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Society needs to value mental health more than it does because it affects everyone. Positive mental health will allow for a happier and healthier society. To create a culture that values mental health there must be more awareness. In Brave New World mental health is not addressed making it difficult to value because people in the society don't know anything about it. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest mental health is addressed but only negatively. The novel only shows the evil of mental diseases not the positives of having good mental health in citizens. Today there are actions occurring that are improving the value like Mental Health Month and increased attention on adolescents. With improved techniques, homier facilities, and more awareness mental health will have more of a value in our society.

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"The mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one, which increased the prejudice against him and intensified the contempt and hostility aroused by his physical defects. Which in turn increased his sense of being alien and alone. A chronic fear of being slighted made him avoid his equals, made him stand, where his inferiors were concerned, self-consciously on his dignity."

"Every one works for every one else. We can’t do without any one. Even Epsilons are useful. We couldn’t do without Epsilons. Every one works for every one else. We can’t do without any one. . . ."

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“Resilient” adolescents are those who have managed to cope effectively, even in the face of stress and other difficult circumstances, and are poised to enter adulthood with a good chance of positive mental health.
http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-health-topics/mental-health/positive-health.html

"Since 1949, Mental Health America and our affiliates across the country have led the observance of May is Mental Health Month by reaching millions of people through the media, local events and screenings. We welcome other organizations to join us in spreading the word that mental health is something everyone should care about by using the May is Mental Health Month toolkit materials and conducting awareness activities."
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/may

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"While McMurphy laughs. Rocking farther and farther backward against the cabin top, spreading his laugh out across the water—laughing at the girl, the guys, at George, at me sucking my bleeding thumb, at the captain back at the pier and the bicycle rider and the service-station guys and the five thousand houses and the Big Nurse and all of it. Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy."

"Across the room from the Acutes are the culls of the Combine's product, the Chronics. Not in the hospital, these, to get fixed, but just to keep them from walking around the streets giving the product a bad name. Chronics are in for good, the staff concedes. Chronics are divided into Walkers like me, can still get around if you keep them fed, and Wheelers and Vegetables. What the Chronics are—or most of us—are machines with flaws inside that can't be repaired, flaws born in, or flaws beat in over so many years of the guy running head-on into solid things that by the time the hospital found him he was bleeding rust in some vacant lot."

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C-SPAN Cities Tour - Salem: History of Mental Health Care

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Learn about Oregon's history of mental health care treatment dating back to the 1800s at the Oregon State Hospital's Museum of Mental Health. See artifacts from the institution including a lobotomy table, restraints, and other early treatments. Hear what sent patients to the hospital, its historical significance and stories of patients who spent their lives in the facility.

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People who may be sliding toward depression might be able to prevent the full-blown disorder by completing some self-help exercises online, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that men and women who had some symptoms of depression and used a web-based mental health program that was supported by an online trainer were less likely to experience a major depressive episode during a 1-year follow-up period, compared with people who also had symptoms of depression but were only given online access to educational materials about the signs of depression and its treatment. The findings were published today (May 3) in the journal JAMA.

The results of the study suggest that a web-based, guided self-help intervention could effectively reduce the risk of major depressive disorder or at least delay its onset, said lead study author Claudia Buntrock, a doctoral student in psychology at Leuphana University in Lueneburg, Germany.

In the study, the researchers tracked about 400 adults in Germany who met the criteria for having some symptoms of depression but were not considered to have a major depressive disorder. The participants had not received any psychotherapy in the six months prior to enrolling in the study.

About half the participants were assigned to participate in a web-based training program that taught them behavioral and problem-solving skills, such as how to brainstorm solutions to a problem, make time for enjoyable activities and practice relaxation techniques. The program consisted of six half-hour sessions and self-help exercises, along with support from an online trainer who offered written feedback to participants after each session.

The rest of the study participants had access to online information about depression, but there were no exercises for them to complete and no trainers were involved.

Preventing depression

When researchers followed up by telephone with the study participants one year later, they found that 27 percent of the people in the online self-help group experienced symptoms of major depression, compared to 41 percent of the people in the group that simply had access to information.

The findings show that the delivery of preventive mental health interventions via the Internet may be a promising way to reach individuals who are at an early stage of depression, and that it may also help prevent their transition to a full-blown depressive disorder, Buntrock told Live Science. Online programs cost less than traditional mental health services and allow participants to work through the information and exercises at their own pace, according to the study.

In addition, since research is showing that treatments for major depression are not always successful at improving health outcomes - such as premature death and disability - its prevention is becoming more important, the researchers said.

The researchers said that one of the limitations of the study is that they could not rule out the additional attention that some participants received as a result of feedback from the online trainer could be a factor in that group's reduced risk for depression.

Future studies should clarify whether web-based, guided self-help programs are effective at preventing the first onsetof depression as well as its recurrence, Buntrock said.

She also said that because individualized feedback from an online trainer can make the specific training program harder to replicate with a larger number of participants, more studies are needed to evaluate the preventive effects of a web-based intervention that does not have any online trainers helping participants.

