I, Dr.Jared Grizzle, diagnose Holden Caulfield as a normal teenage boy that is just going through stuff. Though I initially believed that Holden suffered from depression but upon further sessions with Mr.Caulfield it became clear that he is just a normal teenage boy because of his desire for independence, like majority of teenage boys he thinks about sex a lot, and
Mr.Caulfield meets the following criteria, according to the DSM-V, for said diagnosis:
Mr.Caulfield like most teens has the desire for independence. Mr.Caufield does not show any desire to go see either of his parents. He has basically lived majority of his life away from home at schools, and because of this has learned to be very self reliant. When Holden receives the news that he has been expelled from Pencey he decides to not tell his parents that he has been booted from the school right away.…