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    The main character in the novel the Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is often debated; some believe he has a mental disorder‚ while others argue that he is a normal teenaged boy. The novel is told from Holden’s perspective‚ and shows his take on the few days before Christmas in the 1950s‚ during which he is expelled from Pencey Prep.‚ a boarding school in Pennsylvania‚ travels to New York City‚ goes on a date with an old friend‚ and finally decides to run away‚ the only thing

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    most common mental illness‚ with an outstanding 6.7 percent million Americans adults‚ 18 and older yearly according to a 2013 study done by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). As a percent it may not appear to be such a significant number in size‚ but taken into the population size‚ this is an immense 15.7 million adult Americans yearly (NIMH). And this was what was found 2 years ago‚ the number may still be increasing. Substance abuse is also a more than common mental illness. According

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    long distance‚ and especially since we just started connecting. But for some weird reason‚ and honestly it is really weird for me‚ but I feel super comfortable with you which is unusually for me because I always try to keep my guard up because I know how much I don’t want to be hurt. But I don’t feel like I need to do that with you. It usually takes a long time for me to feel comfortable with someone‚

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    Mrs. Dalloway Throughout history‚ mental illnesses have been an underlying problem that people just try to ignore. Whenever someone began to act “crazy”‚ they would be sent away to an insane asylum and be mistreated because there was something wrong with them. After World War I‚ people began to see the effects war could have on a person’s mental stability. This is when shell shock became a thing. Shell shock by definition is described as “suffering from extreme emotional disturbance… after experiencing

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    Cause and Effect of: How the Elderly Cope with the Death of a Spouse Ever noticed an elderly couple performing normal daily activities and think to yourself‚ what would they do without one another? Many of us have elderly relatives who are either married or have someone with whom they have a tight bond with‚ such as a best friend‚ and we believe they keep each other alive. We are all born to die‚ but how we cope with death is different. When someone dies‚ people affected may feel depressed

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    thing. It has the ability to control our body in order to live‚ to talk‚ to share with others. Civilizations can be built‚ movements can start‚ governments can be constructed‚ etc. all because of the mind giving you a process. When there is a mental illness‚ it can make the process difficult. Alzheimer’s affects more than 5.2 million people today. Symptoms‚ myths‚ misconceptions‚ treatments are all fundamental in the understanding of Alzheimer’s disease‚ and to hopefully prevent others from acquiring

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    but was he? How insane was Hitler? Or was he insane at all? Adolf HItler did things that bring me to tears and chills‚but was it his fault or his mental health? When we think of mentally ill people we think of psychopaths who kill for fun like in a Batman cartoon‚ but not all mentally ill people kill‚ even some people that we think must be mentally ill for their actions have no mental illness in sight. Adolf Hitler has been someone many people has an extreme case of a mental illness‚ but does he

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    One of the most important themes of ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ and‚ by virtue of it being a derivative text‚ of ‘The Hours‚’ is that of mental health. The ways issues of mental health are presented are‚ almost universally‚ sympathetic and‚ in the case of the former‚ empathetic. The strongest symbols of this theme are Septimus and Clarissa in ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ and Richard‚ Laura (Mrs. Brown)‚ and Virginia (Mrs. Woolf) in ‘The Hours.’ Most have problems which are very much the product of their time and we see the

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    "The Yellow Wallpaper" is considered a feminist piece of literature because it is written by a woman‚ and deals with the issue of male doctor’s treatment of women with possible mental illness; based on unscientific theories about what causes mental illness and the best treatments. The male medical hypothesis is that the lady in “The Yellow Wallpaper” is suffering from‚ “…-a slight hysterical tendency-…” (526) ‚ according to Gilman. This was a common diagnosis at the time and was a way to keep women

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