Mental Health Continuum

Sontag explains how people with cancer should not feel cursed or punished, but instead see it as traveling to the “kingdom of sick.” Metaphors can help the general public understand difficult subjects and concepts, but become detrimental when people are defined by their illness or condition. A common misconception is “any disease that is treated as a mystery and acutely enough feared will be felt to be morally, if not literally, contagious” (Sontag 6). The cultural myths about diseases stigmatize and shame those affected and the illness itself. Cancer and TB can all be physically exhausting and sometimes even more emotionally draining because of the negative view society has.

Everyone’s recovery journey is different, which is why it is important to look at the individual and consider what interventions best suit service users, as a good intervention for someone may be a bad one for another person. Recovery starts when people realize that each individual’s recovery differs and is unique (Bland & Wyder, 2014). It is important for Social Workers to establish a positive relationship with service users and to understand that family participation is really important for recovery, as they are one of the biggest and most important support service users’ need, and acknowledging this will also lead to a more effective and appropriate interventions (Anthony, 1993). It is alothe Social Workers role to support service users’ families as well, as they may need assistance themselves (Bland & Wyder, 2014). The notion that service users are in charge and own their recovery journeys in personal recovery may suggest that families do not have a part or a place in a family member’s recovery and that they are not helpful or useful, which raises questions about the real role of family members in recovery (Bland & Wyder, 2014).

After reading the medical model and the Szasz article, I feel as if Szasz would more than likly not approve of the medical model. The medical model treats mental disorders as an actual curable problem, like a broken leg. However, Szasz sees mental issues as not a real thing, how can something be cured if it does not exist. The Szasz article treats mental issues as simply just people being different, and just because someones different does not mean they are ill.

Mood swings can happen

They would need to shift their thoughts and focus by learning the ways on how to process positive and adaptive thoughts. Their communications skills have to change in order to improve and modified the behavior that is dysfunctional (Charlie Walter Memorial Trust (2017). The family as a unit and individual needs to learn how to self-regulate. According to (Thomlinson, 2016) give us an example of implementing Cognitive Behavioral Family therapy. Family problems must be defined on specifics behaviors.

The insanity defense is available to those with serious mental illnesses as a legal excuse for criminal responsibility (Felthous, 2010). The insanity defense continues to be debated and has both legal and mental health professionals questioning whether psychopathic disorders should qualify under the defense or not. The history of criminal responsibility dates back to 1838 when Isaac Ray published his famous book in which he argued that those who committed criminal offences should not be found guilty due to their “moral mania” (Felthous, 2010). The most famous and influential case however was of Daniel M’Naghten who, in 1843, fatally shot the prime minister of England’s secretary while suffering from a paranoid delusion.

The early remedies for helping those with schizophrenia are so disturbing that I will not go into too much depth; just know that drilling holes in the skull, burning and posion just touch the surface. By the mid 1800s medicine had improved and America cared about moral treatment. “Doctors now used mild cathartics, bloodletting on occasion, and various drugs-most notably morphine and opium-to sedate patients” (Whitaker, p.

In Erie County, there was a civil lawsuit filed against eleven pharma manufacturing companies for worsening the rampant opioid situation. " These drug makers and their enablers in the medical community were aware of the significant dangers posed by opioid prescription medications, yet that did not stop them from continuing to push opioids, and get even more people hooked on them," Poloncarz said. "In order to realize blockbuster profits, the defendants created a false perception of the safety and efficacy of opioids that would encourage the use of opioids for longer periods of time and to treat a wide-range of problems. They did this through a coordinated, sophisticated and highly deceptive marketing campaign…” (Niagara-Wheatfield Tribune).

Oxycodone changes the way the central nervous system reacts to pain. The medication has a euphoric and sedative effect. The cost of the medication often leads people to obtain it through illegal means. One oxycodone pill can cost more than a hundred dollars.

The War on Drugs has been a long battle between the government and drugs in the United States. Legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes can have a great impact on society and legalizing marijuana for recreational use can have a much larger impact. Some people believe that legalizing marijuana would do more harm than good; but this is not the case. In this essay, I will be arguing for the legalization of marijuana because it reduces the stats for the number of criminals, it saves taxpayers money, it strengthens the economy, it is beneficial to health, and it is less harmful than other drugs, along with countering the common misconception of marijuana as a gateway drug for teenagers its abuse. Elliott Currie proposed two prominent solutions

Transitions in care, such as admission to and discharge from the hospital, put patients at risk for errors due to poor communication and inadvertent information loss (1–5). One discrepancy does not necessarily mean an error. In fact, most discrepancies are due to adapting chronic medication to the patient’s newly diagnosed condition, or because the examinations and/or interventions performed could interfere with their usual medication. Medication discrepancies, established as unexplained differences among documented drug regimens at the interfaces of care1 (admission, transfer, and discharge) are highly prevalent. Some are intended therapeutic modifications, but others are unintentional and clinically unjustified.

According to “ killing the pain not the patients: palliative care vs. assisted suicide” both Dr. Doerflinger and Gomez discuss what the pain control substance does and the difference between the two. The misconception of morphine side effect of causing death to patients is wrong to an extent, it is said that those who use it and are healthy and are not going through any kind of pain will probably die from it however those who are dealing with severe pain will have a less likely chance of dying because the drug will hit the pain receptors also once the patients continuously uses the drug eventfully the patient will build up tolerance so that the side affect will not effect him/her. Many do say that eventually the patients do die from this treatment, so it can be considered the same thing. However the main problem with this particular form of care is that it is not readily available for those who want it. As Gomez and Doerflinger discuss this topic it is obvious that they want the best for everyone in such a way that it will benefit both views to that of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide with the intention to relieve pain and not kill

They need to anticipate psychosocial results due to disability, identify a client’s roles and habits that may be impacted and consider a client- centered approach with their rehabilitation goals. Life

Attribution explanation (of why something works or happens the way it does) explains the difference about the highs and lows of mental health issues. Attribution explanation (of why something works or happens the way it does), it is an idea that involved the (the study of thinking and behavior) issues that (asks lots of questions about/tries to find the truth about) what people attribute to their (action of accomplishing or completing something challenging) and disappointment to understanding how clients attribute their success or failure. Attribution explanation (of why something works or happens the way it does) can influence their thinking and emotions to secure/make sure of they continue to work hard for their goals. When mental health is involved professional can used this explanation (of why something works or

However, the political promise of response is far-fetched. America urgently needs a drug policy reform because the current policies are failing. An ideal drug reform law is one that is grounded in evidence-based research and health and safety concerns. Dr. Carl Hart has spent almost his entire career studying the effects of drug use on the brain. According to Hart, adopting a fear-based approach to counter substance abuse and addiction is misleading and often results in a excess of other harmful effects.