Why Do Psychologists Treat Mental Illness?

When one thinks of mental illness they often think of psychologists. Psychologists are intertwined with mental illness because they are the ones that generally treat and diagnose it. Psychologists at mental institutes generally stay and help the people at the mental institute that they work at. Before it was unclear whether of not they were properly educated because not much research was done on it and so it was impossible to be able to properly educate them. Now, with more research and education, psychologists should be educated enough to treat mental illness correctly. Sometimes that doesn’t work out the way it should, other times there is little struggle to determine one’s particular illness. In mental institutes it’s difficult for a psychologist …show more content…
There has even been research that says, “… a variety of early-life events significantly increase schizophrenia risk” (Weir). This is a new concept considering schizophrenia was thought to be a genetic disorder and so shows that there are quite a few sides to every disorder. Depression is probably the one that is diagnosed the most, generally because a lot of people are depressed. It can be categorized as chronic, seasonal affective disorder, which is when one is depressed during the winter or summer only, and bipolar manic depression. It can be diagnosed through talking to a doctor and by recognizing specific symptoms in the patient. This includes sadness all day or almost every day, apathy, if the patient is irritable, eating and sleeping patterns exaggerated, loss of enjoyment, major changes in weight, insomnia or excessive sleep, restlessness, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness, problems concentrating, suicidal thoughts, plans, or …show more content…
Each of these disorders can be different in every person, none is the same as the other even if in the end they all have depression or are bipolar. Living with these symptoms every day would be hard on anyone but to us ‘normal’ people these symptoms are impossible to conceive and yet there are still those who say mental illness is just a ‘phase’ and ‘not important’ as these people suffer day after day in their own