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The book is about recognizing things can be done to end the pain and heartache. It explores the many ways beliefs, attitudes and behaviors are passed from one generation to another. And how to change them as Dr. David R. Hawkins suggests in POWER vs. FORCE.
The book is oriented toward healthcare professionals and such students. Also to teachers, their students, law-in-forcement, and the criminal justice system, as well as the general public. It identifies the many causes of mental health problems that have resulted in the violence and deaths of many innocent people, sadly, children in our culture. It also looks at the various types of treatment available inorder to provide people with the help they need, but must be able to connect with them emotionally. It looks at why so much rage and trauma, and what can be done to change peoples beliefs, attitudes and behavior, allowing individuals to live fulfilling and happy lives.

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Publié par	Balboa Press
Date de parution	20 juillet 2023
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EAN13	9798765234112
Langue	English
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WANDERING, LOST & WOUNDED SOULS: UNDERSTANDING PROBLEMS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH

ANN MARTIN-M c ALLEN, P h .D.

Copyright © 2023 Ann Martin-McAllen, Ph.D.

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Balboa Press rev. date: 04/25/2023
Dedication
This book is dedicated to four men who inspired me, encouraged me, were my advisors and guides, teaching me many things. Beginning with my father and role model, Dr. Henry W. Martin, who told me when I was young that just because I was a girl didn’t mean I couldn’t accomplish whatever I wanted to accomplish.
He was followed by my mentor and friend, Dr. Sheldon C. Downes, the architect of the Rehabilitation Studies Program at East Carolina University. He introduced me to Existentialism, Humanistic Philosophy and the incredible people like Viktor Frankl, Rollo May, Abraham Maslow, and Erich Fromm. Next came Dr. William Kane who was not only my advisor in the doctoral program at the University of New Mexico but also my guru and guide into the world of Health Promotion.
Finally, Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Ben Klein, recognized that something else was wrong when I went through the pain clinic. He suspected, rightly so, the auto crash injuries were more than just injuries to my back. He, as did the rest of the men on this list, empower me, giving me back my independence and self-respect.
Everyone should be blessed as was I with such a group of brilliant, generous, compassionate, and Spiritual men.
Contents
Dedication
Preface
Introduction

1 Mental Health In America: Our Disgrace
2 What Is Mental Health?
3 How Does It Manifest?
4 How Are We Affected By Others’ Mental Health?
5 Substance Abuse And Other Addictions
6 Factors That Contribute To Mental Health Problems
7 Where Do These Problems Begin?
8 What About Therapy?
9 What Can A Therapist Do And What Should Be Expected From Therapy?
10 Guiding Us Through The Maze Called Life!
11 Where Do We Go From Here?

Acknowledgements
Resources
THE HIDDEN ROOM
(Gets to the heart of us all that is concealed, unseen, a confidential part of who we are!)
Deep within the silent recesses of our minds
is a hidden room…
A room which contains our secret self,
It contains our inner most thoughts,
Thoughts that seem sometimes to be only faint shadows,
Shadows of reality, of hope, of fear,
Within this room is the secret to who we really are,
Our private self that we keep hidden away,
This room is our protection from others,
From anyone really knowing us,
It protects our vulnerability,
We keep this room protected and sheltered from harm,
From the light of recognition,
If only we could see in this room,
If we could enter it with our consciousness,
As we touch each other’s lives,
We threaten to open the door to this room,
We fight it not trusting what will happen if we allow the door to open,
Allowing a little light to come into the room
to reveal what is there,
Who we are!.

Preface
This book is the first in a series based on The Seven Dimensions of Wellness. These books can and maybe seen as a BRIDGE between the present-day perceptions and future reality. It begins by exploring Emotional/Psychological Wellness, known as Mental Health.
Sometime ago, I received very distressing news about a young woman who after crying out for help from her family, overdosed on pain medication before they could get to her. Hearing the sorrow of this wasted life, cut short because of the pain and anguish she seemed to have been feeling, it spoke to me touching that possibly super sensitive fragment of my heart. What does this tragedy say to you and/or make you feel? If a person is on pain medication, then there must be pain involved whether physical, mental, or emotional. And if you are aware of and/or understand the Mind-Body Connection, you’ll see how emotional pain can be connected to physical pain.
Hearing about this tragedy brought immediately to mind the many individuals who are in great distress and are not being heard or if they are being heard, their loved ones may not know what to do or where to go for help. This sounds so ridiculous. Yet when we continue to hear about all the shootings especially by individuals who have been identified as having mental health problems, we hear or should be hearing a wakeup call to pay attention and do something about it. But because of the stigma in this country regarding mental health, it is not surprising that people are afraid to or at least hesitant to seek out professional help.
Additionally, the other reason can be the lack of substantial mental health treatment due to the lack of funding/reimbursement for these needed services. Even individuals who have met the criteria and received a disability, collecting Social Security Benefits and have Medicare, may not be able to get treatment because, Medicare may not cover or pay for substance abuse treatment. But will pay for detox in a hospital.
The other important possibly is that the mental health provider is not trained appropriately so they are unable to get to the real cause of the dysfunction. An accurate diagnosis should be followed up with appropriate treatment. Next, we will look at the effects of childhood trauma on one’s life.
A few minutes after hearing about the young woman’s heartbreaking death, still reeling from the emotional pain I was feeling about the tragedy, I sighted another disturbing situation. Along the street on the sidewalk walked a youngish woman pushing a cart, who appeared to be homeless. Immediately on seeing her, the thought came into my mind about the lost souls here on earth that feel adrift or stuck in their own grief and bewilderment not knowing where to turn or what to do next, just wandering around in a sort of daze or state of bewilderment.
I then felt a great desire to write a message on Facebook, which may seem very strange, to the woman who took the pain medication to stop her pain and became brain-dead. What I wanted to say was, “I weep for you, for your loss, for your feelings of helplessness and hopelessness”. My thoughts following this were, “maybe if someone reads this it will save a life”. They will know or at least be aware that there is someone out there who cares about them and their pain even if they have never met.
The grief I feel about these distressing incidences only builds on the heartbreaking reports and the terrible anguish caused by the loss of human life at the various places like the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. This is partly because of all the innocent children, the victims of this tragedy, in addition to the six adult staff members. We, as a nation, wept for all the victims. This calamity was just one of the many horrifying events that have afflicted and maybe even cursed our nation over the past several years.
The Sandy Hook Elementary School disaster has been described as the deadliest mass shooting at a high school or grade school at that time in US history, and the second-deadliest shooting by a single person in our history, after the massacre on April 16, 2007, at the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Thirty-two people were killed and 17 wounded. An additional devastating event was the Columbine High School massacre which occurred on April 20, 1999, in Columbine, Colorado which killed a total of 12 students and one teacher.
Plus, more shootings keep occurring all too frequently such as the February 14, 2018, shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida where 17 people were killed and 17 more with fatal injuries and the Sutherland Springs, Texas, First Baptist Church on November 5, 2017, killing 26 and injuring 20 others.
Then there was the Las Vegas tragedy in 2017 of 59 deaths including the sho