a mental illness. The paper examines how important it is for mental illness to be examined from many different perspectives, both medical and sociological.
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"Mental illness may be defined as many things, depending on who you talk to. One this is certain, there is not one coherent and clear cut definition of what exactly mental illness is or is not. Because of this it is important that health care practitioners and sociologists work together to treat mental illness not simply as any other disease, but a diseases that is unique unto itself. Being diagnosed with a mental illness caries with it a stigma; most people rank mental illness as among the top ranked illnesses associated with a degree of deviance. There is also a large body of evidence which suggests that groups are sensitive to being labeled as mentally ill because of the stigma associated with it, particularly in Western and urban societies."
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Mental Illness and Homelessness, 2004.
Examines the relationship between mental illness and homelessness.
4,050 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 26 sources, APA, £ 101.95
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This paper discusses the high incidence of mental illness among the homeless and takes a look at the possible connection between homelessness and mental illness. The paper discusses the adverse impact of homelessness on the treatment of mental illness and looks at whether homelessness causes psychiatric distress, or whether mentally ill people are homeless because of their psychiatric disorder.
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"For more than three decades researchers have sought to determine the nature of the relationship between mental illness and homelessness due to the pervasiveness of mental illness in this population. Most recent studies indicated that approximately one-quarter to one-third of the homeless population suffered from a serious mental illness."
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