the case of elvise presly
Select one of the case studies located in Case Studies in Abnormal Behavior. Obtain instructor approval of your selected case study prior to beginning this assignment.
Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word analysis of your selected case in which you address the following items:
Provide a brief overview of your selected case.
Explain the biological, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components of the disorder analyzed in your selected case.
The Case of Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley is one of the most well-known and popular entertainers of all time. He became a cultural icon, which seems to require dying before your fans see you in old age, as was also the case with James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy, and others.
Elvis’s music and charisma changed the music industry and left such an impression that he was later called “The King” of rock and roll. A curious testimony to his enduring popularity occurred in August 2001, when the prime minister of Japan released a compact disc “Junichiro Koizumi Presents: My Favorite Elvis Songs” to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of Elvis’s death. The prime minister commented, “My birthday is January 8, the same as Elvis. It’s one of the things I’m so proud of.”
From his first hit recording in 1956 to his untimely death in 1977 at the age of 42, Elvis Presley lived under heavy public scrutiny. It was not until just before his death that his public began to realize how significantly he was deteriorating. As a result of many destructive personal habits, the most devastating being the abuse of prescription drugs, Elvis’s health had begun to fail at an alarming rate. On August 16, 1977, he died in his bathroom. The book he was reading at the time of his death was The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus. Both an autopsy and toxicology test were administered; from the toxicology test it was determined that the key cause of death was an overdose of several prescription drugs. It is interesting to
Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word analysis of your selected case in which you address the following items:
Provide a brief overview of your selected case.
Explain the biological, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components of the disorder analyzed in your selected case.
The Case of Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley is one of the most well-known and popular entertainers of all time. He became a cultural icon, which seems to require dying before your fans see you in old age, as was also the case with James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy, and others.
Elvis’s music and charisma changed the music industry and left such an impression that he was later called “The King” of rock and roll. A curious testimony to his enduring popularity occurred in August 2001, when the prime minister of Japan released a compact disc “Junichiro Koizumi Presents: My Favorite Elvis Songs” to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of Elvis’s death. The prime minister commented, “My birthday is January 8, the same as Elvis. It’s one of the things I’m so proud of.”
From his first hit recording in 1956 to his untimely death in 1977 at the age of 42, Elvis Presley lived under heavy public scrutiny. It was not until just before his death that his public began to realize how significantly he was deteriorating. As a result of many destructive personal habits, the most devastating being the abuse of prescription drugs, Elvis’s health had begun to fail at an alarming rate. On August 16, 1977, he died in his bathroom. The book he was reading at the time of his death was The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus. Both an autopsy and toxicology test were administered; from the toxicology test it was determined that the key cause of death was an overdose of several prescription drugs. It is interesting to