Essays on Psychiatry

Depression is a common mood disorder that causes a constant feeling of loss of interest and sadness. It affects how you feel, behave and think and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may have trouble doing normal activities, and sometimes...

Concepts of pathology, as treated by the traditions of clinical psychology and psychiatry, define what is “normal” and “abnormal” in human behavior. Various psychological paradigms exist today, each emphasizing diverse ways of defining and treating psychopathology. Most commonly utilized is the medical model which is...

“Last September, Jeff Ingram, 40, drove from his home, Olympia, Washington, to visit a terminally ill friend in Alberta. Four days later, he woke up on a street in Denver…” (William Lee Adams). What happened to Jeff Ingram was he forgot his identity for four...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that occurs after experiencing a life-threatening or deeply distressing event. Most people have heard the phrase PTSD from the likes of war or military combat, but the disorder has various other instances such as sexual abuse, natural...

During the early years of my life I’ve always wondered what I wanted to become in the future, at some point I wanted to become a hospital nurse, a scientist, a zoologist, a doctor and then an astronomer. My dreams didn’t really coincide with each...

In creating psychoanalysis, Freud developed therapeutic techniques such as the use of free association and discovered transference, establishing its central role in the analytic process. Freud’s redefinition of sexuality to include its infantile forms led him to formulate the Oedipus complex as the central tenet...

There are four mood episode types in bipolar disorder: mania, hypomania, depression, and mixed episodes. Each type of mood episode has its own set of symptoms. In the manic phase of bipolar its is common to feel heightened boosts of energy, intense creativity, and euphoria....

Although there are many different approaches to mental health care, services within England are predominantly designed and organized around a western, individualized and biologically understood approach. Psychiatric diagnosis has come under much scrutiny for not being holistic when trying to understand emotional distress as they...

Charles Barber begins his narrative, or rather, investigation into mental illnesses by discussing his time working with the mentally ill at homeless shelters and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Not only does Mr. Barber discuss the cases of some of those he aided, readers quickly notice how...

The anti-psychiatry movement evolved in the 1950’s, psychiatrists argued that the approach being taken was not only costly but also profoundly unscientific as well as being ineffective. This was the breakthrough for the anti-psychiatry movement in 1960’s when famous figures become highly vocal about the...

Alzheimer’s disease represents a dismal future for older adults in this country. An Alzheimer’s diagnoses are the most devastating news that one can receive from a Doctor as it relates to personal health or the health of a loved one. There are no drugs on...

The space of insane person is a disturbing issue, tormenting to some degree level of individuals. Tolerates from time to time make pulled back direct, set apart by maladaptive identity properties. For a huge amount of time, different causes behind this issue have been evaluated,...

While that may seem like a befuddling bite, it’s really thought to be a genuinely pervasive confusion (based on the plenty of online care groups, web journals, and networks committed to MD). In spite of the gatherings, web journals and research encompassing MD, it’s as...

Gratification disorder is also known as ‘Infantile masturbation’. Gratification behaviour in children is quite common. Approximately 90-94% of males and 50-55% females masturbate at some point in their lives(1). It is a form of masturbating behaviour that is often mistaken for seizure, paroxysmal movement disorder,...

“The DSM: Psychiatry’s Deadliest Scam” Without even watching this documentary I could imagine what it was going to be, I mean the title says it all doesn’t it, an expository film that would give us the truth on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...

Richard von Krafft-Ebing was born in 1840 in Manheim, Germany, then known as the territory Baden, to Friedrich von Krafft-Ebing and Clara Antonia Mittermaier. His father’s position in society was one of nobility, holding the senior rank of Oberamtmann, comparable to the British designation Baron;...

A psychiatrist must have either an MD or DO from a school of medicine. In addition, a residency must be completed with at least three of these years specifically in the practice of psychiatry. A residency is like an apprenticeship or internship in that you...

In this case, a client named Wong Kai Long who is a 56 years old taxi driver. He is living with wife and son in a public-house unit. He worked as a bus driver for 23 years and was being dismissed 1 year ago after...