Essays on Mental Health

Australian Police are Downplaying their Suicide Problem, The VICE to right now In Victoria 2706 people committed suicide between 2008 and 2012 but in Australia, there are very few studies done on the suicide of police force personal. At the moment there is one been...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited progressive neurological disorder characterised by damage neuron cells. Although genes responsible for HD can be found in every individual, but only expanded HD will cause disease. HD occurs due to the presence of HTT gene mutation...

Is it true that education is pushing South Korean children to commit suicide? South Korea’s education system is regarded as a model by the rest of the world. Despite being a small country, South Korea’s economy expanded rapidly in the last 70 years, and it...

Teenage suicide is the leading cause of death for ages ten to twenty-four. It has become an ongoing issue in society that seems to only be getting worse. Not only is suicide with all age groups a growing issue, however, teenage suicide numbers have especially...

Whenever a Teenager commits suicide, every person connected is affected. Family, teammates, friends, neighbors, and occasionally even these who may not have even known the teen will would possibly experience feelings of grief, guilt and confusion. They often believe only if they could have somehow...

The death of a love one is tragic and emotionally devastating, even more so when it’s at the victim’s own hands. And in recent years there has been a rise in teenage suicide secondary to motor vehicle accidents. Once a taboo is now parents’ worst...

Mexican American cultures are often characterized by the practice of machismo and marianismo. The work of Barrera and Longoria identifies machismo as a belief among Latinos that they should be accorded respect through submission by their wives and children. To these experts, machismo is defined...

Every time I see an account about suicide, I always read it. Why? Teenage suicide is making headlines once again, yet it’s one of the last issues that people make any effort to address. Suicide is the leading cause of death among those aged 15...

People usually say that terrorists have a healthy mentality and just do it for enjoyment, but most of them actually have factors that lead to them committing those crimes. Many people relate active-shooters and terrorists with the mental illness of psychopathy, and there is much...

Henry David Thoreau was an American author who possibly will be considered as one of the most opinionated supporters of environmentalism. He became famous for his violent outbursts about nature and the unfairness of society. As a strong supporter of environmentalism, Thoreau believed that nature...

Extensive research in recent decades shows the extreme harm that social isolation wreaks on individuals of all ages; it has been found that the association between social isolation and health is as strong as the evidence that has linked smoking and health. Social isolation can...

The role of isolation in one’s life may derive from their own personal thoughts or the people they associate with. Most importantly, it can be caused by the people that claim to genuinely love and care for them. The concept of isolation is generally an...

Schizophrenia is a common and serious mental illness and is one of the leading causes of adult disease burden. It has a lifetime prevalence of approximately between 0.3% and 0.7% and occurs in men and women in their 20s. About 21 million individuals in the...

The main purpose of tertiary education is to enhance academic knowledge, career-related abilities, and social skills for preparing to be a productive and active individuals of the societies. Post-secondary education provides valuable opportunities to learn how to understand differences in people. Therefore, the importance of...

Introduction Loneliness is proving to be more than just part of the human condition. New research shows it’s a serious public health concern for young people as much as the elderly. The evidence is startling. Feeling lonely can pose a bigger risk for premature death...

Dissociative Identity Disorder, known as DID is a condition that forms due to traumatic situations in early childhood that force the sufferer to dissociate themselves from the events they are experiencing. People that experience this condition have separate identities that form within themselves all with...

To establish whether fidgeting really contributes to a lack of focus we need to, first, investigate the different features of fidgeting that may increase or decrease chances of mind wandering. In order to do this successfully we will need to use a variety of sources...

Many mental health disorders and states, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, stress and other psychological conditions may cause skin disease because of the nature of the skin being an easily available target for patient with such susceptible situation. It is also readily apparent that, the...

Dissociative amnesia is characterized by forgetting an event with a high negative charge. There are traumatic experiences that can mark us for life. These can change many aspects of our lives and relationships. Intense suffering produces a strong impact, and in order to protect our...