Mental health is tricky since there are
many types of diagnosis, including personality disorders, cognitive disorder,
mental diseases and so forth. To understand mental health fully is nearly
impossible, but there are many answers to questions that many have since all of
us directly or indirectly are affected by mental illnesses. Some disorders,
diseases, or cognitive impairments may cause a person to hallucinate or become
delusional. Other diagnosis may include less severe symptoms. Anxiety disorders
for example cause the patients to worry obsessively, sleep disorders, inability
to focus, tension attacks, distress, headaches, and so forth. The most severe
symptoms in this disorder include obsessive-compulsive behaviors, anorexia,
phobias of socializing, hypochondrias and so forth. Patients that suffer
anxiety disorders may result to alcohol, which creates another problem to find
relief. Anxiety disorders are often linked to other types of disorders including,
adjustment disorders, depersonalization disorder, and so forth. Some
researchers believe that anxiety disorder is a direct link to hereditary, while
other philosophers will dispute this notion. As a rule, anxiety is brought on
by a series of failures, losses, and so on, if this patient is incapable of
handling common stressors it can affect the nervous system and cause frequent
anxiety attacks. Once the person is affected with anxiety, other symptoms often
following simply because the person is somewhat disconnected from realism. Panic
disorder is similar in that it shares common symptoms as anxiety disorder.
Patients with panic disorders often suffer intense panic attacks, sometimes
agoraphobia, depression, and other related problems. The most severe symptoms
of this disorder are feelings or tendencies of suicide, obsessive and
compulsive behaviors, substance abuse, heart, and other related issues. Anyone
that suffers either or panic/anxiety disorders is subject to physical
disabilities. Social Phobias are also common amongst many men in the world, but
has also affected children and women. These types often fear embarrassment and
will often avoid pubic encounters since their fears bring forth anxiety
attacks. Social Phobias prevent success for most patients since they have
difficulty working in society or complications with shopping, and so on. Each
of the disorders listed in this article affect the patients both mentally and
physically and in some case patients have died from heart attacks since there
level of coping was over surpassing. Often people that worry excessive subjects
the heart to dangers. It is vital to
manage these types of illnesses to prevent further complications. Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD), as a survivor I can tell you from first-hand experience
that this disorder is complicated and extremely stressful. Posttraumatic stress
is a result from trauma, rape, combat, terrorist attacks, and other types of
disasters. In this case, the patient often relives the trauma through repeated
flashbacks. The disorder before experts began evaluating it was known as ‘war
shock.’ The patient often suffers from re-occurring nightmares, night sweats,
and often avoids noises, such as popping sounds since it often sounds like
cannons going off. Most posttraumatic patients detach them self from society,
since many in the world regularly show concern about the disorders, and will
often trigger the patient. Often their thoughts, emotions, feelings, sense, are
all desensitized, and often the patients suffer lapse of concentration. They
often suffer sleeping difficulties, and are extremely vigilant to the
surroundings. Some patients with posttraumatic stress demonstrate serious
outbursts when triggered, therefore it is important that you treat such
patients as a dedicate flower, handling them with care. They often suffer
episodes of depression, acute stress, panic, disassociation, and other types of
symptoms. Each person is different, but some patients with posttraumatic stress
may even illustrate suicidal behaviors or even explosive behaviors. Since
posttraumatic symptoms are related to many other types of disorders, it is
important to evaluate the individual carefully. Posttraumatic patients often
have difficulty interpreting others when they are speaking also. Many of the
patients that suffer posttraumatic stress disorder often result to alcohol to
relieve their misery. This only intensifies the diagnosis, and the patient is
stepping backwards in recovery. Posttraumatic stress disorders have various
levels, with some cases more severe than others do. Persons of all ages,
genders, nationalities, class, and so on are subject to posttraumatic stress
disorder since it is often developed from traumatic experiences, whether the
person witnesses a violent crime, is assaulted, or what have you.
Monday, 16 November 2015
Education and Mental Health
When a person is suffering from mental
health issues, then the best source of support and help is found in the
educational system. Many people that suffer from mental illness are often in
the stone ages and do not realize what is available to them. They were often
misinformed while growing up, and since education is always advancing and changing,
it is helpful to know what is going on. Of course, if you have a mental illness
you will need to see a therapist. However if you are learning this increases
your chances of finding hope and avoid being misinformed by someone that is not
qualified, or under qualified. Professionals around the world are constantly
searching for answers to the many problems we face today in mental health. The
problem is everyone has an answer and most times no one agrees. They my find an
answer to the problem, turn around, and slaughter by analyzing the source to
death. Then we have another problem, simply because we have dozens of
diagnosis, including schizophrenia, bipolar, depression, trauma, a variety of
disorders and so forth. The different diagnoses are diseases of the mind,
disorders of the mind, and or chemical and biological interruptions. To get
help we must know what we are dealing with, rather than trusting in others to
tell us what is wrong. If we seek out information regarding mental health we
might even find an answer to our own problem. We can then inform the
professional and assist them with finding a solution to the many problems we
face. Mental health is complicated simply because we are dealing with the mind.
The mind is tricky and leaves us know room for playing around with illness. Counseling
is nothing more than a common sense strategy laced with education. The
professionals are learning constantly new understandings while applying them to
the older versions. Somewhere in the middle is an answer and it is often
overlooked when a professional will treat several patients during a week and
sometimes try to treat each person the same if they have the same diagnose.
This is a problem area since are all different in our way, including people
with mental illnesses. For example, a counselor may treat two individuals both
with schizophrenia. The counselor may use the same tactics with both patients
and medications for treating the patient. One patient may find results and the
other patient may complain that the treatment is not working. Why is this
happening? Well, it is obvious that one patient may have a different level of
schizophrenia, and a different background. Some medications work well with one
patient while it may not work at all or work minimal with other patients. The
solution then is reevaluating the problem and going over the steps taking to
treat the patient and modifying them according to the patients needs. It is
important to recognize a problem to find a method suitable for treating the
problem. It is also important to reconcile with the source within. Meaning if a
patient has guilt it is probably because he or she did something that may or
may have not been wrong. For example, if a parent taught the child that
visiting their friends is wrong (Schizophrenias will often discourage a child
from going to other people’s home due to the paranoid) and the patient (behind
the parents back) went to visit a friend. The patient obviously needs to
recognize that he or she did nothing wrong, rather he or she needs to reconcile
with self. In this case, the patient will also need to be re-taught to learn
right and wrong. The patient needs to find a resolve. After you have helped the
patient overcome this option, it is best to re-teach with material rather than
words. Simply put, if the patient has a varied of resources to choose from he
or she has the ability to come to their own understanding of what is right or
what is wrong. Education is essential for reproving, reforming and instructing
a person to the right course in life. Words are also important, since if you do
not understand what is said, it is often because of lack of education.
Disorders in the Night
There a few different types of Sleep
Disorders that affect millions around the globe. Sleepwalking, Nightmares,
Insomnia, and Sleep-Wake disorders can bring forth misery if not treated. All
of us have endured nightmares or sleepless nights, but when the symptoms are
continuing it is most likely the person has a disorder. The symptoms that come
alone with most sleep disorders include stress since inability to sleep, or
sleeping too much, as well as nightmares cause grievance. Most sleeping
disorders are linked to physical ailments, psychological stressors, other
diagnosis, alcohol, drugs, as well as a few other factors. Insomnia includes
unhealthy symptoms that make a person have difficulty while trying to sleep,
and often the person may wake up during sleep hours. This often leads to
complications during the waking hours since the person is irritated. The
patients often suffer with the inability to focus, depression, anxiety attacks,
and no energy. Some patients may even suffer from bipolar, anxiety disorders,
or other types of disorders. I endured Insomnia for the most part of my life because
of other disorders, but first hand, I can tell you medicines may work for some
people, but for others it may not. The solution I found that works best for me,
is eating healthy, force the mind out of thought process when you lay down to
sleep, and keep in mind “One day at a time.” Insomnia patients often suffer
apprehension, a sense of loss, and trauma as well as a few other symptoms. Most
Insomnia Disorders means that somewhere down the line the REM (Rapid Eye
Movement) sleep mode was confused. The trick then is getting the REM scheduler
back on track. During the REM sleep hours, the mind often dreams, and the body
functions often shift. For example, your heart rate may increase of decrease in
REM sleep mode. Since REM is often affected by sleeping hour schedules, it is
sometimes possible to endure a sleeping disorder. For example, if you have a
night shift job and later switched to day shift, it is obvious the REM mode is
imbalanced. Once you find a way to get the mind on track again, it is possible
to reinstate your mental health. However, if you have underlying disorders,
including posttraumatic stress, bipolar, multiple personality disorder, and other
disorders, these diagnoses must be dealt with first before resolve comes for
the sleeping disorder. Sleep-Wake Disorders or Circadian Rhythm disorder often
creating sleeping inefficiencies, including sleepless nights, stress, anxiety,
jet lag and so forth. This disorder is often caused by changes in the schedule.
