...Bulimia Nervosa There is much mental illness out there and many of them are very serious but some of them can be cured or reduced Much mental illness can start from the person as a kid to adult hood. If that person never gets help or treated it is hard to cure them. The only way to get help or get diagnosed is to see a health professional. A mental illness can sometimes be cured; it all depends on which disease the person has. Then on the other hand some of them can never be cured, but can be treated. One of the mental illnesses that can be treated and sometimes cured is bulimia nervosa. This is an eating disorder. Bulimia nervosa is when a person has episodes of excessive eating which is called (bingeing) this is followed by inappropriate methods of controlling the weight such as self inducing vomiting (purging) abuse of laxatives and diuretics or even excessive exercise. Sometimes people do this after many attempts of trying to diet. The history of bulimia nervosa is that it comes from the creek word meaning nervous ox hunger. Bulimia was first described in the medical literature in 1979.Though overeating is mentioned in creek mythology. In the late 1979 they still did not have very good treatment for this disease. Well let’s put it this way, they did not have any kind of treatment available to the patients with this illness. The sign and symptoms of bulimia is when you see a person going into the...
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...and modern medicine provide doctors with the skills to forestall natural death almost indefinitely. All too often, the terminally ill suffer needless pain and are kept alive without any real hope, as families gather to hold harrowing deathwatches. Euthanasia has been accepted both morally and legally in various forms throughout society. U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein wrote “There is no more profoundly personal decision, nor one which is closer to the heart of personal liberty, than the choice which a terminally ill person makes to end his or her suffering.” (Shillington, 1994) Organizations supporting the legalization of voluntary euthanasia were established in the United States in 1938. While gaining public support, they have been unable to achieve their goal. May p 2 In May of 2006 a survey was conducted on Values and Beliefs in regards to the “Right-to-Die” for Terminally Ill Patients by Gallup News Service. The survey indicated that the vast majority of Americans support the “Right-to-Die” laws for terminally ill patients, whether that involves a doctor ending a patient’s life by a painless means, or a doctor assisting a terminally ill patient to commit suicide. The poll asked two different questions to gauge opinions for the issue of doctor-assisted suicide. “When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think doctors should be aloud by law to end the patient’s life by some painless...
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...Introduction The media can be a powerful tool in shaping society’s perspective. When used correctly the media can be a positive influence on people with disability. However, historically we know that people with disability have rarely been presented in a positive view, which has perpetuated stereotypes about people with disability. In this paper, I will be comparing two films, a documentary and feature film, about mental disability. The documentary that I will be using in this analysis is People Say I’m Crazy, a 1989 documentary film by California Mental Health and Silver Lining Playbook(2012) an Academy Award nominated feature film. The comparison will be as followed: a topics will be presented, next the findings in the documentary, and finally how mental illness is portrayed in the feature film. In this paper I will talk about medical treatment, family and community support, and media representation of people with mental illness. Before I jump into these topics, a summary of these two films are necessary to provide context. People Says I’m Crazy People Says I’m Crazy is a 56 minute documentary by the California Network of Mental Health Clients made in 1989. This documentary is based on the findings from the Well-Being Project, a survey conducted in 1987 to explore what factors promote or deter the well-being of persons commonly labeled as mental ill in California. The statistics from the Well-Being Project survey are included in the documentary to provide focus by the...
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...Debate on Health Care Ethical Issues HCS/435 Victor Gibb By: David Moeller, April Shaffer, Josephine Johnson, Rachelle Jacquay, Angie Wellman, Margaret Werzinsky Intro Supp Side The topic of euthanasia has been of much debate for many years. Throughout the outline varying sides have been focused on in regards to this topic. On one side there are supporters of euthanasia that believe that each individual has the right to make their own choices when dealing with the quality of life they want to be subjected too. Many are in favor because euthanasia can help decrease the suffering that terminally ill patients have to endure. Then there are those that oppose this line of thinking, “These people are convinced that no individual has the right to determine the end of his life” (Geiger, 2010). When discussing the topic of euthanasia this has been deemed an ethical issue because it deals with moral principles, which is different for each individual. Opp Side Supp Side Euthanasia is a topic that brings about much debate, but when it comes to an individual’s life they should have a legal right to choose what is best for them. Many in opposition of euthanasia go along with the view that it is wrong for a person to end their life and that it is right to have laws that prohibit such actions. But the question that arises is if this legal course gives a person the right that was granted...
