Mental Health Encyclopedia
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This summer I'm shaping up my classroom blog site for my Fall 2021 online instruction. In a few of my classes I will encourage my students to develop mental illness research papers. This project seems to work. Students write about depression, anxiety, eating disorders, suicidal thoughts. In today's climate, the information is growing exponentially. Many…
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Jose Vargas researched the story behind the story of his favorite action star Jean Claude Van Damme. On screen Jean Claude is a rock. He is famous for control of his body. In real life, the famous martial arts genius suffers from bipolar disorder. In between workouts, Jean Claude would often fall into lapses of…
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Sam was looking up unusual disorders when he came across DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder.
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Lorena is a young mother coming back to college to get her degree. She has three daughters in high school. When they see her writing, they are all going to ask her for help with homework. Lorena just completed an extensive research paper on bipolar disorder. Here, she develops a visual analysis of a drawing…
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Lorena is a young mother coming back to college to get her degree. She has three daughters in high school. When they see her writing, they are all going to ask her for help with homework. Lorena just completed an extensive research paper on bipolar disorder. Here, she develops a visual analysis of a drawing…
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John looked to Mel Gibson for important insight into bipolar disorder. Whatever Mel takes to control his illness we may never know, but here John breaks down the different stages of bipolar disorder to develop a discussion of effective treatement.
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Karen began her research paper about Parkinson’s on a very personal note. She has watched her grandfather’s physical and mental abilities deteriorate over her lifetime. She writes with the goal to help readers understand the complexities of the disease. Although Parkinson’s can be both painful and tragic, Karen’s paper provides valuable insight into viable treatment.
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Cecila looks at bipolar disorder with a great level of understanding and compassion. Her descriptions and explanations in her research paper are written to help readers understand the negative thinking, erratic behavior and dark moods associated with this disease.
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Liliana began her research paper on clinical depression with a personal anecdote. She has seen first hand what the disease could do to a close friend. Here she explains the wide-ranging effects of this mysterious condition that we know little about.
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How do you cite a suicide note in an MLA paper? I'm writing an argument against the administration of Ritalin to ADHD kids. Kurt Cobain mentions Ritalin in his last words. He implies the drug took him on a trip of no return…