If the person does not see the sun when he or she wakes simply because they
sleep all day from working all night, this could cause Sleep-Wake disorders to
develop. Sleep Walking Disorders can become deadly. Recent studies have shown
that sleepwalkers are capable of murder and will never know they killed. In my
experiences, I do recall brief details of my sleep walking nights, only because
others that witnessed the action gave me vivid details. In one instant, I sat
in a chair rocking back and forth and humming, and in another incident, I
walked to the front of the house and peered out the door, and turned and went
back to bed while walking past members of the household and never acknowledging
them. I believe sleeping disorders is related to high levels of stress,
diagnosis such as Posttraumatic Stress, Multiple Personality Disorder, and
other disorders were trauma exists. At the time I underwent sleepwalking, I was
under a high-level of stress, and suffered both Multiple Personality and
Posttraumatic Stress. Most people that sleepwalk appear as though they are in a
Zombie land. For example if you notice a person walking past you at bedtime,
and his or her face seems to have a blank stare or else a look of unemotional
status, then the person is probably walking in his or her sleep. Finally,
nightmare disorders are often linked to Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, as well
as other disorders, while there is not enough evidence available to support the
claims. Trauma patients are often the people that suffer with nightmares
throughout the night. The person will see a real-life scene that depicts
horror, fright, and so forth and sometimes will wake up screaming, and most all
the time endure night sweats. Sometimes the dreams are reoccurring and
sometimes the dreams change during the night. Studies has recently shown that
sleep disorder patients may have physical disabilities that are linked to the
sleeping problems, however almost all patients diagnosed with sleeping
disorders have additional disorders, suffered trauma, drugs or drinks
excessively, and so forth. Regardless of the problems, you must find the source
before you can treat individuals with sleeping disorders.
Depression and Learning Disabilities
Depression and learning disabilities are
often misunderstood. Learning disabilities and depression are common mental
illnesses that affected millions everyday. Studies has shown that children
suffering with learning disabilities have complexity learning to speak
fluently, take care of their health and bodies, and often suffer with the
inability to cope with stress and the common pressures of everyday living. Many
of the patients that suffer depression and learning disabilities are claimed to
be borderline retards. Depression is related to emotional scaring, childhood
traumas, chemical imbalances, insufficient nutrition’s, and other factors, so
therefore it makes sense that it is believed a form of retard ness. Learning
disabilities are often stemmed from lack of education, positive influences, and
miscommunications. Often people that suffer from depression and learning
disabilities are overwhelmed, and this too creates a problem for the patients.
If you notice anyone around you that is suffering from symptoms of depression
and learning disabilities, such as lack of enthusiasms while playing, unhappiness,
feelings of despair, suicidal tendencies, and negative thinking then you should
immediately contact a professional to avoid risks. Depression is serious mental
health disorder and it should not be taken lightly. Often people that suffer
depression or learning disabilities use alcohol and/or drugs as a source for
relief. This only creates a bigger problem, and help is needed immediately. Depression
also causes fatigue, lack of interest, and behaviors that could lead to
criminal prosecution. Many people that suffer depression are affected by common
problems, such as debts, deaths in the family, and so on. They often have the
inability to cope with stressors, and often need support as a result. Doctors
often treat such patients with medications, including Prozac, however, recent
studies has proven that the many medications used for treating depression and
learning abilities have side affects that complicate the diagnose. It is
recently been discovered that depression may be linked to propensity for
perception after the fact, for immersion in the mind’s eye, a normal
accompanying friend to the restraint, if not antisocial, depressive
irritation. I beg to differ with this philosophy, since most encounters I’ve
come across with patients that suffer depression and learning abilities, they
often strive for attention. This is a complete contradiction of antisocial,
since antisocial is a diagnosis where the patient refuses to associate in
society. Commonly depressive maniacs, or handicaps that include depression and
learning abilities they often strive to find the answers to their suffering,
yet neglect to see the answers when it is in front of them. The mind is a
tricky thing, and when someone tells someone that his or her emotions are not
real, it is only denying the true problem. It is important to recognize the
problem, without promoting a label on the patient. Regardless of the many
philosophies available to us, one being that when a person is labeled they are
often sees as a label by counselors, and other individuals. The key to
eliminating any problem is learning to accept your disability. Once you accept
and recognize the problem, in my experience it has proven successful in
treating the diagnosis. The problem then is not necessarily on the diagnose
itself, rather it is on the many professionals, patients, and others that
refuse to accept that the problem exists. Instead of examining the mind, it is
also important to examine the diagnosis closely and pay thorough attention to
the symptoms. Once you start dealing with each individual symptom separately,
you can then work through the other problems gradually. The problem many times
is professionals want to turn to medication verses treating the patients with
effective therapy. Let’s look at a medicine that is given to patients with
schizophrenia, antipsychotic, and other related diagnosis. Ziprasidone (ZIH
praise ih dohn) for example, has possible risks including Neuroleptic Malignant
Syndrome, affect on glucose or sugar level, affects blood pressure levels, and
promotes involuntary movement disorder. Now anyone that knows depression and
learning disabilities should be wise to avoid risking or promoting such
complications. The listed risks are often direct links to the central nervous
system, and most people with depression and learning disabilities need to avoid
any areas, including medicines that affect the nervous system.
Monday, 9 November 2015
Postpartum Depression
Women around the globe are resenting the
day that their bodies will go through a transformation. When postpartum
depression kicks in women often feel sluggish, unconnected to reality, and
often undergo several other symptoms that include depression. Women that
undergo postpartum depression (PPD) often go through bouts of crying
uncontrollable and very seldom do they understand the cause. There thinking is
often irrational and their emotions are often tangled. One minute they are struggling
to go to sleep and the next minute they can’t seem to wake up. Once a baby is
born the family, friends, mother and so forth a suppose to join in a joyful
expedition. Sometimes mothers go through postpartum depression however, and the
birth seems more like a curse than a joyous moment. Instead of sharing a happy
moment mothers often feel a sense of guilt because they simply because they may
resent the birth of their baby. All of a sudden, you begin feeling sadness,
despair, worthlessness, and insomnia kicks in. Then you go through panic
attacks while feeling a sense of shame. In addition, it doesn’t stop there.
Next you begin feeling fear of loosing control of your actions, you start
feeling like your mind is tumbling, and your concentration has vanished. Still,
you feel nausea, agitated, your heart races, and you breathing is complicated.
The symptoms are increasing as you feel an imbalance level of worry toward your
child, hopelessness since you have no control, exhausted from all the mental
changes, and suicidal because you see no way out. The battle is just beginning.
Mothers than suffer from postpartum depression often have an underlying
psychological impairment, possible biological imbalances, including
Posttraumatic Stress if the mother undergoes a horrible birthing. Most
professionals will treat postpartum depression with antidepressants combining
it with therapy. It is important for mothers with postpartum depression to seek
help immediately, since the diagnose does not only affect the patient, it
affects everyone around you, including your baby. Babies need their mother, and
when the mother is unable to provide emotional nourishment and loving care, and
then a baby will suffer as it grows into adulthood. Just like any diagnose
there are triggers that may interrupt the mother, including difficult births,
isolating one self, death, changes in living arrangements, hereditary,
financial difficulties and so forth. Unfortunately, some of these triggers are
going to happen. Most therapists have found treating women with postpartum
depression, treating them with antidepressants and therapy has worked wonders.
Recently studies are finding that depression may also be treated with
Electromagnetic therapy. Scientists are constantly searching for a solution to treat
depression so the end of the world hasn’t arrived. There is hope. Studies have
also shown that writing down your episodes, feelings and so forth is a great
therapeutic relief. Talking is also a great source for eliminating stress,
which is often linked to depression. It is important to get regular checkups
after your baby is born to eliminate biological reasoning for the postpartum
depression. In most cases, doctors may prescribe Valiums, Prozac, or Zoloft. It
depends on the person, but for some mothers one or the other medications work,
while others have no results. If you are suffering postpartum depression, it is
also important for the family to offer support and understanding. Since, you
may have suicidal thoughts the last thing anyone needs to do is push you over
the edge. It is also important that the resentment you feel is not necessary
toward your baby. It could be that you resent an area of your life, or an
occurrence and the baby seems to be the target. You might want to try listening
to easy music when you feel a sense of loss, or episodes of the diagnose erupt.
Music has proven to heal the soul. In addition, you might want to start
exercising since this too has proven to do wonders with people that suffer
mental or physical illnesses. Exercise relieves the mind often because you are
doing something to better yourself and improve your health. Therefore, if you
are in postpartum depression, there are answers and you should never give up
hope!