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...insanity defense, as it stands, the benefits outweigh the problems. This defense fixes problems with the mentally insane and leads to curing more of the mentally ill. Viewing the defense as a benefit seems to fit if it helps more people than it harms, although other views have been brought against it opposing the defense. The jurisdictions that have kept the defense see it rarely and take it as a claim of innocence. The innocent people who have severe mental illness might finally have an opportunity to become viable members of society through rehabilitation. This plea may also shed light on the severity and seriousness that mental illness plays in our communities as these individuals are of great...
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...on to the other side. They are usually promptly arrested, and the mass media enjoys giving these persons names like “Angels of Death” or “Suicide Helpers.” Some people might think that such doctors’ actions are merciful and graceful, since many patients who are terminally ill are waiting to die, sometimes being in severe pain. Yet, there are also opponents to this rationale who claim that killing is still killing, no matter what motives the murderer had, or how difficult the patient’s suffering was. One of the main questions in treating patients who cannot be cured is whether mercy killings are to be allowed legally to help end someone’s suffering — the answer should be, “No.” Euthanasia — the proper term for mercy killing — is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. This assumes that a patient is aware that they are going to die, and in some cases, they must administer the poison themselves. This is also called assisted suicide. Arguments supporting euthanasia usually present the fact that the patient would have no cure, no way of contributing to society in the state that they are in. They claim that society cannot help such individuals either: all that can be done is prolonging their agony in the case of suffering from terminal diseases, or letting them live with a defective life in the case of suffering from serious mental deviations. However, the very thought of killing people due to their disabilities seems unnatural; besides...
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...This Lack of knowledge about mental illnesses has been found by various studies as a key cause of devastating beliefs people have about causes of mental illnesses. Some people believe that mental illnesses are equated to possession of evil spirits, witchcraft or curse (Chikomo 2012). In a study carried out in Kenya to determine the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practice of mental illness among staff members in general medical facilities found that despite the staff’s knowledge on recognition, diagnosing and treatment of mental illness, they still maintained their cultural views of mental illness. They had a view that mentally ill people are worthless, dirty, senseless, dangerous and unpredictable. (Ndetei D, Khasakhala L, V, & AW,...
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...intention of ending a life to relieve intractable suffering. It incorporates an agent; a subject; an intention; a casual proximity, actions of the agent lead to the outcome. A non-voluntary euthanasia is illegal in most countries. For voluntary euthanasia the process has to:- i) Include patient request ii) Take into consideration the amount of suffering the patient is experiencing iii) Discuss and pursue alternative course of action iv) Presented to the patient all available information A person who undergoes euthanasia usually has an incurable condition. In many cases it is carried out at the person’s request but there are times when they may be too ill and the decision is made by relatives, medics or courts. Very often people will call euthanasia “mercy killing”, perhaps thinking of it for someone terminally ill and suffering prolonged, unbearable pain. Psychological factors that cause people to think of euthanasia include depression, fearing loss of control or dignity, feeling a...
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...death is the ultimate reality that nobody can escape. anyone born in this world must die, despite the level od medical knowledge and skill. when medical knowldege is certain that a persons illness isn't going to be cured, in other words, he or she is terminally ill, would it not be merciful to allow the person to die? Would not euthanasia--or mercy killing as it is termed--be acceptable to the suffering patient as well as to those who are close to him? mercy killing causes no harm to anyone. in fact, it provides a relief to the realtives of the victims as they undergo immense agony, seeing a dear one suffering. Euthanasia is an act of professional support to the terminally ill patient and hence canot be held as a cruel act on the part of the person who commints it. On the other hand, there is a deep rooted belief that life is a god given gift and it is presumptious on the part of a human being to end it. As for taking it away from another human being, howsoever merciful the motive, it is regarded as playing god. If the patient is terminally ill or in a coma, without having expressed any idea on the subject, who is to decide on terminating the persons life? The possibily of greedy and unscrupuluos relatives colluding with an equally unscrupuluos doctor to kill a patient, is a real danger. Morever, though it is an individual decisiom, it cannot be ignored as a major social problem as it opens up a chapter of suffering for the realtives of the patient. Any law, therefore...
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...that's different from being cured. The definitions aren't that different apparently. Heal is defined as: To restore to health or soundness; cure. To set right; repair: To restore (a person) to spiritual wholeness. v.intr. To become whole and sound; return to health. Cure is defined as: Restoration of health; recovery from disease. A method or course of medical treatment used to restore health. An agent, such as a drug, that restores health; a remedy. To become whole and sound, to restore to health is, I believe, what we as health care providers strive for for our patients. What has often surprised me is how little becoming whole and sound looks like what I would have expected when I graduated from medical school or was new in practice. What I thought I was to do as a doctor was to cure disease. Sometimes, in my experience, disease can be cured, but the person is not returned to wholeness. Take for example a patient who has been diagnosed with cancer. Even in the event that they are cured of the cancer, their relationships with family or friends may remain sick, not whole. I would have done my job or what I thought my job was but in many ways, my patient would not still be restored to wholeness. I have experienced heartbreak with patients with mental illness who have recovered or become stable in their mental illness, fighting their way back to health only to find their spouse or partner has had enough and wants a divorce. I can see both sides of the issue...
