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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? See: [|http://psyweb.com/]Another website that may be helpful. Do note that this one requires a payed membership to access a diagnosis http://www.mentalhealth.com/ Keep in mind that Charlie was "normal" before a catastrophic incident occurred to him. This makes his condition a clinical disorder.**
 * Your first job is to create a set of criteria to establish a working definition of what might be considered a "behavior disorder".

Once a proud father of a family of five, Charlie Fineman loses every member of his loving family in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Since that day, Charlie is almost a different person, as he roams around the streets of New York on his scooter while drowning himself with music from his iPod. Charlie denies his memories of his families and have hints of symptoms of d issociative fugue, as he seems to have separated himself completely from the experience of the traumatic event that has happened to him. However, it is revealed that Charlie's symptoms are more of post-traumatic stress disorder. Although he tries to deny his memories, he confesses that he relives the events of the day of his family's death every day. The night before the plane crash, Charlie and his wife had an argument over interior design. Some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorders include guilt of being a survivor, when loved ones are dead. Due to this guilt, Charlie is often seeing remodeling his house, constantly moving furniture around and repainting the walls. Charlie also shows symptoms of depression and almost bipolarity, as he is often enraged and resorts to violence to get rid of his irritation.

Charlie's cause of disorder comes from the trauma of losing his family as he tries to escape the reality of not having his loved ones. It can be seen that Charlie is afraid and disturbed by photographs of his family, relationships he had made with his family, and even mention of his family. I believe the best way to treat Charlie would be to stress awareness of reality into him. Charlie usually expresses his discomfort through violence or anger, so it is even more crucial for Charlie to understand and accept the death of his family instead of trying to avoid it. There are many therapies that can help ensure to integrate reality back into Charlie's life, such as the Gestalt Therapy, Person-centered Therapy, and the Reality Therapy.

As Charlie's friend, I would, first of all, treat him as a normal person rather than a patient. As Alan did, I would try to find a therapist or a psychologist that Charlie would tolerate, always being aware to listen what Charlie has to say.