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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 and Suicide By: Kimberly Polly English 102 Section 1 Professor Diane Emmolo 8/12/06 Outline: I. Brief Film Synopsis II. Suicide statistics a.) men vs. women b.) suicide rates for ages III. Thesis Personal feelings caution IV. Causes V. Treatments a.) types VI. Facts signs VII. Conclusion Kimberly Polly English 102 Research Paper Girl Interrupted and Suicide The 1999 Oscar winning film Girl Interrupted starring Angelina Jolie is based on

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    Analysis of Girl Interrupted: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder Mia Rainone University of New Hampshire Analysis of Girl Interrupted: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder “Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60s. Or maybe I was just a girlinterrupted” (Wick & Mangold‚ 1999). Girl Interrupted is about an

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    Film Review “GirlInterrupted” Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder‚ which is under the large umbrella of metal disorders. BPD is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods‚ interpersonal relationships‚ self-image‚ and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life‚ long-term planning‚ and the individual’s sense of self-identity. However‚ according to Susanna Kaysen‚ doesn’t everyone have some of these symptoms every once

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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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    would go. When taking mentally unstable patients and putting them in solitary confinement all they can do is sit there and think crazy thoughts; so when they come out they were usually like zombies. "One of the worst things we watched‚ though‚ was Lisa coming out of seclusion two days later." (Page 21). How can that help anyone? Another type of treatment used is wrapping a patient in freezing cold sheets. It is possible‚ by a far stretch of the imagination‚ this could be used to calm down patients

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    Susanna Kaysen‚ in her memoir GirlInterrupted‚ recounts her eighteen-month stay at a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts. The events in the book took place in the 1960’s‚ meaning outside the hospital’s reinforced walls‚ the world was bustling with racism‚ social activism‚ and the Vietnam War. The story is not told as a chronological series of events‚ but rather as a collection of memories‚ darting between various periods of Kaysen’s visit. Throughout her stay at the hospital‚ Kaysen met a variety

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    Assignment 3: Case Study- Strengths Perspective and Creative Problem Solving “Girl InterruptedGirlInterrupted Summary Introduction The movie Girl Interrupted is a memoir about Susanna Kaysen’s battle with mental illness. It is set in the sixties and seventies‚ in a medium security psychiatric ward. After Susanna attempts suicide‚ her parents bring her to speak with a psychotherapist who suggests and end up convincing her to commit herself to be institutionalized and eventually diagnosed

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    The movie Girl Interrupted is set in 1967. It is about an 18 year old young lady named Susanna Kaysen. Susanna was not encouraged by her parents to be an individual and she surprises them when she tells them that she does not want to attend college but would rather peruse her passion of being an independent writer. Susanna ingested an entire bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka and claimed that she was just trying to get rid of a headache. After the attempted suicide‚ Susanna self admits herself

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    Illness in “GirlInterrupted” The film “GirlInterrupted” is a true story adapted from the original memoir by Susanna Kaysen. Set in the 1960s‚ it relates her experiences during her stay in a mental institution after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder following a suicide attempt. Many films include characters with a mental illness; the actors who play these characters have the immense challenge of staying true to the illness they portray. The main character in “Girl‚ Interrupted

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