In The Hours (film) and the novel, something that Virginia Woolf, Laura Brown and Clarissa Vaughan have in common is their feeling of failure, depression and inadequacy. ... Virginia moves into her study and notes that it is in here that she feels safe. ... She notes that if she retains her weight, then there is a higher chance of her and Leonard moving back to London, which is what she wants. ... The kiss, which comes about possibly from a feeling of isolation, represents a gender struggle in the sense that she is fighting with her own sexuality. ... She notes that "because she is pregna...

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Their livelihoods were taken away, catapulting the race into poverty and denying them a sense of purpose. ... The DSM-IV notes, for example, how depression, in some culture groups, may manifest as predominantly somatic complaints rather than feelings of sadness or guilt. ... Case Example The L__________ family, an American Native family living on a Northern Plains reservation, consists of David (39) and Kim (35) who have a common-law marriage of fifteen years, and seven children (who range in age from two to 15 years). ... Kim and her daughter both describe a sense of hopelessness and pur...

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