Practices in Mental Health
What are the practices in mental health?
Most people believe that mental health experts merely sit and discuss problems
with patients. The fact is these experts have more to contend with than merely
discussing problems. The experts are responsible to keep notes, evaluate the
patient’s problems carefully, and find a solution for what is causing the
problem. Mental health is never easy since counselors’ everyday evaluate
patients with all types of disorders, diseases and so forth. Experts commonly
study diagnosis such as schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress disorder,
histrionic, antisocial, psychopathic, and so forth every day. Since mental
health has many areas of study, it is often difficult to find a solution. The
many disorders, diseases of the mind, and other related mental health issues
are in constant search of developing strategies that work toward a better
future. Looking at a few of the diagnoses can help us to understand the
practices in mental health. Let us start out light and work our way through a
series of complex mental illnesses. While there are many suffering with eating
disorders and disconnections the problem seem simple to repair, however it is
more complex than many realize. If a person has an eating disorder it is
probably linked to a childhood where negligence came into play. For example,
the patient may have grown up in a home where money was tight. The parents may
have struggled to keep food on the table, and often the child ate one meal per
day. Later the child was able to eat two meals per day however, this amount
decreased again. The problem starts with nutrition. The patient was
malnutrition meaning that a normal eating habit was never developed. Now we
have established a root of the problem, we can see that mental will follow
since the patient probably feels a sense of resentment toward the lifestyle he
or she lived and some of that resentment is on the parents. Regardless of the
effort they may or may have not made to feed the children, it was their responsibility
to find a solution to maintain a healthy living environment. Probably because
this patient was suffering malnutrition the patient was also suffer
insufficient emotional support. This is all grounds for eating disorders and
disconnection to come into focus. Now what if the patient is anorexia or
bulimic? What if the patient has a deeper problem than eating disorders? What
if the patient is putting his or her finger down her throat to throw up? Then
we are looking at medical, mental, and eating disorders combined. As you can
see what seems a simple problem turns into a rollercoaster ride for both the
patient and therapist. What about anxiety disorders? So the person gets upset
now and then. What is the problem we all do this. First, we must understand
that anxiety disorder is not only stress or shaking of the hands when upset.
Anxiety disorders include symptoms such as phobia of public, feelings of
despair, sadness, hysteria, heart palpitations, sexual conflicts, and the list
goes on. Now we started with what seemed to be a simple problem, but after
evaluating a few of the symptoms we can see we are looking at a major problem
that requires extensive evaluation. Panic disorder is another (what seems to be
simple to fix) diagnosis. However, panic disorder like anxiety disorders has
complicated symptoms, including phobia, chest pain, breathing difficulties,
blackouts, and so on. We can see that the disorder has potential risks since
both the body and mind are affected. To treat the disorder we must look at all
aspects of the patients, including the symptoms. Not everyone with panic or
anxiety disorders suffer the same symptoms. In fact, some patients suffer less
than others do. Therefore, we do not have a common ground to stand on, but at
the same time, we have common denominators that can direct us in the right path
to resolve. Practices of mental health are not as simple as many believe. There
is more to mental health than most realizes and this includes the people that
study mental health, since they too are always searching for better solutions
and answers.
Psychogenic and Dissociative Amnesia Mental Health
Now what in the world is this, you might
ask? Psychogenic and Dissociative Amnesia are patients with the inability to
recall information from their past. Most patients that suffer from psychogenic
or Dissociative amnesia has suffered a history of trauma, including rape,
disasters, overwhelming circumstances, and so forth. Most patients suffer
psychosocial stress. With this disorder, it has no surrounding symptoms other
than amnesia and the patient often struggles to recall or remember past events,
and sometimes-current events. This disorder can be easily detected, and not
confused with multiple personality disorders. Multiple Personality Disorder has
far more complicated symptoms than psychogenic or Dissociative Amnesia. Many
patients that suffer from psychogenic or Dissociative Amnesia may suffer
depression since the feeling of memory loss is often overwhelming. Other
diagnoses such as psychogenic or dissociate fugue is another form of amnesiac
disorder. Sometimes these patients will vanish for a short time and often
forget where they were or why they left. Most of the patients suffering this
diagnose has suffered traumatic experiences. Depersonalization Disorders
generally involved dissociation; however, the person breaks off from reality
running to an unreality state. They may illustrate behaviors including dream
state of mind, and distortion from time. They may also suffer depression, dizzy
spells, anxiety attacks, and other related symptoms. Some of the most
complicated disorders in mental health are in constant overview, while the
listed disorders are often easier to treat that the more complex diagnoses. Like
many patients, however the diagnoses must be treated, since amnesia can cause
additional problems. For example, if the person has difficulty remembering then
other people may take advantage of them. This subjects them to pain and
suffering from external sources. If the patient wonders away, they are subject
to harm by other individuals, so it is important to protect them by getting
help. Most patients with these types of disorder are easy to treat and the
symptoms are so minimized that any therapist should be able to determine what
the disorder is right away. Unlike Multiple Personality Disorder where the
patient switches personalities, psychogenic or Dissociative fugue or amnesia
has distinct characteristics. The only difficulty that therapists would have
with detecting the diagnose is that these patients are rare. Amnesia disorders
are often resulting from epilepsy, head injuries, strokes, medical ailments,
and so forth. Alcohol and drugs use has also been said to bring forth symptoms
of psychogenic or Dissociative symptoms. No two people are the same, so the
symptoms may vary in one patient while slightly different in other patients. If
these patients has additional diagnosis, the therapist will probably have
difficulty detected the symptoms of amnesia disorder. With any disorder,
cognitive disorder, disease of the mind, and so forth it is difficult, but some
diagnoses are far more difficulty than others. Therefore, if you notice anyone
that is illustrating symptoms or signs of mental illnesses it is important to
not only take immediate notice, but also find a professional that can help the
patient get well. Professionals that treat standard diagnosis will see upfront
in many cases the direction they are headed, and may begin treatment
immediately, which will help the person cover from his or her distress. Fatigue
is another diagnose that is affected people everyday. Fatigue is a sleep issue
rather than a mental ill handicap; however, it must be treated before sleep
robs them of their life. Most patients suffering from fatigue often experience
depression, exhaustion, drained of energy, headaches, joint and muscle aches
and so forth. Scientists have studied for years this particular mental health
issue and have come up with nothing as the cause for the interruption. From
what I have noticed about fatigue syndrome is that the patients often have
underlying diagnoses, may have suffered medical illnesses, or else is severely
depressed. Patients vary, but for the most part the patient has difficulty
coping since fatigue syndrome sucks their vital energy. If you feel that you
have fatigue syndrome it is best to consult with your physician to eliminate
any physical ailments. You may have some type of illness that a medical doctor
can treat right away and your fatigue syndrome just might disappear.
Questions to Ask Mental Health Experts
If you or someone you love visits a
therapist, there are questions you need to ask to avoid problems. Some
therapists are more advanced than others are, and after 24 of walking in and
out the door of mental health offices, I can tell you that some are not
qualified to diagnose anything that is not common. If you suspect you have a
disorder, the best thing you can do is get accuracy on those symptoms, research
your behaviors, and write them down. If you go to the therapist you will be
ahead of the game, and by learning more about your own behaviors, symptoms, and
so forth can save you from a diagnose you may or may not have. Therapist as a
general rule base their on the thought patterns, which includes hearing and
talking. If the patient shows a disturbance in their thinking patterns, the
therapist will consider psychosis, since this is a symptom related to the
diagnosis. Therapists will search for signs that the patient my demonstrate,
including vague thoughts, fleeting ideas, peripheral
thought patterns, blocking thoughts, disassociation and so forth. Counselors
often search for evidence of schizophrenia or psychosis when there is a break
in reality, paranoia and so forth. Paranoid and Paranoia are separate from the
other, and must not be misconstrued. Professionals could make a mistake in
diagnosis if they are not aware of the difference of paranoia and paranoid.
Schizophrenias are often paranoid, while patients that suffer posttraumatic
stress in the early stages may illustrate paranoia. When a patient answers out
of content, or else the ideas delivered are unrelated to the conversation then
there is a potential mental illness. For example, we are discussing society,
and the patient says, “I never go there. After I get back from Canada
Therapists are constantly studying the mind
and often use the guinea pig method until they figure out what the problem is. It
is always wise to ask questions when you are visiting any therapists since many
make mistakes and your mental health or someone else’s mental health is
important and should not be taking lightly.
