A psychiatric disorder is a mental or behavioral pattern or anomaly that causes either suffering or an impaired ability to function in ordinary life, and which is not a developmental or social norm. ... These disorders are most commonly diagnosed amongst people today. ... People with schizophrenia attempt suicide more often than people in the general population, and estimates are that up to 10 percent of people with schizophrenia will complete a suicide in the first 10 years of the illness particularly young men with schizophrenia. ... People with schizophrenia attempt suicide more ...

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Physicians as well as ordinary people struggle to find an answer to the question: "Is there such a thing as a life not worthy to be lived?" ... I do not think causing suffocation with a plastic bag, which is one of the methods the supporters of assisted suicide use, is the way in which people would like to die. In addition, euthanasia activists exploit the natural fear people have of suffering and dying, and often imply that when cure is no longer likely, there are only two alternatives left, assisted suicide or unbearable pain. ... It is during the time of a terminal illness that people hav...

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In the second line, the speaker refers to himself as a member of the "people on the pavement " (2), which does not include Cory. This sets him apart as an outsider that is regarded in a higher status, since he does not walk on the pavement with the rest of the ordinary crowd. ... He most likely had the privilege of being wealthy his entire life, which would explain why he has no interactions with the people who live down town. ...

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Raskolnikov's theory upon the existence of two separate types of man - the ordinary and the "extraordinary" – is quite egotistical and arbitrary. He argues that the intellectually "superior" or "extraordinary," including himself, have the right to kill as long as the deed ultimately serves beneficial to the world and the people around the victim. ... Raskolnikov's theory fundamentally results in the significant events of the novel and their aftermaths; he becomes even more mentally unstable after killing the pawnbroker, he becomes physically ill, a...

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Willie Loman is an ordinary man who embodies traditional American values of success. He has reached the age where he can no longer compete successful in his chosen career, that of a traveling salesman. Faced with the termination of his job, he begins to examine his past life to determine its valu...

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