Do you really know the definition of psychological instability? Maybe it exists in the mental treatment sanatorium here in Southern California. The evaluation patient, Holden Caulfield, a seventeen-year-old Caucasian male, weighs approximately 120 pounds with a thin, lanky stature and is 6 feet 2.5 inches tall. Caulfield has crew cut hair that is graying on the right side. The patient was an occasional drinker and smoker, but has now stopped smoking because he has been institutionalized. Often drastic mood swings, emotional breakdowns, evident sexual frustration, deep depression, evident resentment, rebellious attitude, signs of social ineptitude and abnormal immaturity for a boy of his age have been documented. Based on professional observation, it is obvious that the patient has some bipolar and multiple personality characteristics; his obsession with finding flaws in people and the world around him has contributed to putting him in a dangerously depressive state. Holden has continually shown evidence of a bipolar problem and multiple personality symptoms. For starters, one minute Holden is discussing how disgusted he is by movies anyway, but the next minute he's attending a premiere with Sally Hayes. “If there's one thing I hate, it's movies. Don't even mention it to me... but the worst thing was that you could see that everyone wanted to go to the cinema. I couldn't bear to look at them. I can understand someone going to the movies because there's nothing else to do, but when someone actually wants to go, and even walks fast to get there faster, then it depresses the hell out of me. (Salinger 2 and 116). Holden is incapable of making a decision and hypocritical...... middle of paper...... from what was observed psychologically, the patient evidently showed characteristic signs of bipolar disorder and multiple personality fluctuations; Holden is unconsciously infatuated with finding fault in others and blaming the world for his problems and mistakes, ultimately putting him into a severely depressive state. Holden must continue with its institutional life and will need to be further evaluated. Once Holden realizes what he wants, that not everyone is mad at him, and that everything in life happens for a reason, the better off he will be. Psychoanalysis most people find invasive and frightening to most people, but it is necessary, as seen with patient Holden Caulfield who watches closely. It will be further observed whether Holden will regain stable mental health or continue with psychological disorders and distress which will inevitably lead to emotional destruction..