Relating to Others with Disabilities
Relating to others with disabilities is
often difficult. If you have a mental illness the only sources that understand
you most times in the mental health experts, and sometimes they fail. I cannot
count on 90 peoples' finger and toes how many patients told me that mental
health experts were not helping them. The patients were complaining about the
medications and treatment they were receiving. The problem may have lain
between the patient and therapist, since sometimes patients do not do their
best to listen and follow instructions. Other times therapist does not do their
best to listen and hear, what the patient is telling them. Regardless,
something is not working, so we need to learn effective strategies that help us
to relate to disabilities. Often when a patient is complaining there is a
source that lead to that complaint. In some cases were the diagnose is affected
by pretense (certain disorders cause patients to complain even if there are not
a problem), while most disabilities there is a source and reason for the
complaint. Here is part of the problem. When the person has a source of complaint,
they are often ignored simply because they have a mental illness. You are
exaggerating is often the sentence used when a mental ill patient complains. In
most cases this is not true, since mental ill patients are often more aware of
their surroundings than the so-called normal minds. Schizophrenias, psychotics,
drug-induced disorders, and a few other types of mental illnesses include
symptoms of hallucination, voices, delusions and illusions. The patients will
complain that their voices are telling them to do something, and although this
is a degree of pretense or misunderstanding, it is important to listen since
the patient is subject to harm him or her self as well as others around. When a
person has an illus ional state of mind and voices outside the head, then there
is no room for disregarding the patient. However, when a patient does not have
symptoms listed above they often are vigilant, and can explain what is
happening to them. One other problem is the therapist or others around the
patient will often attempt to disconnect the patient from his or her complaint.
In other words, they will tell the patient what the problem is, and avoid
hearing what the patient is telling them. Reading
Sexual Disorders and Mental Health
There are several types of sexual
disorders, including pedophilia, sexual masochism, sadism, frotteurism, and so
on. Many therapist find treating patients with sexual disorder complex since
many factors are involved. Experts have linked sexual disorders to biology,
stress, emotional, physiology and so forth. While examining the conflicting
disorders they determined that sexual disorders should be broken into separate
categories, and are often called ‘sexual deviations.’ Taking a look at sexual
masochism the patient often enjoys pain, indulges in sexual fantasy, enjoys
humiliation, ropes, rape, abuse both emotional and physically, mutilation, and
so forth. These types of patients are at serious risk of harming those selves
or others, and are often enduring symptoms of depression, substance abuse,
guilt, and so forth. Any patient with sexual deviations is subject to causing
pain on others, and frequently they progress to more severe status in the
diagnoses. Hypoactive sexual desire disorder is opposite of sexual masochism.
Instead of indulging in excessive sexual activities frequently, the hypoactive
will shun sexual contact. Patients suffering from Hypoactive Sexual Desire
Disorder are often difficult to understand, and symptoms including depression,
stress, and anxiousness often prevent the patient from healing quickly. Sexual
Sadism is another form of sexual deviation where the patient indulges in sexual
fantasies. Like the masochism types, the sadism will often indulge in
pornographic materials. Sadism also enjoying inflicting pain, including
burning, mutilation, torturing, beating and so forth. Again, this is a sexual
deviation disorder, and if not treated it can become very dangerous. From
previous studies and observations, I have noticed that these people when they
are not released from their sexual desires will stalk, hunt, and attempt to
reel someone into their web. If they are unable to find a partner willing to
engage in this behavior, they often go off into a delusional state of mind, and
can and have become highly dangerous in society. Many are ashamed of their way
of thinking, but rarely address the issue. Often the patients are hostage to
several fears and in my experiences; I have seen that helping them to find their
fears is the source for healing. When I consider sexual deviants, I think of
Jeffery Dohmer and several other known predators that tortured, killed,
mutilated, and ate the body parts. What a sick individuals, yet there are
thousands of people around the world with sexual deviations that has not gone
to the level Jeffery has, and may or may not, but it is important to treat them
in case. Exhibitionism is more of the show your penis types in public.
Exhibitionism patients are often satisfied with the shock expression of their
victims, and my illustrate symptoms including low self-esteem, they may not
socialize, and often show immaturity patterns. Pedophilia is another sexual
deviation that the patient indulges in fantasy, and the action of the patient
is usually released on children. Pedophilia patients often suffer insecurities
and the need to dominate, they also suffer other related issues, but this type
must be evaluated and treated to stop from harming others. Most pedophilia
types rarely stop their sexual deviant behaviors. Frotteurism often need to
touch. Often in public, they will locate their selves in an area where they can
get away after making contact with the victim. Symptoms often include,
inability to socialize, fear, shame, inability to assert self, and so forth.
Most Frotteurism patients are often caught in action before they will seek out
professional help. Anyone that suffers a sexual deviant will often resort to
more severe criminal activities if they are not caught. The many rapists, including
serial rapists often have a sexual deviant under the surface. Paraphilias are
another patient that needs immediate psychological treatment. The patient often
suffers urges, and is often stemmed from fantasy, illusion, and pornographic
material, as well as fear. Often the patient will inflict pain, humiliation,
and other harmful tactics toward the partner or victim. They often are excited
by spanking, bondage, restraints, and whipping. There are many types of people
in the world with different types of mental illnesses, but when a person has, a
sexual deviant underlying then there is always a potential risk. NOT all sexual
deviants has killed, raped or abducted, but it does not mean that they will
not.
Situational Management Disabilities
Situational management in mental health is
relating to patients appropriately to find the source of the problem, as well
as finding a solution to fix the problem. Disabilities come in all forms,
including schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress, bipolar, depression, and
multiple personality and so on. When a person has a mental disability we must
always seek out the problems that lay beneath the surface of the diagnose. Each
disability has its own unique symptoms, yet may include symptoms of other
diagnosis. For example, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder has symptoms including
flashbacks and nightmares; likewise, Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD)
(Currently Known as Dissociate Identities) patients often suffer flashbacks and
nightmares as well. Therefore, you must look at all symptoms of each diagnose
before concluding or deducing what we are dealing with. Schizophrenia is
another complicated disability. Psychotics, Schizophrenia and several other
types of diagnoses including different types of schizophrenia often have
similar symptoms. For example, schizophrenias often hallucinate, and so will a
patient with psychosis. The difference in the diagnose is that schizophrenias
often have its own symptoms, and are often more extensive than those with
psychosis. We can see from this information then that we need a situational
management solution in order to deal with each problem in the various diagnoses.
Looking at Schizophrenia the situational
management should be as follow: Schizophrenias should automatically receive
medications to prevent further complications, including harming self and
others. Schizophrenias often need long-term therapeutic treatment, and
management of their life. Often these people cannot find a resolve since Schizophrenia
is often permanent due to the lack of knowledge on the complicated purpose of
the disability. Psychotics are often difficult to treat as well, since little
information is available regarding the problem. Psychotics are another type of
disability that needs long-term treatment and medications to avoid further
complications. When the two go unnoticed, the result could prove disastrous,
since the symptoms are often a potential danger. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
is also complicated, since at one time the diagnose was only issued to war
survivors. Now studies are proving that Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is
extended further than war, and found that many persons today suffer from
Posttraumatic Stress. Although the diagnose has its own complications the
therapist often has to take another route to treat these patients. They often
include medications, but sometimes have to take a different approach in therapy
to treat the patients. Since posttraumatic stress has different levels, the
situational management solution has to conform to the level of posttraumatic
stress. Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is a diagnosis in itself and is not
related to strict mental illness; rather it is more a neurological issue. Multiple
Personality patients are often brilliant, and very observant, simply because
amnesia will carry them to a distant part of the brain. Multiple Personality
Disorder is complicated in the sense very few understand the complexity of the
disorder. To treat this type of diagnose you will need a direct management with
extensive skills. The person that is suffering with this disability is often
easier to treat those common disabilities, simply because the patient will
often submit to the therapeutic treatment, and the only time it becomes extremely
dangerous is through the Integration process. This is because the patient will
relive extreme trauma through Projections and can become dangerous since the
person might harm his or her self. The Projections are an actual event that
took place that included trauma, and the pictures are often real-based making
it difficult for the patient to decipher. Often at this level, the person will
alter and another personality will take the spot. This diagnose is another
long-term treatment, and medications will often cause more harm than good. Bipolar
is another widespread disability that is affecting millions everyday. This
particular disability can be treated with medicines that reconstruct a
particular chemical that is absent from the brain. Regardless of what the
disability is the patient must be treated distinctly from other patients. Even
if a person has bipolar, the symptoms are not always the same in ever case. For
example, one person may have suffered childhood abuse, while another has
suffered the loss of a family member, obviously the first person will also need
situational management that includes trauma reduction remedies.
Somatoform Mental Disorders
What are Somatoform Mental Disorders you
may ask? Somatoform Disorders are ailments of the mind where the symptoms
primarily target the patients’ fear of disease, medical problems, body, and so
forth. Most Somatoform patients share
similar traits including physical warning signs without explanation and mental
symptoms that insinuate that the physical elements of the disorder are related
to the psychological patterns of the mind. Somatoform patients are often
difficult to diagnose since there are other related symptoms in both physical
and mental areas that need explored also. Multiple Sclerosis is one example
that is closely related to Somatoform Disorders, yet the symptoms alter in
various areas. Most patients before they have been diagnosed or believed to
have Somatoform must subject his or her self to a series of Medicinal tests
completed before the diagnose Somatoform is issued. Some symptoms of this type
of disorder may include medical problems that may or may not exist, (long-term),
history of not being able to function emotionally, sociably, and so forth.
