I believe that Carol’s case is a very interesting as it has the characteristics of what could be several different types of psychological disorders. Due to different aspects of her life, such as her reactions to her parents, social settings and substances, several different disorders come into my mind. For instance, high functioning aspergers is a possibility as she reached the different milestones at the appropriate ages, yet still follows the inability to perform well in social settings and difficulty in determining the feelings of her parents. However, amongst other things she is more drawn to English than she is to the math and sciences, which is typically the opposite for patients with aspergers. Social anxiety disorder is another possibility as she has issues with social settings, school, and work. She prefers to keep herself at home rather than to go out into the real world. She also attaches herself to specific people such as her mother or husband, and will only venture out of her comfort zone when she is with them. …show more content…
Carol does not like to be around other people, or be out doing physical activities where she may be judged. She finds issues with her father and feels detached from him, she also reverts to drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism. After a period of being alone on the streets, she has gotten married but will only venture out into social settings when her husband is around. Carol also gets physically before she venture out from her home, and has self described herself as “working off of adrenaline” and finds it difficult to calm down. She has lost her dependency on substances but still gets physically
Jennifer is a young woman who experienced a hard life. She is both Irish and Filipino with “fair skin and strawberry blond hair” (Comer, pg. 46). The most likely diagnosis for Jennifer is major depressive disorder. The reasons for this diagnosis are her depressive signs, which are long lasting and interfere with daily activities and life. Jennifer’s depression has lasted over multiple years and she has experienced multiple different symptoms of depression.
And so, she unconsciously gives herself a purpose. As crazy as that may sound, fear and the lack of self-worth have striking effects on any individual, even the fortunate ones. From the start of the film, Carol has mentally isolated herself--especially when she makes love with her husband. Her body is present but her mind is
Which I think her not being able to say something to others in what happened to her plays a role as well. 5. She tries to avoid external reminders by avoiding places, people, situations and conversations that tend to arouse distressing memories, thoughts or feelings 6. She completely changes she became more quit, avoids people and lost interest in activities. Her grades have suffered her mutism is interpreted as a rebellious behavior 7.
Chapter twelve covers the topic of Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects many people across all socioeconomic groups. On page 373 of the text the story of Andrea Yates (the mother who drowned her five children) is discussed. Like many women after giving birth Andrea Yates suffered from post partum depression and other psychotic disorders. But like many people with similar mental health issues she and her husband chose not to seek treatment for her mental condition either due to ignorance or their religious beliefs. Unfortunately Andrea Yates “snapped” (had a mental breakdown) and drowned her five children.
While sitting in her bed late at night, she takes out a journal and writes the names of every person she has killed over the years. She counts the total, and writes 18 in big numbers and circles it (Not Tomorrow Yet). At this point in time, she has not killed a person in quite a while. However, the emotional toll of her actions still follows her around. This does not stop her from killing a total of four zombies (low estimate) throughout this single episode. She defies the notion that warrior women need to be able to snap back to normal as soon as tragedy is over, and shows that emotion is a valid feeling for someone of a powerful disposition. While not being sexualized, Carol manages to successfully hold a relationship which goes against Douglas’s idea that warrior women need to be alone in order to be successful. A warrior woman is not allowed to have a healthy romantic relationship, and “the notion of [a warrior woman] having a boyfriend would be like Arnold Schwarzenegger having a crinoline” (Douglas
Megan presents herself after a considerable period of absence. Her impetus to visit the youth service is a letter she received from the Department of Human Services [DHS] informing her that there is to be a review of her son Brandon’s care arrangement.
However, Melvin’s behavior did not change beforehand, despite going to a psychiatrist. Nevertheless, the type of therapy Melvin was receiving is unknown. The only clear treatment revealed for Melvin was medication. Additionally, Melvin’s symptoms of OCD were not apparently lessened until after meeting Carol. Therefore, positive prognosis after meeting Carol potentially resulted from the medication intake which was previously avoided.
In the case of Rebecca Hasbrouck, the single factor that led to her breakdown was lack of proper coping skills. Rebecca was confronted with several stressful life challenges that she struggled with. It was the first time she was away from home, she had difficulty sleeping, she had no close friends, and her boyfriend was attending college in another city. In addition to these contributing factors, Rebecca was having a hard time adjusting to college life in general. Rebecca felt overwhelmed with her new responsibilities as a college student who was lacking social support. Her social support was her family, close friends, and her boyfriend. With Rebecca’s mother’s history of becoming easily overwhelmed, it is not unusual for Rebecca to mimic
The family tries to protect family thinking it will better them in the future when sometimes it truthfully only hurts them worse in the end. The Lacks family had multiple secrets in the house. Some of the children not knowing what actually happened to their mother, while Deborah didn’t even know she had a sister named Elsie growing up when Day told her Elsie already had passed. Elsie terminable to speak or hear, suffered from epilepsy which is a neurological disorder these may have been caused by congenital syphilis, which was passed down from David to Henrietta who then gave it to Elsie. She died at the age of fifteen, Henrietta was the only one who took good care of her after her death no-one spoke to or about Elsie. Deborah was never told
Joni’s story was heartbreaking to read because of the challenges she faced while receiving treatment for bipolar. Throughout her story, there were several battles Joni overcame, but she still found a way to push through the stigma and stay involved with her life. First, Joni explained how she lived in fear before knowing how to affectively treat her mental illness. Her family life was filled with sorrow from the abuse she faced by her parents. At the age of 13, Joni was placed into a mental hospital because of her troubled demeanor as a child. Shockingly, she received electroshock treatment while being hospitalized. The use of electroshock treatment was popular when mental institutions first started to treat patients, but is now discouraged
Carol has a weak personality and what stands out is that she doesn’t even know who she is herself. Carol’s character seems so lost and hopeless throughout the entire film. When her husband or doctor talk to her, she often times is hesitant when she speaks. She never gives a definite answer and there is a lack of confidence in her voice. The theme of the movie is what is wrong with Carol?
Within the contact of this paper I will discuss risk and protective factors as they relate to the case study subject, CR and her family. I will examine the benefits of assessing consumers from the recovery model approach and the limitations of assessing clients from a medical model approach. Risk Factors and Protective Factors Risk factors are characteristics or exposure of an individual that increases the likelihood of developing a disease, injury or another negative outcome. Risk factors can include, biological, psychological or social influences.
Carol’s deviant behavior shows sharing characteristics of both societal and situational deviance. Although she is portrayed as reared a white, middle-class female, she is clearly from an affluent family. Her parents were very wealthy and able to afford her anything she asked for. Her conduct which includes theft, adultery, and evading the authorities is deviant for her social class as well as society in general. She claims to have a mental condition and I am not qualified to say she does not.
What I think is the most prominent example of her mental disorder, is when she tries peeling her skin back to make sure she has bones. She doesn’t believe she has bones, and she demands to know if she has them. This could
When McCann flies back home after meeting with his dementia-struck mother, he describes a conversation he has with a passenger on the airplane. This social act begins with the passenger staring at McCann as he “swallow[s] the half-dozen immunosuppressants” (3) that is needed to “keep [his] body from rejecting the organ as foreign” (3). From this paragraph, we can make out that staring is something that a lot of people who are disabled or people who are visibly ill—like McCann himself—experience. This staring alienates the person in recovery from everyone else around him, and this is what McCann describes in the sensory detail that follows. When the passenger stares at McCann while he takes a handful of his medications, McCann feels disconnected