3B+Psychosis

Place your citations (in MLA format) and explanations below. Each group member should include at least two citations.

(Chelsea's citations) 1) Haycock, Dean A., comp. Murderous Minds. New York: Pegasus, 2014. Print. This book explains the difference between criminal and functional psychopaths. It gives you traits of psychopathy and different stories of how regular, everyday people can be psychopaths without the intention to kill. Each story gives a detailed description of each person’s life and being legally sane but snapping at some point to gain their “insane” status. Holden reflects most if not all of the psychopathic trait the book describes. For example, he has a lack of conscience, but understands the difference between right and wrong. This alone can explain almost every situation Holden has to make a decision in. 2) McLeod, Saul. “Medical Model.” Simply Psychology. Simply Psychology, 2008. Web. 2014. . This website explains the treatment for people with different forms of psychosis. This could range anywhere from schizophrenia to generalize anxiety. It shows how anitpsychotics and antidepressants work. How it blocks different receptors and hinders the re-uptake up certain neurotransmitters. It says that if you block certain neurotransmitters or allow more to flood into your brain you will feel a certain. I have a theory that Holden is taking these drugs because he has moments in the story where he is majorly depressed, then angry and then an intense feeling of loneliness. 3) “Psychosis.” PubMed Health. A.D.A.M., Mar. 2012. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. . This site gives an extremely detailed definition and explanation of psychosis and how to treat it. It takes different looks on psychosis in general and shows what treatment is like for each. It dabbles a little in the idea of Psychopathy as well. It does so by showing the advantages and disadvantages of antipsychotic drugs as well as listing symptoms for people that could possibly have psychotic thoughts. Holden fits the description of a functional psychopath almost perfectly. He has a lack of conscience, but at the same time understands the difference between right and wrong.

Bryan, James. "The Psychological Structure of The Catcher In The Rye." PMLA: Publications of the Modem Language Association 89, no. 5 (1974): 1065–1074. Quoted as "The Psychological Structure of The Catcher in the Rye" in Bloom, Harold, ed. J. D. Salinger, New Edition, Bloom's Modern Critical Views. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 2008. Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 29 Apr. 2014 .

In this source, written by Bryan, James, it is explained how Holden is mentally incapable of going through with most things. Such as, how he provokes fights in which he will be beaten, makes sexual advances he cannot carry through, and unconsciously alienates himself from many of the people he encounters. Also, it is pointed out that the narrative is told from the perspective of Holden while he is in a mental institution which leads to the assumption that Holden's mental in-capabilities must have been serious enough for him to want to get help because he couldn't live with it anymore.

Brooks, Bruce. "Holden at sixteen." The Horn Book Magazine May-June 2004: 353+. General OneFile. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. Within this source, written by Bruce Brooks, it is explained that Holden is not a child because he is too astute, too precise with language, and too sensitive to be so young which leads to the understanding that Holden is unable to socialize with people his age. This is due to the fact that Holden is mentally in-capable to be a child even though he pretends to be.

Batty, David. "People with mental illness face widespread discrimination." The Guardian 28 Apr. 2004: n. pag. Print. This source, by David Batty, is for The Guardian news publication. It speaks to the discrimination that people who suffer from mental disabilities face on a daily basis. This applies to Holden, by him having a similar struggle, even though the people of the society don't understand that he has mental instabilities. It also speaks to how once people being to understand the issues that people have we can work together as a society to help better the world. NAMI. NAMI, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. . This source, written by NAMI or The National Alliance of Mental Illness, focuses on mental illness and how it affects a person and the people around them. This can be applied to The Catcher in the Rye by helping us to figure out what kind of mental illness Holden is suffering from. It also allows us to see the changes in people around him due to the way he interacts with people and how that affects his ability to form relationships. (Bob's Citations) Works Cited "Antisocial Personality Disorder." //Mayo Clinic//. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research,  12 Apr. 2013. Web. 7 May 2014.  antisocial-personality-disorder/basics/symptoms/con-20027920>.

This source talks about the symptoms and attributes to Antisocial Personality Disorder, which I believe Holden has.

"The Environment and Schizophrenia." //Nature//: n. pag. Abstract. Print.  <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">This source talks about the nature of psychosis in general, stating that it has both nature and nurture based origins. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">