Symptoms may also include inconsistencies and/or unclear complaints of
psychical illnesses, as well as physical symptoms that include nausea,
diarrhea, joint aches, and so forth. Often the Somatoform patients are
attention getters, and often abuse substances, while they manipulate others,
and depend on others commonly. Somatoform may or may not have additional
disorders including histrionic and/or antisocial disorders. One example of a
Somatoform Disorder is the Hypochondriasis. Often Hypochondriasis suffers from
fear that may include health. For example, a Hypochondriasis may constantly
complain about symptoms that may or may not exist, as well as worry about
illnesses that may or may not occur. This type of patient may worry about
contact with diseases also. (Note: This is why it is difficult to determine the
diagnose of Somatoform without doing extensive study. OCD or
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder patients will also worry about diseases or
contacting diseases and will repeatedly wash their hands, and often avoid
taking out the trash. The obsession comes into play when the patient refuses,
or illustrates an extreme fear against some action and if forced to so the
patient may become aggressive, or even violent to avoid the task. Compulsive is
the same as obsessive almost since the patient will often compel against
actions that may cause disease.)
One example of Somatoform can be seen as
follow: The patient goes to the doctor and argues regardless of what the doctor
says that no disease is existing. The patient may argue that the diseases are
underdeveloped or tests have not been conducted to detect the disease.
Obviously, the doctor has done every test available and found nothing, but the
patient refuses to believe that a disease does not exist. Another type of
Somatoform is the Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), which consists of anxiety and
depression, as well as OCD traits, and assumed medical conditions that often do
not exist. The patient often will argue that the body is malformed, and will
often disregard reassurance. This type you could argue for hours with and never
get anywhere. The most of these types of disorders are new discoveries and not
a lot of information is available to help us understand the patients and the
symptoms of the diagnoses. Scientist for years has found new disorders that are
stumping them everyday. The best solution for helping these types of people is
to get immediate treatment since most of these people have dangerous traits
included in Somatoform. Antisocial, OCD and Histrionic, and each of these
diagnoses may include violent behaviors. Histrionics, Antisocial and gradually
over a course of time OCD will kill if triggered. Therefore, the diagnosis may
be limited with information regarding the symptoms, but if Antisocial, OCD and
Histrionic are included, series studies and help are needed in treating these
patients. Note: Scientist claim ending Antisocial Behaviors before they start
can provide a healthy and stable environment for the patient and family.
However, Antisocial Disorders (Known as Conduct Disorders before the age of 18)
are said to be hereditary, which I believe an over the first theory and
Antisocial Disorders only escalate to deadly circumstances. Regardless of the
symptoms whether dangerous or not a person should always get an evaluation to
determine the cause.
Mental Health and Traits
When people think
of mental health, they think of mental disabilities or disorders. However,
mental illnesses include traits, disorders, personality, tendencies and so
forth. For example, psychopathic patients may have a personality disorder,
psychopathic tendencies or traits. The level of disorder differs in the sense
traits are less severe than disorder and tendencies. Often people with these
types of disabilities have other diagnostic disadvantages beneath the surface. Let’s
look at a patient with psychopathic traits. This person is less likely to kill
than the person in the next seat with psychopathic tendencies or personality. Although
the symptoms are slightly different, neither diagnosed patient with these types
of diagnoses should be excused from illustrating violent behaviors. In fact,
not everyone with psychopathic disabilities kill. Therefore, to understand
mental health and traits, you must understand the entirety of the diagnoses. Traits
are distinguishing qualities of a single diagnose. The traits may include
similar symptoms illustrated by a full-blown psychopathic, yet not as severe.
For example, psychopathic individuals often enjoy starting fires. A patient
with psychopathic traits may not start fires, but wish they had the advantage
of doing so. These types will often think about the consequences ahead of time,
while psychopathic patients will not. The downside of psychopathic traits is
that if left untreated this person can break off into tendencies and/or personality
disorders, which means danger is lurking closer. Psychopathic like everyone
else has many sides to their personality, including a bossy side, adventurous
side, normal side, eccentric side, and so forth. Psychopathic patients can play
up to a person and that person will see a friendly side that leads him or she
to believe the person is a so-called normal. Yet when the person goes home, he
or she engages in abnormal behaviors including pornographic materials,
obsessive music, and studying the law in an effort to find a loophole to get
away with crime. This person might even go home and calculate a strategy to
harm the individual that thought he or she was normal. What we are looking at
then is a psychopathic individual with the traits leading to tendencies to
kill. We are looking at a personality disorder that is so entangled in a web of
illusionary thinking. Psychopathic often believe and think differently from the
normal society. Some of their thinking is justifiable however; their behaviors
make it difficult for others to listen. We a psychopathic thinks killing will
relieve his or her pain and suffering, this is obviously an unjustifiable
thought. However, if a psychopathic believes that the system is a failure, then
he or she is on track in their thinking, since history has proved his or her
claims. According to statistics, there
are three types of personality disorders that have urges to kill or harm other
individuals. Scientist claims that 4 percent consist of Antisocial Personality
Disorder (APD), 1 percent Psychopathic, and 3 percent Sociopath. Now the common
denominator that the three shares is neither personality type does not have
regards for other peoples rights, nor do they show remorse when they harm
another. All three of these types of personality often walk around with a
deranged look on their face, and all three are deadly. The difference then is
not all sociopaths kill and often this type of personality has fewer symptoms
than a psychopathic personality type. While the statistics claim there is only
1 percent psychopathic in the world, the statistic are blown off the chart as
more of these personality types present them self to society. Many of the
psychopathic also have antisocial personality disorders, while antisocial
personality patients do not always have psychopathic. However, they may
illustrate traits, since like psychopathic, antisocial symptoms include fire
starting, bed wetting, harm to animals and people. As you can see understanding
traits, personality and tendencies if vital since confusing, one or the other
can lead to disaster. The disadvantage of the three listed diagnoses is there
is rarely a solution for ending the ongoing mental illnesses. This means that
therapy often does more harm than good, and that most of the patients with
these diagnoses are destined to crime. Studies are in constant labor working to
find answers, but the more they search it seems with these diagnoses that the
further that head backwards.
Mental Health and Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia has plagued our systems for many years. Today, mental health experts are finding more cases of schizophrenia than they counted in the past. Schizophrenia is nothing to play with, and anyone ignoring this diagnose is only throwing fuel to the fire. Schizophrenia has several levels of diagnostic symptoms, yet anyone with schizophrenia should be treated IMMEDIATELY. If you know anyone with symptoms including Paranoid, Paranoia, Hallucinations, Voices, and so on, contact a professional RIGHT NOW! Do not wait, since the more schizophrenia develops the more others, including the patient are at risk of dangers. I am a survival of a father that suffered Paranoid Schizophrenia, and anyone around these people are subject to danger, pain, suffering, misery, and more. Not only does this type of patient suffer, anyone around them will undergo tremendous pain and suffering. Common words that schizophrenia’s relate to others is, “they are coming to get me,” or they tell you that the CIA/KGB is out to get them. Hallucinations affect the sensory in the sense it conveys messages or else nerve impulses to the sense organs, and singles the message to the nerve centers, thus creating a suspicious force. Therefore, the patient is often suspicious of everything that is near him, including objects, people, places, things and so forth. Once the suspicion sets in, (if they do not drive you crazy by this time) they may act out violently believing they are defending. Next to a psychopathic or sociopath, schizophrenias are nothing to take lightly. Since the TWIN area of the brain is affected, and the mind is broke off from reality most times, it is important to treat these patients immediately. Medication in this case is needed to prevent episodes of schizophrenia. Schizophrenias often hallucinate when they observe things around them, perceive sounds that affect or trigger their symptoms, smell orders, taste, and even sense or feel things around them. Researchers for years have been astounded by this diagnosis, and are struggling constantly to find answers to the many questions regarding schizophrenia. I won’t go into great detail, but in some cases when schizophrenias are saying they are coming to get me, we might need to step back and evaluate this common saying more closely. Hallucinations are similar to or the same as psychotic breaks, since the patient often looses contact with reality. The voices often tell them (dangers alert), which is often untrue. One example of a Paranoid Schizophrenia episode can be seen with the Oklahoma Bomber. If you notice anyone around you that laughs for no apparent reason, shout at the air, constant muttering during periodicals, covers ears, and so on, this person may be a victim of schizophrenia. Most patients with schizophrenia are often suffering by the age of 13 and up, and most times a patient is not treated until later in life, simply because professionals play around with debate. This is because certain symptoms of schizophrenia are found in other types of disorders as well. The downside is when a schizophrenia is not treated early they often break off into paranoid mode and this is when the diagnosis is at its most dangerous stage. Schizophrenias often reason with the voices. If they begin hearing the voices in their head, (Schizophrenias have voices within the mind) the patient may claim the voices are from God, Satan, or even an alien. The visual perspective of schizophrenia breaks is slightly similar to the voices. Often schizophrenias believe that are sensing or seeing others around them talking when they are not. They may tell you that the KGB or the CIA came to the door, when it the deliveryman dropping off a package. Many professionals today are claiming that mania or depression has symptoms similar to schizophrenia. Voices are an example that professionals are claiming affects depressed or bipolar patients. I second-guess them since I’ve been around schizophrenias, depressed individuals as well as bipolar patients, and from experience, I believe that the latter are suffering thought processing patterns that are misunderstood as voices. Anyone with depression, bipolar or mania often suffers suicidal tendencies, which is not common in schizophrenia. Schizophrenias would much rather kill than die, although there has been few cases reported of suicidal behaviors.
