Some of the things that surprised me the most while reading these articles is that women are treated differently even by doctors. I thought this kind of thing only happened in the work force, but doctors who are supposed to help their patients no matter what rarely ever listen to women. Women being judged by their weight in doctors office sadly does not surprise me but the fact that men who are also overweight are put in preventive therapy where to women they just tell them to lose weight. Also that there is even bias when doing medical research and that drugs made for women are tested on male animals rather than female animals. While reading these articles I could not make sense of why the doctors treated female patients or a person of color with little regard when something serious could actually be happening. What does ones ethnicity or sexual orientation have anything to do with how they should be treated? Some things we can do to stop these biases is to make people more aware that they exist. Without people having knowledge about this topic we cannot fix the problem. Bringing this topic to light will let many people more aware of the problem and hopefully if they have to go to the doctors they can catch signs of the doctor being bias towards them and hopefully be able to do something about it.

In season 6 episode 3 of Grey’s Anatomy there is a patient who comes in from a car crash. It is a mother and son, the son is a paranoid schizophrenic and believes everyone who is trying to help it is trying to hurt him. Throughout the episode he thinks there are cameras watching him, people laughing at him, and does not let anyone touch him. The mother ends up needing surgery but does not want to do it because she does not want to leave her son alone. She cannot leave him with anyone and tells doctors she needs to train someone in order to take care of him. Both the son and mother end up getting surgery together so that they will be together through the whole process.

There are no specific causes for this mental illness, but some social and environmental factors can play into it. Also if someone goes through trauma this can also cause them to become schizophrenic. Mostly people with a family history of schizophrenia are ones with the highest risk. There is a lot of social judgements when someone has this mental illness, many people think they are crazy and do not usually think they have a mental illness but that they do drugs or other things like that. Usually when people see other people being paranoid they just think they are crazy or weird and do not talk or be around them.

One resource that I am going to talk about in the post is one that focuses on both mental and health care for students. This would be the Student Health and Counseling Services, this is a place where students can get HIV testing, health education, massage therapy, radiology and many more things in which students can benefit from. You can also get treated for anything you have here at the pharmacy. Something I did not know is that they also offer counseling, even though it is in the name of the building I always thought that this facility was just for any medical issues students were having. They offer different counseling sessions that focus on different things like coping skills and also how to deal with any other emotions like stress and anger. Many other things are offered here focusing on different struggles one might have. I think this is something that many students can benefit from but sometimes might not know is available to them. Hopefully students will become more aware of the help they can get through this facility!

Nordstrom mall entrance; I would say this is pretty accessible for someone with a disability, there is a ramp to enter the store. And parking for them in the front, there is a bus stop and bart across the street but the safest way to get to the entrance would be with car. An elevator is located right by the door once you enter the store to take you to different levels of the store.

Starbucks; parking right in front of the entrance and right next to the ramp to enter the store. Car would be the only way to get to this location since the parking is very cramped. There is no braille sign to indicate it is starbucks so if someone was blind they would need more assistance in order to get to this location.

Target; There is parking in front of the store for them and ramp provided as well. There is no bus nearby so a car would be the only way to get to this location. Bo braille sign so it would be a little hard for someone who is blind to know where they are. Doors open automatically so it would be easy for someone in a wheelchair to enter the store.

Market Place; By my house there is a marketplace where they offer a lot of different food options. It is kind of like a food court, there is no bus nearby so the only way to get here is with a car. The parking is very small so a big vehicle would not be able to get to it. In order to get in you have to go down a little hill but there is disability parking in front and a ramp to enter the market. Also the doors are automatic but there is not braille sign to indicate what it is.

Safeway; There is disability parking right in front of the store, and a ramp to get into the store. The doors are automatic so it would be easy for someone to get in. The only way to get to would be with car, no bus stops are available nearby.