Psychological Types

Holden Caulfield Case Study Holden Caulfield 16 ½ years old (now 17 years old) Junior in high school 6 feet and 2 and a half inches Out of shape and smokes too much Has a patch of gray hair Younger brother Allie died of leukemia Flunked four out of five of his classes Expelled from 3 different schools Thinks his parents are lousy 9 year old sister named Phoebe D.B older brother in Hollywood Obsessed with Jane Gallagher Lies and swears a lot Hates phonies, movies, magazines, ministers, the…

Did you know that there is over 3 million cases of depression reported each year and 20% of those people develop psychotic symptoms.In the poem “In The Dark” the poet describes putting on a fake smile to please the others around him while he suffers with severe depression.The theme of the poem is that you should not risk your own happiness to please others. The theme of the poem relates to being human because many people can relate to feeling alone and pretending to be happy. I…

A hushed topic, depression in teenagers has been detected for decades. Still, few people are aware of just how prevalent the disorder is and how it impacts our society today. Cases of teenage depression have increased in number over time, thus causing a trend (Bansal 1). In America today, high school students are five to eight times more likely to suffer from depressive symptoms than teenagers were fifty or sixty years ago (Hales 1). In the past, diagnosis was very rare - it was thought only to…

depression in parent is common in children. “Depression in parents has been consistently associated with a number of behavior problems and psychopathology in children, including higher rates of depression”(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). Also, there will be a psychological questionnaire, that the teenagers can take to confirm their condition. The questionnaires will be submitted to the program, and then it can seek them out. Lastly, the depressed teens can sign up. They can actively seek out…

Depression and motivation may form a seemingly unending loop of doing nothing when you feel emptiness, lethargy and nothingness. The feelings of depression well up inside you and may affect everything you do, including the most mundane tasks. With lack of motivation, depression may become a very serious part of your life if you don?t take it seriously or take action to get help. Despite the overwhelming feelings welling up inside you, there are some simple ways you can try to break the cycle.…

Silent Suffering What is Depression? Depression is a mood disorder that can cause feeling sad and anger and loss of interest in your daily life. Depression in teens is commend between the age of 15- to 24-year-olds. About 20-25 percent of the teens will experience depression before they reach their 20s. Depression will double the teen’s change of suicide by 12 times. 40% of the teens who killed themselves were diagnosed with depression. Teens with depression will have some kind of social…

Many people would easily agree that having self acceptance, being successful, and understood are two necessities of having nirvana in one’s lifestyle. Nirvana is a state with total consciousness, and peace one needs have without deep feelings of hatred, or depression. One with depression lives with severe inner sadness, and rejection. Depression would be considered the opposite of nirvana in one’s individual state of mind. In the novel, The Catcher In the Rye By J.D. Salinger, the main character…

Depression has become so encrypted into our daily life. It would not be rash to suggest that almost every single person has had experience of depression whether that be personal, or illness of a loved one. Goleman (1992) makes an interesting observation that people born after 1945 are ten times more likely to suffer with depression than people born before this date. What does this mean? Well, firstly it shows that the root cause of most depression cannot be due to increasing chemical imbalances.…

Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects 350 million people worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of disability (Marcus et. al, 2012). The effects of this mental health disorder extend to not only the individuals who are depressed, but also to those who are part of their interpersonal circle. For example, based on interviewer ratings, it has been reported that family members of patients suffering from MDD show higher levels of dysfunction in problem solving and affective involvement…

Depression Andrew Solomon believes that depression, a major obstacle faced by many people in today’s society, can change people in a positive way. Solomon believes that people suffering from severe depression can get help from professionals, friends, and family, but only the individual can cure themselves from their depression. Solomon describes this philosophy in his essay, Depression. Being a sufferer of depression, Solomon tactfully makes his argument, as not to suggest that being depressed…