How does mental health affect the way you act?
How does mental health affect the way you act?
It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
Why can’t I control my emotions?
Being unable to control emotions can be temporary. It could be caused by something like a drop in blood sugar or exhaustion from lack of sleep. However, some people experience a constant inability to control their emotions because of a chronic condition.
How do you prove mentally incompetent?
You start the process of declaring a person mentally incompetent by filing an official petition with the local district of your state’s probate court. At the same time that you are filing to have someone declared mentally incompetent, you are also filing to become their legal guardian.
What are my experiences under the Mental Health Act?
Being sectioned under the Mental Health Act can be a frightening experience for many people. Here Colin tells us about his experiences of the Act, both as a patient and a practitioner. Colin is a mental health survivor and since being diagnose he has been challenging inequality and social racialised injustices.
What was the unfortunate experiment in New Zealand?
The Unfortunate Experiment – At National Women’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. The Unfortunate Experiment was a 1987 medical scandal at the National Women’s Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. The experiment itself was a study of the natural history of carcinoma in situ (CIS), run by Dr Herbert Green.
Who are the survivors of the Mental Health Act?
Colin is a mental health survivor and since being diagnose he has been challenging inequality and social racialised injustices. In this blog post, I describe the escalators I have travelled on, from my life as a young person, to being sectioned to sectioning other people as a mental health practitioner.
How did the Mental Health Act affect me?
It dehumanised me and Colin became a schizophrenic. Unemployed, inside the cell of madness of a youth custody setting I was lost. I woke up one morning, locked away, told continually I was mad, mentally ill, a disease.