As per request because putting the annotations with their appropriate posts isn't enough, here they are complied for the ease of finding them. Enjoy.
News Article
Ball, Andrea . "Future is uncertain for mental health care." The Austin American-Statesman 2 July 2006: 1. Gale Student resources in context. Web. 6 Mar. 2014.
This news article from Austin, TX talks about the growing uncertainty of mental health services in Travis County. More people are having to go into treatment, but expecting a 10% cut in funds, it’s extremely hard for people to get care. Ranked 47th in the category of funding for such services it’s extremely hard for people to get care. In one clinic, there’s over an eight month waiting list, and it keeps going downhill. No bias is present in the article, it is very clear and concise, giving statistics to back up the information it’s providing. It is helpful because it shows that not just one state is having issues, all states are having issues. This fits into my research by backing up the idea of our mental health institutions being unfunded and overwhelmed, which is one of the things I wish to show.
Scholarly Article
Bathje, Geoff J., and John B. Pryor. "The relationships of public and self-stigma to seeking mental health services." Journal of Mental Health Counseling 1 (2011): 1.Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 6 Mar. 2014.
This article speaks about the stigma associated with having any kind of mental illness and how it prevents people from seeking proper help, the most prevalent being self stigma despite the increased awareness of mental health services. It goes on to say that people do not want to be labelled as mentally ill, and that by seeking treatment, they accept the label which hurts their self esteem. There is no bias within this article, it is obviously a study to see the factors associated with why people are not seeking the help they need. This fits well into my research by showing certain factors of why people do not get proper help besides the fact that certain facilities are not capable of helping.
Scholarly Article
Boardman, Judith B.. "Health access and integration for adults with serious and persistent mental illness." Families, Systems & Health 1 (2006): 1. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 6 Mar. 2014.
Because of mental illness, very few people suffering such a fate, face many barriers that make it hard for them to integrate into the general population. Since the closing of many institutions in the 1950s and well into the 1980s, people who are unable to function without round the clock care are left in despair, and most likely end up in the emergency room. With health care costs shooting through the roof, this is close to becoming another failed solution that can no longer be continued.There are no bias, it is clear and concise what the article is speaking about: the welfare of todays mentally ill and how they are unable to get the proper care they need. This fits well into my research by showing a bit of history whilst showing that the system today is still not well.
TV Show
"Nowhere to go: Mentally ill youth in crisis." Zill de Granados, Oriana, and Michael Rey. 60 Minutes. CBS News. CBS, Eau Claire. 26 Jan. 2014. Television.
All parents want is to help their children, this is especially true for parents of children with mental illness. With less and less sources of help however, this is extremely difficult. Scott Pelley visits one of the top hospitals in the country to speak with the doctors and patients to get to the bottom of this terrible trend of helplessness. He also lays out the facts about the downward slope mental health services are taking. The episode of 60 minutes tends to favor the side that there is little hope for those with mental illness. This is typically standard with what I’ve read before considering where our mental health services are heading.This episode of 60 minutes fits well with my research because once again it’s a modern look at what we have become in terms of our mental health services.
News Article
Lansberg, Gerald . "Shootings show need for mental health care." CNN Wire[Atlanta] 18 Sept. 2013: 1. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 6 Mar. 2014.
After many school and other shootings carried out by people with mental illness, awareness is being brought to the attention of the public. The most recent event as stated in the article, the Washington Navy Yard shootings, shows that the perpetrator was written off as alright, which of course ended badly. This was a continuing trend and still is, which is troubling.This article shows no bias, it states the facts of the prolific shootings of last year and is helpful in showing that there is many issues regarding how mental illness is diagnosed and what is done to treat it.I feel this fits well into my research because it shows that diagnoses of mental illness is not always straight forward, and that most do not seek proper help.
Documentary
Bedlam: The History of Bethlem Hospital. Dir. Joe Matthews. Perf. Timothy Watson, Jonathan Andrews. The History Channel, 2009. Film.
