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Discrimination and Mental Illness

In two pages this paper examines how discrimination regarding individuals with mental disorders vary according to gender and race ...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Character of Ophelia

defines her character. She is, in essence, a human mirror, used to reflect the desires of others (Dane gdane.html). Her inabilit...

Therapist Suffering from Mental Illness and Mary Redfield Jamison's An Unquiet Mind

way that conformed with the basic characteristics of manic depressive illness. "My manias, at least in their early and mild forms...

Special Education Students and Mainstream Classroom Accommodations

In a paper consisting og eight pages issues regarding accommodations, modifications and adaptations of the modern classrooms in or...

Basics of Bodybuilding

is done with the body can affect what is done with the mind, fitness influences to some degree qualities such as mental alertness ...

Senior Citizens and the UK's Mental Health Act of 1983

In thirteen pages the United Kingdom's Mental Health Act of 1983 is discussed in a basic overview with concentration being the imp...

Mental Illness and Sigmund Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents and The Id and the Ego

In six pages this paper discusses how mental illness is addressed in these two essays by Sigmund Freud. Three sources are cited i...

Overview of Depression

In ten pages depression is defined in terms of its various causes and treatment forms with frequent reference made to DSM IV or th...

Report on Depression

In eighteen pages this report examines depression in terms of types and treatments and includes current research on this mental di...

Emotional Health and Personality

In eighteen pages current literature is reviewed in a discussion regarding the mental health impacts of personality types and also...

Treatment and Evaluation Methods

In five pages these student submitted fictitious case studies examines how to evaluate treatment methods in clinical environments ...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Mental Changes Ophelia Undergoes

In ten pages this paper discusses Ophelia's deteriorating mental condition as she slowly inches towards madness. There is the inc...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Perspectives on Mental Illness

In twelve pages mental illness is examined from the perspectives of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in terms of labels suc...

Homeless and Mental Health Services

In five pages this paper examines the necessity for mental health services and facilities for homeless individuals. Ten sources a...

Asylum by Erving Goffman

In five pages this text is used in an analysis of the mental patient's moral career and medical model. There are no other sources...

Delinquency and Crime Correlation

of aggravated assault yet lacks the capacity to ascertain that he actually committed a crime, then it would seem prudent that he b...

The Physical and Mental Disease Known as Anorexia

In five pages the attributes of anorexia both physical and mental are discussed and include cause and treatment descriptions and a...

Alienation, Experience, and Identity as Viewed by Erving Goffman and R.D. Laing

In nine pages this paper considers how these mental health theorists view schizophrenic issues such as alienation, experience, ide...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and Insanity

In 5 pages this paper examines how the theme of insanity is depicted within the characterization of Emily and her mental illness. ...

Analyzing Dream Worlds Mass Consumption in Late Nineteenth-Century France by Rosalind H. Williams

In thirteen pages this paper features a chapter by chapter book analysis on William's examination of how the evolution of consumer...

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Women in the 19th Century

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...

Mind and Body Connection of Thomas Szasz

In five pages this research paper examines the correlation between the mind and body within the context of Dr. Thomas S. Szasz's T...

Community Elders and Depression

In five pages this mental health consideration focuses upon the community problem of depression among senior citizens. Eight sourc...

Descartes' Psychology and the 'Conscious Mental State' Theory of William James

This paper examines the 'constant mental state' theory of psychology William James created to improve the theoretical limitations ...

Concepts of Julien Offray de La Mettrie and Immanuel Kant

de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...

Movement, Evolution, and Functional Integration

of one being entailing the improvement or the extermination of others" (Darwin, 1998; p. 568). He later applied the same principl...

Mental Illness and Juvenile Delinquency

age of sufferers continues to drop as depression in young people is on the rise. "Runaway, homeless youth as compared to nonhomel...

Mental Illness and Confidentiality Issues

In seven pages this paper explores the Tarasoff v. Regents Of The University of California case in this consideration of mental il...

A Nursing Perspective on Patient Mental Illness

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

Mental Disorders and Medical Concerns

In fourteen pages this paper examines depression, attention deficit, and various types of mental disorders and how to deal with th...