Girl Interrupted Abnormal Psychology
Abstract
This paper analyses the Borderline Personality Disorder. The analysis is based on the movie " Girl Interrupted". This movie is based on a true story of Susanna Kaysen. The paper presents the description of disorder based on DSM-IV-TR and The National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH]. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by impulsivity, unstable and intense interpersonal relationships, an unstable self-image, frantic efforts to avoid perceived abandonment, inappropriate anger, self-destructive threats and behavior, transient paranoid ideation, dissociative symptoms, affective instability, or some combination thereof. The paper compares typical symptoms of the disorder to the ones the main character exhibits. It also talks about the possible treatments: medication , psychotherapy. Finally the paper talks about teaching proper for a patient suffering from Borderline …show more content…
It is a true story based on the memoir by Susanna Kaysen. In 1960s Susanna tried to commit suicide by taking a whole bottle of aspirin. Soon after, she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and sent to spend eighteen months in psychiatric facility. This movie relates her experience during the stay in a mental institution. The main character played by Winona Ryder is eighteen years old; she has just graduated from high school and is an aspiring writer. The movie begins with Susana reflecting back on the events that led up to her visit with the psychologist. She has flashbacks of attempting suicide. The psychologist came to conclusion that Susanna needed some rest and sent her to a private mental institution. In the institution, the psychiatrist diagnosis’s Susanna with borderline personality disorder. While in the institution Susanna meets various other women with disorders ranging from eating disorders to psychopaths. After almost two years she is declared healthy and released from the
This paper analyses the Borderline Personality Disorder. The analysis is based on the movie " Girl Interrupted". This movie is based on a true story of Susanna Kaysen. The paper presents the description of disorder based on DSM-IV-TR and The National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH]. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by impulsivity, unstable and intense interpersonal relationships, an unstable self-image, frantic efforts to avoid perceived abandonment, inappropriate anger, self-destructive threats and behavior, transient paranoid ideation, dissociative symptoms, affective instability, or some combination thereof. The paper compares typical symptoms of the disorder to the ones the main character exhibits. It also talks about the possible treatments: medication , psychotherapy. Finally the paper talks about teaching proper for a patient suffering from Borderline …show more content…
It is a true story based on the memoir by Susanna Kaysen. In 1960s Susanna tried to commit suicide by taking a whole bottle of aspirin. Soon after, she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and sent to spend eighteen months in psychiatric facility. This movie relates her experience during the stay in a mental institution. The main character played by Winona Ryder is eighteen years old; she has just graduated from high school and is an aspiring writer. The movie begins with Susana reflecting back on the events that led up to her visit with the psychologist. She has flashbacks of attempting suicide. The psychologist came to conclusion that Susanna needed some rest and sent her to a private mental institution. In the institution, the psychiatrist diagnosis’s Susanna with borderline personality disorder. While in the institution Susanna meets various other women with disorders ranging from eating disorders to psychopaths. After almost two years she is declared healthy and released from the