Bethlem Royal Hospital in the UK has a sordid history which eventually led to the colloquially accurate nickname of Bedlam, which means chaos. Along with backgrounds of the more prolific residents at the hospital, including Margaret Nicholson who attempted to assassinate King George III, as well as the doctors and apothecaries who became famous for their now torturous treatment of patients under their care.The documentary is strictly very factual and history based. Because of this, there is no obvious bias and is helpful in showing how mental health facilities functioned in the very early days of treatment for those who wouldn’t have gotten help otherwise.This definitely fits well with my captsone because I’m focusing on history for this part of my research and was looking for something that spoke of the earlier days.
Scholarly Article
National Conference of State Legislatures. "As they see it." State Legislatures 1.1 (2014): 1. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 6 Mar. 2014.
Basically, the article is just a list of what certain want to do with their states and how much money they are asking for. One senator in particular, Darrell Steinberg (D) of California, asked for $50 million dollars to restore services once offered to the mentally ill who break the law. No word yet on what happened with that, since it happened last month. There’s no bias, it’s stating the fact that a public official wants to improve the welfare of the mentally ill. It is extremely helpful, because it shows there might be hope out there for those with mental illness and break the law. This fits into my research by showing that not everything is going poorly. There is a silver lining basically thanks to what this California senator wants to do.
Fiction Book
Roux, Madeleine. Asylum. New York City, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2013. Print.
Staying in a crumbling mental hospital that is currently being renovated probably isn't anyone's idea of a good time, but for Daniel Crawford, a high school student involved in a college prep program, he's forced to stay in the archaic Brookline Asylum on the campus of the participating university because those are the only dorms available. With his two friends, Abby and Jordan, Dan has to confront the dark past hidden within the former psychiatric hospital that refuses to be buried in order to understand his own.As with any fiction book, it has an artistic license with a few things, but all in all it is unbias in how it presents the info within.The fiction book fits well with my topic, and I surprised that I learned so much that I didn’t know before.
Nonfiction Book
Schreiber, Flora Rheta. Sybil. Chicago: Regnery, 1973. Print.
After numerous occurrences of "missing time", Sybil Isabel Dorsett (The real woman this narrative being based off of is named Shirley Ardell Mason), a graduate student at Columbia University seeks help. Though the incident itself was nothing new, it's how much time that has passed which worries Sybil. After not recovering in the care of her parents, she eventually goes to a Psychologist by the name of Cornelia Wilbur. Nothing appears out of the ordinary at first. Sybil Isabel Dorsett is nothing more than a closed off, depressed individual. This is, however, until Sybil changes into someone else after a moment of extreme stress. Dr. Wilbur notices this, and is surprised. Sybil, as it turns out, is a split personality. This, however, is only the surface. Sybil, ends up having 16 separate personalities, 14 women and 2 men.The book is an excellent blend of storytelling and actual facts. It is a bit on the psychodynamic side of treatment but still offered a good amount of info.This fits well with my research by showing one specific case of how a person was treated for mental illness during this time.
Movie
Shutter Island. Dir. Martin Scorsese. Perf. Leonardo Dicaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley. Paramount Pictures, 2010. DVD.
For the second half of this final creation piece, I watched the movie Shutter Island, which was directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio. In the film, Leo plays a US Marshal named Teddy Daniels who is asked to investigate the disappearance of a patient at an asylum for the criminally insane titled Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. Soon, he begins to doubt everything and speculates that the hospital has brought him there for a sinister reason, and this is only made worse by a hurricane leaving him stranded and the doctor's being less than cooperative. Confusion gives way to improbable clarity as everything from Teddy's true past starts to reveal itself.
There is no bias represented in the movie and it is helpful to show how treatment changed from past years. It is obviously a movie, so some things are dramatized, but the core of the facts presented are the same.This movie fits well with my topic by showing how people felt about mental health during these years.