The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center is a special needs school in Canton, Massachusetts which serves patients from ages 3 to adult. Previously, it was involved in a incident where a former patient was able to convince the staff to apply electrical shock to two of its current patients. This same center has once again been involved in another such incident. This incident involved taking a man's son and tying all four of his limbs to a board. The son eventually resigned to their effort, saying only, "Let them know I'm being compliant." During the next hour, the son recieved dozens of rapid-fire shocks to his abdomen and limbs. These shocks not only violated his treatment plans, but also cause him to lose his breath. All of the shocks that the son recieved were the strongest shock used at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center. Even the Shift Supervisor, Michael Thompson, had to leave the room saying that the sight made him want to either cryor throw up. The Center's defense for this case was that on this shift, they had very few workers who spoke good english. The Center even destroyed video evidence of this incident after investigations. The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center definitily needs to be looked into. Two such incidents involving forced shock treatment should never happen.

Qualitative analysis of your type formula You are:
very expressed extravert
slightly expressed sensing personality
moderately expressed thinking personality
moderately expressed judging personality

Extraverted 89%
Sensing 1%
Thinking 25%
Judging 44%

I think that this test was pretty accurate about my personality. It also gave me career choices that I am actually interested in such as law and business management.

I don't believe that the attractiveness test was valid at all. None of the girls were very attractive at all, so I don't think that this test can be considered valid.

Hey Mom and Dad,

College has been fun so far! Most of my professors make their classes pretty interesting. I only have one really boring one. I'm pretty worried about the one boring teacher though. It just seems like he doesn't like me. I don't know what it is, but he just seems like he has something against me. Yesterday, I raised my hand to ask a question, and he called on someone else! I made one pretty good friend over the past couple of weeks. Me and him have been hanging out a bit, but I just can't really tell if hes very trustworthy. I'm pretty sure that if I would tell him anything, he would try and use it against me later on. Last Tuesday, he just said hi and kept walking. I think hes mad at me or something because he normally stops to talk. There is absolutely no way he could have been busy! A couple of weeks ago, this one guy accidentally tripped me while I was walking to class. He apologized and everything, but I still think he did it on purpose. I hate that kid! Well, that's how college has been so far. How are you guys?

I'll see you guys soon,
Frankie

Case Study 10

A 36-year-old man and his young son were driving through an intersection when another car ran through a red traffic light and struck them. The two were trapped in the car until a fire department rescue team freed them. The patient was bruised but not seriously hurt. His son had a broken leg. The first few days after the accident the patient was preoccupied with arranging care for his son and getting the car repaired. A few days later he began having recurrent distressing thoughts and images of the accident. These symptoms lasted for several weeks. The memory of his son’s screams after the car was struck seemed particularly vivid. The patient became irritable, had difficulty concentrating, and avoided talking about the accident. He went out of his way to avoid driving down the street where the accident occurred. As time went on he could no longer remember whether the traffic light was red or green when he approached it.

The 36-year-old man in this case study exhibits many symptoms of Acute Stress Disorder. The man reported that these symptoms lasted for several weeks, and acute stress disorder is only known to last for 4 weeks. Also, another major symptom of acute stress disorder is reoccurent images of the traumatic event. The man exhibits this symptom with the reoccuring images of his son screaming after the car was hit. Dissociative trauma, another symptom of acute stress disorder, is the inability to remember an important aspect of the trauma. The man can not remember whether the light was green or red when he entered the intersection, showing that he has yet another symptom of acute stress disorder. The man also stated that he goes out of his way just to avoid the intersection where the accident occured. Marked avoidance of stimuli that would arouse rememberance of the traumatic event is another major symptom of acute stress disorder. The many symptoms shown by the 36-year-old man are all symptoms of Acute Stress Disorder.

James Piersall

James Piersall was a professional baseball player in the MLB that suffered from bipolar disorder. During his 17 year professional career from 1950 - 1967, Piersall played on 4 professional teams. Piersall was part of the Boston Red Sox from 1950 - 1958, the Cleveland Indians from 1959 - 1961, the Washington Senators from 1962 - 1963, and the Los Angeles Angels from 1963 - 1967. Piersall signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox in 1948 at age 18. He finally got to play in the pros in 1950 at age 20, becoming one of the youngest players in baseball.

The Red Sox began to notice Piersall's unknown problem in 1952. During this season, Piersall began acting out on many different occasions. First, in a game against the New York Yankees, Piersall started a fight with Yankee's infielder, Billy Martin. Soon after, Piersall started another fight with teammate Mickey McDermott. On another ocassion, Piersall was found in the Red Sox clubhouse spanking the 4-year-old son of teammate Vern Stephens. After a couple of these incidents, the Boston Red Sox sent Piersall down to their minor league affiliate, the Birmingham Barons. In Birmingham, Piersall was ejected from 4 games within just 3 weeks. He later even recieved a 3-day suspension for heckling the home plate umpire from the grandstand roof. After this last incident, Piersall was sent to the Westboro State Hospital to recieve treatment for "nervous exhaustion". This nervous exhaustion later turned out to be bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder almost ruined what was once the very promising career of Piersall. For someone to be so overwhelmed by the disorder, it must be a very hard thing to live with. I believe that Piersall had a huge amount of perseverance to be able to overcome his bipolar disorder and continue on his 17 year professional career after such a rough start.