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Locked Away in Silence: Exploring the Overlooked Mental Health Crisis in Asylum Scandals
Freepik Mental health has always been a pressing human concern, yet the overlooked mental health crisis of the past is often hidden in the shadows of history. Stories of suffering, silence, and neglect behind the brick walls of asylums in the nineteenth and early...
The Silent Struggle: How People Cope with Mental Health
Many people experience the silent struggle of mental health, which brings concealed challenges, quiet suffering, and unspoken difficulties. Mental health has often been described as the silent struggle—an internal reality many face daily, yet few openly discuss. It is...
When Good Intentions Fail: How Treatment Often Becomes Bad
A group of medical professionals doing a surgical procedure on a patient| Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash When good intentions fail, the acts of compassion can become a danger, reminding us that even our kindness also needs wisdom, accountability, and...
The Gray Zone: Current Ethical Dilemmas in Mental Healthcare
Freepik Unethical Treatments in Psychology remain a persistent and disturbing issue in the mental health field, often hiding in plain sight. Numerous accounts of abuse, silencing, and experimentation have only lately surfaced due...
Writing to Reveal the Truth: Accuracy Without Exaggeration
A woman secretly writing about the commotion in the medical institution | Image FX At its heart, writing to reveal the truth is about honoring facts with empathy, crafting stories that respect reality without exaggeration, and trusting readers to embrace honest...
Inside the Asylum: A Dark History of Mental Health Treatment
Image from Freepik To understand the complicated journey of mental health treatment, one must begin inside the asylum. These places were built to offer refuge to individuals struggling with mental illness. At first glance, they seemed to provide a solution. But inside...
Intentional Legal and Ethical Lapses of Asylum Scandals
Photo from freepik Asylums were meant to help people, but they quickly became the antithesis of their inception. Reading through Patricia Lubeck's Asylum Scandals: Abuse, Torture, Corruption, and Murder in Minnesota's State Hospitals, you see how these institutions...
Under the Spotlight: How Writing Uncovers Asylum Scandals
Photo by user34710080 Asylum Scandals by Patrica Lubeck puts mental institutions in Minnesota under the spotlight, especially those that have had a history of asylum scandals. Beyond the nature and theme of the book, it is also a reminder of the necessity and...
Cures or Control? The Ethics of Psychiatric Treatment
Photo by Abdiel Ibarra on Unsplash Understanding ethics in the concept of psychiatric treatment touches on human rights, consent, and the thin line between help and coercion. The distinction between harm and benefit in the context of mental health care has frequently...
Controversies in Psychiatric History: The Dark Chapters
Photo by Jon Butterworth on Unsplash Learning How Psychiatry Began and Controversies in Psychiatric History Over the decades, psychiatry—the area of medicine that focuses on mental health—has advanced significantly. Compassion, evidence-based treatment, and...
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