William is a fifteen-year old, student with Autism. William is, basically, a very happy and pleasant young man. He has a wonderful sense of humor and is a pleasure to be around. The humorous side of William made him able to get a few friends in his class. William wants […]
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CASE 2 – UNSPEAKABLE MENTAL ILLNESS
The protagonist is a man with mental health issues. He goes to a therapist, but he does not tell anyone about it, neither his closest friends nor his family. He doesn’t want them to change their attitudes towards him and he is afraid they would judge him in a bad […]
CASE 3- BODY SHAMING
Chester, a tall, skinny teenager who excels in math and science classes, feels embarrassed when he has to change into gym clothes in the boy’s locker room at school because he lacks muscularity and size. Other, more athletic, and well-built teens notice Chester’s shyness and decide to exploit it. Using […]
CASE 4 – RELATIONSHIP ISSUES WITH PARENTS
Franziska is an 18 years old girl who belongs to a middle-class family. She is currently pursuing her high school. She is currently in her second year. As a person, Franziska is a little reserved and has a small friend circle. She takes some time to open up to people. […]
CASE 5 – EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE PERPETRATED BY IGNORING AND REJECTING A PERSON WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
M is a middle-aged man, diagnosed with mental health issues, who has a poor social life and does not have many friends. He goes sometimes to a day care center, but he has difficulties with accepting his mental health issue, and that is the reason why he does not usually […]
CASE 6 – EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE PERPETRATED BY USING PATRONISING AND CONTROLLING ATTITUDES TOWARDS A PERSON WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
The protagonist is a young man with mental health illness who has been a user of a day care center for the past few months. The social service professionals are working to improve the man’s autonomy and decisiveness, since he has problems of self-esteem and emotional dependence to his parents. […]
CASE 7 – LACK OF AUNOTOMY PROVOKED BY OTHERS IN PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
The protagonist is a middle-aged man having mental health issues. He is aware about his condition and he wants to find out the best medication to feel better. He has a great social life, many friends surround him and he is autonomous in his daily routine. Some days are harder […]
CASE 8 – VERBAL VIOLENCE PERPETRATED BY INSULTING AND IGNORING AT THE SAME TIME A YOUNG STUDENT WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
The protagonist is a man with mental health issues. During his life, he started different medications; in the beginning, he always handled the situation pretty well and he always felt much better but every time the professionals changed his cure by eliminating the pills assumption, he always fell down once […]
CASE 9 – THE MONOLOGUE
Leonidas is a 42-year-old man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2001. He had this diagnosis from the X psychiatric hospital when he was voluntarily hospitalized due to some auditory hallucinations. He was hearing voices criticizing him as «useless», “loser” and other derogatory comments. He had also some annoying thoughts. After […]
CASE 10 – THIS IS MY HOME…TOO!
Mr. Pantelis is a 32-year-old gentleman who has been living in a psychosocial rehabilitation unit (sheltered apartment) since October 2018. He went there after his involuntary hospitalization, due to a suicide attempt, at a Psychiatric Hospital where he was diagnosed with manic disorder. He works in protected work in the […]
CASE 11 – I NEVER GET ANGRY…
Panos is 50 years old resident of a psychosocial rehabilitation unit diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. One morning he got permission from the unit to visit a bank to do some procedures related to his bank account. When it was his turn to be served, the bank employee gave him a […]
CASE 12 – WHY DON’T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE!
Mr. Mathew is a 20-year-old man facing mental health issues. He lives with his mother; he doesn’t work and the only thing that he enjoys doing is going walks and attending social events because he likes being surrounded by people. Last Saturday he attended a food festival organized in a […]