Nursing Students General Students
Published Mar 26, 2007
Hi,
I have to do Psych paper on Famous person with mental illness. There must be book written about or by this person.
Please help me out to choose a famous person which has a lot of information available online.
thanx
kukukajoo, LPN
1,310 Posts
Any of the Hemmingway's- for generations, most have resorted to suicide. May be interesting to add the family spin on it. Great ideas above as well.
To the poster who said Lincoln had a mental illness- Which one? I knew he is suspected of having Marfan's but nevre heard of a mental illness theory.
caliotter3
38,333 Posts
I have heard that Lincoln was to have had severe depression.
Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN
12,126 Posts
Any of the Hemmingway's- for generations, most have resorted to suicide. May be interesting to add the family spin on it. Great ideas above as well. To the poster who said Lincoln had a mental illness- Which one? I knew he is suspected of having Marfan's but nevre heard of a mental illness theory.
It was labeled 'melancholy' back then.
But it's been figured he had major clinical depression, he talked often of suicide, and some psychologists believe he might have been paranoid schizophrenic, since he was always afraid of dying, always thought he would get murdered, had dreams about it.
nancykday
187 Posts
Patty Duke
Thanks for the info on Lincoln. I think I need to study up on American history a bit better!!
On a side note, my uncle (thru marriage) is related to him somehow and I remember hearing stories when I was a kid about some crazy skeletons in the closet in the family. Something about a murder or two over land and someone cooking someone in an oven- I wish I remembered it all!!
Apparently Lincoln's whole family had some sort of mental problem in some form.
KellieNurse06
503 Posts
wow..I myself am a descendant of Abe Lincoln...for real..:uhoh21:
other famous people with mental illness I can think of are:
Courtney Love
Britney Spears
Tom Cruise...lol (just kidding..had to throw that out there)
Adolph Hitler
Jane Pauley
Joan Crawford ( no more wire hangers!!!)
Robin Williams
Drew Carey
(I know before I had Diane sawyer but I had that little light bulb go off in my brain .....oops..my bad!!! )
jill48, ASN, RN
612 Posts
mani343, I'm just curious which person you decided to do your paper on, if it's not being too nosy. :sofahider
mani3433
52 Posts
I am doing my paper on Vivian leigh.
RN BSN 2009
1,289 Posts
I think Van Gogh had BPD
pat8585
1 Article; 360 Posts
"It was labeled 'melancholy' back then.
But it's been figured he had major clinical depression, he talked often of suicide, and some psychologists believe he might have been paranoid schizophrenic, since he was always afraid of dying, always thought he would get murdered, had dreams about it. " from Marie, LPN
Guess he wasnt too far off the mark, ay?
Hi,I am doing my paper on Vivian leigh.
Ooooh, very interesting. Good luck and let us know how it goes.