c.	Psychological+Diagnosis+of+Holden+Caulfield.

​​KARANPREET/NESTOR You are responsible for adding the possible psychological reasons for Holden's madman days around Christmas. Find out about the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, the five stages of grieving and loss, the impact of death on a family, and any other reason you think Holden might be failing out of school and wandering New York City. You can give Holden your diagnosis and find out how doctors would treat him today. Would Holden be on medication?

You Be The Shrink I personally think the reason for Holdens actions/behavior/attitude is due to Allie's death. He seems to bring up Allie many times during the book. I think ever since Allie's death he has started to neglect schoolwork, and started flunking out. I also think that he is afraid of growing up and a fear of turning into a "phony." He has a hatred against phonies, and what I think is crucial is when he talks about being the catcher in the rye, he wants to be a kid still because kids are innocent, kind, and they aren't real phonies. Even though he drinks and smokes, he uses those as outlets to get away from the thought of growing up and fear that he will soon turn into a phone. I hope that made sense to you all ^_^ I think otherwise Holden seem to have a lack "of love " in his life. It seem as if the childhood that he deserved when he was a young boy, he nearly experinced it and missed on it all. The death of the brother he speaks is used as a counter measure to sugar coat his true feelings, and are locked within himself eventually affecting it extended past his lack of emotions to drinking, smoking, basicly the definition of a stoic in some sense.  Patient Data

Name: Holden Caulfield

Resident of: New York, NY City State: New Yor k, NY

Age: 1 7

Year of birth: 1923  Present school: Recently kicked out of Pency Prep

Height: 6' 2

Weight:

Hair color: One side of head is full of gray hairs.

Level of education: Junior

Physical Symptoms


 * Drinking
 * Smoking
 * Sleeping Disorder(Holdens trouble of not being able to sleep)
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 * Eating habits vary, (I recall at one point he ate a major breakfest, and another time he couldnt even finish his doughnuts that came with his coffee, not sure if it was doughnuts but something along those lines)

Mental/Emotional Symptoms []
 * Apparently Holden is afraid to have any emotional connections with anyone.
 * Loss of interest and pleasure in usual activities.
 * Persistently depressed
 * Tends to see almost everything as "phony."
 * Has tendencies to swear no matter who is around.
 * Seems to have many flashbacks about Allie

Recent Trauma

> Mr.Spencers sickness
 * Allies death (main reason for Holdens behavior/attitude in my opinion)
 * Getting kicked out of all the schools he attended.
 * Holden's coming of age.
 * Fear of the future and what it holds for him.
 * Fear of losing himself and turning into a "phony"
 * Fear of his fleeting childhood.

Diagnosis (conflict) Holden versus Treatment Plan 1. http://www.livestrong.com/article/9187-treat-posttraumatic-stress-disorder/ "Cognitive-behavior therapy may help you to understand and change the behavior changes caused by post-traumatic stress disorder. This is the most common approach. Since you may suffer from recurring nightmares, flashbacks and graphic "reliving" experiences of the trauma, exposure therapy may be employed. This therapy will force you to face the triggers for your symptoms in a controlled environment until their effects diminish." - Holden seems to have many flashbacks during the time of this. He also writes this book from his memory meaning he is "reliving" these experiences of the trauma.


 * 1) Arrange a meeting between Holden and Jane Gallagher to help him get past all his past relationships and his oversexed mindset. He seems to like this girl and she can help him move on and give his life some flare that he needs.
 * 2) He need to adopt a foster family and understand the meaning and values of having, a family in order for him to see why he need to let go and grow up to a young adult.

Release Patient When
 * Patient should be released when he on his own ackowleges his priorities, and comes to his sense of what life really is about, a world full of obstacles that not only hm but other have to faces, in a correct maner.

After-Care Requirements

1. Meet every 2 weeks to check on his life, see what his new attitude is, if any, and how his life is going along. 2. Check on his grades to see if theirs any improvement in them. 3. Meet with his siblings and parents every 3-4 weeks to ask their opinion on Holden and ask them if they are noticing any trends