Submitted by linnissa on December 13, 2005

Category: Psychology
Words: 866 | Pages: 4
Views: 1529
Popularity Rank: 1,425
Average Member Grade: N/A (Add a Comment / Grade this Paper)

I did project number two, and I evaluated a movie. The movie I chose to review is Girl Interupted. This story is an adaptation of the autobiographical book, set in the late 1960's, by Susanna Kayson herself. The disorder that she has is borderline personality disorder.
The movie was set in 1968. It starts out portraying Susanna's attempt at committing
suicide. She apparently chased a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka. Her parents had one of her fathers colleague's who doesn't practice anymore sit down with her and diagnose her. After the diagnosis, he says the rest she can get at Claymore was much needed. Claymore was an inpatient psychiatric facility. Because she was over 18, she had to sign herself in. At first she didn't know why she was in there. She did not understand her......

Join Now to view the rest of this term paper!
Members: Login to view this research paper.

Title: Girl Interupted
Approximate Word Count: 347
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

With the Term Papers Lab Membership Pass, you get instant access to every essay on this site, including this essay on Girl Interupted, for as long as you remain a member.

Other essays sites charge almost $100 for a single term paper. At Term Papers Lab, you can get instant access to over 100,000 research papers for as little as $29.95!