Mental Health and History
There is not one single moment in our
lifetimes that something has not affected our mental health. We all touched by
war, hate, prejudice inappropriate materials, actions, influences and so forth.
There is not one individual in a world that has not or will not be affected by
some act of violence, hate, et cetera. The problem is how we handle it and how
much we work to eliminate the behaviors and influences from our lives. We all
have a degree of control. We all can say we do not want this behavior or
influence in our lives and work hard to terminate it permanently. If we are
drinking or drugging heavily we are affecting out mental health and bodies. If
we are obsessively worrying, we are affecting out mental and physical health. We
all have bills to pay, most of us have kids to rise, and some of us have
additional problems that others just do not have. For example, the common
person struggles to pay bills, take care of the family and meet someone else’s
expectations. Some of us however must deal with symptoms including,
hallucinations, delusions, illusions, violent outbursts, mood swings, panic
attacks, and so forth. It was not enough that the world is troublesome that
these individuals had to be struck with an unforeseen force that controls their
lives every single day, making it even more difficult than the average to
survive. We all have to survive distorted information as well as learned
behaviors and therefore this too makes it more complicated to deal with an
extra problem some of the people in the world deal with. You would think since
these people have a disability and struggle harder than others do, that people
would be more sympathizing. Instead, most people shun, poke fun at, mock, and
add more problems to the mental ill patient’s life than what he or she already
has. Therefore, our history is always adding more problems. The more history
comes forward or moves backward the more examples, influences and behaviors
come in focus. The cruel, ugly, harsh people in the world, coupled with the
harsh ruling of the leaders of the world, and bound by the false teachings
around the globe, we are definitely heading for destruction rather than
recovery. Mental ill people are special people that were picked out from the
rest, since these people have a message to relate to others. Most patients with
mental illness are brilliant and can tell you something you did not know if you
only let them. Under the mental problem lies a person suffering because of
history, genetics, the legal system, and the social environments. Underneath
that devastated mind lies a person ready to tell you what is going on if you
would only listen. This person if giving the chance to talk will tell you more
about history than any book you will ever read. This person is going to tell
you how the influences in his lifetime passed on their beliefs and behaviors to
him. This person is going to tell you that his beliefs were crushed since he or
she was forced to conform to other beliefs in society and in the political and
legal system. This person is going to lay out a structural foundation that was
missed and hit at the same time. Everything a mentally ill person has said, is
being noticed somewhere around the world today. Even a paranoid schizophrenia
said something that many people laughed at, mocked, humiliated, and
disconnecting him or her from reality. For example, paranoid schizophrenias are
notorious for saying ‘they are out to get me.’ The fact is if you pay
attention, the person is not lying, since we see it in our political world, our
legal world, and even in society. Everyday the law is increasing their control
over society. Everyday the political leaders are taking us into a chaotic
world, and everyday society is killing, raping, torturing, and the list goes
on, yet most people say it cannot happen to me. The fact is, not so long ago
terrorists did hit us all. Now do you see where they are coming to get you?
They reached all the way over from across seas to try to destroy America I. these people are a
part of our lives that are relating a message, while calling out for help.
Medicines in Mental Health
You walk into a moderately business office sit down a chair in a well-dressed lobby and wait for your name to be announced. Finally, it comes and you are assessed by an intake worker, finally sent to a therapist a week later, and then recommended to the staff psychiatrist. In this short time, you were diagnosed with Bipolar, Depression, which is an element of bipolar, and posttraumatic stress disorder. You also have a history of Diabetes, High-Blood Pressure, and Allergies. Now the doctor is not aware of the inflammatory fiber nerve disease underlying the symptoms. You continue to visit the mental health experts complaining constantly of your symptoms, and they begin treating you like a Hypochondriasis. (Someone occupied with health issues and most times are exaggerated)…you begin feeling confused, disappointed with the therapist, and decide to go to see a physician that finds a fiber nerve disease, which proves that you complaints are valid. However, you were already given prescriptions for psychotic and depressive symptoms. You begin taking the medications and suddenly your insurance policy stops payment on the drug Effexor XR. Suddenly, you explode feeling aggressive, wanting to kill, wanting to die, wanting to harm and there is no explanation since these feelings has never occurred to this magnitude before you took the antidepressants prescribed. Now the problem has increased and you are searching desperately for an answer, yet you find nothing. What went wrong you might ask? Well, Effexor XR is given to patients with depression and bipolar symptoms. Since Effexor is said to target the brain chemicals increasing the Norepinephrine and Serotonin in the brain, it is claimed to eliminate symptoms of depression and bipolar. Now Effexor XR is notorious (once the medication is stopped abruptly) for increasing behaviors including, suicidal thinking, impulsive behaviors, violent outburst and so forth. The Prescription has caused increase in Blood making it a bad deal for patients with High-Blood Pressure. Now you went to the therapist to fix a problem and your problems has increased dramatically at it is all because of health care, mental health, medical, and so on. You start feeling that it cannot get any worse, but the doctors continue increasing your medicines prescribing Tenormin (Atenolol) for your pain and after prescribing numerous doses of inflammatory prescriptions, which lead to stomach disorders, you are now taking meds to control your stomach. Moreover, it does not stop here. Next, you are given Impramine HCL for pain, Tramadol for pain, and rotated between antidepressants finally prescribed Effexor XR again. If you are feeling alone you are not, since many times doctors, mental experts, and health care providers make this mistake excessively many times to count. It is ludicrous to go to mental health experts all to find severe complications exploding your life and you are the one to blame, when in reality these experts made a serious mistake. Since the mental health expert obviously had no choice but to eliminate Hypochondriasis, and claim that they were only searching for answers to the problem (making excuses) you finally say I am searching for another mental health expert, since you have no idea what you are doing. You go to the next office; sit, wait, and when you are called you talk to an intake worker, then a therapist, and finally a psychiatrist. You go through the same procedures wondering if these experts are smarter than the other experts you just left, and soon find yourself on Effexor XR, Impramine HCL, Tramadol, and a variety of other medications. I told you people what happen before you tell the experts, yet they ignore your cries and tell you to take your medications as prescribed. Are we fixing problems or are we adding to the many problems we face every day. Some mental diagnoses were later proven a medical problem or central nervous interruption that created a series of symptoms delusional to mental health experts, believing that the patient was mentally ill. Caught in a web of testing and despair we often fight to find a reason that our minds are tricking us into acting out of accordance to the so-called normal. The solution is right in front of them in most cases, yet everyone is turning their heads and looking for another answer.
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
The Deviant in Mental Health
According to statistics the deviant in
mental health is always, the professionals since these people are striving to
submit their patients to the so-called norms. The so-called norms are said to
be people that conform to a standard set of rules, and often believe similar in
contrast. This means that everyone is everyone else and few are who they really
are. Mental health is overrated in many instances. For example, if a counselor
believes one way he or she will not falter at the voices of the patient’s
belief. If the patient believes that he or she is physically ill and the
counselor see no evidence of the claim, the professional will often take for
advantage that the patient is ill. However, if the patient goes to the doctor, tests
are run, and then the who is the deviant. The game of cat and mouse is always
played in mental health and mental illness since everyone wants to be right. Is
it any wonder mental illnesses are increasing and counselors are sitting in
their comfortable chairs trying to figure out what is going on? Anyone that
goes to a mental health professional is almost certain to receive an instant
diagnose. The intake worker alone will evaluate a patient searching for
evidence that complies with the Insurance coverage. They will then ship the
patient over to a therapist and possibly onto a psychiatrist. The chain never
ends. Too many times when patients visit a therapist the professional will take
for advantage that he or she is educated and the patient is a misfit. They
often will talk, but listening is minimal. First, it takes years if not a
lifetime to treat a patient with paranoid schizophrenia, and most times the
patients are covered with Medicaid/Medicare and neglected throughout the course
of treatment. Mental health experts are in constant battle trying to find
answers too many questions. Today there are experts admitting that listening to
the patient is proving more fruitful. It is time we all look at the problems
going on in the world and start taking it more serious, rather than
disregarding the problems. It is a shame that too many mentally ill patients
are sitting in jail, simply because someone did not listen and no one did
anything toward finding a resolve.
