Christopher Maurice Brown Essay

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“A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is not a life at all.” Being a celebrity can cause lots of stress when you want to be successful and relevant in the fame world. Christopher Maurice Brown who was on May 5, 1989 shortly found out what it was like to be famous. You may know him from his role in the movie Stomp the yard or his hit singles “Run It” and “No air” which featured Jordan sparks.
In 2009 Christopher was charged with assault conviction against his ex-girlfriend Rihanna for beating her in a car. Immediately the news broke to the public and negative publicity came. After that altercation Christopher found himself in trouble again with the law for throwing a brick through his mother car window. It didn’t happen …show more content…

Some of the symptoms he showed was anxiety, mood swings, sadness and insomnia. DSM-5 activated his underlying vulnerability. Recurring negativity and unsupportive in his social environment is which increased Christopher’s PTSD. Since he is famous socially and his job is a singer Christopher personal life tends to be open to the public. After his altercation with his ex-girlfriend he received a lot of negativity in his work life and social life which caused some of his episodes. Under those circumstances we used psychotherapy, cognitive therapy and family therapy to treat his bipolar and posttraumatic disorder. Psychotherapy was use for treatment with four to five sessions a week in Christopher’s case because it discusses feelings, thoughts, and behavior that caused him problems. The next therapy was Cognitive therapy this therapy helped to identify and modify the patterns of thinking that accompany mood swings. Hooley stated “with time, and with the help of friends and family it is quite typical for traumatized people to recover naturally.” (Hooley

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