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    Abstract This paper analyses the Borderline Personality Disorder. The analysis is based on the movie " Girl Interrupted". This movie is based on a true story of Susanna Kaysen. The paper presents the description of disorder based on DSM-IV-TR and The National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH]. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by impulsivity‚ unstable and intense interpersonal relationships‚ an unstable self-image‚ frantic efforts to avoid perceived abandonment‚ inappropriate

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    In the movieGirl interrupted”‚ Daisy resided in a mental institution called the Mclean Hospital (3). The hospital provides medical and therapeutic treatments in order to reduce the symptoms of the patients’ disorder. If the patient shows signs of a normal behavior‚ then the patients is released back into the real world. Daisy was diagnosed in having a binge-eating disorder and agoraphobia. An agoraphobia‚ according to reports‚ is “a fear of being outside or otherwise being in a situation from which

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    Susanna Kaysen is the author of Girl Interrupted‚ her memoirs that explore a two-year period that she spent as a patient in a mental institution for young women. Split into three sections‚ mind versus brain‚ the clinical definition of a borderline personality disorder‚ and her diagnosis‚ her memoirs serve as an argument against her clinical diagnosis. In "Mind vs. Brain" we are given a layman’s introduction to psychology. Kaysen‚ through the use of various writing techniques‚ explains to the average

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    Reflection Paper: “GirlInterrupted” 1. Based on the movie and real life‚ do you think we need other people to help us understand and solve our problems? Why or why not? Absolutely. Without the presence of other people‚ there would be no social point of reference as to what would be considered “normal”. In order for an abnormality to exist‚ be it physical or psychological‚ there must be a widely accepted concept of “normalcy”. If a certain individual is said to be suffering a problem (in this

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    Girl Interrupted (1999) is a film depicting a youthful female in the 1960s battling with the instability of her own emotional sickness (Mangold‚ (n.d.)). With the influence of her parents‚ Susanna Kayson concedes herself into a psychiatric and is later determined to have Borderline Personality Disorder. Her fight demonstrates that those agonies from a psychiatric disorder may not generally meet the cliché picture depicted by the overall population. Other characters in this film did a fabulous depiction

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    Cited: PAGE Quote #1- Page 21-FREEDOM- GirlInterrupted Quote #2- Page 80-SECURITY SCREEN-GirlInterrupted Quote #3 Page 54-CHECKS-GirlInterrupted GirlInterrupted- By Susanna Kaysen Copyright 1993 Originally published by Turtle Bay Books‚ A Division of Random House‚ INC‚ NY 1993 Web Pages . www.antipsychiatry.org Article on------- Psychiatry ’s Electro-convulsive

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    Summary: This movie is mostly concentrated on the relationship between Maylin‚ mother‚ and Shelby ‚ daughter. Shelby is diabetic and her whole life her mother basically controled everything she did. Treating her as if she were a little child still‚ telling her what to do‚ until the day Shelby gets married‚ and moves out. Months later she is pregnant‚ which the doctors said she shouldn’t do‚ and eventually take her life. Along the way there are four other women they are friends with and get together

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    Girl Interrupted Rating: “R” for strong language and content related to drugs‚ sexuality and suicide Main actors/actresses: Winona Ryder (Susanna Kaysen)‚ Angelina Jolie (Lisa Rowe)‚ Clea DuVall (Georgina Tuskan) Directed By: James Mangold‚ Alex Rubin Production Studio: Columbia TriStar Picture Group Psychology Terms in GirlInterrupted: Depression: A state of low mood and aversion to activity‚ a class of mental illness.(Pages 380-381‚ 400‚ Chapter

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    Character Analysis – Susanna Kaysen from Girl Interrupted This character analysis is based on the character‚ Susanna Kaysen (played by Winona Ryder)‚ from the feature film ‘Girl Interrupted’ directed by James Mangold and distributed by Columbia Pictures Industries‚ Inc. in 1999‚ Rated MA15+. The film is based on the true story of Susanna Kaysen’s time in a mental institution‚ set in the 1960s. Exploring Susanna Kaysen’s character through an interactional viewpoint‚ many psychological concepts

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    The main character in Susanna Kaysen’s‚ "GirlInterrupted" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s‚ "The Yellow Wallpaper" are similar in the fact that they both were suppressed by male dominants. Be it therapist or physicians who either aided in their mental deformities or created them. They are similar in the sense that they are both restricted to confinement and must endure life under the watchful eye of overseers. However similar their situations may be‚ their responses are different. In the stories

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