Psychiatric Mental Health
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Influencing Social Change for Psychiatric Mental Health
It is undeniable that mental illness is rampant across all ages, regardless of social status or educational background. More than a year ago, I came across a documentary regarding schizophrenia on the television. The case is about a brilliant woman from the east coast who loves to read and do journal. The documentary is based on the thoughts written in the diary, and the account of loved ones and colleagues.
In her early years, she was an avid reader, achiever, and a consistent honor student. She works in a restaurant while attending college and eventually got married and had a child. She then got divorced. That is when she started showing symptoms of schizophrenia and got in and out of prison for causing trouble. She was charged with a felony when she spat on an officer. She could not find a job because of her record. She has been on medications and therapies, which she complied on and off. She traveled to New York and survived to loiter in the city, and talking to people acting as a tour guide. The people whom she came across had no idea she had schizophrenia, as she was brilliant and well-knowledgeable. She was found dead by a realtor in an abandoned house, where she discovered her favorite books to read in the attic and entertained herself by reading. In her diary, she documented her daily routine, such as going to the river to clean herself up, finding apples from the people’s yard to survive while avoiding them so she won’t get caught, and her love for books. Included in her diary was her longing to eat warm meals, trouble with the police, and also thoughts about people judging her.