Mental illness as defined is a series of
minds that manufacture behaviors that are reworked copies of a social
existence. According to studies, the behaviors of mental ill patients often
infringe on the so-called normal society. One of the most common traits in
mental illnesses according to professionals is denial. Here is where we stop.
Denial > Mentally Ill > When a counselor makes a mistake in many cases
they put the blame on the patient or faulty teachings. Few rarely take
responsibility for their wrong. Political > When the leaders of the world make
mistakes they often search the world for someone else to blame....Religion >
When religious leaders are persecuted or else wrong, many find a way to blame
the victims or candidates involved. When society makes mistakes, they often
find someone else to blame. When the law makes mistakes in most cases, it’s
always someone else’s fault. Denial…I think you better taking a deeper look at
who is in denial, since patients sitting across from a professional asking for
help are admitting there is a problem.
There are many areas we can review, but the
deviant is not always sitting across the room looking into the eyes of a
mentally ill person. We can also look closer at the so-called norms of society
and see they have their own set of problems. If we all conform to a set of
beliefs that has proven failure, what makes the person (s) think they are
mentally stable. If people are sitting down letting everyone around them
control their lives and rarely standing up for their own beliefs…who says they
are mentally stable. Mental illnesses go deeper than many are aware, since
nearly everyone in the world is suffering some type of abnormal behavior copied
from other behaviors. Someone else influences everyone; therefore, we all lost
our values and morals somewhere along the way.
The Mentally Impaired
The mentally impaired are struggling
everyday to survive a game of cat and mouse. Scientists are constantly coming
up with new answers, which they believe is helpful to treating many of the
mental illness. Scientist are also battling amongst them selves one believing
this and the other believing that…is it any wonder mentally impaired is on the
rise? At one point, we all felt like the whole damn world has gone mad. At one
point in our life, we all lost control and acted out on our emotions and
feelings. There are few people on the planet that can say they never felt crazy
at one time in their life. So, what separates us from the mentally impaired? The
world is a crazy place to live, and we all endure crazy moments in our life. If
you believe that you have not shared a moment of madness with a mentally ill
person, then you are misleading yourself. In this article, we are going to look
closely in the mind of a mentally impaired individual. Mentally impaired
individuals often examine the world differently from most people. They may feel
that the world is tumbling down on them. They may also feel that the world is
out to get them. In one way, they are not wrong. The world is tumbling down in
a sense. When we think of the wars around us, the terrorist attacks, the cost
of living increases and so forth, how is it that the world is stable? If we
look at the terrorist attacks, increase of law rule and regulations, political
let downs, and so on, how is it that the people of the world are not out to
make our lives difficult? Evaluating patients is never an easy task simply
because sorting through their beliefs, way of thinking, and words they stress
we must look at all angles carefully. Some patients suffer panic attacks,
anxiety interruptions, mood swings, suspicion, illusions, delusions,
hallucinations, and so on. Where are they coming from? How does one person
endure voices in their head while another person struggles with the voices out
side of their head? When a paranoid schizophrenia tells you that he or she
suspects that the CIA/KGB is out to get them, do we really know where this came
from? Let us look closer inside the mind of a paranoid schizophrenia that often
believes the CIA/KGB people that are busy in the bigger world hunt him or her. Have
you ever done something wrong, whether it was illegal or not and got away with
it? If you have what did you feel? You probably felt guilt, remorse, shame, and
other related feelings. If you did not then you might want to get your head
checked. You may even go through short spans of paranoia. This is common when a
person is wrong. Now we can see that a paranoid schizophrenia probably did
something wrong in his or her lifetime and got away with it. We can also see
that the person unlike the majority of us that can deal with it, the patient
allows the paranoia to take over completely. Most likely, a paranoid
schizophrenia was taught wrong, or listened to ideas that lead him or her to
believe the way they think and feel. They often lack communication skills, and
are often misinformed. Now if a person is in constant belief of what he or she
learned, thought, felt, and so on, it merely means that the mind is scrambled
like eggs and the shells are shattered. We also must look at the fact that the
Twin in a paranoid schizophrenias brain is abnormal in most cases. We must also
look into the background and hereditary of the person since in most cases there
is definitely a history. One example clarified this when a paranoid
schizophrenia was studied closely. It was found that the mother had
interruptive behaviors, including violent outbursts, unstable thinking, invalid
beliefs, and so on. Many times when we look back in the history of the patient,
we can see there is a pattern in the making. What separates us, is that we are
all individual distinct from the other, and we all have a history of mental
illness somewhere down the chain.
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
The Mind outside the Mind
What determines if a person is mentally ill
and what determines if the person is not? According to the various individuals
the definitions are all different, however if a persons thinking process is off
balance you are more than likely going to find a mental illness, regarding if
it is revolving around a physical cause. The mind has played tricks on even the
so-called sane individuals in the world. When the mind creeps in suspicions, loss
of thought, inability to say what is on your mind, and so on. More than likely
you are fine, however if these symptoms are ongoing you had better get help
now. The experts in Social Scientist often interchange the terms mentally ill
and disorders since one term means that a patient has a disturbance in normal
patterns and the other means that a patient will need ongoing treatment for the
disturbances. We cannot always rely on the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) for the definition of
mentally ill simply because the book is in constant change as APA members find
new information each year. Most information in the book is valuable but every
year new studies are finding out more about each diagnosis. Researchers and
analyst often base their insight on gender, race, background, class, and so on,
as well as comparing mental illnesses to several case studies. According to
criminal justice experts, the mentally ill is found in homeless environments
and/or jail. However, this is far from the truth, since we have cops, lawyers,
judges, political leaders, religious leaders, painters, actors, actresses and
others in the neighborhood going to jail, and even sometimes homeless. Mentally
ill in definition is someone that is not conforming to the way a group thinks,
believes, acts et cetera. This means if you do not go along with the laws and
political leaders’ beliefs or societies’ beliefs then you may be deemed the
mentally ill. According to many experts in the field of psychology, criminal
system, and so on, mentally ill patients were abused and disassociated from
society at one time and often confined in a jail like institution and the
authorities were the crooks inside the hospital. This is dehumanizing,
punishing, and individual simply because they are said to have a mental
illness. Corrupted systems bring forth corrupted people, therefore their
examples has brought on more problems than what we all needed. The criminal
experts, mental health experts, and others are constantly making grave mistakes
throughout there studies and often everyone suffers, yet the blame is turned on
the patients and others in society. Denial! Since we all have equal rights and
it was a violation of these peoples’ rights in the early days when mentally ill
patients were institutionalize and sometimes for no apparent cause, at all it
is vital to undo what has been done by acting human and giving these people a
status in life. Mentally ill patients are often brilliant individuals that
suffer from a disorder. A few mentally ill patients will commit crimes, but not
all of them will. For example, a woman suffers retardation, yet she hates the
way the world submits to bile, such as pornographic, excessive violence, rape,
nudity, and other areas of discussed that is openly acknowledged in the world
as impure behaviors, yet the system will allow it. Now who is really retarded?
Obviously not the woman since she hates what is wrong. Another case scenario
can be seen when a mentally ill individual is out in public and someone needs
help, including lifting groceries and this person will help, while another
person without a mental illness will disregard the need of the pedestrian. Now
who is mentally ill? The person that was not willing to help is probably
affected by the unlawfully teachings that go on in society, in the justice
system and in the political world, and due to his or her fear or else selfish
behaviors this person illustrated more mentally ill symptoms than the diagnosed
person illustrated. My point is, mentally ill are often wiser to the truth than
those that are said to not be mentally ill, and the mentally ill are often showing
humanity while the rest of the world is dehumanizing.
The Psychic Minds in Mental Health
What is the psychic mind and how does it
take part in mental health? Psychogenic lies outside of scientific insight and
is often linked to religious ritualistic and supernatural forces, which are
often marked by influences, perception, sensory, morals, immaterial, and so
forth. It has been witnessed by few that trauma patients often have a higher
level of perception and sensory tools and have been known to have sixth senses
and shared pains. This is a new subject that will be addressed later, but I
wanted to separate the two. The two are separate from the psychic mind and
often linked to the sources. The many psychic minds around the world believe
they can communicate with the dead and predict an unforeseen episode. Is it
possible that a person can go into another world and speak with those of the
past? We will see!
