PPT-Mental disorder in fiction

Remember that you are writing a character who will have something in common with your readers or your readers loved ones The worst thing you can do when writing characters is use stereotypes. Week of September 17, 2012. What’s the difference?. Science Fiction. Planets. Alien. Flying, talking animals in space. Light sabers. Space ships coming out of the . TV. robots. Realistic Fiction. Might really happen. Prof. Dr. Elham . Fayad. .. . Objectives:. By the end of this session the student should be able to:. 1- Classify the most common mental disorders.. 2- Discuss the . etiology. of mental disorders.. Resources for Help. 7.MEH.3.1. Jacob. Jacob is part of the local all-star baseball team. He just finished a long practice and decided to go to the batting cages for a few more rounds of batting practice. Just as he started really hitting the ball well, he felt something snap in his right shoulder. His right arm and his hand went numb and when he tried to lift his arm he felt excruciating pain. It was impossible to continue practicing, it was hard to drive home, he could not eat or sleep because he was in so much pain.. Mental Disorders. A mental disorder is an illness of the mind that can affect the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of a person, preventing him or her from leading a happy, healthful, and productive life. . Lesson 2. True/False. Having a mental disorder means that you are “crazy”?. Having a mental disorder means that you are dangerous to others?. Mental disorders cannot be cured?. Mental Disorder (Vocab). Students will examine mental illness by reviewing the types of mental disorders. Main Idea 1: Mental disorders are medical conditions that require . diagnosis. and . treatment. Define Mental Disorder. Lesson 3. What genre is this? Does . Fahrenheit 451. belong to this genre? What other books have you read in this genre?. Science fiction . is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginative content such as futuristic settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. . Realistic fiction is made up of stories that could really happen. . The stories are set in modern times.. Examples of Realistic Fiction. Because of Winn Dixie. Crash. Owl Moon. Shiloh. Bridge to . Terabithia. GMOs are created by injecting chemicals into food AFTER it is harvested.. Fiction. GMOs are developed through genetic engineering where scientists identify and insert specific traits into the DNA of the seed before it is ever planted. The plant grows just like conventional (non-GMO) seeds. . Historical fiction is . fiction. set in . the past. . It contains a rich. . mixture. of . fact. and . fiction. . . What is Historical Fiction?. Through novels and short stories, an author may . combine. Intended solely to entertain. Legal thrillers, romance novels. Escapist. Formulaic. Literary Fiction. Written with serious artistic intentions by someone who hopes to enable readers to broaden understanding of life and to empathize with others. Problems in Identifying Mental Disorders. MENTAL DISORDER: a disturbance in a person’s emotions, thought processes, or behavior . that results in:. serious . and relatively prolonged distress and/or impairment in the ability to function. Fiction and Non-Fiction. Genres of literature are divided into (2) categories. Non-Fictions are informational texts dealing with real-life subjects. Real or Actual. Fictions are narrative literary works produced by the imagination. Table of ContentsOverview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Signs and Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . .