Unit 2 Essay Outline

Turning point 1: Mental health in the early to mid 20th century was negatively impacted by the wars and handled poorly due to a lack of accurate knowledge about psychology. 

Claim 1: The wars severely damaged mental health. 

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Claim 2: The lack of proper knowledge about psychology led to poor treatment of mentally ill. 

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Claim 3: Theories about mental health were not fully accurate but were important attempts to understand it better. 

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Turning point 2:  In the mid to late 20th century, mental health started to be taken more seriously with the developments in psychology and the spread of awareness. The rise of pharmaceutical treatments could also be seen. 

Claim 1: Helping the mentally ill with proper medical methods was promoted. 

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Claim 2: A rise of pharmaceutical treatments could be seen. 

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Turning point 3: In the 21st century the rise of social media allowed people to spread even more awareness about mental health and made certain people struggling with mental health issues to not feel alone. However, the spread of misinformation about mental health with people self diagnosing and more hate being spread on social media negatively impacted the perception of mental health. 

Claim 1: Social media posts in the format of “memes” would show people struggling with mental health that there were others like them. 

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Claim 2: Social media also created lots of pressure on many people, especially young people, which negatively impacted their mental health. 

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Claim 3: Social media also lead to people being misinformed about certain mental illnesses and self diagnosing without the opinion of experts which is dangerous. 

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