Psychotherapy's Therapeutic Treatments

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

to help better cope with their condition, or be monitored in a ward for their safety, and everybody else’s safety as well.
Nearly 1 of 5 Americans suffer from mental illnesses each year.

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

crises.
Alongside with psychotherapy, combined with medicine, it can be a strong and effective way to promote recovery. Researchers believe that the symptoms of the illness are the result from the imbalance of chemicals in an individual's brain. Medication can help balance those chemicals and reduce the symptoms, and in some cases the medication reduces them completely. However it’s important to keep in mind that medications are not cures. It often helps the most when they are apart of psychotherapy or a peer program or maybe even a rehab service that medication alone can’t tend to. For those cases in which medicine can’t tend to, how are they suppose to understand the extent of their crime without a licensed professional, and their brain chemically imbalanced.
Hospitalization may occur because someone decides it is the best route on the path to recovery. It can also occur by the insistence of a family member, because they may feel the patient in question deserves the best care possible. In some cases, Hospitalization may be a necessity so that an individual can be accurately diagnosed, have medication adjusted when his or her illness worsen, or be monitored in case an individual has an episode. Being hospitalized reduces the ongoing stress of the daily responsibilities. This allows the individual to better concentrate on recovering from their mental crisis. As time goes on, the crisis lessens, which means that the individual is getting better. The main goal of hospitalization is to give an appropriate amount of specified care to maximize living independently.
Should people with mental illnesses be tried for committing a crime ?

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

conscience.