On March 31, 2014 Senator Cantwell of Washington spoke in favor of the Excellence in Mental Health Care Act in Congress. Here is some of what she had to say on this important issue: “Mr. President, we took an important step today to improve the lives of millions of Americans who deal with mental illness. […]
Schizophrenia is one of the hardest and most expensive mental disorders to diagnose and treat
Of all the major mental illnesses “schizophrenia” is perhaps the worst to have to deal with. It’s also one of the hardest and most expensive to diagnose and treat. For example there is no single laboratory or brain imaging test for schizophrenia – which seriously interferes with a person’s ability to think clearly, manage emotions […]
Mental Disorders Amongst Local Population Are In Increase-National Mental Health Institute
Out of the Sri Lankan Population 30-35 percent are suffering from some kind of mental Illness according to the Director of National Mental Health Institute in Angoda( In Colombo Suburbs) Dr.Jayan Mendis."As the people suffering from mental illness are in increase it is disturbing to see that there are no Mental Wards in some of […]
Psychiatric Categories as Natural Kinds: Essentialist Thinking about Mental Disorder – Abstract
IN a penetrating ethnographic study of American psychiatry, Tanya Luhrmann (2000) comes to a troubling diagnosis. At the end of the century, psychiatric practice, theory, and training are riven by a deep divide between two ways of understanding mental disorder. These orientations–the biomedical and the psychodynamic–have lived in uneasy coexistence for several decades, struggling to […]
“Serious emotional and mental health disorders are real and treatable”, said Rep. Rangel
On October 24, 2013 Rep. Charles Rangel of New York addressed the United States House of Representatives on the extremely important issue of mental health awareness in this country. His comments are as follows: “Mr. Speaker, mental health is a core part of our overall wellness. A commitment to a positive state of mental health […]
Bipolar Disorder: A Treatable Mental Illness
As we all know, anyone can have a bad day, certainly a bad moment. And everyone acts out of character now and then. Generally, it’s no cause for alarm, but for those who suffer from bipolar disorder, an out-of-character moment can herald the onset of disaster. My son suffered from bipolar. His name […]
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