The online, self-help program developed for this study is currently in use by a health insurance company in Germany. That company was involved in the research and made the program available to its members who might be at risk for depression, Buntrock said.

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Online Self-Help Is Surprisingly Good At Reducing Depression Risk

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People who may be sliding toward depression might be able to prevent the full-blown disorder by completing some self-help exercises online, a new study suggests.

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Suicide rates have soared 24 percent in the U.S. since 1999, with the biggest increases among women, federal researchers reported Friday.

Increases of just a percent or so each year added up quickly between 1999 and 2014, with startling increases among white women and Native American women, the team at the National Center for Health Statistics said.

Overall, there were 13 suicides per 100,000 people in 2014 - up from 10.5 per 100,000 in 1999. That marks the highest rate in any year since the mid 1980s, national statistics show.

"The age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States was 24 percent higher in 2014 than in 1999, and increases were observed for both females and males in all age groups under 75," Sally Curtin, Margaret Warner and Dr. Holly Hedegaard of the NCHS wrote.

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among children and young adults aged 10 to 24. In 2012, more than 5,000 teens and young adults died by suicide, the CDC says.

And even though the total numbers are low, suicides are up among young girls.

"Although much lower than for other ages, the suicide rate in 2014 for non-Hispanic white females aged 10-14 years more than tripled from 1999," the NCHS team wrote.

About 1.7 per 100,000 girls this age died by suicide in 2014, they found. That's up from one out of every 200,000 in 1999.

It's puzzling and tragic when a child this young dies by suicide, said Dr. Maria Oquendo, a psychiatry professor at Columbia University Medical Center. The rise in use of social media may be a factor, she said.

"We don't know for sure but several things might explain it: one of them has to do with frequency of social interactions unmonitored by adults," Oquendo told NBC News.

"Now with the use of social media, social interaction is happening online...there are stressful situations like cyber-bullying which is a stress factor and can worsen depression. That's one thing that may be contributing," she said.

"Another reason is that there's a reduction in age at puberty. That's important because we know that psychiatric disorders like anxiety (or) depression start (around the time of puberty). So an early onset of puberty brings an early onset of those psychiatric disorders."
Related: CDC Finds Troubling Rise in Teen Suicide Method
The findings make it more important than ever for people to be aware of the warning signs for suicide.

They include:

Talking about wanting to die

Talking about feeling trapped

Talking about feeling unbearable pain, or feeling like a burden to others

Acting anxious or agitated

Behaving recklessly

Becoming socially isolated

The CDC has sounded regular warnings about suicide rates in the U.S. It's the 10th leading cause of death overall. More than 41,000 people died by suicide in 2013.

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Suicide rates have soared 24 percent in the U.S. since 1999, with the biggest increases among women, federal researchers reported Friday. Increases of just a percent or so each year added up quickly between 1999 and 2014, with startling increases among white women and Native American women, the team at the National Center for Health Statistics said.

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Top 10 states in the Overall Ranking also rank among the top 10 states in the following positive outcomes. Bottom 10 states in the Overall Ranking also rank among the bottom 10 states in the following poor outcomes.

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The value of mental health has increased in our society. Today mental health is a prevalent issue in schools, government and daily life. The treatment of people with mental illnesses has changed immensely in recent years. Old outdated methods were found to be noneffective so with research and new discover there are new more helpful methods to assist these people. With awareness mental health can be values higher in our society but it requires work on everyone's behalf.

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Conformity is key in Huxley's novel about a futuristic utopia. Mental health is not addressed in everyday life due to mental illnesses being defects in their test tubes babies. This makes it impossible for anyone with a mental health problem to get he help that they may need. Citizens in this utopia cannot be outside of their assigned caste and if that were to happen then they would be isolated.  The conformity of the society destroys all individuality and provides more aware characters with a feeling of being alone. Huxley is trying to create a perfect society but in his book he does not account for the abnormalities that come with human beings. There was no value of mental health because in Brave New World anything different was rejected and disposed of.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by: Ken Kesey

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by: Ken Kesey

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A major theme in this book is the treatment of mental health patients. Authority figures were the ones to decided who was mentally ill. Several characters in the novel choice to display themselves as "crazy" rather then going to jail for their crimes. During the time period of the book patients were treated very poorly and incorrect medical treatments were used. Mental illness intimidated people in the everyday world.  Throughout the book there are several examples "a thin line" between normal and abnormal activity. The caregivers seem as crazy as the patients making it hard to determine who is really in charge. in the book characters exhibit sane actions that contrast with the insane actions of the institution. Kesey's purpose of this novel is to draw attention to mental illness. His writing assists in eliminating the stigma around mental illness and makes it a topic of discussion. In the time period of the novel mental illness was not valued. Patients were tucked away in hospitals and their care was brutal and inhumane. The treatment was not for their benefit but for the benefit of society, removing them from everyday life. Kesey's desire was to improve the value of mental health in society.

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JUDGE THE VALUE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR SOCIETY,  ONE FLEW OVER CUCKOO'S NEST, AND BRAVE NEW WORLD

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JUDGE THE VALUE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR SOCIETY,  ONE FLEW OVER CUCKOO'S NEST, AND BRAVE NEW WORLD