I am under the impression that my patient, Holden Caulfield, is suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Holden Caulfield is a 16-year-old male teenager, who has a difficult time dealing with the death of his younger brother. ... Along with his suicidal thoughts, Holden also shows self-harming behavior. ... Holden clearly had a case of a random emotion. ... Holden disorder causes him to be somewhat discontent with his parents, this symptom caused Holden to become very nervous when he snuck into his home to see his sister. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Holden Caulfield is suffering from the severe depression and is socially incompetent which enables him to not form lasting relationships with friends or family. ... Holden felt the adult world was full of phonies and that innocent, little children were being exposed to profanity and phoniness. ... This kind of behavior tells that Holden consider himself alienated from society that no one understands him but a ten-year old. ... Holden exhibits the usual signs of mental deterioration as performing irresponsible acts as running away. ...

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In the book Catcher in the Rye the main character is Holden Caulfield. ... Holden is not able to survive in everyday society. ... Holden also has an obsession with sex. ... The idea of sex seems to be very important to Holden. ... Holden is also very interested in the idea of suicide. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School