Mental illness, normal psychological processes, or attacks by the devil? Three lenses to frame demonic struggles in therapy.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie J. Exline ◽  
Kenneth I. Pargament ◽  
Joshua A. Wilt ◽  
Valencia A. Harriott
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
The Devil

scholarly journals Depression and the Devil of Hell's Kitchen: Exploring How Mental Illness Is Depicted in Daredevil Comic Books

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaeem Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Comic Books ◽  
Comic Book ◽  
Illness Narratives ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Graphic Medicine ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Devil

This MRP explores how depression is depicted in Marvel’s Daredevil comic books through multimodal metaphors. It seeks to answer the following research questions: 1) How do the visual, textual, and spatial elements in Daredevil comic books work together to communicate depression? 2) What role does depression play within each Daredevil comic book narrative? A close reading was conducted to analyze how depression was communicated in two Daredevil comic books that explicitly discuss depression. This project found that characters discussed their mental illness experience through chaos and quest illness narratives, using a combination of visual and textual metaphors. Their accounts resembled medical representations of depression symptoms. The depiction of mental illness within the two Daredevil comics suggests that mainstream American superhero comics can both depict mental illnesses in a medically accurate manner and present them as authentic character experiences. This MRP provides a meaningful foundation for future research that explores how mainstream American superhero comics can play a larger role in graphic medicine and mental health communication. Keywords: comics, depression, mental illness, graphic medicine, illness narratives, superhero

scholarly journals Depression and the Devil of Hell's Kitchen: Exploring How Mental Illness Is Depicted in Daredevil Comic Books

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaeem Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Comic Books ◽  
Comic Book ◽  
Illness Narratives ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Graphic Medicine ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Devil

This MRP explores how depression is depicted in Marvel’s Daredevil comic books through multimodal metaphors. It seeks to answer the following research questions: 1) How do the visual, textual, and spatial elements in Daredevil comic books work together to communicate depression? 2) What role does depression play within each Daredevil comic book narrative? A close reading was conducted to analyze how depression was communicated in two Daredevil comic books that explicitly discuss depression. This project found that characters discussed their mental illness experience through chaos and quest illness narratives, using a combination of visual and textual metaphors. Their accounts resembled medical representations of depression symptoms. The depiction of mental illness within the two Daredevil comics suggests that mainstream American superhero comics can both depict mental illnesses in a medically accurate manner and present them as authentic character experiences. This MRP provides a meaningful foundation for future research that explores how mainstream American superhero comics can play a larger role in graphic medicine and mental health communication. Keywords: comics, depression, mental illness, graphic medicine, illness narratives, superhero

Applying the Science of Habit Formation to Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments for Mental Illness

2021 ◽  
pp. 174569162199575
Author(s):  
Allison G. Harvey ◽  
Catherine A. Callaway ◽  
Garret G. Zieve ◽  
Nicole B. Gumport ◽  
Courtney C. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Habit Formation ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Treatments ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Life Habits

Habits affect nearly every aspect of our physical and mental health. Although the science of habit formation has long been of interest to psychological scientists across disciplines, we propose that applications to clinical psychological science have been insufficiently explored. In particular, evidence-based psychological treatments (EBPTs) are interventions targeting psychological processes that cause and/or maintain mental illness and that have been developed and evaluated scientifically. An implicit goal of EBPTs is to disrupt unwanted habits and develop desired habits. However, there has been insufficient attention given to habit-formation principles, theories, and measures in the development and delivery of EBTPs. Herein we consider whether outcomes following an EBPT would greatly improve if the basic science of habit formation were more fully leveraged. We distill six ingredients that are central to habit formation and demonstrate how these ingredients are relevant to EBPTs. We highlight practice points and an agenda for future research. We propose that there is an urgent need for research to guide the application of the science of habit formation and disruption to the complex “real-life” habits that are the essence of EBPTs.

Stigma

2017 ◽  
pp. 599-606
Author(s):  
Patrick E. Jamieson ◽  
Daniel Romer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
News Media ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Stigma Reduction ◽  
Efficacy Of Treatment ◽  
Beliefs About Mental Illness

Stigma occurs when a person or group is negatively stereotyped and is treated as socially unacceptable. The stigma surrounding mental disorders poses significant barriers to identification, treatment, and recovery from these conditions. Stigmatizing beliefs about mental illness emerge prior to adolescence and are reinforced by both entertainment and news media. These widespread beliefs can promote self-stigma in persons with symptoms of mental illness. This chapter reviews the community and psychological processes that contribute to stigma and strategies that seek to reduce its harms in adolescents. It also highlights examples of successful stigma-reduction programs that emphasize the efficacy of treatment, correction of negative stereotypes, and exposure to persons with mental illness who have been successfully treated.

An Introduction to Positive Emotion and Psychopathology

2019 ◽  
pp. xiv-9
Author(s):  
June Gruber ◽  
Margaret R. Tobias ◽  
Michael C. Flux ◽  
Kirsten E. Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Emotional Disturbance ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Emotional Processes ◽  
Positive Valence ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

This book sets out to provide a comprehensive review of the nature of positive emotion and psychopathology in this book. It begins by introducing recent scientific and public interest in understanding positive emotional functioning, as well as the importance of understanding disturbances in positive valence systems for uncovering knowledge about etiology and maintenance of chronic and severe psychiatric disorders. The argument is that the field of clinical psychology has typically focused on the adaptive components of positive emotion in understanding mental illness, and that there remains increasing need and importance to study the mechanisms and contexts by which positive emotional processes may also lead to maladaptive psychological processes and outcomes across disorders. This chapter concludes with proposing a transdiagnostic and comprehensive framework toward identifying, studying, and treating positive emotional disturbance.

Psychiatry in Iraq

1966 ◽  
Vol 112 (489) ◽  
pp. 827-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Widad Bazzoui ◽  
Ihsan Al-Issa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Hospital Statistics ◽  
Psychiatric Problems

In recent years there has been a wide interest in the cross-cultural aspects of mental illness. Information concerning incidence, symptomatology and attitudes towards mental illness in the developing countries may contribute to the understanding of psychological processes and psychiatric problems. Kline (1963) reported a number of surveys of psychiatry in non-Western countries. One of these surveys was conducted in Kuwait, which is culturally and geographically intimately related to Iraq. This study aims at adding to Kline's data by providing information about various facets of psychiatry in Iraq. The present data were collected through interviews with a number of practising psychiatrists and through reference to hospital statistics and other relevant literature, in addition to the authors' clinical experience.

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