Bipolar Disorder: Patty Duke
Anna Marie Duke was born on December 14, 1946, into a disturbed household. Her father was a raging alcoholic and her mother had unstable emotions ranging from perfectly fine one minute to suicidal the next. Anna's mother had severe periods of depression and was first hospitalized when Anna was 6 years old. Her mother was hospitalized two more times before she was finally diagnosed as having a manic-depressive illness. Her parents were rarely not fighting and eventually her mother kicked her father out. When her father left, her mother became more physically abusive with Anna and her two siblings. Anna's older brother Raymond, an aspiring an actor brought Anna to the limelight through his managers when they discovered her hidden talents and eventually change her name to "Patty." At just eight years old, these managers told the young girl "Anna" was dead and she was "Patty now." This lead her to have an obsession with her own death. Patty went to live with these managers named Mr. and Mrs. Ross, in order to increase her chances of enhancing her acting career. They got her s part in The Miracle Worker, as Helen Keller and during preparation for the role Patty began drinking heavily and usin
Patty was able to escape the Rosses at the age of eighteen, when she married Harry Falk, a man nearly fifteen years her elder. During this marriage Patty encountered many episodes of depression, used drugs excessively, attempted suicide, and became anorexic. This marriage ended badly when Harry had an affair with another woman and broke Patty's heart. Throughout Patty's life there would be two more failed marriages and finally in 1986 she married Michael Pearce, her fourth and final husband. I believe Patty Duke is suffering from a manic-depressive illness, specifically a bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorders are characterized by the person showing signs of extreme manic behavior and then all of the sudden being in a state of hopelessness and depression. Severe mood swings are a major symptom of a bipolar disorder. During the manic phase of the disorder, the person experiences high energy, elated self esteem and causes the patient to have poor judgment. Many bipolar patients, during their manic state, are apt to spend their money carelessly and show very poor judgment in making financial decisions. But the manic state last only for a short period of time and eventually they either return to normal behavior or slip into a depression. Depression, described as a feeling of worthlessness and increased need for sleep, and often leads to suicidal tendencies. There are many psychosocial stressors that could have negatively affected Patty Dukes mental health. The first would be the abusive environment that she experienced at a very young age. Her parents were not exactly perfect; her father was an alcoholic and her a mother was a abusive a
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