Girl Interrupted: Susanna Kaysen’s Mental Illness Katie Casebeer Margaret Gibson Amancio Lopes Molly Rather Boston College PY230 The film‚ Girl‚ Interrupted‚ is based on the life and memoir of Susanna Kaysen. During the late 1960’s Susanna Kaysen‚ attempted suicide and checked herself into a mental health hospital for two years. This movie adaptation weaves together the intricacies of Susanna’s personal life‚ the pressures of a changing society and the unexpected friendships she formed
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distinguish from plain criminal shoplifting. But frequently these petty thieves have underlying depression and have suffered from eating disorders - bulimia or anorexia nervosa. None of that may be picked up when they are hauled off to the police station or brought to stand in the dock months later. So it is more than likely that many women with this psychological disorder - it gives them a marked sense of relief as they scurry from the department store with a pillowcase under their coat - are now in
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A. DSM IV CRITERIA DSM-IV-TR Criteria for Dissociative Disorders: Dissociative identity disorder. Presence of two or more identities or personalities that take control of the person’s behavior; loss of memory for important personal information. B. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTER INFLICTED WITH THE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER Sybil Dorsett‚ the character in the movie inflicted with the psychiatric disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)‚ is a very simple woman who due to her love for painting
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believe that Hamlet‚ lost in his soliloquies and vengeful thoughts‚ actually becomes mad. Ironically‚ his form of madness is paranoia. In a Mental Health Forum created by Med Help International‚ an anonymous doctor describes paranoia as a "personality disorder characterized by long-standing suspiciousness and mistrust of people." He continues by saying that "suspicion‚ without sufficient basis‚ that others are exploiting‚ deceiving‚ or harming the person" is a common condition. Also‚ "persistently
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Young preschoolers‚ ages one and a half to three and a half years‚ with a fluency problem have what is known as borderline stuttering. Borderline stuttering is classified by (a) core behaviors‚ eleven or more disfluencies per 100 words; more than two units in repetitions; more repetitions and prolongations than revisions or interjections‚ (b) secondary behaviors‚ none‚ (c) generally not aware; may occasionally show momentary surprise or mild frustration‚ and (d) underlying processes‚ stresses of
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I’m currently in the midst of reading Allan Stratton’s coming of age novel aptly titled Borderline‚ about a Muslim American boy who wants nothing more than to be accepted in his white suburban community. Out of the blue‚ the FBI suddenly accuses Sami’s dad of being part of an international terrorist plot and things suddenly go from bad to worse when Sami’s dad is thrown into jail‚ and his bullies go from calling him a ’sand monkey’ to dumping his head in the toilet. When Sami realizes he has nowhere
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Misjudgment of the acumen by the questioned leads to demeaning interactions between both parties‚ And loss of patience becomes apparent following excessive questioning over trivial matters. The questioning of a specific person is seen as most unseemly‚ Borderline obscene‚ As it implies a particular mistrust or distaste of the questioned. However‚ the illuminating capabilities of questioning mustn’t be ignored‚ As questioning is an integral aspect in communication. Humans have never and will never stop questioning
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Girl‚ Interrupted Girl‚ Interrupted is an autobiographical book written by Susana Kaysen which was turned in to a movie. Susana Kaysen expressed promiscuous behavior earlier in her life and was sent to the Claymore Mental Hospital to be analyzed. Throughout her development at Claymore‚ Susana formed bonds with a group of girls she would have never met until she was sent to Claymore. Claymore Hospital allowed these girls to become so close‚ and without this experience Susana would not be the girl
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The person I have chosen to use for this research assignment is a gentleman I will refer to as Randall. He is a 31 year old man with what has been diagnosed as both a General Anxiety Disorder and agoraphobia. Randall’s condition is one that stems from a moment of extreme anxiety in his early twenties‚ and has worsened over the last decade into the agoraphobic behaviors of having a generalized discomfort or inability to leave the house. In short‚ Randall cannot be somewhere that does not come with
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The causes for Antisocial Personality Disorder are difficult to pinpoint‚ but there are theories on how APD developed. Some of the theorized causes include biological factors‚ social factors (how they act around people)‚ and psychological factors (their personalities shaped by their environment). It is also proposed that these factors are intertwined and cannot be singled out to be the precursor of APD (“Antisocial Personality”). An important note about the setting could also
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