The movie ‘Girl Interrupted’ is a story of a nineteen year old girl (Suzanna) in the 1960’s who‚ after being suspected of trying to commit suicide‚ gets sent away to the Mental Institution (Claymoore) for a short ‘resting period.’ Her psychiatrist had suggested to her that the affair with one of her parents’ friends‚ along with her misconception that chasing a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka is anything other than a suicide attempt‚ could be signs that she may be suffering from ‘borderline
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Girl‚ Interrupted The name of the movie that I watched was called “Girl‚ Interrupted.” There are a lot of important characters in the movie but the main character is 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen. The actress that plays Susanna in the movie is Winona Ryder. Susanna decided to admit herself into McLean Hospital‚ in Belmont‚ Massachusetts‚ after attempting suicide by overdosing on pills. Susanna plans on staying at mental hospital for only a couple weeks‚ but ended up staying there a couple years.
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In Girl‚ Interrupted author Susanna Kaysen recounts her two year stay at a Boston psychiatric hospital and her experience of what she calls the "parallel universe" of madness‚ she makes the reader consider how thin the line is between ’madness’ and ’sanity’. Susanna describes herself as "sane in an insane world". It does seem like it may be an insane world when we look at how society reacts to something they do not understand‚ fear breeds prejudice‚ "possessed by the devil" "bad‚ and must be isolated
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novel Girl‚ Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen. In her biography she writes about her time at McLean Hospital‚ a residential psychiatric facility in Massachusetts. She tells about the experiences she had there‚ the people that she met‚ and most importantly her diagnosis; Borderline Personality Disorder. Through reading her novel I was able to see what caused her diagnosis‚ the symptoms that she portrayed‚ and the treatment she received to have the status of recovered. Through out the novel‚ Susanna portrayed
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friendships with quite a few of the other teenage girls. Among the patients admitted to her ward‚ Kaysen describes Polly‚ a kind patient with disfiguring‚ self-inflicted burns to her face and body. Lisa‚ another patient‚ entertains Kaysen with her flee attempts and embellished hatred for hospital authorities. Kaysen’s roommate‚ Georgina‚ struggles to keep a relationship with Wade‚ a vicious and unstable boyfriend from another ward‚ who tells the girls apparently strange stories about his father with
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Girl‚ Interrupted Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious psychiatric illness. People that are diagnosed with this disorder suffer from an intense pattern of affective instability‚ extreme difficulties in interpersonal relationships‚ problems with behavioral or impulse control‚ and disrupted cognitive processes. The estimated prevalence of BPD in the general adult population is about 2%‚ mostly affecting young women. Susanna Kaysen was born on November 11‚ 1948 in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts
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Girl‚ Interrupted The concept of this paper is to analyze the various personality disorders that are highlighted in the movie “Girl‚ Interrupted” by Susanna Kaysen and her fight for self realization. The movie is based on the author’s stay at a mental institution in the 1960s after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder is characterized by mood swings‚ aggression‚ substance abuse‚ and self harming behavior. People who are diagnosed with borderline personality
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The movie that I‚ choose to watch and was related to Psychology was “Girl‚ Interrupted” directed by. James Mangold. The movie is an ardent film that captures the lives of a group of women in a mental institution. To be noted‚ this was a book before it became a movie. It was a book based off of the main character and author‚ Susanna Kaysen‚ who details her life after checking herself into an institution after attempting suicide. The movie is about Suzanna and the relationships she makes while living
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Girl‚ Interrupted (1999) directed by James Mangold is largely based on a semi- autobiographical book by the same title. The movie chronicles eighteen year old Susanna Kaysen’s experiences surrounding her stay at a mental institution. It is 1967‚ a time of social change and unrest. Susanna makes a half-heart attempt at suicide‚ ingesting a bottle of aspirin and chasing the pills with a bottle of vodka. She is taken to the emergency room‚ her stomach is pumped and she survives. Afterwards she meets
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and naked is how the viewer finds Susanna in the middle of Girl‚ Interrupted. Or rather‚ soaked‚ little‚ naked‚ and hysterical. A state James Mangold utilizes to further illustrate his message. The film serves as a vehicle for Mangold to discuss madness and the society it exists within. Valerie‚ the asylum’s registered nurse‚ throws Susanna‚ the film’s suicidal protagonist‚ into a tub filled with water in order to snap Susanna out of her depressed state. Susanna lashes out at Valerie with every hurtful
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