November 2012
1 post
June 2012
3 posts
April 2012
17 posts
Bedlam
In 1337 the hospital Bethlem Royal Hospital opened however at the time it was referred to Bedlam which is where this phrase originiated from. By the 14th century the hospital was treating the ‘insane’, patients didn’t often stay for more than 12 months and although they recovered they were treated very badly and it was renowned for its cruelty and inhumane treatment. Ex-patients were referred to...
the cycle of violence theory
Another theory that can relate to the previous one in one way is the idea that sexual abuse offenders may have been abused themselves therefore their sexual deviant behaviour is learnt. This theory is called the cycle of violence theory. It is the idea that when someone is a victim of sexual abuse they may experience a mass of negative feelings, following this the victim will try to make sense of...
the learning theory
Behavioural theorists explain sexual abuse as a learnt behaviour. This suggests that the offender has learnt the sexual deviancy from his/her environment, this includes modelling. Modelling is the idea that the offender would have learnt his sexual deviant behaviour by seeing someone else behave in the same way. There are a number of famous examples of how successful the learning theory is. One of...
March 2012
9 posts
mental health negative attitudes and stigma
mental
stigmatisation
Girl, Interrupted
All morning I have been researching films that portrays mental health in a negative way. I put up a status on facebook for some ideas and suprisingly i got a lot of ideas. One that stood out to me was Girl, Interrupted. This is because I have seen this film a lot and its a great film. Also because my essay is based around women i thought this would be a good example. This 1999 film which stared...
Counselling and mental health essay.
Finally going to start my essay for my counselling and health module. The title of my essay is:
1) Write an essay that examines attitudes to mental health with particular reference to the needs and experiences of a specific group (or groups).
Appropriate groups for consideration:- women; black people; the deaf community; LGTB; older people; children and young people. Other groups may be...
February 2012
11 posts
inclusion/exclusion criteria.
I have chosen my inclusion and exclusion criteria for why i will and will not choose studies. I probably will mess around with these, change them or add more but at least I have a rough idea for now.
Inclusion/exclusion criteria
Study created in the United Kingdom
Study created in the past 5-10 years (better to have a recent study since results will be more accurate to present day)
Good...
dissertation meeting
I had a meeting with Richard on tuesday about my dissertation. It was my 3rd meeting and only now am i getting somewhere. Ive changed my question a million times but have eventually come up with the final question. This being ‘How can sexual abuse in childhood for females affect relationships in adult life’ I might change the wording of the question as it doesn’t seem to flow...
Psychological understandings of mental illness in...
In the period between the two world wars, freudian ideas suggested the use of talking treatments. These new approaches encouraged outpatient treatment. Alternative ideas were electric shock treatment for elective mutes which come from the front in the first world war.
Dr Lewis Yealland was a canadian Neurologist with a reputation for ‘curing’ shell-shocked patients and sending them...
Counselling and Mental Health.
Today I’ve looked at my other assignments. I have been focussing so much on my dissertation I completely forgot about the other two modules I have. For my moudle ‘counselling and mental health’ we have a choice of questions, these being:-
1) write an essay that examines attitudes to mental health with particular reference to the needs and experiences of a specific group(s) such...
This dissertation is going to be the death of me.
3 months to go and i have about 600 words done. :/ starting to stress now. Once again I have changed my question…For like the 5th time although at least this time im getting somewhere and finally have hope. My new question is ‘How can sexual abuse in childhood affect a person’s mental health in adulthood’
I’ve found a fair few journals and articles on this which is...
review papers and journals
Looking for journals and review papers in my area of interest is extremely difficult. I don’t know if physical abuse on children is to much of a personal area and not many papers and studies have been done or i’m not looking hard enough. I need to find a search site for studies and journals. My other problem is that I am finding quite useful journals but only letting me see the...
meeting with richard
Had my meeting today about my dissertation with my tutor. problems about my question are now resolved. I told him what I wanted to include but he said my question would be to broad and I would drown myself in it. I wouldn’t be able to answer the question fully and I would loose marks.
My question is now ‘How have views changed about physically abusing children in the past 10...
finally getting somewhere.
For my Dissertation I have chosen to do a systematic review. My topic for this is how views have changed about child abuse in the last ten years and what services are provided for abuse victims. The purpose of this review is to examine and identify whether views on child abuse have changed significantly in the last ten years or whether they are quite similar. I will also be looking at what...
January 2012
5 posts
Magdalene laundries
As part of my dissertation I will include the story of the magdalene laundries in Ireland. They were set up in the 1800s up untill the early 1990s. The Magdalene laundries was a giant laundry business run by nuns also known as the ‘sisters of mercy’ who forced young women into these asylums and tortured them as well as using them for free labour. Held against their will, the girls were...
Is it legal to hit your child →
I have been researching whether it is illegal to hit children or not as there has been many debate on whether it is or not. I believed that it was illegal however I found many forums which prove otherwise. Its stated that it is legal to hit your child if it does not leave a mark, however it does say that even though this is legal it should be avoided as it can lead to other problems. I was given...
Attitudes towards child abuse
My dissertation research question is “how have the views of physical abuse changed in the last ten years” As part of my dissertation I will be including attitudes towards child abuse, when views changed and how they changed. The attitude used to be ‘letting families’ deal with their own issues. Children used to be seen as property of their parents and it was only when...
