Lobotomy

Part One- Create a Cast List Chief Bromden.................Gil Birmingham Based on his performance in the Twilight Series as the head of the wolf pack, which is inspired by Native American traditions, I believe Birmingham would be a great as Chief. He would be able to exhibit the quiet, but strong character Chief is known for, but also be able to give the viewers insight to his meak personality. Randle McMurphy.................Leonardo DiCaprio DiCaprio is known for his outrageous roles that…

The treatment of people with mental illnesses and handicaps has been a long lasting problem because of the misunderstandings of police, mental hospitals, and society. Many documentaries and movies have been made to show the lives lead in mental hospitals and institutions. News reports have talked about police shooting suspects who have been mentally ill. Most of these events could have been avoided if people could try and learn about mental illnesses, instead of hiding them away from the rest of…

Science Fiction is defined as fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes. Many of these types of novels portray a dystopian future society as seen in George Orwell’s 1984. Other works portray monsters like in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Or they deal with time travel, and aliens like the novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. In any case, there are a multitude of stories that can be categorized in this one genre. With each…

There were so many different beliefs on mental illnesses and where it came from or how it was created. An ancient Greek physician Claudius Galen believed that all illnesses originated from an out of balance humor or substances in the body. English physician Thomas Willis argued that an internal biochemical relationship was behind mental disorders. Bleeding, purging and even vomiting were thoughts to help and correct any imbalances to heal mental illnesses. It was also argued what came under…

Introduction Mental illness is a crippling disposition that affects 42.5 million adults in the United States every year. According to the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), this is approximately 18.5 percent of the adult population. These conditions can range from slight antisocial disorder to severe schizophrenia. Because these debilitating conditions affect cognitive thinking, people who suffer from mental illnesses exhibit seemingly abnormal behaviors that are different from societal…

SSRI stands for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. It is a drug prescribed to treat depression, anxiety disorders, panic attacks and personality disorders by manipulating particular neurotransmitting systems regulating such as serotonin, a brain chemical which regulates mood as well as appetite and mood. Serotonin is naturally produced in the body and kept at a certain level, but SSRIs can increase at level by blocking (inhibiting) the reabsorption (reuptake) of serotonin. Once considered a…

Insanity seemed to be a matter of great fascination to those of the Victorian Era. Mental illness was the subject of many novels and scientific journals published during the second half of the 19th century, many of which went on to become quite popular. Amongst the most famous of these works is Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, which depicts an individual suffering from a personality split and extreme impulses towards evil. Even to a modern reader who has never…

Python. “What are you talking about? Look at them, they aren’t even breathing.” I couldn’t get the Pythons’ Dead Collector’s call out of my head: “Bring out yer dead!” It was like a bad Air Supply hook stuck in your brain and nothing, short of a lobotomy, would remove it. Actually, is there a good Air Supply hook? That timeless question didn’t distract me from the “Bring out yer dead!” cry repeating in my ears like an endless sound loop. I tried to change the topic. “Yes, I think…

Susanna Kaysen wrote the book “Girl, Interrupted” as an autobiography describing her time spent in a mental hospital. The book gives great insight into those suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder, as well as some of the other patients residing at McLean psychiatric hospital. The hospital was notorious for it’s somewhat famous visitors the list including but not limited to: Sylvia Plath, John Forbes Nash, Robert Lowell, and singer James Taylor. Susanna spent her time at Mclean beginning…