Psychotherapy's Therapeutic Treatments

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According to oxforddictionaries.com, a crime is an action or activity that, although not illegal, is considered to be evil, shameful, or wrong. Mental illness takes many forms which can affect some or all of your moods, thinking, and behaviors; some of the commonly known illnesses include anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, depression, and lastly addictive behaviors. In most cases the symptoms can be managed with medication and various sessions in psychotherapy. What about the other cases that cannot be manageable? Should a person whose suffering with a mental illness be tried in a court for something they cannot control? Instead of punishment, they should either be sentenced to intense psychotherapy, given stronger medication …show more content…

In other words, every year about 42.5 million American adults suffer from some type of mental illness enduring conditions such as the common ones people experience in their everyday life. There are many type of different treatments available. Psychotherapy has been known to change the lives of many mentally ill patients. It’s a therapeutic treatment that involves many treatment techniques. During these sessions, a licensed mental health care professional helps the patient understand their illness, overcome their fears and insecurities, and make sense of past traumatic experiences that might’ve triggered the illness. Psychotherapy also helps the patient focus on the present and prepare for the future by helping the patient define and reach wellness goals, establish a stable, dependable routine that helps with coping with …show more content…

Lets observe the facts; depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and addictive behaviors all affect some or all of an individual's mood, thought process, and behavior. This is sometimes due to a tragic event that occurred in their lives that will always affect them negatively. It is also due to their brain not receiving the right amount of chemicals it needs to better balance their thoughts and ideas. Although some people may feel that justice has to be served. A person of any mental condition should not be tried in court for something they can’t control. Sometimes the illness can get to a point where it just naturally happens on its own. I propose that the person with the illness be sentenced to psychotherapy, or hospitalization to ensure that they fully understand the crime they committed. Once they get to the point that they fully understand, if they are a person of morality, that knowledge will be justice served enough, because they have to live with that in their

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