Social isolation, poor housing, unemployment and poverty are all linked to mental ill health. So stigma and discrimination can trap people in a cycle of illness. The situation is exacerbated by the media. Media reports often link mental illness with violence, or portray people with mental health problems as dangerous, criminal, evil, or very disabled and unable to live normal, fulfilled lives. 2.2 How mental illness can have an impact on the individual: Psychologically: - person may become paranoid and therefore exclude him or her self -person may become paranoid and therefore hurt others who she/he fears will try to hurt him/her -person may become isolated and therefore out of touch with other people and reality in general -person may feel unloved even if it is not true -person may feel like he/she is a threat to society and therefore attempt suicide emotionally: -person may feel isolated, unloved, paranoid, panicked and non-human (read Francis Kafka's The Metamorphosis)
These can range from side effects such as restlessness and irritability to becoming addicted to the drug and dependant on others. They can cause the user to become emotionally unstable and possibly suffer a loss of inhibitions. Many anti-psychotic
The drug addicts lose all respect for themselves and these addictions end up taking over their lives. Maybe the addicts are right when they say the addictions are their own fault and aren’t a reflection towards their troubled childhood. Addicts may just get caught up in the wrong situation at the wrong time and end up getting addicted to a drug just to fit in with peers. Drug addictions will create emotional distress no matter whose fault it
“Meth causes the blood vessels to constrict; it cuts off the steady flow of blood to all parts of the body. Heavy usage can weaken and destroy these vessels, causing tissues to become prone to damage and inhibiting the body's ability to repair itself.” (Visible Signs, paragraph 1) A really big appearance change that happens when using this drug is the aging process. The body loses the elasticity and luster that causes you to look young in such a short amount of time. Another really bad thing that can happen to your body with all the Methamphetamine use is the hygiene of the mouth. “The drug causes the salivary glands to dry out, which allows the mouth's acids to eat away at the tooth enamel, causing cavities.” (Meth Mouth, second
Also, one of the main ingredients called THC as a hallucinogen will disturb users’ sensory experience. “THC causes animals to misjudge events,” reported Ronald Siegel (Myers116), which means that THC would increase the dose of cocaine Houston takes because after taking marijuana, Houston was unable to realize that she had overdosed on cocaine and kept taking it. Therefore, taking marijuana and cocaine at the same time results in a chemical reaction to drive users take more cocaine, which strengthen depressed feelings eventually. Xanax, as an antianxiety drug, relieves users’ nervous tension by slowing down the movement of chemicals in the brain that may cause unbalance of chemicals, and it will calm central nervous system to cause sleepiness as well. So the dizziness caused by Xanax makes Whitney Houston unconscious when she was in a
There are some side effects that will eventually show if these unnatural steroids keep being used. For example, some side effects that are bad for the user are, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, mood swings, impotency shrunken testicles and severe acne and even cancer. A well known side effect is roid rage, where a person can become completely enraged over little things that happen. A person who uses anabolic steroids can get to the point where they totally lose control over their emotions. There have been studies that have proven that the mind is affected by the use of anabolic steroids.
Physical symptom of the disease includes lack of coordination, uncontrolled movements and problems with eating and swallowing. This will cause for a need of a nurse or all day care of the person because they will not be able to perform task on their own. Behavioral problems are said to come from damage to the brain as the disease progress frustration and depression has a serious affect on the person. Everyone does not go through the same sypmptom people are affected differently. The disease can consist of : clumsiness, uncontrolled continual muscular contractions, loss of balance, slurred speech, walking difficulty and stumbling, and falling.
You start to sell your belongings just to get the drug and at times you might get so violent. For example, you get so intoxicated by the drug that you hit your own parents, friends or siblings. Slowly you start to get angry over things and when you take P, you are not in control of yourself. This drug makes you do things that you as yourself would not do. Low self-esteem is one of the things that would affect you you start to not believe in yourself etc.
Typically, people with depression find it hard to go about their day-to-day activities and may also feel that life is not worth living. People with depression may take antidepressants, which are psychiatric medication to alleviate symptoms. When taken, antidepressants affect the nervous system in your body, mainly your neurotransmitters. There are several forms of depression. Major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder are the most common.
Too much of anything can produce an addiction whether its drugs, food, gambling, or even the internet. However the effect that alcohol and drugs produces can cause loss of productivity and physical dependence. Within addiction its primary feature is that the addict shows psychological dependence on the addiction and without the substance they are unable to maintain a normal life. When addicts become extremely dependant on drugs it causes loss of sense of reality and the withdrawal symptoms can cause a psychological change in the body resulting in pain or even medical