The many people in the world that has
helped police officers find murders, help families get in contact with the
other world, and has endured attacks on their own lives may not have a psychic
intellect, rather they may have an underlying mental illnesses that creates an
delusional outlook. We can look at magic practice, which is a series of acts
that include illusion and delusion. What happens is the person is led to
believe that an act is real when in fact it is not. Another example can be seen
in the so-called healers. These people lead others to believe that they can
make another individual walk if he or she is in a wheel chair. I learnt
information on this subject including that in one case the person had a van
parked out in the lot and microphones connected to another individual that
acted out the part, and the person in the wheel chair was never paralyzed in
the first place. State of illusion-delusion and this happens often in our
system. How is this linked to mental illness? Well we can see that the person
is an impulsive-compulsive liar that gets rich off misleading others. We are
alert to the fact that when a person illustrates a damning behavior it often
leads to problems that are more dangerous. Now we come back to the psychic mind
where these people are misled into believing they have contact with other
worlds and can predict or foreseen outdated. Most likely, the person had some
connection in the first place, whether the information was in a book read and
forgotten or what-have you. We know from sources that anyone practices magic,
employing divination, mediums, sorcerers foretellers and so forth were all
recording throughout the history and we are aware that these people are
considered evil. Evil however is the source of the problem, while the
individual may be thoroughly deceived and probably suffering underlying causes
that make them believe as well as make others believe they have a natural
ability to talk to the dead. The fact is mind over matter is powerful and can
become deadly if a person is twisted in their beliefs and thinking process. The
mind alone is powerful and can play tricks with the mind that many will
struggle to understand. However if we practice vigilant, and work toward
enhancing our skills to hear and listen, as well as reading between the lines,
we are working toward a healthy mind that very few will have the opportunity to
deceive. This article in no way intended to hurt other person’s feelings,
rather it is geared to help the audience learn mental health issues, the mind,
and why things happen. It is also geared to help the audience see how jealousy,
envy, lies, hate, and other elements play a large role in mental health and mental
illnesses. Many people in the world suffer mental illnesses and often are not
aware of this fact until the behavior that initiated the illness grew into a
series of behaviors and thinking processes that escalate to madness. The world
has many problems and until we all face up to reality and truth we are never
going to find the answers to the many problems that often sit in front of our
faces.
Monday, 17 August 2015
Therapeutic Strategies in Mental Health
There are many therapeutic strategies in
mental health, and each depends on the patient and the diagnoses. For example,
therapist will often use what is known as eclectic
technique therapy for group meetings.
The focus of this therapeutic strategy is to get the patient to stay focused,
voice their values and beliefs freely without feeling threatened, learn to pay
attention, teaching the patient to accept responsibility and so forth. In most
events, the groups consist of Interpersonal,
Psycho educational, support, and psychotherapy groups. Many of the patients
that attend each of the groups have difficulty socializing, staying focused,
trusting others, and are often emotional immature or underdeveloped. Most of
the patients were subjects of harsh society and impractical parent/educational
up bring. The patients were probably ridiculed, mocked, punished, and so forth.
The point then is to bring the patient to a point of survival that does not
include fear. Another strategy used in therapy is the life-picture map which is a method used to bring a person back to
the current times. Often the patient will draw pictures that link to their past
finally focusing on their status in life, and then onto their goals in life.
For example, what do you see in the picture? I see myself standing on a bridge and a car is nearby but I cannot see
the man’s face. It is evident that this bridge, car and man is outdated and
may have brought forth fear in the individual. Therefore, we can ask the
patient did this man hurt you. I am not
sure, I feel uncomfortable, but I do not know why? Ok, let us move on and
look at the picture drawn that illustrates you status in life. What do you see
in the picture? I see a person confused
and hurt. We can see that the person was hurt from this experience, so our
next step is to bring the patient to the point of acceptance after opening up
the doors to the past. Next, we move onto the goal intended, which is the
patient’s future. What do you see in the picture? I see a person striving to obtain his goals. I see that the person has
obstacles that he must overcome to reach those goals. Great, now we are on
the road to recovery. The patient sees hope. We must achieve this goal.
Schema-Focused
Cognitive Therapy is a
strategy utilized in therapy to bring the patient (s) to a level of feeling and
understanding his or her inner being and what caused the areas of trouble. For
example if a person has a pattern of self-destructive behaviors, such as
outrageous outbursts. This means the patient was taught to shout, scream, kick,
fight or what-have you and the therapist needs to reconstruct the patient
bringing him or her out of the habit and helping them to relate to a new way of
dealing with the problem. It is obvious the patient was taught incorrectly and
he or she may have endured pain and suffering related to abuse, neglect, and/or
violence. Systematic Desensitization is
geared to help patients that are diagnosed with anxiety disorders and/or
symptoms. The technique is a trigger-anxiety strategy that helps the patient sees
where the triggers are in his or her attacks. For example if the patient has
difficulty when the phone rings, since he or she is behind on the bills, it may
cause an attack for the patient. The patient obviously does not know how to
deal with the problem and is threatened by the sources on the other end of the
phone. The patient will need to learn management skills that will help him or
her find a method that works best for him or her to relieve the problem area. The
patient also has an issue with avoidance, so therefore we need the patient to
take responsibility and face up to his or her problem. We can also see that the
patient has suffered a degree of abuse, neglect, and/or underdeveloped growth.
Therapy is proving far more achieving than medications and today more
strategies and techniques are in development, helping the mentally ill to the
road of recovery.
Trauma and Mental Health
Trauma is a result of
battering, witnesses a horrible attacks, enduring an accident/incident,
terrorist, and so on. Anytime a person is subject to violence, it brings forth
trauma, whether it is in small doses or extreme doses. Posttraumatic Stress
Disorders (war shock) was only linked to combat, but recently mental health
experts are finding that more individuals are subject to Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD). Generally, people that suffer Multiple Personality Disorder
often have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder underneath. It is often difficult to
detect this since people with Multiple Personality Disorder alters or changes
personalities. Some of the personality types may not illustrate any symptoms of
mental illness, while others may illustrate extreme symptoms. Most patients
with Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) were subject to extreme abuse as a
child, which means these people suffered severe trauma from the get-go. Now,
the people that do not have Multiple Personality would have to undergo
traumatic experiences, or witness traumatic attacks. It depends on the mind but
some people can witness an accident and it won’t faze them, while others can
witness a similar accident and it could lead them into PTSD symptoms. This type
of mind is often suffering with other problems, and the problem has not been
detected, while the person that was not affected probably had excellent coping
skills. Most likely, the person affected survived traumas long before this
accident took place. Trauma affects us all differently and some more than
others. When a person endures trauma it is essential to get help immediately,
since trauma often plays with the mind. A person will often endure sleepless
nights, nightmares, anxiety and panic attacks and so forth. The issues bring
forth more complications since the nerves are tortured and the person might
resort to alcohol or drugs to relieve the symptoms. Flashbacks are common with
trauma patients, and flashbacks can be dangerous since the person looses contact
with the here and now. Rather the patient will go back in time to the event or
one of the series of events that caused the trauma and they often stay stuck
there for a few minutes or longer. If someone is around them and that person
does not have understanding other complications can occur. Patients with
Posttraumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) are often treated with various
medications, including Trazadone. Trazadone is often great for relieving
stress, reducing night sweats, and nightmares, as well as other symptoms of
posttraumatic stress. Another great solution for trauma patients is to take
Natural Herbs, including Mental Alert remedies, Multiple Vitamins, especially
saturated with B-Complex, and so on. The natural herbs are great, and if you are
seated on a healthy diet this too is helpful to reduce posttraumatic stress
symptoms. The more you take care of you, the more your symptoms will run the
other way. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is nothing to play around with, since
the symptoms are ‘combat.’ In other words, when you endure an attack, the
person often feels like he or she is on a battlefield and everyone around them
is the enemy. The symptoms leave no room for concentration, understanding, and
even affect the person’s ability to hear what is said to him or her. Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder starts out with smaller symptoms and gradually works up to
deeper symptoms if not treated. The sleepless nights alone leave the patient
open for triggers. Triggers are sound, smell, voices, taste, and so forth.
There are many elements in society that can trigger an episode of Posttraumatic
Stress. It is also important to minimize your entertainment habits. If possible,
avoid movies that will startle, fright, or trigger your symptoms. Movies that
are animated or comedies are great sources of entertainment that will spare you
a posttraumatic stress attack. You want to remember that when the nervous
system is affected then so is the body and mind. In other words, the more
attacks you have from posttraumatic stress put your heart and body at risk of
physical illnesses. Finally, it is important to seek help, take care of
yourself, and avoid any element in society that will trigger your symptoms,
including people if necessary. Isolation in one form is not as bad as suffering
posttraumatic stress symptoms.
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