Rough Draft Senior Paper 1
Haley Joyner
Mr. Wilkerson
Third Block
May 2nd, 2014
Many people feel down in the dumps. They often suffer like they can’t get back up, like something is holding them down and they can’t get back up. Ever thought about going to talk to someone about it? Well in fact, not all psychiatric medications work. They react differently with people’s body. Some prescriptions may result in long-term results and others may result in short-term results. There are negative effects to psychiatric drugs as well, so be careful.
Ever wondered what psychiatry really is? Well a psychiatrist is a physician who attends their clients behavioral, emotional, and mental symptoms (Ferguson, 157). They help people in many different ways. Some people are prescribed medicine because they feel that just talking to someone isn’t helping, and others can go talk to a psychiatrist and feel relieved like they don’t need anything more than to talk to someone about their problems. Some psychiatric medications can be called psychotherapeutic or psychotropic medication (Mental, np).
Psychiatric medication wasn’t developed until the 1950 's (Ferguson, 186). In days that are now long forgotten, society stigmatized people with mental illnesses so much that they were kept chained up in asylums (Ferguson, 187). People also used to categorize people who were in prison and people with mental illnesses as the same thing. Until one day somebody brought up the fact that they didn’t think it was right. So then a few years later, they resulted in moving them to different sides of the hospital. Some people, taking meds, can function better. And they may only need to take them for a short amount of time (Mental, np). Taking medication doesn 't always cure the disorder, but it helps to make the person function better (Mental, np).
Patients trust is key, which takes time and patience (McAlpine, Margaret, 22). Not having their trust creates problems such as the patients aren’t being helped in any way because they
Mr. Wilkerson
Third Block
May 2nd, 2014
Many people feel down in the dumps. They often suffer like they can’t get back up, like something is holding them down and they can’t get back up. Ever thought about going to talk to someone about it? Well in fact, not all psychiatric medications work. They react differently with people’s body. Some prescriptions may result in long-term results and others may result in short-term results. There are negative effects to psychiatric drugs as well, so be careful.
Ever wondered what psychiatry really is? Well a psychiatrist is a physician who attends their clients behavioral, emotional, and mental symptoms (Ferguson, 157). They help people in many different ways. Some people are prescribed medicine because they feel that just talking to someone isn’t helping, and others can go talk to a psychiatrist and feel relieved like they don’t need anything more than to talk to someone about their problems. Some psychiatric medications can be called psychotherapeutic or psychotropic medication (Mental, np).
Psychiatric medication wasn’t developed until the 1950 's (Ferguson, 186). In days that are now long forgotten, society stigmatized people with mental illnesses so much that they were kept chained up in asylums (Ferguson, 187). People also used to categorize people who were in prison and people with mental illnesses as the same thing. Until one day somebody brought up the fact that they didn’t think it was right. So then a few years later, they resulted in moving them to different sides of the hospital. Some people, taking meds, can function better. And they may only need to take them for a short amount of time (Mental, np). Taking medication doesn 't always cure the disorder, but it helps to make the person function better (Mental, np).
Patients trust is key, which takes time and patience (McAlpine, Margaret, 22). Not having their trust creates problems such as the patients aren’t being helped in any way because they
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