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. Over time

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. Personally, I can see both points of the Thomas Szasz ‘s article, and the medical model.

Also used by the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center; anxiety causes to feel nervousness or also to worry a lot. 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. This case led to the widely adopted McNaughton Rules (Felthous, 2010).

The various remedies-bleeding, purging, emetics and nausea-inducing agents-were also said to be therapuetic…because of they induced pain” (Whitaker, p. 26). 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). Furthermore, it seems as if the consequences are not of concern to these pharma companies as they are continuing to do what they have to in order to achieve sales.

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 Dangers of Demerol Demerol is similar to oxycodone. The drug provides immediately relieves pain, but overusing the medication can a resistance to the drug.

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