In the movie “The Snake Pit” the main character Virginia Cunningham apparently suffers from some mental breakdown and is involuntarily committed to a mental health facility where she is treated with electroconvulsive shock treatments, physical restraints and sedation. In the movie “The Soloist”, the main character, Nathaniel Ayers is a middle age man apparently suffering from Schizophrenia. The unrelenting voices in his head torment him. He has been chronically homeless, estranged from his family and vulnerable for decades. One could argue that Mrs. Cunningham was in a safe environment albeit dank, dreary and prison-like, but she was “protected” from harm during this most difficult time in her life.
A piece of evil had entered me.” (Bazelon, 2007) We cannot assume all patients have the same post trauma, this woman may have had a psychological disorder, or received extreme amounts of pressure or stress before encountering her abortion. Statistically, after a study in California of medicare patients who received abortions, researchers say that 44% complained of nervous disorder, 31% had regrets about the abortions and 11% were prescribed psychotropic drugs by medical doctors (AfterAbortion, 2011). Putting into perspective that this studying was strictly done in California can allow for a bias opinion, as different parts of the country have different religions, cultures and abortion laws or
He presented himself so that I empathized with the main character and his struggle to find the truth, answers, help the other patients, and escape off the island. In the beginning, I was just as suspicious as the main character, which was convinced that he was being drugged to be experimented on. It was not until the very end of the movie through the explanation of Doctor Cawley that the audience and I realized the main character was actually a patient there because of his severe case of PTSD, which is also known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, this is a serious condition that can develop after a person has experienced or witnessed a traumatic or terrifying event in which serious physical harm occurred or was threatened. The PTSD is what triggered his Dissociative Identity Disorder, which is the existence in one individual of two or more distinct personality states that each have its own patterns of perceiving, relating and thinking of environment. Andrew Latus (Leonardo DiCaprio) was in the army during the time of World War 11 during which time he had to endure millions of deaths and traumas.
He didn’t start off where he is now, the mental disorder got worse over time. According to Gelder 1989, for the longest time, schizophrenia was seen as a “functional disorder,” with some doctors calling it a sociological phenomenon, meaning that patients with the disease are normal people driven insane by the insane world. Things have definitely changed due to the efficiency of mental health medication and a lot of biological research. Schizophrenia is estimated to affect as many as one in every
It was stated several times that these anti-psychotic medications are used to treat adults with bipolar disorder and their side effects have never been studied in children, so these parent are using their children as what I would call a “lab rat” some sort of science experiment, unbelievable! The treatment of a “temper tantrum” is a good parent. The one thing that really upset me was after the report of the four year old girls death there was another parent whom watched the news story about her, she seemed genuinely concerned being her son takes five or six different anti-psychotic medication she made an appointment to address her concerns, them leaves with another medication. Wow! I have strong opinions on medicating children.
However, when information is removed from textbooks, part of history is distorted. Due to this alteration of facts, the agony and despair felt by the victims of unimaginable and devastating acts would be forgotten. For example: “Leilani Muir was 10 when her mother committed her to Alberta’s Provincial Training School for Mental Defectives. On the Basis of a single IQ test, she was labeled a ‘moron’. Four years later, she was admitted to the school clinic, supposedly to have her appendix removed.
He was soon diagnosed with schizophrenia and moved to an insane asylum, where he died three years later. Though many thought of the Scottsboro Boys’ trials when reading her novel , Mr. Walter Lett would be the inspiration for Harper Lee’s character, Tom Robinson (Charles J. Shields 118-120). Harper’s father, Amasa Coleman (A.C.) Lee was not always so much like Addicus Finch. In his book Mockingbird:A Portrait of Harper Lee, author Charles J. Shields describes Mr. Lee’s early thoughts on segregation: Worth pointing out, however, is that Mr. Lee himself only gradually rose to the moral standards of Atticus. Though more enlightened than most, A.C. was no saint, no prophet crying in the wilderness with regard to racial matters.
After witnessing a shootout, John begins developing paranoid schizophrenia and the movie focus on the terrible life struggle of his life due to his illness. The film characterizes many of the symptoms and displays treatments which are effective in alleviating schizophrenic symptoms. Finally with the support of his wife Alicia and his friends he finds the way to manage his illness (A Beautiful Mind, 2001). Schizophrenia is characterized by abnormalities in perception, content of thought, and thought processes. It is also identified by extensive withdrawal of interest from other people and the outside world as in the case of Nash (Insel, 2010).
Laura’s law makes up the loophole in the current law which is insufficient for mental people. The data is also clear that people with psychosocial disabilities are more likely to be victims. Laura’s law can prevent tragic events which can be avoided. For example, “Kelly wasn't aware he had schizophrenia, and he would sometimes refuse treatment and wander the streets of Fullerton, Calif. He was doing just that in July when he was beaten and killed by six police officers” (Gould).
Even though it is unintentional it can lead to tragedy. Using different cases this paper will explain reasons, actions and consequences regarding this problem. New Jersey Nurses should work within certain rules and regulations, when they fail to do so they will face serious consequences which can change or ruin their future career. The name of the first case study is “Nurse’s Negligence- a Tragic Error”, which tells the story about 57 years old man who, while watching television, began to speak incoherently. His wife took him to the hospital, where he was