Mental Health Essays

Music plays a big role in day to day life. Many people not only have their favorite type of music, but typically turn to a genre depending on the emotional connection. This process can be considered therapeutic if the genre chosen is meant to alleviate the listener. All genres come …

Dealing with death, dying and grief during adolescence provided rich statistics on the causes of death adolescents are faced with. As the course textbook explains, more of the common deaths for adolescents are violent, such as suicide, homicide, and unintentional injuries (also known as accidents) (Balk, 2014). Even though it …

The authors in this article reviewed numerous records of studies that were done to test the effectiveness of creative art therapies treating PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). They narrowed their review down to seven studies that used a controlled study structure and had conveyed evidence of actual changes to PTSD …

Yoga is an old method of “exercise” that brings balance to many things such as physical posture, concentration, breath of concentration, control of your senses, induvial ethics and universal ethics. Our researchers Alyson Ross and Sue Thomas have done extensive research on how yoga really effects these variables listed and …

The research article “Risk Factors for PTSD and Depression in Female Survivors of Rape” was published in the Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy journal in May 2017. The authors of this article are Nolwandle Mgoqi-Mbalo and Sam Ntuti at the University of Limpopo in South Africa, and Muyu …

Using sociologist John Alan Lee’s love styles (refer to pages 261- 263 of Intimate Relationships, and pay special attention to Table 8.7 ‘Styles of Loving’ found on the top of page 262) from chapter eight of ‘Intimate Relationships’, what is the predominant love style for most of the characters presented …

The film It’s Kind of a Funny Story is a coming of age feature, with a highly relatable plotline for teens. It centers around a teenage boy, who struggles with depression and thoughts of suicide. He feels mentally overwhelmed in his life between friends, family and school. One early morning …

Mental illness in teenagers is at an all time high with the percentage of youths having major depressive episodes rising from 11.93% to 12.63% in the past year, according to The National Alliance on Mental Illness. Not only has this number risen this past year, but has consistently been on …

Take a minute and think about this. At the top of your head, do you know what the significance of the phone number, “1-800-273-8255” is? I am sure you have seen it on tv commercials, billboards, websites, music videos and people even have the phone number tattooed on their bodies. …

Can you imagine what it feels like to be a teenager in this day and age? How must it feel to be judged by the older generation on your every move? The fact is, many of the expectations that are placed on the youth are biased and one-sided. If only …