Eating Disorders Case Study Essay

Checking oneself into a psychiatric care facility at a hospital is just another thing to do on a Saturday, right?:) Craig is a teenage boy dealing with depression. On an particularly down night, Craig checks finds himself checked into the psychiatric care unit at Argenon Hospital. He is admitted to the adult quarters because of lack of room elsewhere. He makes friends and rediscovers his love for drawing maps. He faces reliefs and difficulties while trying to find himself. Craig feels times of weightlessness which at times I can connect too; I’ll also Clarify Nia’s motives for visiting Craig in the hospital and evaluate Craig’s feeling towards his friends.
Depression comes with an unexplainable weight. Craig experiences this weight in everyday
When Nia finds about Craig's depression she shows a new interest for him. Nia also claims she deals with depression and she breaks up with her boyfriend after he finds out about it. Nia’s first stop is Argenon Hospital to visit Craig.
Craig receives a phone call from his best friend Aaron and it breaks away some of the relief Craig has gained while being in psychiatric care. His conversation includes: ““I didn’t have a good night, and i checked myself into the hospital.” “What’s that mean, ‘didn’t have a good night’?” The man in my stomach is back, tugging at me. I want to vomit through the phone.”” (Vizzini 255). The phone call with Aaron bring back some of the “tentacles” Craig had forgot about. He feels it is best to cut his friends from his life for awhile while he is trying to recover.
Connecting to feelings of relief, clarifying Nia’s motives and evaluating Craig’s friends while he recovers, all help to understand the novel more thoroughly. Craig is the same age as me and my peers, so I feel that made it easier to relate and imagine what it would be like to be in a situation like the one he was in. I would recommend this book because it keeps the reader interested and it is an interesting take on a very common mental