Susanna Kaysen‚ in her memoir Girl‚ Interrupted‚ 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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In The Case Study of Catherine‚ the client is a 27 year old African American female diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The client lives at home with her husband and three children. Recently‚ she has been approved for Social Security Disability and receives $488.00 per month for a medical issue related to her hip and limited mobility. Other family income includes her husband‚ who is employed as a long-‐distance truck driver and often‚ away for short periods at a time. Catherine
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Characters in the texts; “As you like it”‚ the play by Shakespeare‚ “Standing in the shoes of others”‚ the speech by Linda Burney and “Girl Interrupted” the 1999 film directed by James Mangold‚ find a sense of belonging under the influence of place. A physical place is often symbolic of whether a character feels accepted. Characters relationship with their external environment often conveying how the character feels they fit in with the world around them. The river that bisects the work is a
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The 1993 classic Girl Interrupted‚ written by Susanna Kaysen‚ is a series of nonfiction pieces about her 18 months spent in a mental institution in the late 1960s. The pieces are mostly chronological‚ and in between chapters she shows real files from her stay at the institution (doctors notes‚ discharge papers‚ etc.). Throughout the fragmentary novel‚ Susanna questions her sanity and fights for self realization. James Marigold adapted the memoir into a film in 1999. The movie is loosely based off
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Personality disorders are a class of mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior‚ cognition and inner experience‚ exhibited across many contexts and deviating markedly from those accepted by the individual’s culture. These patterns develop early‚ are inflexible and are associated with significant distress or disability.The definitions may vary some according to other sources. Official criteria for diagnosing personality disorders are listed in the diagnostic manual
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PAPER ON PERSONALITY DISORDERS. LECTURER’S NAME: MRS. ESTHER MUTHOGA INTRODUCTION. A person’s character structure is a product of habitual attitudes‚ values and reaction towards human relationships. The foundation of this structure is often laid down early in life and extends over a long period of time. When this characteristic ways become exaggerated to a degree that they are inappropriate‚ it may be a sign of personality disorder. A personality disorder is a long
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Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD) is a psychological disorder in which a person is highly intelligent and logical thinkers but struggle with socializing with others. Many people with schizoid personality disorder long for relationships with other but the fear about it overwhelms the thoughts and ultimately diminishes the chances. Those struggling with SPD usually show repetitive forms of behavior never allowing for the option of personal relationships. According to psychological-disorders.org‚
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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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In the movie Lars and the New Girl ‚ Lars the main character is a little off. In the movie his brother is his neighbor. His brother’s wife had noticed Lars had been acting weird considering he had not come to see them lately. She goes over to visit but he gets very tense every time she tries to talk to him. Eventually she gets him to come to dinner with her and her husband‚ Lars’s brother. At dinner they talk about how Lars mom died giving birth to him. That contributes to part of the reason Lars
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I wandered up and down the isles; often taking a seat reading may of the introductions or prefaces of books. I came across the book "Girl Interrupted" by Susanna Kaysen‚ this book immediately fascinated me. I was introduced to the protagonist named Susanna‚ whom is sent to a psychiatric hospital when she was just 18 years old. I was lured into this book because my sister was admitted a couple
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