Girl, Interrupted

The movie, Girl, Interrupted, demonstrates the use of many psychological principles, quite accurately for the time period it was made in. This movie kept the watcher on the edge of their seat, and made you think to the deepest places in your mind. It left minimal things to be desired. Watching this movie lets a person see through their own eyes what it is actually like in a mental hospital in this time, which gives the watcher a completely different perspective on things. The movie was overall…

Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted was written by Susanna Kaysen. The book was a memoir of the author herself. The theme throughout the whole book was Susanna contemplating to herself if she deserved to be in a mental facility. Susanna would constantly compare ideas to be normal or crazy. The title reflected greatly on what the author believed her life had been. The audience I would recommend would be pre-teen and above. Therefore, the book was illustrated with many curse words and showed…

Welcome to Me was released in 2015 in select theatres and on video demand. It follows a white woman named Alice Klieg, played by Kristen Wiig, after she wins eighty three million dollars in the California lottery. Unfortunately, Alice has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) which leads to her blowing a larger portion of her winnings on a reality show based on her. The National Institute of Mental Health lists impulsivity in dangerous areas (such as unsafe sex, substance abuse, spending, etc)…

1) Like many cases of mental disorders there are numerous symptoms that indicates a patient’s call for relief rather than one major symptom. Throughout Kaysen’s Girl Interrupted, the reader comes across a variety of symptoms that suggest she needed help. Some of her symptoms were obvious while others were subtle than the rest. A few of her symptoms would be something a reader wouldn’t even classify as a red flag to a severe mental disorder. Instead, these common symptoms may be confused with the…

the movie only skims over how Susanna got sent away. The only distinct symptoms they show before admission is impulsivity in sexual relationships, a suicide attempt, and pessimism. Question 2 Susanna’s diagnosis should be taken into context. Girl, Interrupted is set in the 1960’s when people were sent to institutions for a long period of time with sometimes illegitimate reasons. Susanna was sent after a suicide attempt, but it remains somewhat ambiguous if what exactly was wrong with her.…

knowledge of mental illness among the general population increased. The movies The Snake Pit and Girl Interrupted showed the stigma behind mental illness, patient to doctor relationships, and the treatment in the mental illness institutions of their particular decade. The Snake Pit displayed the little education on mental illness in the 40s, Twenty years later, in the 60s, the film Girl Interrupted portrayed a better understanding and acceptance towards mentally ill people in the 60s. In the…

Girl, Interrupted- Analysis on Lisa’s Disorder Francis Lobo (14-PPL-26) Lisa Lisa is the most powerful personality on the ward. Her utter disregard for authority makes her a frustrating and entertaining figure in the eyes of the other girls. Whether engaging in complicated pranks or escaping from the hospital, Lisa ensures that the routine of the ward never goes uninterrupted for long. Lisa is proud of her diagnosis as a sociopath and revels in the attention her antics earn her. Lisa is a…

Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted is a story that takes place in a psychiatric ward during the late 1960’s in Massachusetts. The main character is an eighteen-year-old girl Susana Kaysen, who suffers from borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder is a debilitating high-risk disease associated with strong emotional suffering that impairs everyday functioning (Fertuck, Karan, & Stanley, 2016, p. 1). She is a troubled teenager who recently left high school and appears…

Katelyn Napolitano Mr. O’Hagan English 11 8 March 2017 GIRL, INTERRUPTED Girl, Interrupted. To some it's a brilliant novel for psychology major students, to others it’s an intriguing film from the 20th century. But why is this book so loved? Susanna Kaysen was a 18 year old girl that was admitted to McLean Hospital to be treated for borderline personality disorder and depression. It was very important for her to be admitted because someone with suicidal tendencies should be helped. She said…

Girl, Interrupted, begins with Susana at Claymoore Psychiatric Hospital, then jumps back and forth between memories on how Susana became to live at Claymoore Psychiatric Hospital. She remembers being at the hospital emergency room, then talking to Dr. Crumble, her fathers’ friend, a psychiatrist, then she is at her fathers’ birthday party and jump back to Dr. Crumble. Dr. Crumble finally tells her, she is hurting everyone around her but doesn’t tell her what he thinks is the problem, just that…