Symposium Reflection #1
When symposium first started my partner and I chose to explore the Holocaust as one of our topic ideas. We had time to research many different topics that would mostly interest us both. By next week we ended up changing our topic to psychiatric hospitals (mental asylums) which was known to be a safe place for those who are mentally ill. In that same week we looked over at recent articles (2000-2017) that were based on the experience that patients had during their stay or what employees saw happening during their time working there. As we looked through many articles, two of them caught our attention, the place that was thought to be safe may not be safe at all. The first article called, “The Truth about Many Psychiatric Hospitals,” by Michelle Clark Bipolar Bandit in 2013 is about how badly a person gets treated in that safe place. For example shown on page one the author states, “Many times they are given medications for the sole purpose of getting them to be quiet and not give the staff trouble and to make their jobs easier.” Therefore the author is saying this way of treating a person is wrong and that person isn’t given the proper opportunity to get better. The second article is by Judi Chamberlin, “National Empowerment Center - Articles,” is based on a patient's frightful experience in a psychiatric hospital. “ Feeling frightened, abandoned, and alone, I started to cry in the day room,” unfortunately every patient there usually starts feeling isolated affecting them tremendously. What was really shocking about this was the way these people describe how bad it was to stay there. This is why my group chose this specific topic, it is important for people to know what really happens behind the doors of any mental asylum.
Reflection #2
Earlier when my group started working on our symposium driving question it was very different then how it is now. Unfortunately the research we were doing earlier and our driving question didn't lead anywhere to our topic but we still improved with new research. The connections between world war ll, the mental health of people all around, and how that lead to mental institutions made this project even more interesting. My partner and I decided to go with the interview option for the student led research format along with the help of our mentors. During the process of completing the project, the most difficult part was looking for an expert on our topic to interview. The easiest part of our project was creating the driving question and generalization. At times when we get stuck we ask ourselves, “what should we do next to improve?”, it's easier said than done. Class time and mentorship sections help a lot to get things done,our main goal is completing as many things as fast as possible to get ahead or in the middle. Your group is working hard to complete this project, with both of us working together i'm sure we will do a good job.
Reflection #3
My topic has become more interesting since the last time I talked about it, I learned that soldiers from the frontlines who got sick in the wars would be taken to mental institutions. I work best in a group but I can also manage to work by myself. Our universal theme is change and it has five generalizations. The trifold in the middle is a camouflage background to represent the soldiers who took place in wars, the sides of the trifold have windows that represent the places they would be put in like institutions or therapist rooms, and on the top of the board there lays a big soldier's helmet that stands for protection of the head. Our creative piece will be a sculpture something like this:
My next step into successfully completing this project is to turn in the trifold board completely and as soon as possible start the creative piece. The collaboration between my partner and I have been going well so far and I hope it stays that way until the very end.
My next step into successfully completing this project is to turn in the trifold board completely and as soon as possible start the creative piece. The collaboration between my partner and I have been going well so far and I hope it stays that way until the very end.
Reflection #4
Our symposium driving question is how has war and conflict contributed to changes in mental health treatment in America? The revisions that I made as I prepared to turn in my project was gluing papers back on the board so it wouldn’t fall off. The thing that really stood out to me the most that I didn’t know about before was the fact that not only soldiers got mentally ill but so did the people that helped them get better(experts/veterans). Doing scholarly research was one of the best learning experiences I have ever made because the credible articles we found were really interesting and helpful to understand our topic. The art and the oral presentation was my favorite part throughout this whole symposium experience, I learned that there was a way to show people that our topic is really important to us and them. Our student lead research purpose was to know information that comes from experts that have something to do with our topic, learning information more clearly from them. My partner and I in my opinion did somewhat well in the collaboration process. I personally thought that our creative piece and board didn’t match so I think if I could do this again I would of changed that. ( students for next year, choose your partners carefully and try your best to complete this project together or else this project will become stressful).
Driving Question:
How has war and conflict contributed to changes in mental health treatment in America?
SLR:
Maps of Mental institutions in Orange CA
Psychiatric Hospital List:
12 mental institutions in LA area vs. the number of all US pediatric hospitals (total 401)
Augustus F. Hawkins Mental Health Center *
Ward C
1720 East 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
(310) 668-8212, 8108
Aurora Charter Oak Hospital
1161 East Covina Boulevard
Covina, CA 91724
(626) 966-1632
Adolescent Unit (626) 859-5232
BHC Alhambra Hospital
4619 North Rosemead Boulevard
Rosemead, CA 91770
(626) 286-1191
Youth Services x 212
Canyon Ridge Hospital **
5353 G Street
Chino, CA 91710
(909) 590-3700
Child and Adolescent Services x 6
College Hospital Cerritos
10802 College Place
Cerritos, CA 90703
(562) 924-9581
Youth Services x 1202
College Hospital Costa Mesa
301 Victoria Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627
(949) 642-2734
Adolescent Unit (949) 574-3344
Del Amo Hospital
23700 Camino del Sol
Torrance, CA 90505
(800) 533-5266
Youth Services (310) 784-2272
Gateway Hospital
1891 Effie Street
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 644-2000
Adolescent Unit x 303 or 305
Kedren
4211 South Avalon Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90011
(323) 233-0425
Children’s Inpatient Unit x 130
Aurora Las Encinas Hospital
2900 East Del Mar Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-9901
Children’ Unit (626) 356-2712
Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center **
1710 Barton Road
Redlands, CA 92374
(909) 558-9200
Children’s Unit (909) 558-9218
UCLA NPI *
760 Westwood Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
(310) 825-0511
Psychiatric Hospital List:
12 mental institutions in LA area vs. the number of all US pediatric hospitals (total 401)
Augustus F. Hawkins Mental Health Center *
Ward C
1720 East 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
(310) 668-8212, 8108
Aurora Charter Oak Hospital
1161 East Covina Boulevard
Covina, CA 91724
(626) 966-1632
Adolescent Unit (626) 859-5232
BHC Alhambra Hospital
4619 North Rosemead Boulevard
Rosemead, CA 91770
(626) 286-1191
Youth Services x 212
Canyon Ridge Hospital **
5353 G Street
Chino, CA 91710
(909) 590-3700
Child and Adolescent Services x 6
College Hospital Cerritos
10802 College Place
Cerritos, CA 90703
(562) 924-9581
Youth Services x 1202
College Hospital Costa Mesa
301 Victoria Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627
(949) 642-2734
Adolescent Unit (949) 574-3344
Del Amo Hospital
23700 Camino del Sol
Torrance, CA 90505
(800) 533-5266
Youth Services (310) 784-2272
Gateway Hospital
1891 Effie Street
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 644-2000
Adolescent Unit x 303 or 305
Kedren
4211 South Avalon Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90011
(323) 233-0425
Children’s Inpatient Unit x 130
Aurora Las Encinas Hospital
2900 East Del Mar Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-9901
Children’ Unit (626) 356-2712
Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center **
1710 Barton Road
Redlands, CA 92374
(909) 558-9200
Children’s Unit (909) 558-9218
UCLA NPI *
760 Westwood Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
(310) 825-0511