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Your first job is to create a set of criteria to establish a working definition of what might be considered a "behavior disorder".

Symptoms Behavior Disorder -Harming or threatening others, frequent arguments -Damaging or destroying things -Lying -Stealing -Not doing well in school, having a hard time getting along with others -Early smoking, drinking, drug use, and sexual activities -Hostility toward authority figures -ADHD/ ADD -etc…

Children and adults who suffer from behavior disorders have a high risk for future developments of the disorder. They will have a hard time getting along with people, which will lead to school failure, and social failure. It can also lead to suicide and diverse mental health problems. Behavior disorders should be gotten over as soon as possible for the patient’s future. They should not be afraid or embarrassed to ask for help. Therapies can be used for the patients, but the people near them such as their parents, can also do a lot of help. It is strongly recommended that close friends or families get guidance for their role.

Source "Behavior Disorders." Behavior Disorders. 5 Jan. 2009 .

In regards to the character Charlie Fineman, how would you classify his behavior? What sort of treatment should he be getting? What could you be doing for Charlie if you were his friend?

Charlie Fineman was a father and husband of a family, who lost them after the 9/11terror. After that, he’s been suffering from extreme stress due to the experience of losing his family. He lives with the guilt that he was so callous to his wife when they had a phone call before her death. His behavior and cause of such stress seems to reflect the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is an anxiety disorder that develops after a severe traumatic event or experience. There are symptoms such as psychic numbing, emotion anesthesia, increased arousal, or unwanted re-experiencing of the trauma. Also anxiety, irritability, and depression are also common in people who have PTSD. These symptoms occur in all ages and sex. We can also see this from Charlie’s behavior. He always seems anxious about people and distrusts them. He’s also capable of violence and suddenly gets irritated. There was a scene where Charlie visits Johnson’s dentistry and destroys everything because he thinks Johnson’s lying. And after a few minutes, Charlie turns normal and acts like nothing happened. Charlie spends most of his time alone before he meets Johnson. Johnson describes him as a man with only one friend. Charlie plays video games, plays music and barely talks to people. He hates people mentioning his family because of the memory. When Johnson meets Charlie’s mother in law, she says all Charlie needs is a family. There are several therapies to get over such disorders. Such as adlerian, existential, gestalt, person-centered, psychoanalytic, rational-emotive and cognitive-behavioral, reality, and lastly, transactional analysis therapy. I personally think the raional-emotive and reality therapy will be the best if I was Charlie’s friend. They help patients to come back to how they used to be, letting them rationally think, making good judgments, and taking action. The reality therapy will help Charlie to control the world around him and meet his personal needs, and face the reality. He will be able to get over the tragedy and make changes in his life to make it better.