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Research Paper On Charlie Sheen

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Carlos Irwin Estévez also known as Charlie Sheen is a famous actor known for his roles in Platoon, Wall Street, Hot Shots, Young Guns, Two and a Half Men, and Anger Management. He was born on September 3, 1965 in New York City, New York. Charlie and his three siblings were encouraged to follow in the footsteps of their veteran actor parents, Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez better known as Martin Sheen and Janet Estevez better known as Janet Sheen (Biography.com, 2016). Charlie Sheen made his first appearance in film at the early age of nine as an extra. As a teenager, he was able to direct and produce a low-budget film. His parents were very proud of him and Charlie was happy to gain their approval. He became so focused on acting and maintaining …show more content…

As a child, he was determined to have success, fame, and power, which was instilled by his parents' desire for him to become an actor. He was so focused that it impacted his academic and social focusing. His early success surrounded him with people that gave him a sense of importance, status and entitlement. Charlie demonstrates his arrogance, feeling of superiority and specialness in an interview when he said, “This bootleg cult, arrogantly referred to as Alcoholics Anonymous, reports a 5 percent success rate. My success rate is 100 percent. Do the math ... another one of their mottos is ‘Don’t be special, be one of us.’ Newsflash: I am special, and I will never be one of you!” (Huffington Post, 2011). Also, when in school, Charlie Sheen has been described as a negligent student, which affected his education and caused him to get expelled (Biography.com, 2016). Charlie was envious when Jon Cryer took the side of the director and interrogated when Jon didn't personally contact him(Daily Mail Reporter, 2011). Charlie was inter-personally exploitative by using his co-workers to stay in the headlines, which he later admitted in an interview. He exhibits lack of empathy when he talks about marriage and his crimes. For example, when asked about his marriages, he says, “To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something I'll leave [that] to the losers and Bible-grippers” …show more content…

The field of psychology has made great advancement in the way of treating disorders. For example, before Pinel's approach in 1745, disorders were perceived as demonic possession. Pinel and others proposed that mental disorders were not caused by demonic possession, but environmental factors like stress and inhumane conditions. Pinel's “moral treatment” involved improving the environment, replacing the asylum beatings with patient dances (PSY111: Module 9 Lecture, 2015, Dietz). Thanks to Pinel, we are able to treat disorders in the most scientific way as possible. Although there isn't a pill or shot make the disorder go away, we are able to make the most informed decision regarding treatments that are available to us, in hopes to one day find a

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