Jack Schizophrenia Case

Throughout the movie, Jack is suicidal. He self-pity himself and thinks he is somehow being penalized for his deeds and what he told the murderer on the radio, he even start talking to a doll saying, “Do you ever get the feeling you’re getting punished for your sins?”. There are several DSMs connected to being suicidal. One is fatigue and loss of energy, feeling of worthlessness or unwarranted and misplaced guilt on a daily basis. Also, weakened capability to think or focus. Lastly, persistent thoughts of death, repeated thoughts of suicide with no detailed strategy or suicide attempts. The idea of killing yourself originates from more than one part of the brain. One such place is the Frontal Lobe where reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem solving

In order for jack to forget about his illness he creates a game called shadow jumping. Since Jack cannot go

After studying Jeff’s symptoms, I came to the conclusion that Jeff does not have schizophrenia. The text states, “Abnormalities in one or more of the five domains: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior, and negative symptoms (Diagnostic and statistical, 2013, p. 87). Jeff does not demonstrate symptoms of delusion, hallucinations, disorganized thinking nor grossly disorganized. However, Jeff does show negative symptoms of Avolition and Asociality. He has shown little of no interest in participating in work or social activities (Diagnostic and statistical, 2013, p. 88).

In my opinion, Tony is displaying signs of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is in most instances a chronic and very severe mental disorder that can have powerful affects a patient’s thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Tony has been observed suffering from delusional episodes and hallucinatory behaviors. As a direct result of the whispers he experiences it is likely that he has developed a disconnection from his friends, loved ones, and his school work. The way he has been observed behaving has come to be illogical especially in the way he dresses and thinks. I cannot be sure how long Tony has been go through these types of symptoms, it is obvious however that this imagined belief of being an FBI agent is no mere fantasy to him. Tony’s personal

Following his referral, an initial screening assessment was carried out, which indicated that Jack is a suitable candidate for cognitive behavioural therapy, on the grounds that Jack had a distressing problem that could be conceptualized in self-criticism terms and had a low self esteem (Brown, 2006). Face to face sessions with clients and questionnaires determined no

At first Jack is very serious and knows he is going in to a dangerous territory but, then he feels happy because he is going somewhere new while doing what he loves and then he transitions his focus onto his family and thinks if he is going to see them ever again. Those mixed emotions are a display of the counterbalance or as described in the book as the Yin-Yang. “First was excitement: I wonder what adventures this place is going to bring. Then came its counterbalance, worry: I wonder if It’ll ever see my family again” (Zuckoff

Jack not only changes the people around him and makes them see that there is a brighter day, but he also rebuilds their morals and confidence. He does this in various scenes of the movie. For instance, when Jack asked Dedmon to challenge the NCAA and all Dedmon was getting back was rejection letters. Jack asked him if he was

For instance, his oldest son Heinrich, was discussing how technology in their daily lives was slowly killing them, not toxic spills and other disasters, and Jack's first person view shows how he truly feels about his son's statements, “The girls looked at him admiringly. I wanted to argue with him.” (175) This is not the first time any of Jack's children mentioned something on this topic, but what his son mentioned was very perceptive and would require some level of self awareness. The children also never mention these topics with fear in mind, just the facts. Jack, instead of acknowledging this analysis made by his son, instantly gets defensive out of spite of his own selfish fear. Jack does not want to believe what Heinrich said, because he does not want to think about how close death really is. Through fighting and disagreeing, he would be able to reassure himself and make his children's statements invalid, making himself appear more intelligent in comparison and in result, more powerful. Even though he did not fight with Heinrich about this, having this mindset comes up over and over again throughout the novel. It causes him to look at his children and what they understand as negative and wrong, all because he is too afraid to even think about those things

Every day, people judge others because of how they look, how they dress and what they believe, all because other people do not want to accept the fact that society is changing. Not everyone has the same beliefs and will act like the person next to them. People in society continuously change the way they act and the things they believe, but some people just do not want to accept this. In “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” the characters in the mental hospital feel that they do not fit into society and that everyone just treats them poorly, so they decided to leave society and admit themselves in a hospital where they are surrounded by patients in the same situation as them (Kesey 184). In today’s society, in the United States alone, “approximately 3 percent of the population has a severe mental illness.

Angelina, you mentioned some excellent advice. I agree Jack T. will greatly benefit from a therapy treatment that will give him a chance to speak about his issues and stress or instead of reacting to, his problem. The counselor can help Jack T. in several ways: monitor his own negative feelings so that he will know how to become aware of and avoid adverse emotional triggers before it starts, help Jack to understand that his living situation does not have to produce negative outcomes. Help Jack know that a negative upbringing does not determine his future. Ultimately, the counselor should be able to help him realize that when it is all said and done he is responsible for his own thoughts and

Jack will never be normal. All these years I’ve been so optimistic about finding a way about, but there isn’t. We've been left here to

He was surrounded by other boys his age, which may seem like competition to him, so he put others down to feel better about himself. One quote Jack said in the book is, “…fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island . . . Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!" (Golding, 82-83).

To begin James is described as someone that in our society today would be considered “pathetic”, due to the fact that he is a 28-year-old man that still lives with his parents, plays video games all day long, and has “friends” on the other side of his ear piece that he has never seen or interacted with outside of his gaming world. With this case study of James, my primary diagnosis for him would be that he is going through Schizophrenia. This is a severe disorder that is associated with some observable and apparent traits that can be seen, both mentally and physically. Schizophrenia is described to involve “…extreme oddities in perception, thinking, action, sense of self..” which are some of the symptoms seen with James and the way he interacts

Jack’s parent’s Mr. and Ms. O’Brien (Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain) perceive the world in extremely different ways, which affects him emotionally and psychologically throughout his life. Jack’s mother experiences life through the way of grace. She states that grace “doesn’t try to please itself. It accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked. Accepts insults and injuries”. We see this as the mother’s movements (for example, when walking through a forest) are very nimble and rhythmic. When she is

The anxiety had been bad lately. With moving around, trying to stay on his toes, to keep up with his team. And then missing Bitty back home, missing Shitty and the other teammates. He was so busy, always working, trying to get better, he had been skipping Skype sessions. Of course, they are all busy too, so when he can talk, they can’t. It just been an endless cycle of unresponded texts and delayed communication that makes Jack feel so alone.