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...disease that cannot be cured or treated and that is expected to result in the death of the patient within a short period of time. It is human nature for a patient that is diagnosed with a terminal illness to start a vigorous fight for his or her life. They will take a cocktail of medication every day, they will go many radiation and or chemical treatment, some will volunteer in a research program hoping that they might help find a cure. A couple of months have passes since the patient has been diagnosed, the patient has become dependent of the medication, the trips to the hospitals, appointments with various specialists and the exposure to radiation is starting to take a toll on the patient’s body, he or she starts contemplating suicide. However, they do not want to die that’s why they are fighting to live since the start, just that some people are stronger than others and some will commit suicide to get away from their misery. Working for the vascular department at the University of Miami Hospital, I interact with terminal ill patients on a daily basis and I can easily distinguish the patient that is a fighter and the patient, that in a couple weeks, we will be receiving a death certificate with suicide being the cause of death. For this reason is why I think doctor assisted suicides should be allowed. When somebody is willing to die and accepts the thought of him or her taking their own life, there is almost nothing anyone can do and I think it will...
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...Chapter seven covers the topic of suicide. One section of chapter seven that I thought was particularly interesting was the Psychwatch “The Right to Commit Suicide” on page 226. There have been great strides made in medicine and pharmacology. Unfortunately not all illnesses can be cured. Some illnesses can only be treated which may leave those afflicted with certain illnesses in a state of constant pain, immobility or some other condition that serves to severely decrease quality of life. Quality of life is a very relative term. Who should have the ultimate right to determine whether a life is worth living is a topic that has been and is currently being litigated in the court systems of multiple states in America. For example, in Washington...
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...States v. Brawner, since superseded by statute, that asks the jury to decide whether the defendant could be justly held responsible for the criminal act with which he or she stands charged in the face of any claims of insanity or mental incapacity. Then you have the Irresistible Impulse Test, Guilty but Mentally Ill. The Irresistible Impulse Test is a standard for judging legal insanity that holds that a defendant is not guilty of a criminal offense if the person, by virtue of his or her mental state or psychological condition, was not able to resist committing the crime. For example is a child is abused and the parent of that child kills the person for abuse The mother or father could argue they were enraged by the violation of the child and that he or she was unable to control their actions. He or she need to prove that they were mentally ill at the time of the crime. Guilty but mentally ill is a finding that offenders are guilty of the criminal offense with which they are charged, but because of their prevailing mental condition, they are generally sent to psychiatric hospitals for treatment rather than to prison. Once they have been declared cured, such offenders can be transferred to correctional facilities to serve out their sentences. The most useful that I find is the M’Naughten rule...
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...Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Reflective Essay: April 22, 2013 Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Reflective Essay Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a slowly replicating retrovirus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS is rising in America, so with that being said what happens to the children who are born at the hands of an HIV infected mother? HIV breaks down our body’s immune system causing people to become ill with opportunistic infections that normally wouldn’t cause them to get ill. HIV is cannot be diagnosed based of only symptoms because the symptoms are muscle aches, swollen glands in the throat, fatigue, headaches and other flu-like symptoms. This is why it is very important to get tested at least yearly because the sooner the treatments can be started than the better the chances of getting the disease maintained before it moves to AIDS or causes other unwanted problems such as altered mental changes. HIV is spread through exposure to exposure to HIV-infected blood or body fluids. The primary transmission modes are contact with an infected persons body fluids during unprotected sex, blood-to-blood exposure (either by direct contact or through needle sharing among injection drug users), and perinatal transmission from infected mother to child(Cibulka, 2006).The transmission of HIV from an HIV-positive mother to her child during pregnancy, labor, delivery or breastfeeding is called mother-to-child...
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...the year of the Lord 1348 there was a very great plague in the city and district of Florence. As I walk the streets of my once beautiful city all I can see is people crying and asking God why this could happen to them. The city that I live in has been infected by the black plague, and no one could do anything about it. When I first heard of the black plague I only thought it was a myth just to scare children so they would mind their parents. As of now I am a firm believer of it so far it has infected half of my town and over 25% of the people that live here have already passed away. The black plague has probably been studied by a doctor but the doctor took ill and passed away from the plague. So any research that the doctor came up...
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